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dodge guy wrote:

Retired JSO wrote:
I hope Ford gets their act together. A friend of mine had his new f150 smacked in the bed. Body shop tried to repair it but instead, ordered a new bed. Took from January 18 to March 9th to have a bed shipped to Jacksonville. That way too long for such a major part.

Sounds like they either weren't familiar with aluminum repair or had to wait because it's a brand new product! The same would happen with any manuf with a brand new 1st year product aluminum or steel!

As I was complaining to the insurance adjuster about how fragile my fiberglass pick up bed was he explained it wasn't so bad because the fiberglass sides were bolt on parts. He said to be glad I did not have an all aluminum body F-150.
I imagine it will get better but currently there were a lots of issues getting the aluminum bodies fixed in a timely fashion.
Lots of specialty tools and clean rooms required. The fear was corrosion down the road if the trucks were not re-assembled correctly.
Lots of dissimilar metals worries.