My Last Ford Product
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From: Sactown
Originally Posted by Disappointed2
I ordered a new Ford F-150 after my spouse bought one. Only difference was I ordered the tow and trailering package with the larger V-8.
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From: South Florida
Originally Posted by Disappointed2
I ordered a new Ford F-150 after my spouse bought one. Only difference was I ordered the tow and trailering package with the larger V-8. When the truck came in I noticed it had no power steering cooler on it. For over two years and inumerable visits to the Ford dealer and the "so-called" customer service line it has done no good. The dealer who owns the dealership will not even meet with me phone me after i stopped in to see them ( two brothers). All Ford wants to say is that a power steering cooler was optional. Rubbish. No power steering cooler is ever an option. They promise to look into it but ignore you month after month. I advise anyone not to buy from the dealer I bought from Latham Motors in Latham, N.Y. The service manager will install one for me if Im willing to pay for something that every other F-150 with or without a tow package already has on it. Here is a bit of wisdom. Never buy or order a vehicle in May or June or later. The reason is when the assembly line runs out of a component they bypass the component and hope you will not notice. General Motors and the rest have done this for decades. The most common thing that is skipped on all vehicles is any kind of corrosion protection. The reason "It does not show". On my F-150 they have a useless steel tube run up to the front of the truck and back to the power steering pump. Yet on my spouses F-150 the exact same model except without a hitch or towing package she has a power steering cooler and a transmission cooler . Go Figure. Don't think you can get anyplace contacting Ford. All their customer service people do not know a door handle from a nut or bolt. They are just new hires in cubicles. This is the end of my relationship with Ford Motor Company. I hope they fold and Toyota takes over.
OH ****!!!
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From: SW MO
Originally Posted by screwbuilder
"...when the assembly line runs out of a component they bypass the component and hope you will not notice."
Are you kidding me. Not happening.
Are you kidding me. Not happening.
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Originally Posted by screwbuilder
"...when the assembly line runs out of a component they bypass the component and hope you will not notice."
Are you kidding me. Not happening.
Are you kidding me. Not happening.
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From: Lost some where in the middle of the Ozark Mountains!
Originally Posted by screwbuilder
Actually, in late July and August we start installing the leftover 8 track players we still have from the 70's. It's funny because no one ever notices.
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Originally Posted by screwbuilder
Actually, in late July and August we start installing the leftover 8 track players we still have from the 70's. It's funny because no one ever notices.
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From: Wichita KS
Damn guys you all are being a bunch of meanies. So his first and only post was groaning about Ford failing to give him the full package he ordered. That's a valid complaint in my book. Who wouldn't be up in arms over this same thing if it happened to them?? 
I bet most of you also replied to Rafa's JDM thread saying "Go Get'em!"
Grant it Disappointed2's post wasn't written in the best manner, but still give the guy a break here.
I bet most of you also replied to Rafa's JDM thread saying "Go Get'em!" Grant it Disappointed2's post wasn't written in the best manner, but still give the guy a break here.
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I seriously wonder why you need a power steering cooler. As if you steer so much harder into any given direction with your truck when you have a trailer!?
I seriously wonder why you need a power steering cooler. As if you steer so much harder into any given direction with your truck when you have a trailer!?
Last edited by OrdnanceCorps; Jul 10, 2007 at 09:04 PM.
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Originally Posted by Impact9
... I bet most of you also replied to Rafa's JDM thread saying "Go Get'em!" ...
There was another reason my post count dropped 150, I just don't know what it is.