Ford Focus Fail

[chopstar87]

should have bought the manual, the missus's focus is a brilliant little car in manual..

[DJM83]

Originally Posted by Cranky243

Lol at the squashed pasty....I mean AU....isn't that the car that nearly killed Ford which was then saved by the superior B series?

Ahhhhh yep.....

Superior BA, ok then

Also agreed on the buy a manual sentiments.

[XR Martin]

Spoke to a couple today whose BMW X5 gearbox grenaded at 80k kms and just out of warranty, $11k+ to replace. They are trying to get BMW to fix it under 'good will'.

[NX74205]

Originally Posted by DJM83

Superior BA, ok then

BA is superior.

Never understood why it gets dissed so much, mostly from AU owners.

[DJM83]

Originally Posted by NX74205

BA is superior.

Never understood why it gets dissed so much, mostly from AU owners.

Disagree 11ty billion%, owned 2 AU's but your happy, im happy all's well eh

[damo76]

Originally Posted by NX74205

BA is superior.

Never understood why it gets dissed so much, mostly from AU owners.

I think the last good falcon was the xf. after that well...

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by NX74205

BA is superior.

Never understood why it gets dissed so much, mostly from AU owners.

Once you've had to do a few heater shafts you'll know why, we seem to get them coming in for heater shafts, coils, window motors and door locks, they're always the most common problems we get them in for.

I don't know what it is with Ford but they can't make window motors for crap, seriously all the Falcons, they always crap out window motors, on every damn model from E series onwards to BF.

So far since FG has been released we've never actually had any come in to work on for problems, aside for an ambient temp sensor always showing -6 degrees and the A/C not working when the battery is on its last legs.

I come to the conclusion that FG onwards must be pretty damn good.

[Cranky243]

Yeah nah the AU was Fords best car....for taxis.

[XR Martin]

I think you'll find all brand's electric windows motors are fairly average. Go to any of the automotive forums and they are often one of the most replaced items.

[Yellow_Festiva]

Originally Posted by XR6 Martin

I think you'll find all brand's electric windows motors are fairly average. Go to any of the automotive forums and they are often one of the most replaced items.

Yep... Quoted one for my C3 Pluriel... $1800 supply only, would you believe!

[csv8]

My WQ Fez window motor was $320+$100 to fit....

[DJM83]

Originally Posted by Cranky243

Yeah nah the AU was Fords best car....for taxis.

Id have much rathered my AU XR6/TE50 than any BA. I do like BA just prefer AU.
Anyway lets not get in the road of a good rag on FoA thread now.

[NX74205]

Originally Posted by tempted

The BA is far superior in styling, specs and features, but imo it is the worst Falcon quality and reliability wise since the EA.

I couldn't disagree with you more. Dad has owned a BA for over 10 years, and only two things went wrong: power steering pump and door locks.

I've had a BF for over 8 years, and have had to replace the power window switch, the starter motor and gearbox.

Frankly, I can't really fault the reliability of either. Build quality (in terms of fit and finish) is a bit hit and miss on my BF, granted - those silver door trims in the BF in particular are a bit flimsy, but nothing rattles in the BA.

[NOI551]

Ive always said that if I ever have big dramas with my Ford - i'd jump ship into a Maloo ;)

[NX74205]

Originally Posted by tempted

So you're evaluating the reliability/quality of an entire series based on a single unit? Yeah ok.....

I have two B-series Falcons in my driveway, and I have previously owned an EA. The B-series is so far ahead of the EA it's not funny. It's silly to even compare the two in terms of reliability and build quality. The EA isn't even in the same league.

[Pinkbits]

I thought the heading of the thread was "Ford Focus Fail"?
Looks like it has degenerated into another AU vs BA slanging match.
Keep it on topic.