assasinator

well, the gains Ford made are lost. i guess changing to chinese made parts for cost are killing them.


im not inhappy with my 2011GT exactly, but this is why i want nothing to do with any other ford. i bought this one because of the engine. mine's in the shop for the clutch pressure plate bolts backing out.


http://www.jdpower.com/news/pressrel...spx?ID=2011089



source: JD powers and associates.

assasinator

Jasque Nasser was the last guy who tried to trade quality for cost and ford almost folded tent.

ULTIMATEORANGESS

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dodge is last. what a surprise.



as ive said many times, to say all car brands today are good isnt true.

jmurray87

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Good to see Chevy finally moving back up the list slowly at least.

I don't understand why is Ram always considered it's own brand when they are part of Dodge?

Irunelevens

Well actually, as of this year "Ram" is technically its own separate brand... kinda like Scion/Toyota and Mini/BMW.

DiscerningZ32

I wonder which Buicks are dragging the marque down.
Probably the Lucerne.

1QWIKZ

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i bought a brand new 2011 Ford Expedition Limited. the first 2 weeks, it was in the shop for 9 days because it had a faulty tailgate sensor. that being said, i picked it over a tahoe/yukon because the expedition's interior was nicer and more comfortable. i also love the microsoft sync feature and i felt i was getting more for my money.

It'llrun

http://www.jdpower.com/news/pressrel...spx?ID=2011089 <~ According to that, Lucerne ranks 2nd (behind Taurus) in initial quality for 2011 "large car" segment.

Seeing Ford with 2 segment winners(large car, full size trucks) makes me think something they're producing is having multiple problems. Seems they brought out several redesigned models in the past yr or so.

DiscerningZ32

That's a surprise.

I wonder what is dragging them down.

Schmalgar

Get used to that part. Anything "American" will only become more and more Chinese as we seem determined to help them become the world's power economy. Perhaps European carmakers will resist and continue to use quality parts, but we almost certainly will not... Certainly Japanese makers I imagine will not use Chinese parts, due to long running national/ethnic rivalries...

TriShield

Ford has some serious quality glitches with their new products from the well-documented Mustang manual transmission snafu to issues with the Powershift transmission in the Fiesta. The MyTouch system is also a headache. People don't want to sit for 40 minutes to learn how to adjust the A/C in their car when in every other one you get a button or a **** that's self explanatory to do the same thing.

Schmalgar

Yeah my mom's new Edge has been back to the dealer 4 times since December already, to repair the Sync system in it...