Ford quality dependability rating is close to the bottom of the list again. This is the reason why I don't buy a Ford and none of my family and friends own a Ford.
https://fordauthority.com/2023/02/ford-ranked-well-below-average-in-2023-dependability-study/
Ford canned almost all the ICE TSs. Good luck. Most of my work was fixing supplier and plant fu-k ups.
Hey we made 400 engines with a block that had a broken drill can we ship them? No you can’t. And who turned off the machine tool detection?
Stupid sh-t all the time
Cutting headcount without any reduction in workload and getting rid of all the senior GSRs didn't fix quality? I'm shocked.
So in the what's old is what's new category...
Found On Roadside Dead (1960's)
Fix Or Repair Daily (70's).
Quality on all domestics have dropped as buyers have to scrounge around for the lowest cost manufacturers with more intensity that many offshore companies. Japanese and S Korea get some subsidies for workers and are heavy on temp workers on the line in their native countries which helps their overall balance sheet, Europeans similar but not as slick - but lots of worker subsidies. So competing from the US solely has always been challenging. Probably the biggest reason to try to bring in Chinese Lincolns etc. I don't think that will work worth a tinker's d-mn but I see the detached from reality C-suite thinking.
I still buy Ford, I know I could probably do better in life cycle cost with an import, but my tortured logic is if we don't want to become the UK (who lost their car and for the most part motorcycle business) we need to support our US factories. Yeah, some would say I'm a su---r - but that's what I believe in!
So Josh Haliburton, Quality Czar, has been here over a year, but nothing has changed. Got it, just another waste of cash.
He’ll depart for “other opportunities” as soon as he realizes he stock options are underwater and worthless.
Fire Or Recall Daily.
Buy a Ford = Never.
No surprises since it's been like this for the past many years.
Ford upper management is telling the employees "Keep up the good work everyone "
Only stupid people would buy a Ford vehicle.