akirby Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 13 hours ago, 7Mary3 said: I was around for that one, and that was not always case. Ford had a notoriosly junky and wear-prone steering column shifter, sloppy linkage, and a weak detent spring in the transmission. They could fall out of 'park' from vibration with the engine idling, but true you shouldn't leave a vehicle idling unattended with the parking brake not set. That’s not how I read it. It said that if the shifter wasn’t put all the way in park then it could be jarred out of park. But it sounded to me like once it was in park it was ok. But maybe I misread it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice-capades Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 4 hours ago, akirby said: Cost and resources to change over. Huge impact on supply chain contracts old and new. I think the EV skunkworks project really demonstrated how much this was needed. The Skunkworks has actually accomplished something? Wow! All I've heard is a lot of talk from Farley. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7Mary3 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 6 hours ago, akirby said: That’s not how I read it. It said that if the shifter wasn’t put all the way in park then it could be jarred out of park. But it sounded to me like once it was in park it was ok. But maybe I misread it. If the shift linkage was tight and not worn excessively I think that would be the case, the transmission was not all the way in 'park'. I saw so many that were worn to the point when the lever was in park all the way the transmission valve body was not. I remember seeing an old Granada tearing through a parking lot in reverse with no one at the wheel. Luckily a Dodge truck stopped in cold! When I used to work on old Fords I would put a wheel chock behind the back wheel........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coupe3w Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Does Ford not have over the air software updates? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackinaw Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 33 minutes ago, coupe3w said: Does Ford not have over the air software updates? Yes they do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Rosadini Posted March 30 Author Share Posted March 30 So after repeated "sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't" I guess I'll have to take it to dealer. Speaking of system updates, I assume you don't get a message when these are done? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motorpsychology Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 6 hours ago, Bob Rosadini said: So after repeated "sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't" I guess I'll have to take it to dealer. Speaking of system updates, I assume you don't get a message when these are done? I never got any update msg on the truck when I had a tranny TSB done on my Ranger, just a note on the repair bill saying in part that a refresh had been done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 I keep seeing a lot of reports of Ford sending out new recalls to redo prveious incorrectly done recalls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 2 hours ago, rmc523 said: I keep seeing a lot of reports of Ford sending out new recalls to redo prveious incorrectly done recalls Or increasing the number of vehicles affected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbone Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 4 hours ago, rmc523 said: I keep seeing a lot of reports of Ford sending out new recalls to redo prveious incorrectly done recalls I would like to know if anyone was fired for this travesty. The number of headlines involving Ford recalls is embarrassing, and isn’t a recipe for increasing sales. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 1 hour ago, tbone said: I would like to know if anyone was fired for this travesty. The number of headlines involving Ford recalls is embarrassing, and isn’t a recipe for increasing sales. It’s a systemic problem, not one or two people. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbone Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 7 hours ago, akirby said: It’s a systemic problem, not one or two people. Ford needs to do some soul searching. These issues have been going on entirely too often and too long. Real leaders take responsibility for problems, so I guess no bonus for any managers this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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