Ford lays off 600 workers at plant targeted by UAW strike::Ford is laying off workers while the UAW is striking against Ford, GM, and Stellantis. This is getting complicated.

    • @[email protected]
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      461 year ago

      You shouldn’t anyway. Their vehicles are terrible.

      I had a 2003 Ranger that was in tip top shape. I was the only owner and regularly took it in for oil changes and maintenance. Sitting at a stop sign one night on my way home from work and the engine starts knocking out of the blue. Piston fucked and the engine is completely shot. That was like 1-2 months after a full tune up.

      My mom had a Ford Focus. As soon as it was out of warranty, everything on that car went south. The electronics, the transmission, everything. That car was a massive piece of shit.

      tl;dr - Ford fucking sucks.

        • Kushan
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          231 year ago

          I have had a couple of Fords over the years and never experienced anything beyond usual wear and tear. My brother has been driving Focuses for nearly 2 decades now and swears by them.

          Not defending ford as a company here, but just sharing my own anecdotes.

          • @[email protected]
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            21 year ago

            I think they’ve since sorted the issues that plagued mine and my mom’s cars. Her Focus was like a 2002 or something and I think it was one of the first versions. It was just crazy how many things went wrong in such a short window.

            In regards to my Ranger, it was a period where some of their engines were basically lemons.

            My brother had a Pontiac Grand Am back in the day that had similar catastrophic issues. Basically all of the electronics failed and they had to rip the entire dash apart. Engine issues too. Even with repairs, the car was a disaster waiting to happen.

            The gaps in quality sometimes can be wild. Tons of super reliable Ford F-150s, but then you get some models that are just total lemons.

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              1 year ago

              Indeed. Ford made many improvements to their vehicles in 2012 and 2013 to compete with the international brands selling in the US market. It seems it wasn’t enough since Ford decided to cease sedan manufacturing in the US. Now they only manufacture trucks, SUVs, and Mustangs.

      • netburnr
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        191 year ago

        Weird. My 2009 Ranger with 160k miles still pulls its 31 inch tires at over 90mph to the beach just fine. My old Focist ST took a hell of a beating cause I drove it like it was stolen and it was fine too.

        But because you must be right. All ford’s suck.

      • @[email protected]
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        121 year ago

        Counterpoint: drove a 92 Ford ranger into the fucking ground. That truck was an absolute soldier. I took shit care of it, my neighbor cut my fuel line and I held it together with a clamp and a sock, I got in 4 accidents in it.

        Absolute beast of a vehicle.

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          31 year ago

          The only thing that stopped my 92 Ranger was another vehicle hitting it at high speed, otherwise it’d still be choochin up the mountains today. Got an Edge and once again only real problems are impact based from a crash but it goes everywhere

      • @[email protected]
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        61 year ago

        I’ve heard stories like that from most car brands. Not saying you are the exception, I’m saying the exception is a reliable car that doesn’t suck for almost anyone, like a 90s-00s Toyota

        • @[email protected]
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          31 year ago

          Interestingly, the German mandated car inspections are a good source for reliability, and Fords are almost always in the top few spots in terms of “severe faults found on the car”, and it’s not like other foreign, or even American cars have this problem at the inspections… mainly Fords

          • @[email protected]
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            11 year ago

            Oh, I’m not claiming Ford’s are good cars, their ecotech engines are incredibly prone to dying early on due to their faulty design. With that said, I’ve heard stories where Chrysler engines where great, but the Mercedes transmissions they came with were terrible. Then there are terrible reliability stories from Lancia, Lotus, and Alfa Romeo. Chevrolet has had some flops as well.

      • @[email protected]
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        21 year ago

        My ranger did almost the exact same thing, ended up being totaled. Part of me wants another one but I don’t like the new style and the used old rangers are so expensive, especially considering the fact that my first one just up and died lol

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        1 year ago

        I’m thinking of the mid-2000s Exploder that had a widely-known transmission fault that would put the tranny into a permanent fault mode where the transmission light would flash and the gearing was noisy/weird. Ford’s response was “out of warranty, sorry not sorry”. Drove it nearly 100k miles like that. EDIT: forgot about the Focus that wrapped its hood around my windshield when I was in the left lane of a highway going 80 mph.