Fords Quality has Improved?
More Turbo
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Further raising truck prices. Yay.
Guess who gets to pay for the rainbow brigades 1.5 billion dollar loss, as well?
Id like to push this guys face to a "normal crooked dash" screen. What a chump.
Guess who gets to pay for the rainbow brigades 1.5 billion dollar loss, as well?
Id like to push this guys face to a "normal crooked dash" screen. What a chump.
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I don't really care for Farley but it is important to recognize that his EV push was a political necessity at the time, everyone besides Toyota was doing it due to pressure from Biden's EPA.
I am not opposed to give him a chance to run the company for a few years with resources allocated to needed places rather than having to siphon off all available funds to make money losing EVs, and who can really say he did a worse job than Mary Bara or Carlos Tavares?
I am not opposed to give him a chance to run the company for a few years with resources allocated to needed places rather than having to siphon off all available funds to make money losing EVs, and who can really say he did a worse job than Mary Bara or Carlos Tavares?
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Laughing Gas
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From: McKinney, TX
I have a 2023 (4WD STX) and a 2025 (2WD XL) and while I think the XL was assembled a little better, there are still some glaring problems with the SuperDoodies... mostly originating at the design table, not necessarily it's assembly. Much of it has to do with all the technology they are forcing into these trucks, but much of it also has to do with Ford's idea to cut parts and assemblies costs at the expense of reliability.
5th Wheeling
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My experience is limited to buying my 2023 Super Duty and then recently a 2026 Super Duty. Both 350s. I would say without hesitation that the 2026 had more attention paid to it. My 2023 had rubber bands and tape hanging in several spots in the engine bay. One of the tailights was not sitting in its slot correctly and had a gap around it. The clip that holds the seat cover on the front was hanging down. There were also several stickers hanging on by less than 1/3 of the sticker in multiple places.
The 2026 i have looked for things and so far havent found anything.
I did buy the trucks from different dealers, and i realize the dealer may have performed a more thorough PDI and found these issues.
Something else ive noticed is that the truck shifts better than the 2023. The 2023 didnt seem like anything was wrong with it, but it seemed to hunt for gears occasionally and also would clunk when I would let off the gas going about 25 sometimes.
The 2026 i have looked for things and so far havent found anything.
I did buy the trucks from different dealers, and i realize the dealer may have performed a more thorough PDI and found these issues.
Something else ive noticed is that the truck shifts better than the 2023. The 2023 didnt seem like anything was wrong with it, but it seemed to hunt for gears occasionally and also would clunk when I would let off the gas going about 25 sometimes.
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its simple math when boards of companies like ford measure and reward quality.....
can defects me mitigated = yes
can the cost of todays mitigation be added to the price of future sales = yes
can commissions and rewards be based on gross sales = yes
so the cost of mitigation drives up the cost which drives up gross sales and that drives up commissions and rewards = yes
all is good...leadership is doing its job = yes
can defects me mitigated = yes
can the cost of todays mitigation be added to the price of future sales = yes
can commissions and rewards be based on gross sales = yes
so the cost of mitigation drives up the cost which drives up gross sales and that drives up commissions and rewards = yes
all is good...leadership is doing its job = yes
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Trailering
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I'm going to say that so far - 12,600 miles, of which the first 4200 miles were spent pulling my Winnebago camper from Spokane, WA through the Canadian Rockies up to Edmonton and back to Chattanooga - that QC on my 2025 has been fine. No issues at all. Long term, I obviously have no experience. Can't say the same for the Suburban that crapped out on my at the gas pumps in Plummer, Idaho with the trailer connected. I'm babying the transmission, always pulling in manual and trailer mode, as that was my biggest worry just jumping in and pulling away after buying the truck on a Sunday but all I've done to the truck so far was a 1000 mile oil change to check the oil for shavings and then regular oil changes and adding stuff to it I want. Haven't gotten the drive shaft recall letter, so this data point is happy with Ford's QC (so far).
I will say the damn thing is far to complicated for what it needs to be. But that's been the way of the world since my father's MG-TD.
I will say the damn thing is far to complicated for what it needs to be. But that's been the way of the world since my father's MG-TD.
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I'm going to say that so far - 12,600 miles, of which the first 4200 miles were spent pulling my Winnebago camper from Spokane, WA through the Canadian Rockies up to Edmonton and back to Chattanooga - that QC on my 2025 has been fine. No issues at all. Long term, I obviously have no experience. Can't say the same for the Suburban that crapped out on my at the gas pumps in Plummer, Idaho with the trailer connected. I'm babying the transmission, always pulling in manual and trailer mode, as that was my biggest worry just jumping in and pulling away after buying the truck on a Sunday but all I've done to the truck so far was a 1000 mile oil change to check the oil for shavings and then regular oil changes and adding stuff to it I want. Haven't gotten the drive shaft recall letter, so this data point is happy with Ford's QC (so far).
I will say the damn thing is far to complicated for what it needs to be. But that's been the way of the world since my father's MG-TD.
I will say the damn thing is far to complicated for what it needs to be. But that's been the way of the world since my father's MG-TD.
Trailering
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I have been running the severe duty schedule which is basically services in half the miles. tranny fluid been doing even more frequently.....scary stuff has been coming out of the tranny in stead of red the stuff looks dark brown to black...everyone says thats normal with the fluid we run. my truck has 31k miles on it.
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