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Once again, another botched product launch from Ford.
https://www.carexpert.com.au/car-new...acturing-fault "Ford Australia has instructed its dealer network to stop the sale and delivery of the remanufactured Ford F-150, after several vehicles presented with a turbocharger fault related to the remanufacturing process." “Out of an abundance of caution Ford Australia has placed a temporary hold on F-150s that are on their way to dealers or in dealer stock, after three re-manufactured vehicles presented with a turbo-charger related concern.” This bit sounds familiar to me - "CarExpert has spoken with three customers who have cancelled orders after continuous delivery delays, and being kept in the dark about what is going on with their vehicles." I think a bunch or work experience teenagers could manage Ford Australia better than the twits currently in charge.
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Brilliant start….
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Well they’ve sacked a whole heap of local engineers, and will sprout about their engineering division here and this F150. If they are doing an EV Ranger I’ll be interested to see how that goes
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From what I hear the EV Ranger is waaay off..
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Knowing Ford, they will unveil an EV Ranger 2 years before it goes on sale, take a heap of orders, then say nothing for 3 years and when it does arrive, Ford will end up with any one or more of the following excuses.................
- Lack of supply - Lack of parts supply - An incurable virus - The factory burnt down or flooded - Arguments with unionized labor delaying production - Other markets want it more so we miss out - Some sort of manufacturing fault that, despite many years of development and millions of dollars spent, wasn't picked up on prior to start of production. And so on and so on...................
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Hopefully they did all the design work before they fired all the engineers working on it here
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The word is that the EV Ranger will be based on F150 EV T3 platform
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Rather than start a new thread, I’ll post this here:
Chinese Ranger gets 2.3 EB, ZF 8-speed and coil spring rear https://www.carexpert.com.au/car-new...coils-in-china Quote:
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We saw that with automatic cars around 10-15 years ago. Dealers only stocked autos, refused to do custom orders, so mainly autos sold, giving manufacturers the excuse to start axing manual versions!
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Just watching the local review on this model by Car Expert:
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He’s just about had his use by date.
As for F150 I had one coming and was told it was in the first batch due to arrive in Brisbane on the 15/12. That day came and guess what…. The car I was allocated hasn’t even been remanufactured. Apparently Ford + RMA are relying on an excel spreadsheet to track these cars.
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So yeah, when you think of it, there’s probably a lot of input from engineers who developed the Falcon and Territory. So your back handed comment was a slight against them… As with so many other applications, that team’s ability to stretch a development dollar is legendary, switching the glitchy 10R for a Chinese ZF8HP and reusing the Raptor’s rear suspension all look to be great moves that unfortunately, we will never see in a vehicle like that in Australia. Last edited by jpd80; 04-01-2024 at 10:24 AM. |
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While the F150 turbocharger problem is stopping deliveries, owners who have taken delivery
have been told they can keep driving. Whatever the issue, that bodes well for a quick remedy and resumption of deliveries. |
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113 F150s delivered in December
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Look forward to seeing one!
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I'd be thinking not even a 100 deliveries and the QC didn't pick up the prob for the $$$'s I spent in the first place. Sorry.
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3 out of 113 is a high failure rate.
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Certainly makes you think twice about buying something new these days , manufacturers don't seam to be concerned about their reputations? , if I spent 140k on a F150 I would expect it to be perfect or at the very least fixed quickly
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Syn matey, the 113 is vfacts numbers to date whereas I expect this prob was detected bit before that 113.
Also re read the below statement not just the 3 mentioned in the last paragraph.: "Ford Australia has instructed its dealer network to stop the sale and delivery of the remanufactured Ford F-150, after several vehicles presented with a turbocharger fault related to the remanufacturing process." “Out of an abundance of caution Ford Australia has placed a temporary hold on F-150s that are on their way to dealers or in dealer stock, after three re-manufactured vehicles presented with a turbo-charger related concern.”
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I want more context on this 'turbo-charger related concern'.
What exactly is the problem and why is it only on the conversion vehicles? I'd assume they wouldn't even touch the turbo/engine, unless maybe they're re-routed oil and coolant lines to it. |
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That was my thinking as well. Even if they did remove the engine from the rolling chassis, there would be no reason to remove the turbochargers from the engine. I would think this issue is with a component in support of the turbochargers, as in hoses/fluid lines/actuators.
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I’d not be surprised if the (presumed) reflashing gave it more of a nudge than the local development team initially let on, and now Ford are worried about liability. Before and after recall on a dyno could be interesting.
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