If anybody wants to disagree with me thinking
Knowing the Firestone tires were delaminating for years and not forcing the recall to keep Firestone happy was a let down
Then releasing the new Explorer without the basic quality control to check the damn assembly lines for correct sizing so it wouldn't cut up the new tires
Having tons of recalls on the Focus has been depressing
The Tempo was a bad car
The Contour/Mystic's had reliability issues
The Probe GT, Thunderbird S/C, Taurus SHO were cool performance cars that Ford killed.
The Mark VIII, Cougar S, all the Mustang's, were just a couple more cars that Ford didn't invest any money into to change their reputation or add expected performance.
Adding in the fact that they knew about possible problems with the ignition modules, ignition switches, faulty fuel pump wiring, the recall of the Expeditions and F-150 for the faulty front end welding, the crank problems with the 5.4L, and other significant recalls/issues leads to painting a pretty shitty picture of a company as far as overall quality and care is concerned.
I for one, am ashamed of Ford's apparent inability to produce quality cars, instead focusing on providing mass sales to fleet rental services. I'm just glad I like the Mustang GT, one of the cars they seem to be able to produce with a little quality and performance.
That being said, Chrysler and GM are still worse. Honda's and the Toyota's have their issues big time as well, but you don't hear about them quite as much since the mainstream media doesn't go nuts on them. It's just old watching a company knowingly put out junk, like what Ford has done time and again over the last 10 years (when the domestics are supposed to be getting better).
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