Ford Recalls 2020 Explorer For The 10th Time

[Dlerojo]

https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/2020-ford-explorer-recalled-for-the-10th-time-in-a-single-year/

The first two comments on reddit about this article makes you think a little bit:

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[rtaylor]

https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/2020-ford-explorer-recalled-for-the-10th-time-in-a-single-year/

This is probably part of the reason that Ford decided that the first ~4000 Broncos produced will go to dealerships for sales purposes instead of to reservation holders. Dealers are required to keep them for 7 months before sale.

 

[MaverickMan]

The explorer should have never left its ranger frame behind and our bronco could be the exact same size it is on a shortened narrowed f150 chassis. And probably have a 6500lb tow rating to boot. But alas we live in an era where darts are fwd, blazers are crossovers, and 1000 hp hummers are just rebadged electric argos.

Also I'm poor so I will be buying a 2022 or 2023 my year. If the 2009 mustang has taught me anything my choice should be worth about 100 hp increase.

 

[jasonkosi]

Ford knows they majorly screwed up with the Explorer. However I'm confident that both the new F150 and Bronco will be much better, especially since the new CEO is making quality control a priority. Yes everybody knows first model years are usually worse for these things, but nowadays with all the tech in vehicles nothing is safe from recalls. Hell, even the Toyota Tundra still gets recalled, and its been around so long there's cave drawings of it

 

[JDisFlip]

Ford knows they majorly screwed up with the Explorer. However I'm confident that both the new F150 and Bronco will be much better, especially since the new CEO is making quality control a priority. Yes everybody knows first model years are usually worse for these things, but nowadays with all the tech in vehicles nothing is safe from recalls. Hell, even the Toyota Tundra still gets recalled, and its been around so long there's cave drawings of it

I got a 2017 Ridgeline (first year of its new redeisgn); it was gone for about 4 years or so.

I got i think a 25,000th one made and I loved it; got it brand new with 13 miles on it.

The early ones had some recalls; mine had me go in for them to do something (forgot what it was), but it didn't have a problem.

I had it for almost 3 years and 22,000 miles; if life didn't take it away from me I wouldn't be reserving a Bronco now.

 

[Deleted member 3063]

trying to get first year reservation holders to cancel? lol

my last 2 buys were for first year models,
2005 Mercury, one TSB for frozen door locks, no recalls in 5 years
2010 Ford, one warranty claim for a broken plastic catch on the bed extender, no recalls in 10 years.

One good point about all the production delays, the testers/engineers are still out there driving Broncos every day. If it's anything like when I worked there, they fill out a form every day to report issues. Warranty claims are expensive.

Botched Explorer launch

 

[lowmpg]

The numbers of recalled vehicles are so incredibly small, it's absurd to even label it a recall IMHO. Ford will end up selling over 200,000 Explorers in 2020 so less than 2,000 of them were in this 'recall'.

 

[gentlemanbronco]

Good thing the Explorer is an Explorer and the bronco is a bronco....

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