After Reading about Issues, Then Paying for Issues, Moving On

[Jmuns]

Assuming the fleet vehicles you were using were also fleet maintained, fleet vehicles are usually better maintained than the typical everyday personal vehicle which likely added to the fleet vehicles reliability.

I had to take them in for maintenance. I'm in sales and the vehicles are 100% maintained by myself, but the maintenance is paid for by the fleet company. I would only start to think about changing the oil when the oil life went to 0% and I carried close to 300lbs of equipment in them all the time in the back. I treated them horribly.

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[Jmuns]

Unfortunately a lot of these issues arent maintenance related.

This is correct. The issues that plague the 1.5L Bronco Sport are not the owners fault. They are on Ford.

 

[RC Turner]

I happen to agree that Ford is totally out of touch with reality when it comes to how their products are used in real life and the expiation that normal day to day usage does not include regular visits to the dealer to have issues address for which Ford has no actual repair. (two F-150 with electrical problems) However, we must also remember that the people who start discussions on a forum are people who are experiencing issues. People that are not having issues don't start a thread telling about how fantastic and trouble free their ride actually is.

 

[wireman]

A lot of Fords recalls are software related. Maybe get that department squared away and put out stuff that works out of the box.

Normal updates are one thing; screw ups are another.

 

[Whpony96]

When it comes to software nothing will ever be 100% upon release. I will admit I was relieved when I found out Ford was starting to implement over-the-air updates within the entire vehicle lineup. Then a second later I remembered over-the-air communicates both ways. So now "spyware" is a thing in our Fords. It's a double edged sword and it truly depends solely on how Ford handles that data. They could be a "good guy" or the "bad guy" it's all in their hands. As a customer you have zero control how that story ends.

 

[Rockboz]

I am leaning this way too. My MINI is 13 yrs old@ 125k, we traded in my wife‘s 2015 Edge @ 9 yrs and 175k ( NO issues). Her 2024 BS BL has 24k and is waiting for a new transmission.

So after 3 weeks with our BS the dealer determined we had a bad battery. Three Weeks!!!

 

[Dude]

So after 3 weeks with our BS the dealer determined we had a bad battery. Three Weeks!!!

And a bad transmission?

 

[Rockboz]

And a bad transmission?

Sorry, it was 1am when I posted.
There speculation is the low battery threw the code for vehicle not in park, set parking brake before exiting the vehicle. There may be nothing actually wrong with the transmission.

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