My 1992 (USA made) F150 w/t they forgot to run the bolts in on the trans bellhousing - except one starter bolt. 4.9 5MT
My 1999 (USA Edison, NY) Ranger, I head something dragging on the ground, - a cross brace holding the exhaust and trans(?) was not bolted and was dragging on the ground. It was a 4 cyl 5 speed base w/t.
My 2011 Ford Ranger (built ?) They forgot to bolt the front of the clip to the frame on both sides. Made in Spain 4 cyl gave up teh ghost in about a month eating coolant and spewing it out the tailpipe. Brought it to dealer iwth complaint that it emptied the pressurized, sealed overflow. They just topped it off and said, "thats normal". Engine ran very rough.
2007 Cheverolet 1500 W/T (USA, Indiana) The RR taillight fell off after hitting a pothole in front of the service exit at the dealer. They blamed me saying, "the screws were stripped, but we'll fix it as a courtesy this one time". The clutch slave stopped working since someone left the parts bin barcode tracking label in the reservoir and it dissolved an got sucked into the slave.
Caused gear clashing since the pressure plate wasn't being pulled off. Had to bring it to a Caddy-Chevy dealer in a richy-rich town to get someone to fix that. But then 2nd and 3rd synchros were toast - even with granny style and double clutching.
Then, later had unstable idle and light throttle rough running from the 4.3. Found the throttle body was not tightened to the manifold when looking for leaks. Also noted that the PCV was glued to the valve cover (by design I guess) and there was no antibackfire pill in it (also by design)
I could go on for hours
- Ken