RE: Focus RS owners offered 'free repair'
Discussion
InitialDave said:
blade7 said:
250 bhp?
I assumed that was a lower limit. But those cars make at least that, without being 16v, while being based on a "normal" car, which I thought was the question.
Ultrafunkula said:
liner33 said:
I'm not suggesting the open block is the issue but the fact remains some blocks have warped considerably necessitating replacement of the entire engine
But that could just be a result of the wrong head gasket being used, leading to HGF and the cylinder head warping. I'm not sure the engine design is fundamentally flawed, if it was it would definitely have been highlighted by now and Ford would be using the Mountune style closed deck block for the replacements.JimSuperSix said:
I think you're being a bit optimistic there - IMHO what would likely really happen is Ford would quietly repair or replace the ones that blow up while telling nobody, hoping to get them all to survive out of the warranty period at minimal cost.
I think that the fact that many (most maybe) have a 5 year warranty Ford are doing what they feel is correct to cure the problem.They are not going to be "hoping" that 30k cars last 5 years or 60k miles. Whilst the cars are in and the bulk of the labour is costed they would want to do all they can to ensure that the cars don't need to return.
Also they are hardly repairing them "quietly". Almost all cars have been recalled which I think is actually quite a rare thing for ANY manufacturer to do.
Ahbefive said:
I think that the fact that many (most maybe) have a 5 year warranty Ford are doing what they feel is correct to cure the problem.
They are not going to be "hoping" that 30k cars last 5 years or 60k miles. Whilst the cars are in and the bulk of the labour is costed they would want to do all they can to ensure that the cars don't need to return.
Also they are hardly repairing them "quietly". Almost all cars have been recalled which I think is actually quite a rare thing for ANY manufacturer to do.
I am pretty sure this is a service action rather than a recall but either way its been suggested that this alone will cost Ford around £10m , thats on top of the engines/HG/Heads already replaced, its a very big deal indeed They are not going to be "hoping" that 30k cars last 5 years or 60k miles. Whilst the cars are in and the bulk of the labour is costed they would want to do all they can to ensure that the cars don't need to return.
Also they are hardly repairing them "quietly". Almost all cars have been recalled which I think is actually quite a rare thing for ANY manufacturer to do.
liner33 said:
I am pretty sure this is a service action rather than a recall but either way its been suggested that this alone will cost Ford around £10m , thats on top of the engines/HG/Heads already replaced, its a very big deal indeed
Sounds a lot until you see that revenue for RS sales in the UK alone would be £200m and for global sales probably over the £1billion (I used a rough avg of £34k for cars just for s
ts and giggles)
IanJ9375 said:
Sounds a lot until you see that revenue for RS sales in the UK alone would be £200m and for global sales probably over the £1billion (I used a rough avg of £34k for cars just for sts and giggles)
Not to mention the increase in sales of future RS models through customer confidence that any issues would be properly addressed by Ford.ts and giggles)FocusRS3 said:
Maracus said:
Private sales on AT from £22900.
Wow for the mk3 that’s cheap if not galactic mileage If not a Cat car then it's lost £7k in 2 years, so it's done pretty good for a new car but also a pretty good used purchase at that price.
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