Never Again
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12-19-2011 | 05:37 AM
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Never Again
My name says it. Never again will I buy a ford vehicle. Of the last 5 that I have owned not a one (with good regular maintenance) can make it past 120,000 miles without a complete melt down of some type. I estimate that I have gotten 24,000 miles for every $5,000 I have spent on ford vehicles (not including regular maintenance, i.e. oil changes, tires & rotation, brakes, etc.).
Not only is it the vehicles, it is also the Ford service department. A starter for my 2003 Ford Taurus cost me $455 in parts and labor to replace at the dealership. It lasted one week over one year and was junk. I went and bought a rebuild and replaced it myself. The rebuild cost me about $120 and it took me all of 20 minutes and I was rolling again. So that is basically $355 labor (don't forget the environment charge) for 20 - 30 minutes of labor.
The pvc tube assembly went bad on my 2001 Ford Taurus. Dealership charged me over $240 to replace it. So when it went bad on my 2003 Taurus I decided to replace it myself. The assembly cost me about $25 and I replaced it right in the dealership parking lot in under 5 minutes. Another $215 labor rate for 5 minutes worth of work.
That would be $715 and $2580 per hour labor rates respectively. Not quite consistent but sure explains why Ford Motor company didn't need any government bailout money.
I won't even go into the F150 problems I have had with the two of them I have owned but let's just say that when the dealership breaks the mounting bolt to the dipstick tube off in the block, they don't removed the broken bolt, they just weld the dipstick tube to the broken bolt.
Not only is it the vehicles, it is also the Ford service department. A starter for my 2003 Ford Taurus cost me $455 in parts and labor to replace at the dealership. It lasted one week over one year and was junk. I went and bought a rebuild and replaced it myself. The rebuild cost me about $120 and it took me all of 20 minutes and I was rolling again. So that is basically $355 labor (don't forget the environment charge) for 20 - 30 minutes of labor.
The pvc tube assembly went bad on my 2001 Ford Taurus. Dealership charged me over $240 to replace it. So when it went bad on my 2003 Taurus I decided to replace it myself. The assembly cost me about $25 and I replaced it right in the dealership parking lot in under 5 minutes. Another $215 labor rate for 5 minutes worth of work.
That would be $715 and $2580 per hour labor rates respectively. Not quite consistent but sure explains why Ford Motor company didn't need any government bailout money.
I won't even go into the F150 problems I have had with the two of them I have owned but let's just say that when the dealership breaks the mounting bolt to the dipstick tube off in the block, they don't removed the broken bolt, they just weld the dipstick tube to the broken bolt.
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12-20-2011 | 09:19 PM
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Well, you just can't please everyone. The Taurus was NOT one of Ford's finer ideas. Try another car, like the Fusion. Buy a car you never see in the dealership service departments. They last.
That could NOT be said of the Taurus, especially of the older generation (before 2007).
The Edge seems to be holding up fairly well. Don't see many of those.
However, if it makes you feel any better, the Contour was an even bigger piece of junk then the Tortise. I always felt like Ford should have reimbursed their customers for buying that car.
That could NOT be said of the Taurus, especially of the older generation (before 2007).
The Edge seems to be holding up fairly well. Don't see many of those.
However, if it makes you feel any better, the Contour was an even bigger piece of junk then the Tortise. I always felt like Ford should have reimbursed their customers for buying that car.
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