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Originally Posted by UNKNOWN_370 (Post 1699854)

They been changing this little by little since 2004. First the focus, then the fusion, and now many cars are fairly reliable. Yes there are still quirks in some fords, but not enough to call it unreliable to the same degree as once before. Although the v6 mustang is the anti-tuner car. The GT has proven to be up there in quality. By 2015. I expect all models to meet the standards of germany and japan. Ford is doing better in quality than GM and chrysler thus far.

you're right, gm and chrysler are falling behind in comparison to ford IMHO. i dont think ford is done failing, however, lol. from 2003 to 2007, f250, f350, f450, f550, and ford excursions with the 6.0 power stroke diesel engine have had tons of recorded issues with:

engine failure
engine gad recirculation (egr) valve and cooler failure
failure of injectors
failure of head gaskets
loss of engine power
engine coolant entering engine's ventalation system (WTF?!)
failure of oil cooler.
come on ford!!

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Originally Posted by Pauly (Post 1703161)

Damn... I knew about the unjector failure and loss of engine power, but not the others. Do you know the ratio between these problems and reliable cars?

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Originally Posted by vividracing (Post 1702028)

Weird. I rarely see any FWD cars converted to RWD...

Weird that you are a aftermarket company and never seen one. And I'm just a shmuck who goes to a track cuz I like to go fast and am too old to be street racing. I've seen 3 converted car models and 4 cars. 2 eclipses, 1 civic and 1 sentra SE-R

no idea the ratio. but i cant put any car or truck on a pedistal. every auto maker has bad eggs. i used to love chevy, then i bought a brand new lemon SUV (equinox). also had a POS nissan sentra, years ago. but of all the different types i have owned, i found nissan to be generally dependable, so ive been sticking to the brand