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Wasn't the RHD engineering done overseas? Somewhere in SE Asia?
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https://www.rmagroup.net/global-reach/australia/ new facility in northern suburbs of Melbourne. https://www.bing.com/maps?osid=11d98...=2&form=S00027 Last edited by Dr Smith; 31-01-2024 at 08:34 AM. |
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I still think it's an assembly issue rather than a component failure, I guess time will tell as a longer sales halt would probably indicate an engineering issue.
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The steering issue is an assembly fault with the shaft not fitted correctly
The turbo issue is a joining hose with insufficient molded strength in its design |
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Yet another recall.................
https://www.carexpert.com.au/car-new...150-recalled-2 Quote:
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Did RAM or Chev have these sorts of problems starting up? I can't recall so is it just a Ford thing?
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“There is no safety hazard associated with this recall and the defect will not affect the performance of the vehicle. Vehicles are not compliant with ADR 13/00.”
I don't see the problem, like the Mustang recall for the Brake Fluid warning, it is not a safety recall. |
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![]() Thats the only one that comes to mind. https://www.drive.com.au/news/2018-ram-1500-recalled/ |
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Not as many according to the Government recall website. RAM had one for the Occupant Restraint Control module, so that's pretty serious, and the Silverado had one for the remote supplied for the retractable tonneau being non compliant because it didn't have a warning for the button battery.
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Are these the stupid lights on the doors?
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After having been walked through the Walkinshaw chop shop very recently... I'll never buy one of their transgender products.
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Only Ford could take a no brainer decision like the RHD F150 and butcher the launch so badly
that its high end buyers have serious reservations about paying so much for such a vehicle |
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Would go in there to load up sand and instantly come out feeling depressed.
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I'm like to the other guy, make sure they have everything boxed up on one pallet. I get there, and they've got it on two pallets, and they couldn't be ****ed putting it into one pallet, so they spent like 45 minutes there trying to figure out if they could secure two pallets with one ratchet strap. None of the stuff was even boxed up, it was just loose brake cables spread across two pallets. The solution in the end was to put another pallet, over half of both pallets, then tie that down to the ute. I'm like this is sketchy AF, **** it I'll just take it anyway - keep an eye out for me on the news tonight when all this shit flies off on the freeway ![]() Got it back to the other side of Melbourne without losing anything off the back which **** me I was surprised, was expecting to get around the corner and lose it all off the back - I didn't give a ****, I told them before I left, and I fully intended on losing it all on the freeway and then saying 'I told you so'. |
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I have three local to me. One gets seriously pis.ed off at your presence, as if selling me something is a major inconvenience. The second place runs the yard with a single employee, so he's answering phones while taking your money and loading your purchase. And for god's sake, don't leave the door open to the office! That business is rolling in cash due to the earth moving side, so there is no reason for it other than being tight, and people keep going back because of convenience. The third is run by two geriatrics thinking they would be getting into an easy business but have no idea what they are selling, no idea what's in the yard and no idea what it costs.
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Sorry back to F150's.
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Also see https://fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=11501008 re the latest recall.
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You'd think you would cover the do's and don't's multiple times so the job goes out right from the get go. 4630 times wrong lol Seriously its incompetance.
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And/or just rushing a job for the sake of a few sales, the impact is now much worse.
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Polyal, they can only go as quick as the production process or more so the labour of running the (courtesy lamps) the wires/lamps BUT they fitted the non complient ones LOL......
More so its on the QC manager and worse his Superior, these are for AUSTRALIA 4630 units therefore FIT the approved ones for that market, like doh.
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This all lies with Ford in my opinion, it's THEIR product and its representing THIER brand. Ford should have found these "non-compliance" issues before they even started the conversions. Who is running things at Ford these days, they seem to all have blinkers on.
Now, according to previous replies in this thread, Ford were locked out of the conversion process. I call bullsh.t on that, as I said, its Ford's product.
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This is a quality thread.
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IMO this mostly highlights the absurdity of the ADRs. It's courtesy lamps FFS! why do we have to have a unique ADR for those, of all things?
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They're completely irrelevant IMO, If its good enough for UK/US/JPN/SK/EU then its good enough for Australia too. |
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