RE: Focus RS owners offered 'free repair'

RE: Focus RS owners offered 'free repair'

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Squadrone Rosso

2,760 posts

148 months

Tuesday 23rd January 2018
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Well done Ford.

If this were Alfa, they’d tell you it was a characteristic and to accept it.

CO2000

3,177 posts

210 months

Tuesday 23rd January 2018
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Ved said:
SmartVenom said:
I don’t get the negative reaction to this. Car companies often don’t fix things they should under warranty even where it’s a significant known issue. What would Porsche do? They’d fix all the American cars and then pretend there was nothing wrong with the European cars. Hats off to ford for their response.
Yep this is significant and Ford should be quietly clapped. Think of how badly subaru treated all the 2.5 engines that failed. Compared to that Ford are doing the right thing and that’s only a good thing.
Mini too!

RumbleOfThunder

3,563 posts

204 months

Tuesday 23rd January 2018
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KarlMac said:
So, ok the previous ST/RS ford took the bomb proof Volvo 2.3t lump, pissed about with it and managed to make the cylinder liners paper thin and subject to cracking.

They then take a reasonably reliable Mazda engine, make a big song and dance about a new cylinder head, which them promptly becomes the weak point of the whole car.

Fix Or Repair Daily indeed, remind me why people bang on about these things again?
You berk. Don't know where to start with that lot. rofl

oobster

7,102 posts

212 months

Tuesday 23rd January 2018
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Good news, i'll wait until I get the letter, I understand that the car could be in the dealers for 2 days though (they have to pressure test it for 5 hours i've heard?) so will need a car from them to run about in.

JB!

5,254 posts

181 months

Tuesday 23rd January 2018
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Kind of inescapable on Ford's part.

BUT

At least they are fixing all of them.

Subaru UK won't even honour service bulletins from the USA for faulty items...

Pistonheader101

2,206 posts

108 months

Tuesday 23rd January 2018
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Good news all round. Suspect the market may reflect this with a slight increase in mk3 rs prices

blade7

11,311 posts

217 months

Tuesday 23rd January 2018
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So instead of a new engine you'll just get the head and gasket, wonder if the failing gasket has let water into the bores and steam cleaned the oil away.....

JerryF

283 posts

175 months

Tuesday 23rd January 2018
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Good news indeed. I would think anyone holding off purchasing an RS will now bite the bullet!

V8 FOU

2,977 posts

148 months

Tuesday 23rd January 2018
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Ved said:
This Ford is slightly clapped.
FTFY

Itsallicanafford

2,772 posts

160 months

Tuesday 23rd January 2018
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Buy French, buy once

liner33

10,699 posts

203 months

Tuesday 23rd January 2018
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Itsallicanafford said:
Buy French, buy once
and then never ever again wink

anonymous-user

55 months

Tuesday 23rd January 2018
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Have Ford become the new Rover biggrin

anonymous-user

55 months

Tuesday 23rd January 2018
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Itsallicanafford said:
Buy French, buy once
Because you’ll be skint forever wink

timrud

368 posts

174 months

Tuesday 23rd January 2018
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Why would anybody buy one of these?

xjay1337

15,966 posts

119 months

Tuesday 23rd January 2018
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TroubledSoul said:
Does this mean that "Independant Lee" is off the hook then? laugh
laugh wondered how long before that was brought up.

First post.

10/10.

Also, well done to Ford.

lord trumpton

7,417 posts

127 months

Tuesday 23rd January 2018
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Hmmm I see this as a cost limitation exercise

They have realised it's a design issue and are spending a lot on providing new engines. Soooo they make an announcement in the hope they can swap the gasket and/or head before the block warps as a proactive measure.

Feck all to do with reassurance for residuals etc.

Jeff_Enthused

48 posts

76 months

Tuesday 23rd January 2018
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HAHA to all the bellends on here who took the Michael out of me for ages saying how deluded I was to think Ford were a bunch of jokers and should sort this out.

FORD have admitted to being jokers. Admitted it! I know it probably dont make you happy to think of someone not getting scammed by a huge american company with millions of dollars but oh well youll have to find something else to get rood about, im phoning Ford up when they open tomorrow to get this sorted just like I said they should all along.

So to be clear, Ford (your god some of you in fact probably most of you on here for some reason) actually agree that the RS is a bag of pants. Can't wait to get shot of mine and buy a Megane RS!

adingley84

337 posts

163 months

Tuesday 23rd January 2018
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Dr G said:
Jordan210 said:
Car company fixes faulty cars in warranty

Isn't really news in my book
Indeed.
Well the PH and many other forums globally are lit up with conversation about the issue.

I think it would be even more incredible if PH didn't mention Ford's announcement!

I guess they should have never mentioned Subaru's ringland failure as this would also have been a 'warranty' topic?

nickfrog

21,232 posts

218 months

Tuesday 23rd January 2018
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Jeff_Enthused said:
Can't wait to get shot of mine and buy a Megane RS!
Hi Humandoing, how is it going ?

lee_erm

1,091 posts

194 months

Tuesday 23rd January 2018
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Porsche, VW, BMW and Subaru never got this kicking on the forums and media in general with the (in some cases) inherent and catastrophic design flaws in their engines.

It's cool to hate Ford though. Can't understand it myself, they've brought more to motoring than most.