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Ford – To be, or not to be worthy of your hard earned dollar?

First hand experience is how I get my post’s and right now Ford is in my sights. The old Ford’s from back in the day were easy to work on, unlike those with the same name now. You can’t just change a simple battery cable in today’s Ford without some extensive research or being mechanically inclined. Pin-pointing a simple problem has gone from a piece of cake to an all out battle.

I long for the vehicles that had roll down windows, heat that was one setting, security that only the turn of a key could open and lights that you had to manually turn on. The cars of today seem to have less years of life versus the vehicles of the 70′s. Now don’t get me wrong the extras are nice, but not worth the continuous problems having them causes.

You can simply do searches online to find all the complaints about cars and trucks put out by Ford over the last 10 years. Cheaply made parts, recalls, computer problems, engine shut downs and more have been causing havoc to vehicle owners all across the world, yet Ford still seems to say ” Not our problem. Just take it in to your local dealer and pay hundreds or thousands to fix with more useless parts.”

My 2002 Ford Explorer with less than 170 thousand miles that has been maintained over the years should not have already had to have a new engine put in, computer problems, heat not working or body cracks appearing over night, but never the less it is happening to thousands of vehicle owners with even fewer miles.

Ford is not the only company to have similar complaints, all of the major builders have them. When the public asks for something advanced, these companies try to supply them at a rapid pace, so the blame for the instability in today’s vehicles can be placed on multiple sources. These auto manufacturers try to save as much money when building a car as they can and in return the consumer gets stuck with less than good parts that break often and cost a fortune to fix.

In our case, we now have an old 1975 Chevy truck as a back up for when the 2002 Explorer has problems, which it does often. The 75 Chevy had been sitting out in my grandmothers yard for a year or two without having been started, yet when we put a new battery in, the beast cranked right up and runs like a champ. It may be old, rusty and not the best looking vehicle on the road, but I would rather have it than my 2002 Explorer any day. Not only is it dependable, but when it does have problems, getting it fixed cost’s thousands less than the newer breed of automobiles.

Personally I think the manufacturers need to go back to the drawing board. Advancement in automobiles is fine, but solve the problems of today before adding new ones of tomorrow.

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