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Ford To Delay Refreshed Explorer, Bronco Sport, Maverick (fordauthority.com) This seems awfully expensive, but I guess better than putting out vehicles with flaws.
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Ford announces 2025 BS, Maverick and Explorer build and hold strategy
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Good idea Ford, as you have enough of them out there already.
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Agreed. I would much rather have the refresh pushed back and it releases with better quality control than to push it out and have it suffer from the recalls and what not.
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Well, that's something.
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Until I bought my 21 BL and then my current 23 BL I hadn't driven a Ford in decades. I guess I'm lucky, I haven't had to return either for service. Did the recent update with Mobil tech. But from experiences I see on here, service in Ford dealerships is poor, loaners almost non-existent. These combined with poor quality control are making for very poor customer satisfaction for a lot of folks. How about Ford sells service loaners to dealers at a cost that they will buy back similar to rental cars? The inconvenience of being without transportation and getting to work, kids to school puts a lot stress on many folks. If I didn't have a great relationship with my dealer, I'd be afraid to buy a Ford.
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Woo Hoo!
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Amen. Should you ever consider to become Ford's new customer rep director, you'd get my vote for sure.
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I've been waiting for the 2025 refresh of the BS myself. Bad news is that it looks like I will have to wait a bit longer. Good news is that it is for all the right reasons (kudos to Ford for taking proactive steps to improve quality). And even better news...I no longer have a monthly auto loan payment on my Tucson, so there's an extra $450 bucks per month in my pocket until the BS becomes available. 
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Builld and hold isn't pro-active. Just the opposite, it's reactive. Pro-active would be to start with their design and engineering effort, production and quality control to see the defects don't occur. To me, this strategy just admits they are screwed up from start to finish in the process. At least they know it.I've been waiting for the 2025 refresh of the BS myself. Bad news is that it looks like I will have to wait a bit longer. Good news is that it is for all the right reasons (kudos to Ford for taking proactive steps to improve quality). And even better news...I no longer have a monthly auto loan payment on my Tucson, so there's an extra $450 bucks per month in my pocket until the BS becomes available.
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What are the basic design and engineering flaws with the Bronco Sport?
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I have no idea what their most common defects are, but we could start with water pumps, poorly designed fuel injectors, the BCM/PCM fiasco that we thought was batteries for two years. Brake noise. The whole point is that defects should be held to standards, rather than this reactive strategy of build and hold.
I know the time value of hundreds of millions in inventory not being converted to cash for six weeks.
I know the time value of hundreds of millions in inventory not being converted to cash for six weeks.
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I’m at a loss to what Ford’s Build & Hold strategy will accomplish besides finding fit & finish type issues. Any accelerated life testing, design guidelines and checklists and manufacturing run throughs would have been completed long before the Build & Hold strategy begins.
The report states “(Ford) avoided a dozen recalls with the delayed launch” but that feels like smoke and mirrors. Sure some recalls are due to improper torquing of bolts but looking at Ford’s recent round of recalls most do not seem the type to show up in a short timeframe.
I am assuming Ford’s QC Team created a vehicle specific checklist and list of tests used during the Build & Hold timeframe and I would love to see those posted online.
The report states “(Ford) avoided a dozen recalls with the delayed launch” but that feels like smoke and mirrors. Sure some recalls are due to improper torquing of bolts but looking at Ford’s recent round of recalls most do not seem the type to show up in a short timeframe.
I am assuming Ford’s QC Team created a vehicle specific checklist and list of tests used during the Build & Hold timeframe and I would love to see those posted online.
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