Just received April addition of Consumer reports, in the issue they rate all the 2005 cars and trucks.
Under "realibility" they rated:
F-150 "worse" (black ball)
Dodge 1500 was rated "average"
Titan rated average
Chevy Silverado "average"
Tundra was rated "excellent" (red ball)
When you read their comments is seems all positive regarding the ride, features, and quality.
They didn't like the F-150 from day one.
Someone there defineatly has something against Fords in my opinion.

 

They're the same people that rate cell phones, washing machines, and vacuum cleaners. I wouldn't trust them to drive an F150, let alone rate one impartially.

After all, they're the same folks that discovered that short wheelbase SUVs with a relatively high ride height tend to get a little squirrelly if you drive them like a Mustang.

 

There idiots...the F-150 for the year 2004 out sold everything on the road yet once again! Theres a reason people buy the F150's and Love em!

 

I trust consumer reports as much as I trust Bin Laden.

It is the most jap bias POS mag out there. I bet it is secertly owned by the Sierra club.

 

I agree, i can't believe they actually black balled the F-150, cars like the Vega and Yugo got black balled, their totally wacked in my opinion.

 

Best selling truck for 28 years!

I agree with Triton, they are idiots. There are no words that are needed to back up the truck, the truck backs itself up and nobody can come close to Ford in that department! Thats just my 2 cents.

 

A large helping of palm grease and CR will give anything the (red ball)

 

I got to visit the current consumer reports testing facility this past summer since its one town over from me.... they had an F150, Titan, and Tundra........... All they did was rave about the Tundra.... all the people worked there seems like dorks- lol

 

they dont know what it is like to drive a real truck. they are probably used to all the nice play trucks that ride like cars. who needs them anyways? Wait until they do the report on the new honda trucks. probably say it is the best truck on the market.

 

What really matters Anaheim is how you rate your truck. I can't tell you how many things I've bought based on a Consumer Reports ratings and for what ever reason many fell short of my expectations. As a result, I made sure to go about my truck selection based on test drives, options, looks etc...

 

I believe Consumer Reports is a very biased and corrupt publication. Although they make many of their rating decisons based on fact, I bet a lot comes from whatever outside motivation they have.

I am not just saying this because they rate the F-150 poorly. I say this because they give just about every American made product a bad rating. And although I think many foreign automakers make a better product, American cars and trucks are not nearly as bad as they portray them to be.

Just my 2 cents.

 

Their F150 report is just another example of years of anti-American product bias. Another example: In a recent test of light truck tires they wax poet about how good this upcoming Hankook tire is going to be without a word in the text about the highest rated tire on the list, the Goodyear Fortera. They will test products and then downplay an American product if it wins.

 

Thi is the same publication that takes products(whether it is cars, appliances, electronics, etc) and rates them differently based on the name on the front. They take a product (such as Toyota/Prism or Hatachi/RCA) that is made on the same line with parts from the same parts bins by the same employees and one product is recommended and another is rated poorly and the only difference is the name on the front.

 

I don't read CR, but just out of curiosity, how have they rated F-150's in the past. The same?

Ford sells lots of these trucks, so they can't be as bad as CR say's

Scott

 

I totally agree ettggolf, guess thats why if you look at my driveway you will see a Ford Explorer, a Ford Ranger a Ford F-150, and a Motorhome with an F-53 (Ford) chassis.
As you can see, i don't follow their reccomendations.