Need help, Considering Used ‘22 Lariat Powerboost

[Gros Ventre]

I think I didnt say this correctly
Ford contracts to have batteries built...the contract or percent of reliability must be different from other contractors
Like Napa, and other brands.

True. Ford buys enough batteries that they can specify the design and assembly. So maybe they buy their batteries from a large maker, but they specify something about it that creates the problem. Remember that when you buy as many batteries as an automaker does, saving 50¢ a battery can mean $100,000 in a year. So maybe its not the battery maker's fault as they may be delivering what Ford ordered... Still, I come back to the central point: when a Ford battery is replaced with a non-Ford battery, the problems seem to disappear.... As to NAPA batteries... I've been doing business with them for several decades. I've had their flooded cell batteries go 6 to 8 years. Not saying they're better than others, just that I've had good luck with their products.

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[dochawk]

Remember that when you buy as many batteries as an automaker does, saving 50¢ a battery can mean $100,000 in a year.

Rockefeller supposedly saved Standard Oil $60,000/year by specifying one less nail per barrel of oil . . .

 

[Gros Ventre]

Rockefeller supposedly saved Standard Oil $60,000/year by specifying one less nail per barrel of oil . . .

Ah- ha... you get it...

 

[dafish]

I would not own a PB without an extended warranty plan that my local ford would honor without question.

And yea, that series of events would make me uncomfortable too. It might be nothing, but its sure as heck suspicious.

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