We Will Never Buy a Ford Again...Nor should you!

[Darkenmage]

The new part was used beginning May 25, 2022. That's why.

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[gordonf238]

To the OP, I understand and share your frustration. Really, I do. A brand new car shouldn't be stuck at the service center awaiting repairs for this long. It's important to understand that in Ford's 120-year history of manufacturing automobiles, the Mach-E is the first-ever model that has a substantially different powertrain. It's fully electric. A first generation, first-of-its kind vehicle such as this is going to have a few issues here and there. My wife and I accepted that risk when we took delivery of ours.

You will occasionally come across similar complains across all brands, makes and models. Some people take delivery of a new Kia, or a Chevy, and the transmission craps out at 5,000 miles. Today's cars, whether they're ICE or Electric, are still a sum of a million parts. Occasional failures do happen.

I hope that Ford provides you with a loaner during your repair period, and I'm crossing my fingers for a quick resolution.

However, to urge others to avoid buying a car from a car company that produces 1.7 million vehicles/year is a bit of a stretch.

Again, I understand your frustration, and it is well founded. But believe me, other car brands suffer similar, occasional failures with their vehicles.

 

[Ride_the_lightning]

I think Job 2 turned out to be the best time to buy this car - after most of the kinks were worked out, and before the price increases, tax increases, and feature removals.

Yeah, so glad I got a job 2 ‘21 exactly a year ago. I have 13k miles on my AWD SR Premium. Zero issues. MSRP of $51k, and got the full tax credit, with no ADM. I’m driving this car a LONG time.

 

[shark]

Yeah, so glad I got a job 2 ‘21 exactly a year ago. I have 13k miles on my AWD SR Premium. Zero issues. MSRP of $51k, and got the full tax credit, with no ADM. I’m driving this car a LONG time.

Same, we took delivery of our '21 GT in October 2021. However, I guess we still have to be concerned about potential issues with HVBJB.

 

[Dave-O]

I think he is saying no current year BEV is going to have the high quality level at their end of like as your Toyota and Honda do, including the i4. It remains to be seen if that is a correct opinion or not, but it certainly isn't critical of your post IMO. The opinion has merit because BEVs are new territory for all car manufacturers and long term quality isn't known yet. He could be 100% correct.

Come talk to me when you brush up on your reading comprehension.

 

[RockwallRick]

The biggest gripe I had with our Job 1 21 was the glass recalls. We just decided that after having the car for 17 months a PHEV would be a better fit for our needs. Still haven’t decided yet which one to buy?

 

[bncwhite]

Does this really mean anything that is stamped manufactured AFTER May 2022 has the new HVJB? How does verify that or should I trust that it just does?

The new part was used beginning May 25, 2022. That's why.

@Darkenmage it isn’t exactly easy to determine what date the car was actually built so the best thing we can do is look at the date stamped on the original window sticker at the bottom center. As long as its date shows June 1, 2022 or later, the car shouldn’t have the issue.

Technically it could show May 25, 2022 but if it were me, I’d play it safe and start with any date after June 1, 2022. The reason for that is my “build date” was 12/06/2021. It didn’t actually finish its build until around the end of January ‘22, early February ‘22. I took delivery 2-22-22.

 

[jdunc87]

these posts always crack me up... millions of man made, by man made machine produced vehicles... you dont think stuff happens? LOL.

 

[RickMachE]

The biggest gripe I had with our Job 1 21 was the glass recalls. We just decided that after having the car for 17 months a PHEV would be a better fit for our needs. Still haven’t decided yet which one to buy?

Why is it better if you have an ICE vehicle?

No PHEV on the market meets my electric-only requirements.

 

[DYohn]

The OP says their location is "Frisco." I assume that's in Texas?

 

[Silentmache]

They will.

up to a paltry $45/day... 2 weeks with a rental finally a phone call. that my car is all fixed only for the camera warning to come back up on my drive home from the dealer.

 

[HuntingPudel]

@Darkenmage it isn’t exactly easy to determine what date the car was actually built so the best thing we can do is look at the date stamped on the original window sticker at the bottom center. As long as its date shows June 1, 2022 or later, the car shouldn’t have the issue.

Technically it could show May 25, 2022 but if it were me, I’d play it safe and start with any date after June 1, 2022. The reason for that is my “build date” was 12/06/2021. It didn’t actually finish its build until around the end of January ‘22, early February ‘22. I took delivery 2-22-22.

This is correct. The part went into the line in late May. The cars already on the line during Production Week May 23, 2022 (batches are scheduled in weeks, and any battery that went into production prior to May 25 might still have the less-beefy part). To be safe, assume that anything manufactured before June of 2022 is likely subject to having the less-beefy part installed. ??

 

[A-A-Ron]

Yeah, so glad I got a job 2 ‘21 exactly a year ago. I have 13k miles on my AWD SR Premium. Zero issues. MSRP of $51k, and got the full tax credit, with no ADM. I’m driving this car a LONG time.

Got my "last of the 21's -built late Dec '21" Prem 4x in April this year and can say all the same things - still have all of the features, no ADM, full tax credit, $15k cheaper than current MSRP, and trade-in values were through the roof this spring.

I'm extremely glad I bought this car, but I'm not sure I could make the same cost/benefit argument for it with today's prices.

 

[bncwhite]

Not bragging here but something to consider if one is looking for a 21 MY. I know many got ripped off on their 22 MY because of the chip shortages.

The 21’s probably provide the best value too. Besides a pending a HVBJB failure with them, my 21 has more features and is $8k+ cheaper than a 2023 Mach-E.

 

[Logal727]

Am I the oddball out? I beat the hell out of my car trying to get the HV contactors to fail. Approaching 16k miles and it just keeps running.

No, some will probably never encounter the issue

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