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CaliMR said:Good call Ford, saving a few bucks on not fixing my tranny was a really nice gift to Toyota.
Yes, it does seem to be false economy. I had a tranny issue in my '01 Cobra and I took this same approach. A quick estimate is that I've spent well in excess of $200,000 on competitor's vehicles when I would rather have bought Ford products. That's just fallout from the fact that I don't consider Ford a company that stands behind it's products or warranty coverage.
Considering that the Cobra was almost new, still under warranty and the tranny still screwed up when I traded it to the Chevy dealer, I imagine that the next owner eventually had Ford fix the tranny under warranty. In the end, Ford lost over $200K in sales for itself and gave over $200K to it's competitors and still paid for the repair that I was asking for. Nice accounting work.
Oh, and the transmission in my Boss 302 is absolute garbage. I guess it was just wishful thinking that Ford would have improved the quality of this particular component in 12 model years.