Originally Posted by CJWinWA
After thirty years of buying new Ford trucks, last year I bought a Toyota. I am currently on my 14th vehicle in 30 years, mostly because each new Ford I bought was worse than the one before, it had yet more defects that Ford refused to acknowledge, this left me in a pattern on buying new vehicles every couple years. I did once buy a new 1999 Chevy Silverado, it honestly didn't make it home from the dealership. I also bought two new Jeep Wranglers, ironically I had only one issue with the first one and none with the second. the first one had the air conditioner compressor replaced, this was not Chrysler's fault as it was a defective part from Nippon Denso.
I'm absolutely amazed that in 20,000 miles, my 2018 Toyota has needed only one repair, the battery died, zero hassles from Toyota. The abuse I suffered from Ford and GM was staggering, yet I kept going back because I fell into the buy American hooplah. I am now quite angry with myself for not switching to Toyota years ago. In my opinion, Ford deserves to wither and die along with their dealership network that is as guilty as Ford itself.
My only big gripe with Toyota trucks is the gas mileage. The Son In Law got a new 16 model and the stupid thing struggles to get 14 mpg. ...–that's on the Interstate . It gets 11 around town🤨. I can't believe a MPGI 5.7 can be that bad . The old throttle body GM 5.7 4x4 2500 did better than that in the 80s.
As for Ford a friend of my daughters had one of those on a lease. What a POS tranny , jumping all over. It gets better though for her. Some rodent built a nest near a sensor, blocked it or something. Ford wouldn't do a [censored] thing and made her pat for it. Now between the two sisters father and mother those folks had leased 12+ cars from a this same small dealership over the years. She said screw em and now they all are leasing Subaru's ever since. Vote with your wallet and your feet🤬