Ford recall issues
And my F150 has outstanding recalls with no parts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTiMUOTQO48
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theoldwizard1 wrote:
What I don't understand is why they change a part to save a penny when the old part had been performing the job for many years ! How many years have they been putting windshield wipers on cars ?
Someone probably got a promotion for getting a new "low cost" supplier !
It's fun to exaggerate but...
Ford sells something like 4 million vehicles per year (yeah it varies by year).
If they can get the wiper motor for $5 less, that's $20million saved.
If they change out 10 parts per year at $5 savings, that's $200million in the companies pocket. I don't know where you work but if I make my company an extra $200m, they will be very happy with me.
Plus there is no guarantee the supplier of the old part won't reduce quality control or materials and they won't have the same recall issues.
If you look at vehicle reliability compared to the 70-80's, it's night and day better even though cars are easily 10 times more complicated.
There are very good reasons, parts get redesigned even though the old ones worked.
