These items that I had to fix are simple quality issues; a lack of attention to minor details.
I have bought Ford since 1978 specifically to support an American based company.
The above is how I was rewarded for that loyalty.
Sorry to hear this. I drove my 1993 Ford Explorer 250,000 miles with nary a blip. I traded it in on an Escape in 2003 (not really necessary) and I’ve had no problems with it whatsoever. I do think that there’s plenty of blame to go around. Detroit was extremely short sided. They should’ve been looking ahead about twenty years. They’ve just lived too long in the moment, a sure disaster for any company.
I hate hearing stories like that about Ford vehicles. My 1994 Explorer now has about 325,000 miles on it, and when I had some maintenance work done on it a few months ago the mechanic told me everyone in his shop insisted on taking it out for a “test/diagnostic drive” because nobody could believe how well it ran!