Real reason for delay, or total BS?

[EL5_Zero]

Ford is getting killed by warranty costs (msn.com)

“The warranty challenges are frustrating for investors, as they come on the heels of many other warranty issues in past years and at times drag results without warning,” Barclays analysts led by Dan Levy wrote in a research note.

Last year, Ford spent $4.8 billion fixing customers’ cars. Early this year, the automaker held some 60,000 redesigned F-150 pickup trucks in lots around Detroit for extra quality checks. Chief Executive Officer Jim Farley said that helped the company avoid 12 recalls and said that would be the process going forward for all new models.

Farley said Ford is now “testing vehicles to failure” and running them “at extremely high mileage” to discover quality problems before they reach customers. It will take as long as 18 months to see the benefits of that new process show up in lower warranty costs.

“It makes our quarters lumpy and it’s challenging, but it will reduce warranty over time,” Farley said.

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[Polo08816]

Isn’t it less expensive to get it right the first time?

 

[JExpedition07]

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[EL5_Zero]

Isn’t it less expensive to get it right the first time?

You'd think a company with 100 plus years of automotive manufacturing experience would have minimal to no issues by now. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe 60K vehicles held back is nothing compared to the volume that is manufactured. I'm curious to know what where those 12 recalls they avoided, and what steps has Ford implemented to fix the problem. Was it poor quality control during the assembly, poor quality parts from 3rd party vendors, or simply a design flaw that was overlooked.

 

[BarryT82]

How many of us have taken our vehicles to a dealership and they can't replicate the issues? If they can't replicate it then there's not a problem and not a warranty claim. The numbers should probably be a lot higher. I had to file a lemon law case against Ford in 2021 because of issues that went unresolved with my 2020 Platinum. The attorney told me that he had more cases with Ford than other manufacturers and at the time it was for Ford Raptors. I know someone that works at one of the factories and they told me that some of the employees joke about purposely doing half-ass work while assembling vehicles. That's part of the issue. People don't want to work or they do shoddy work.

 

[My 2ND Ford]

Remember Ford or anyone else ,doesn't build a vehicle as much as it assembles a vehicle with parts made elsewhere. You have sub assemblies produced by suppliers who in turn rely on material supplied by others. All modern vehicles have so many miles of wire and so many computer modules and electrical components that's its a wonder they function at all. These warranty problems are nothing new, they are just new in the volume and cost to the manufacture. Testing to the point of failure is not new, but I don't think it has been practiced for a long time.

 

[ReverendQ]

Isn’t it less expensive to get it right the first time?

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