[PSA mode on]
Just a brief comment ... if you do a lot of off roading, especially on longer trips and/remote in locations, there ain't nothing wrong with a bright color like a Ruby Red Metallic.
Even the OffRoadeo instructors in LV this Spring were dumbfounded by all the neutral, Earth tone...
This recall was not listed in the Ford app this morning, but did show up as an active recall, as of mid-afternoon today.
This is a little bigger deal (significance wise and numerically speaking) than the seat bolt deal, so it may take a while .... like the rest of the calendar year .... to...
While I appreciate all the great photos and analyses, I'm gonna hold onto my underwear until I see a TSB on Friday before I panic and start shooting at everything that moves. If the issue is simple, I'll remedy it myself. If it's serious, I'll let the Blue Oval team handle it when I'm next in...
It shouldn't take 5 years to realize a corner was being cut. No one at FoMoCo does periodic regression analysis to see how things are holding up ... or what can be done better? Or, just to simple to copy, cut, paste, repeat?
I give Ford credit for notifying us (... kinda, sorta), but this really is too many open, continuing issues.
Makes me think how much we didn't know 20-30-40 years when oversight and scrutiny were less omnipresent and companies kept us in the dark. Or (what I'm trying hard *not* to believe) has...
I'm just glad that my favorite color is red. So, since Ford has yet to entice me with any dazzling new, different platforms or colors, I'll just hang on to what I've got for the forseeable future.
Trust the vehicle's technology, then trust yourself, and always go slow. There is no prize finishing in first place or for being the first moron to trash his/her truck.