It's not the training as much as reimbursement for warranty work and other work that can't be done any faster, the mechanics are paid by flat rate back in the day when it was mostly mechanical and for example a water pump replacement paid 1 1/2 hours if the mechanic because of their investment...
While I don't like it, it used to be we all went to the dealership to shop, almost always one local to us and they almost all wanted/expected us to become repeat customers. With the internet the world has change we shop for what we want online and go for the best price we can get, dealers are...
"Your extreme ignorance" kind of sounds derogatory from where I'm sitting, he was obviously unaware with what's involved, you however could have chosen to educate without having to slam him. Using proper English of course.
Just my opinion take it for what's it's worth, but logic says the more use something the faster it will wear out. Batteries only have so many charge/discharge cycles in them and the auto start multiplies the the # of cycles by a lot if your in an area with a lot of controlled intersections. It...
Thanks for the reading materials battery life certainly would be affected by average seasonal temps bot hot and cold, I think also that it is affected greatly by the location and the number of traffic control devices signs one encounters in the normal driving. Pretty rural area here so the stop...
We'll see what they figure out or don't, seeing as how the AutoStart is almost government mandated they may not want you to know it causes issues with battery life.
I don't know for sure but I suspect that just like the new so called smart chargers, that once battery voltage goes below a...
A few things, I understand you frustration, It failed and they fixed it, it would be nice to know what caused the original failure however there is little advantage to them to figure out once they decided to replace the engine as whatever the cause was going away. the turbo failure was probably...
I'm sure if the are enough people with the same issue Ford will do something to change it. But if it's just a few here and there it's going to be attributed to operator error.
We don't have rear seat occupants every day but have had a few and so far we have not noticed any issue.
I would bet they are the same they measure from the top the size of the pan most likely wouldn't have changed where the upper level of the oil needs to be so that it is clear of the connecting rods and drains from the top of the motor