Comments on: Ford F-350 Turbo Diesel Jump

By: NytrixOctane

NytrixOctane — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:15:11 +0000

I have a 1991 ford crown victoria LTD LX and i have to admit that they really need to fix how they wire things cause it always seems to be electrical with ford like the window actuators or the door locks or the power mirrors that go first in fords however i still love fords

By: the11boss

the11boss — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:36:38 +0000

Ford rules!

By: sideburns2009

sideburns2009 — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:54:05 +0000

yeah. every company has their flaws and recalls. everything mechanical will fail and have defects because nothing is perfect in design. toyota could have handled it much better than they did. they were more concerned about getting the recall repair parts to the factories first than to the dealers to fix all the cars that were already on the streets with the recall.

By: supersnot4

supersnot4 — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:25:54 +0000

so they’re not doing bad at all then i would assume. well at least they never (to my knowledge) covered up the problems like toyota is right now. i mean wow, it took somebody to get killed for them to fix it. and now recalls are popping up left and right for toyota.

By: sideburns2009

sideburns2009 — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:58:06 +0000

the big one that my cousins explorer was included in was opened in september and the paper came in the mail in november. the latest recall i found was for the roush mustang having the front caliper fail due to improper torque specs during manufacturing or something. but it was very small due to the limited amount of roush’s. their last HUGE one was the one i mentioned about the brake wire. the cruise switch was right before that one.

By: supersnot4

supersnot4 — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:57:08 +0000

i went to look at the ’09 f-150, and i had my doubts about a few things, but every one of those doubts were laid to rest when i saw it. we have an ’07 and ’08 f-150, and both are great trucks, workhorses, and are comfortable on top of it. i’m just loving ford more than ever recently because they have REALLY stepped up their game on just about everything, and it’s really hard to deny that. when was their last recall, anyway?

By: sideburns2009

sideburns2009 — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:24:35 +0000

i will say, I am very impressed with the 2010 Fusion and not to mention the 2010 Taurus, I really like the new Taurus.

By: supersnot4

supersnot4 — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:16:53 +0000

i did some googleing from what you gave me, and you’re absolutely right. the cruise control really was a defect in the wire, the reason our ’03 e-350 was recalled. the ignition switch is exactly as you stated, so thanks for clarifying that.

i’ll still drive ford though, especially now. today, ford really is the only way to go.

By: sideburns2009

sideburns2009 — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:42:29 +0000

….All they did was put a fuseable link wire on it that would pop before the wire got too hot which would keep the fluid from catching fire. This is coming from the description from the NTHSA. I looked up the number on the paper I got in the mail from Ford.

By: sideburns2009

sideburns2009 — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:42:20 +0000

well even with the ignition switches overheating, it wasn’t the part, it was Ford’s great Idea to relay all electronics through the ignition switch instead of a run signal to the PCM for example. Ford’s design is what killed them and caued the fires. But after researching the recall I encountered. it had nothing to do with the size of thewire at all (I figured it didn’t). it was the sensor on the end of the wire that leaked and it overheated, buring up the wire and the fluid caught on fire.