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I had to do a double-take. Holy crap you're not kidding. Considering that it's a feature of metal pans to deform (instead of cracking or breaking) when colliding with something, switching to a brittle material is just asinine. WTF, Ford?
Farley also told media there is a shortage of mechanics at car dealers making $120,000 a year. No flat rate Ford mechanic makes that.
Farley lies so much he should get into politics.
You can also find videos of Ford mechanics finding new vehicles with cobbled brackets because of parts shortages.
Volkswagen has been doing that for a least a decade or more. I had a 2018 alltrack which had one. At least in that case there was another thick plastic skid plate covering it and other parts. The biggest PITA is the high probability of stripping the drain plug.
I mean, it's not as bad as their timing belts running in oil
And despite known major issues, they just keep selling the bad designs. This is how they killed the Fiesta and Focus, once the number one selling cars. Every single had had repeated transmission failures.