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They rejected it and started over with Bronco. They liked the design but not as a Bronco and realized development wasn’t so far along it couldn’t be reworked to use C2 instead of T6 and shared enough cues with the T6 Bronco they could leverage the Bronco name and create a sub-brand. Mach-E was a start fresh redesign, and it was definitely needed.

Wouldn’t be the first time. That’s how we wound up with Mach-E. And Bronco Sport for that matter.

His ego is too big to stay in the shadows for long. He would have outed himself by now if he was back.

Shit happens man, I don’t know what to tell you. I’m not saying there’s not a problem here but I’m also not willing to jump to conclusions and say there is either.

i had one fail with only 15k on it. It happens.

That makes sense. The suspension geometry is completely different. C/V joints have a much shorter range they can operate compared to u-joints if they’re not designed for it.

How bad are the roads where you live? That’s going to be the main factor. One of mine failed after hitting a pothole. But then again, another failed just taking off from a traffic light. Like Akirby said, periodically take a look at the boot(s) and check for leaks/damage. A grease leak will be fairly obvious, you’ll see it splattered all over the undercarriage. If you have a needle fitting and a grease gun sometimes you can worm the needle behind the band holding the boot in place and inject grease into the joint if you squeeze the boot and suspect it needs fresh grease. Depends on the type of band they used on it.

Wait, I thought this happened like 5 years ago ?

A C/V joint is a pretty common point of failure on FWD vehicles, similar to a U-joint on a RWD powered vehicle. If you hear strange sounds when turning that’s an indication of a worn C/V joint. Haven’t heard of it being a widespread issue. I will say I went through 3 of them (all 3 being on the passenger side at that) on my Focus and there was never any indication of there ever being a widespread problem with them.

Oh go play in traffic!

Their unions are unions in name only. If you thought the UAW corruption was bad, the Mexican unions make that look like petty theft.

Yep. Saw this on my way to class on Wednesday. There’s Rangers being stored not far away as well. Happens during every launch

That doesn’t surprise me, you’re in a pretty unique market.

That’s a nice Hyundai

Why? They had Ranger and at the time knew Maverick was in the works.

@ice-capades You forgot to include the “well have more on…” form paragraph ? in all seriousness I can’t say I’m surprised since literally everyone is rethinking their BEV plans.

Man if that offer was out there a month ago it would have been pretty tempting.

Cut production

The people from the 2nd and 3rd shifts that are being cut from REVC are coming to MAP this summer at some point….

How TF is that supposed to work when most of them are coming to MAP for this mythical 3rd shift?

On a completely unrelated note, it drives me nuts how ford authority ends every damn article with the same fill-in-the-blank form paragraph.

they did?

Doesn’t matter. 9 times out of 10 they’ll have their jobs back after 90 days, often times with back pay and almost always with no loss of seniority.

This is 100 percent true. If I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard the phrase “it works on paper” over the years when something is FUBAR on the line, I could probably retire comfortably today. IDGAF what your paper says when the real world says it doesn’t work.

probably. I have no clue what it is, I don’t abuse the system.