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Hopefully not, given that's where they're sending the Explorers from Chicago to be fixed. Michigan seems to be the 'good' plantYikes, that article depicts some scary stuff at the Chicago plant. Bronco won't be built there, but no telling if the same environment exists in Michigan.
To be fair my company and family all buy Fords and we haven't had any issues. I should also note we have been doing this for years (since early 2000's). We buy pickups, edges, explorers, expeditions F150s, 250s, 550s. My current explorer is a 2015 with 73k miles on it and I've had 0 issues with it. We are also in the construction industry so we are very hard on our vehicles. I am by no means saying Ford is perfect but it does sound like you have had some bad luck.I think Ford is well on its way to being another Chrysler. My wife's 2012 Focus had the shuddering first gear issue for a couple years before ford offered to fix it under warranty. The "myfordistouched" system had all sorts of reset and failure issues in it too. My wife's 2013 explorer had a failed PTU at 40,000 miles that ford tried to deny warranty coverage on. The wiper stalk failed. The backup camera died. The motor used enough oil through the PCV system that it killed the catalytic converters at 130,000 miles. My 2015 Mustang GT backup camera died around 40,000 miles. The intake manifold runner control shaft broke about the same time. The SYNC system randomly kicks my phone off Bluetooth media until I disconnect the battery to reset it. Contrasting those cars with my 2002 GT Mustang, 2003 Cobra Mustang, and 2010 F150, the older cars never had any problems other than the piston I melted on the Cobra racing it. My wife's 2000 Toyota Celica GTS had 0 problems for 100,000 miles. Her 2006 Toyota Rav4 had 0 problems for 150,000 miles, and her new 2019 Toyota Highlander has had 0 problems in 40,000 miles. My 2002 Tacoma and 2010 Tacomas were flawless too. I don't like driving Toyoats, but as appliances they're probably the best buy.
Bad luck indeed. I have had nothing outside of basic maintenance on mine.To be fair my company and family all buy Fords and we haven't had any issues. I should also note we have been doing this for years (since early 2000's). We buy pickups, edges, explorers, expeditions F150s, 250s, 550s. My current explorer is a 2015 with 73k miles on it and I've had 0 issues with it. We are also in the construction industry so we are very hard on our vehicles. I am by no means saying Ford is perfect but it does sound like you have had some bad luck.
That's interesting. I suspect it has something to do with the discontinuation of several models all at once though. Clearing sedans off the lots to make room for that "freshest 2020 model lineup" that is rolling in.AP Oct 23: "Ford is having to offer larger discounts on vehicles to keep sales going...Ford’s average discount per vehicle was $5,361 in Q3, up 1.8% from last year....The spending was $1,360 above the industry average of $4,001, according to Edmunds"