No warnings or error messages after deer strike

[SRD]

Disaster!
When my wife was driving home last night a full size female deer ran out of the long grass and hit the front right of her 23 plate AWD ER Mach E. Yes, Doh!! a deer, a female deer, with a long long way to run (apparently).
Luckily she was fine and managed to drive the car home the last few miles.

I've attached a couple of images of the damage, the bumper and headlight took the brunt of the impact.
The headlamp has been pushed back and the rear edge caught on the front edge of the wing and I think this has lifted the wing upwards slightly and away from the bonnet. The paint is cracked on the leading edge.
I'm not sure if the structural box section has been twisted slightly, one of the pictures shows the inner section curved upwards. Impact speed was around 60mph.

Out of all of this, my question is; despite the radar sensor having 3 cables severed and the parking sensor swinging in the breeze, why hasn't the onboard system picked up a problem and showing it in the car and Maybe Ford Pass app.
I mean, it can't wait to tell me about things that haven't actually happened and yet when something has legitimately gone wrong.... nothing, not a peep!

Many thanks to RickMachE for pointing out my spelling of the word "Deer".
Enginears typically don't spell that well.

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[RickMachE]

Deer...

 

[SRD]

I haven't bothered with this group as most of you defend the Mach e to the hilt and anyone hinting that the MME maybe isn't as good as it should be is called out as being a troll.

My wife' car hit a deer on the 3rd June 2024, it is still at the body repair centre, waiting for a wiring loom. There is no delivery date for this part and it is now the 20th August 2024.

Prior to this it had no less than five visits to the Ford garage we bought it from, to have "issues" resolved. This over a 3 month period.
Most of the problems relating to firmware updates that caused more problems.

The funniest of these was one of the rear door actuators staying open, so the door wouldn't close.
I say funny although it really wasn't because my wife had to take my car to get to work and I had to cancel a meeting because of it.
The local Ford dealership suggested slamming the door, as this would push the actuator back.
In what bloody universe would someone slam the door on a nearly new car to try and fix that issue?
The better option was put forward by a Ford technician and it worked.
Ford customer service has been an absolute joke, offering nothing, their only concern being to close an open case.

I actually have a notepad, used to write down information to get over potential issues.
Now that is completely mad, I've never had to do that with any other car I've owned.

It feels like we are part of a testing group for Ford MME V1.0, maybe some of you are happy to do this? I bought this car for my wife and it simply cannot be trusted to get her to work and back.
A few times it refused to accept a charge when she was at work.
If I'd known how problematic it was going to be and the lack of repair parts, no way would I have wasted a whole heap of money on it. The BMW X3 it replaced is sorely missed.

Another issue is the cost of insurance, I've read stories of MME owners insurance doubling in the past year. I don't know what insurance costs are like in the US, but we are being well and truly screwed here in the UK, particularly EV drivers.
The cost difference between EV's and ICE vehicle insurance negates the saving in running costs.

Finally, second hand EV prices are falling like bricks, with many garages refusing to touch them now.
I'm prepared to take that financial hit, as soon as the car gets back from the repairers, it's gone.

 

[Sikkun]

Another issue is the cost of insurance, I've read stories of MME owners insurance doubling in the past year. I don't know what insurance costs are like in the US

My Mach E cost a whole…$10 more a month than my 2015 Mustang that was valued at 75% less.

Maybe insurance is double compared to something not considered a sports car…but Mach E goes vroom vroom much more than a 4 cylinder eco boost.

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