We purchased our first Ford vehicle, a 1994 Thunderbird, on April 23, 1994 from a local Ford dealership. We had numerous problems with this vehicle starting at 8,250 miles thru 19,800 miles over the next two year period from purchase, check engine light (emissions, unknown), window motor failure, engine idle erratic and on October 23, 1999 at 42,500 miles the transmission began to fail, slipping between gears and vibrating.
Diagnosis due to Ford defective transmission problems was to either rebuild or replace the transmission which was out of warranty. A costly repair and ill advised concerning this Ford vehicle by knowledgeable mechanics we have come to trust over the years. These transmissions were known to be defective and this became our first experience with defective Ford products and the Ford Motor Company's policy of out of warranty, out of luck my friend, sorry but there's nothing we can do, would you like us to repair it for you?!
Sure we would, and we'll take two raffle tickets on the Brooklyn Bridge while we're at it!
Unfortunately we then decided to make and even worse decision by buying a 2003 Ford Explorer, which as has been reported many times, as one of the worst Ford factory failures on record, along with the 2002 model, all with known defects sold to unsuspecting customers.
Disposition was that if I could drive the Thunderbird in to the dealership (barely made it) they would give me a $1500.00 trade in value and that is what we did.
So we danced with the devil again and traded our defunct Thunderbird on an already defunct brand new 2003 Explorer!
This is an example of how to make stupid decisions without researching first. Consumers must be like the press and media, give no quarter and dig and dig until you have found every known fact concerning your target, for us the target is as for most consumers, the purchase of a very expensive item that most of us know nothing about and make impulsive decisions that can wind up costing all of us dearly!
Needless to say, but say again I will, never again will we trust the Ford Motor Company and we advise anyone with intentions on doing so to check, check, check and never trust first and verify always for you own best interest.
Large monetary purchases such as a house requires an up front detailed report on it's past and present conditions. This is paramount so as to protect the consumer from becoming inundated with dire consequential ramifications of unknown defects and problems that exist and could come back to haunt them at a later date.
Treat your next vehicle purchase in the same manner and maybe you will come out ahead of the automotive purchasing game in the end. That is our hope for all concerned.
Ford Motor Company bets you won't and that's how they manage to dodge taking responsibility for their factory defects that they knew before hand and were betting that would go beyond the warranty period.
It's a serious game so protect yourself at all costs and you and yours will not become victims of major automobile manufacturer's irresponsibility concerning selling known defective vehicles to unsuspecting consumers!
A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
We purchased our first Ford vehicle, a 1994 Thunderbird, on April 23, 1994 from a local Ford dealership. We had numerous problems with this vehicle starting at 8,250 miles thru 19,800 miles over the next two year period from purchase, check engine light (emissions, unknown), window motor failure, engine idle erratic and on October 23, 1999 at 42,500 miles the transmission began to fail, slipping between gears and vibrating.
Diagnosis due to Ford defective transmission problems was to either rebuild or replace the transmission which was out of warranty. A costly repair and ill advised concerning this Ford vehicle by knowledgeable mechanics we have come to trust over the years. These transmissions were known to be defective and this became our first experience with defective Ford products and the Ford Motor Company's policy of out of warranty, out of luck my friend, sorry but there's nothing we can do, would you like us to repair it for you?! Sure we would, and we'll take two raffle tickets on the Brooklyn Bridge while we're at it!
Unfortunately we then decided to make and even worse decision by buying a 2003 Ford Explorer, which as has been reported many times, as one of the worst Ford factory failures on record, along with the 2002 model, all with known defects sold to unsuspecting customers.
Disposition was that if I could drive the Thunderbird in to the dealership (barely made it) they would give me a $1500.00 trade in value and that is what we did.
So we danced with the devil again and traded our defunct Thunderbird on an already defunct brand new 2003 Explorer!
This is an example of how to make stupid decisions without researching first. Consumers must be like the press and media, give no quarter and dig and dig until you have found every known fact concerning your target, for us the target is as for most consumers, the purchase of a very expensive item that most of us know nothing about and make impulsive decisions that can wind up costing all of us dearly!
Needless to say, but say again I will, never again will we trust the Ford Motor Company and we advise anyone with intentions on doing so to check, check, check and never trust first and verify always for you own best interest.
Large monetary purchases such as a house requires an up front detailed report on it's past and present conditions. This is paramount so as to protect the consumer from becoming inundated with dire consequential ramifications of unknown defects and problems that exist and could come back to haunt them at a later date.
Treat your next vehicle purchase in the same manner and maybe you will come out ahead of the automotive purchasing game in the end. That is our hope for all concerned.
Ford Motor Company bets you won't and that's how they manage to dodge taking responsibility for their factory defects that they knew before hand and were betting that would go beyond the warranty period.
It's a serious game so protect yourself at all costs and you and yours will not become victims of major automobile manufacturer's irresponsibility concerning selling known defective vehicles to unsuspecting consumers!
- tomasedy, Warrenton, VA, US