Have you driven a Ford lately?

Yikes, do you think they will replace the stained parts? My local dealership would probably fix the bad gasket and tell me to go on my way.
Quite a few guys on the Mustang forum are having this problem. You have to pull the headliner down, unbolt the light, and then pry it off the body, as it's stuck on with double-sided trim adhesive tape. Seems likely that you would break the light getting it off, but not sure. As for the headliner, I need to look more closely to see if there are still traces of the white stain, as I immediately hit it with some cleaner and a towel. I acted in haste... Wish now I hadn't cleaned it. I'm still pondering if I want to take this on myself, or take it to Ford. It will depend on whether or not this is covered by the Ford warranty I just bought.
 
My BiL has a 2015 F150 eB that’s never seen the dealership - know he’s happy with the truck …
I live in a Ford Super Duty (farm/ranch/oilfield) community and it’s been that way for decades …
 
My BiL has a 2015 F150 eB that’s never seen the dealership - know he’s happy with the truck …
I live in a Ford Super Duty (farm/ranch/oilfield) community and it’s been that way for decades …
My business partner has a 2015 F150 3.5EB as well and it too has been problem-free. He has about 90K miles on it right now, totally dealer-maintained, and he's been happy. It is a pavement queen, however - no towing and no real hard driving. Haven't most of Ford's issues been more recent though?
 
I will say I drove my 88 E-150 yesterday, and now that the new clutch is broken in, and after me recently tuning it up it runs like new. I'm hoping to keep it for another 35 years. In fact it might outlive me, in which case my son stated a number of times he wants it. ;)
 
My BiL has a 2015 F150 eB that’s never seen the dealership - know he’s happy with the truck …
I live in a Ford Super Duty (farm/ranch/oilfield) community and it’s been that way for decades …
Yeah I have lost count of the 83-11 Ranger platform vehicles owned by family members, but most have exceeded 250k miles before their retirement. It's just a given there's at least one Ranger or Explorer in the driveway, usually multiple. While I am an enthusiast, most of my family members just want a running vehicle that does what they want. My 72 year old Mom daily drives a mint condition bright red 2011 Ranger. 🤣
 
I never been inside a Ford dealership. I had a Ford e250 van with a 302 could definitely handle a load but would occasionally stall and would not start. Two hours later would start could never figure it out.
 
I like to tell people there are really two Ford's.

One Ford will take a proven powertrain and manufacture it for over a decade. Those Fords with proper care of the fluids and filters are worth buying and often ridiculously cheap.

Here's one example. Yesterday my dealership sold a 2009 Taurus with 108k miles. It was dealer maintained and received quality components whenever it was needed. That Taurus will last past 2030 with the right owner handling its care.

Then there is the Ford that will ram vehicles with substandard quality components down the throats of their customers and deny responsibility until their own information incriminates them.

The Long-Term Quality Index which I co-developed showed trade-in defect rates of nearly 40% for the last gen Focus, and nearly 50% in certain cases for the Fiesta. Ford denied everything until internal documents showed that they knew their dual-clutch transmissions were defective.

Ford did the same thing with the AXOD transmissions back in the day, except they didn't get caught.
 
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My perception, unfortunately, is that virtually every manufacturer has taken a dive in quality and durability in the past 10 years. It's one thing to complain about major things going wrong with a car that is 12+ years old and has 150,000+ miles. It's a different thing to have the same kind of failure in a car that's only 2 years old with 25,000 miles, but I'm hearing a lot of that now.

The best longest lasting engines and transmissions ever made IMO were made about 1996-2009, without VVT, without cylinder deactivation, and without turbochargers. Auto makers basically all moved to doing things they never would have considered in a normal car in order to hit CAFE standards for higher MPG. Too bad they never calculated the impact of a car that could have lasted 250,000 miles, being junk at 150,000 miles in setting their CAFE standards. It takes a lot of energy to make a new car.
 
Auto makers basically all moved to doing things they never would have considered in a normal car in order to hit CAFE standards for higher MPG. Too bad they never calculated the impact of a car that could have lasted 250,000 miles, being junk at 150,000 miles in setting their CAFE standards. It takes a lot of energy to make a new car.
In before the lock!

I kept my 1995 Escort that I bought new in 1995 until late 2020. Very reliable car! My only real gripe with Ford now is their lack of car offerings in the US. Not everyone will own a truck or SUV.
 
I guess it is the luck of the draw. I bought a 2021 Ford F150 with the 5.0 in December of 2021. I now have a little of 22,000 miles and it has been rock solid. I love it...it is my first ford vehicle.
 
My 2014 F150 is doing alright other than the fact it didn’t start for the past 3 weeks.

But that was due to a part failure. The rest of the truck is in working order. My biggest gripe with Ford is how they tend to base everything off a modular design that may or may not work for the specific application in the long run. Ford is the only OEM I know that uses a fuel pump driver module that’s an additional failure point across most of their cars. I know the Flex has it in the C pillar, the 11th and 12th gen F150s were above the spare tire, and the 13th gen I believe was mounted somewhere else. It’s just like why? Can’t they just run the pump directly off the ECU like everybody else? Figure ford can save a few bucks by doing it this way but that hurts them in the long run.
 
So I finally sold my 2002 Ranger. It was sitting around and a family member needed another Ranger. We are just prolific users of Rangers. Never thought I wouldn't own a Ranger, but owning a 1994 Explorer and 1997 Explorer might count.
 
Haven't drove one it quite a while, I hear a lot of people bashing Ford, personally I have nothing against them, I have never had a brand new car, but in all the used cars I've driven through the years the thing I've noticed is the better the previous owners took care of them before I bought them the less problems I faced in my time of owning them, I am a firm believer in changing oil & any parts that fail on them asap, unfortunately I have always been in lack when it comes to money to buy the best things in the world, but while I have suffered greatly throughout my life I have gained much knowledge, if I could share one piece of advice to someone who is poor it would be this, if you was from this world you would have all the material wealth & help you could ask for, but do not consider it a curse that you lack in money, consider it a blessing because while you may not have all the things others do in this world, in the world to come you will have abundance beyond what the wealthiest people in this world have, looks are deceiving, on earth one appears to have money, power & fame, but is truly poor where it counts, on the other hand one who appears to be beaten, broken & downtrodden is being prepared for riches that never perish, everything will change soon & when it does you will understand why you was considered to be the least in this world, you will also see that those with the worldly wealth, worldly power & fame really had nothing at all, be patient because redemption is at hand & you will never suffer again in just a short time you will overcome.
 
Please renew rear differential subscription service to continue transferring engine torque to rear wheels.
 
More fun with the Explorer. Wouldn't shift into reverse on Saturday. Would shift into drive and then shift out into neutral. Had to have it towed to the shop and am awaiting an update. Tow truck driver was able to drive it onto the flatbed so don't believe its the trans, but who knows.
Also forgot to mention that I had to replace the heated drivers seat last year as well. This one has been nickel-n-dime-ing me to death. Won't buy another any time soon.
 
The fleet of F150’s I oversaw was a good fleet of trucks. OST of them went well past 150k miles under my watch, and the guy that got my 100k mile truck was just forced to turn it in at 165k. I’d buy an F150 in a heartbeat.

The RAMs we had had less issues, but the Chevy’s were heavy on maintenance and were moved on by 120k miles. Rust is the only reason why RAM is not a truck I would consider. They rust fast and hard.

I have a Ford Escape on a trip today and don’t like it. It’s an echo chamber with wind noise and it feels cheap. My Nissan Rogue is a much nicer vehicle that drives much more comfortably.
 
I know for a fact that over the past few years, there
have been emergency changes to mudflap designs because
Ford engineers forgot the vehicle used more than one size tire, and to air cleaner parts on the Bronco because the hood crushed them when closing. Can't tell you how I know because I'll get in trouble if the wrong people read this.
 
I enjoy my 1950 Ford F1 with a 239 Flathead V8. I call these engines "Henrys Pride" and if ford still used such an engine today
I would be the first one at the door to purchase a car or pickup.
FLATHEADS FOREVER
 
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