Posted on 03/21/2019 5:16:17 PM PDT by rickmichaels
I owned a towing and recovery service, There is a very good reason why they went to padded dashboards.
There was a customer satisfaction repair done on mine for this reason (it’s a 2013 ex). Ford sent out letters claiming the same thing - that there was no excessive carbon monoxide they found during their testing for the numerous complaints they had.
Even after this service it still stinks in the cabin if I accelerate hard. I can reproduce the problem easily. Problem is, the rear hatch seals leak and the exhaust literally gets sucked up into the hatch when driving. There are several things they check when they do the service; they patch seams and holes on the uni body with mastic, but are loath to change the rear seal for some reason. Also, I think a lot of the dealerships aren’t performing the entire TSB because they have to pull a lot of stuff apart to do it correctly, including some body panels (if I recall what I read correctly).
The claim by the dealership that did this for me free of charge, plus a free rental stated that it was mostly upfitted vehicles that were really problematic (cop cars with all the racks and gun safes, etc.) where the upfitter drilled holes into the uni body for attachment and never sealed them, yadda, yadda, yadda.
The other issue is the fresh air intake is around the rear tire wells, so that is a big problem too.
Ford has always been a head ache.
I would hazard that if there was a valid problem, as bad as the complaints make it, their own sources would have some definitive results instead of having to refer to Ford’s analysis.
Why haven’t I heard about this before?
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A number of police depts. complained to Ford about 2 yrs. ago.
Supposedly their answer was the add on devices were compromising the integrity on the cabin.
A lot of officers were getting suck.
My guess is possibly the rear body design is drawing exhaust fumes back into the cab .
It could also be that other cars have problems too, but it just hasn’t crossed the threshold to detection. Which can be high.
At the right level such poisoning can apparently go undetected, and accumulate, until it is too late.
It could be sporadic and real.
From the company that made the Pinto and put it on the market anyway knowing of the gas tank issue and figured it was cheaper to pay out settlements for the dead and injured than to recall the cars.
The bottom line for them is the money. The heck with lives destroyed.
Airbags. Need a hypo allergenic metal dashboard and an airbag fitted vehicle. Probably no such animal exists.
I was in a wreck that totaled my truck and rearranged my face...plastic dashboard but no airbag.
“I would hazard that if there was a valid problem, as bad as the complaints make it, their own sources would have some definitive results instead of having to refer to Ford’s analysis.”
Yes. It’s not hard to measure.
state law is insane here with repos..
they get repo’d a lot but i have to send them to auction, then if I get more than they owe, I have to PAY THEM back the differance (after repo/auction costs)
it’s nuts. so I don’t really do much repo-resell..
sometimes they come back from the auction because the amount owed to me is so high no one bids that much.
then I just owe the run fee.
those do get resold by me again. but most times they bring just enough for me not to want it back.
Wow... That is crazy. It would seem that if you are financing directly in house with a private party to private party contract, that contract would be legally upheld period. I have never heard of state law being a legal referee in between a contract between two private parties. In most states if you promise your first born in a signed contract you have to deliver as written and signed no matter how crazy the terms might be.
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