Ford as reliable as Toyota

Wagner · #1 04-18-2007, 07:42 PM

Even our last week’s ‘Funny but true’ post was about Ford being the ‘most trusted’ brand in the UK, and Ford steals the honor again this week. It seems that the quality of Ford vehicles is up to par with their Japanese competitors including Toyota and Nissan. According to the first-quarter 2007 model-year Global Quality Research System report by the RDA Group, Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles have the same quality as Toyota and Nissan.

Consisting of survey of more than 30,000 owners of 2007 models that owned the vehicle for at least three months, the research found that Ford, Lincoln, Mercury brand vehicles had 1,456 problems per 1,000 vehicles, compared with Toyota’s 1,453 and Nissan’s 1,457.

The scary part in all this is that Ford’s most popular new vehicles, the Ford Edge and Ford Super Duty, were not involved in the survey. The 2007 Ford Expedition and Ford Fusion helped with the outcome of the results.

While the report did not look at long-term quality, Ford’s Vice President of Global Quality, Bennie Fowler said, “It indicates what you’re going to see long-term.”

Now who said American cars weren’t reliable? Good job Ford, and goodluck on retaining your number 3 spot for as long as you can.

Source: Detroit Free Press

http://www.egmcartech.com/2007/04/18...ta-in-quality/

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trueX5er · #2 04-18-2007, 09:02 PM

I've always known this deep down....Camry getting build quality issues while Fusion is praised for good build quality and reliablity....Go Ford!

Chris F. · #3 04-18-2007, 09:34 PM

Just for American prides sake I hope the Big 3 pull out of this one soon

AzNMpower32 · #4 04-18-2007, 10:09 PM

I feel we aren't giving enough credit to the Big Three for their overall progress the past couple years. At the same time, we're dismissing import quality concerns and recalls. Take the Scion tC..........that has so many issues and recalls that I wouldn't buy one, even if its later model year. Once I rode my friend's tC, and he said that the side airbags weren't working. Imagine how I felt.

Ford Fusion is an excellent vehicle in its price range. Interior design needs improvement, but driving dynamics are decent.

Driver8 · #5 04-18-2007, 10:17 PM

Go Ford! I just took a ride in my neighbor's new F350 SuperDuty and all I can say is WOW! What a sweet truck. It's a 6.4L PowerStroke F350 extended cab longbed. It's many times better than my 2003 King Ranch F250 6.0 PowerStroke.

rebound · #6 04-18-2007, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by AzNMpower32

I feel we aren't giving enough credit to the Big Three for their overall progress the past couple years. At the same time, we're dismissing import quality concerns and recalls. Take the Scion tC..........that has so many issues and recalls that I wouldn't buy one, even if its later model year. Once I rode my friend's tC, and he said that the side airbags weren't working. Imagine how I felt.

Ford Fusion is an excellent vehicle in its price range. Interior design needs improvement, but driving dynamics are decent.

I'm not trying to be a jerk, but aren't you the one that was speaking ill of BMW's made in the U.S.?

rebound · #7 04-18-2007, 10:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WagnerX5

Even our last week’s ‘Funny but true’ post was about Ford being the ‘most trusted’ brand in the UK, and Ford steals the honor again this week. It seems that the quality of Ford vehicles is up to par with their Japanese competitors including Toyota and Nissan. According to the first-quarter 2007 model-year Global Quality Research System report by the RDA Group, Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles have the same quality as Toyota and Nissan.

Consisting of survey of more than 30,000 owners of 2007 models that owned the vehicle for at least three months, the research found that Ford, Lincoln, Mercury brand vehicles had 1,456 problems per 1,000 vehicles, compared with Toyota’s 1,453 and Nissan’s 1,457.

The scary part in all this is that Ford’s most popular new vehicles, the Ford Edge and Ford Super Duty, were not involved in the survey. The 2007 Ford Expedition and Ford Fusion helped with the outcome of the results.

While the report did not look at long-term quality, Ford’s Vice President of Global Quality, Bennie Fowler said, “It indicates what you’re going to see long-term.”

Now who said American cars weren’t reliable? Good job Ford, and goodluck on retaining your number 3 spot for as long as you can.

Source: Detroit Free Press

http://www.egmcartech.com/2007/04/18...ta-in-quality/

I'll readily admit to being a GM-homer, but the new Taohe's are very nice.

AzNMpower32 · #8 04-18-2007, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by rebound

I'm not trying to be a jerk, but aren't you the one that was speaking ill of BMW's made in the U.S.?

Well, I'm not a huge fan of US-made vehicles regardless of brand, but I'm just tryin to say the Big 3 have made significant improvements, and they ought to be recognized for their efforts.

Their stuff isn't perfect yet. The Fusion rental had an annoying rattle in the driver's window (it had 16k miles, and it's a rental........so I was somewhat accepting).