Originally Posted by CJWinWA
After thirty years of buying new Ford trucks, last year I bought a Toyota. I am currently on my 14th vehicle in 30 years, mostly because each new Ford I bought was worse than the one before, it had yet more defects that Ford refused to acknowledge, this left me in a pattern on buying new vehicles every couple years. I did once buy a new 1999 Chevy Silverado, it honestly didn't make it home from the dealership. I also bought two new Jeep Wranglers, ironically I had only one issue with the first one and none with the second. the first one had the air conditioner compressor replaced, this was not Chrysler's fault as it was a defective part from Nippon Denso.
I'm absolutely amazed that in 20,000 miles, my 2018 Toyota has needed only one repair, the battery died, zero hassles from Toyota. The abuse I suffered from Ford and GM was staggering, yet I kept going back because I fell into the buy American hooplah. I am now quite angry with myself for not switching to Toyota years ago. In my opinion, Ford deserves to wither and die along with their dealership network that is as guilty as Ford itself.
Holy cow, I feel like I could have written this post. Also have bought and driven Ford since 1989. The quality has gone down year after year and the dealers have been completely indifferent to my wants and needs as a customer. They outright refuse to acknowledge that anything is wrong with my vehicle(s).
I'm done.