Too little , too late. I traded in an Explorer for a CR-V and couldn’t be happier. Thanks, Ford, for showing me the errors of my ways.—a lot less time in the shop now.
My wife and I bought an Acura 3.2TL eight years ago, and my only regret as a past Ford owner is that I won’t be able to teach my young son the essentials of automotive maintenance and major repair until he’s sixteen buys his own decrepit beater.
I hardly ever look under the hood anymore.
I had a Ford Tempo for many years.
What a piece of garbage. My the time the car finally died (it caught on fire because it was parked too close to a dumpster that some a-hole set on fire), I swear that almost everything had been replaced once or twice.
This wasn’t normal wear and tear either. All in all, it was infuriating. The car was a friggin’ lemon! I tried speaking with the Ford dealership about it and I got a friendly “Gee sorry but it’s not our fault that we sell crappy cars” spiel from them.
That car is in hell. Of that, I’m sure.
Eighteen months ago, I traded in my Explorer for a Toyota Highlander. Since then, I’ve had to take the Highlander to the shop once, for a faulty fuel sensor that was covered under warranty, whereas I was taking the Explorer in about every three months.