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“The company said, “The number of vehicles recalled reflects our intensive strategy to quickly find and fix hardware and software issues and go the extra mile to help protect customers.”
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Oh so according to ford recalls a a GOOD thing.....got it👌
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What about when when there’s a recall to fix a previous recall?
If they can’t get you to pay as much in parts and repairs as the original price of the vehicle by the time it’s paid off, they failed. Recalls increase the cost of running the company and are a reason for increase in future vehicle prices, a decrease in salaries of all non-union white-collar employees and the closing of factories that manufacture too many mistakes.
Ah yes... the Agile methodology of project management has come to vehicle manufacturing: exactly where it DOES NOT belong.
Anywhere that human safety is a factor, Agile does not belong, yet organizational leaders seem to think “fail fast” should be a mantra in every business.
It works in software development, because the time to repair is low in modern computing. It works for SpaceX, because they’re not putting human-rated capsules to the test until they’ve perfected propulsion and on-orbit systems. It doesn’t belong in an industry where buyers of an arguably essential daily living product have to take the product back to a central dealer and possibly go without for several hours or days.
Actually part of it...yes.
Ford has been sued “bigly” in the past. So they are getting ahead of it via recalls. They probably did the math and now figure it’s cheaper and better to do this as opposed to ignoring it and fixing it after the fact.
Yes it is.
You want to know how many things I’ve seen on Toyotas, Dodges and Rams that should have been recalled but never were? They sneak around that by issuing TSB’s saying its a known issue, sucks to be the owner.
Recalls mean Ford is footing the bill. Other companies won’t unless Fedzilla forces them because it costs too much money.
Just had a 2021 Lexus 450h in my shop for 2400 dollars of repair work on a faulty ABS Module. It’s such a common issue the parts guy at the dealer knew exactly what the noise was, and had multiples of said part in stock. Part was 1800 bucks before tax.
Ford would have recalled and paid for that fix. Lexus won’t and I will bet money on that.
Have that happen all the time and the owner is the one to foot the bill for poor parts quality, design and software.
I had Ford warranty a cracked block on a 1.5L ecoboost in a 2018 escape with 84k miles on it. Paid for the new short block and everything. Not a nickel from the owner. I cannot say any other manufacturer would do that unless Feds got involved, or a lawsuit forced it.
Ford doesn’t make the best light cars out there, but at least they stand by their products.