Ford stops GT Falcon sales over engine problem - Page 5

2011G6E · 18-09-2014, 08:31 PM

I will say that if I'd paid the price being asked for those last GT's, I'd want the damn thing to be perfect. You'd be quite right to go off your tree when it starts making noises.
Similar to us when we bought the G6E...I started picking holes in several little "niggles", and a lot of people I work with just said "It's a Falcon, what do you expect, it's not a Rolls Royce".
Well, no...but it's "a Falcon" with a list price of fifty bloody grand...you would expect it to be screwed together with some competence...

Basically, the more you pay for something, especially a car, especially a prestige or limited run car, the more you will expect out of it. Quite rightly so too.

prydey · 18-09-2014, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by strobe

Play it down all you guys like. It's cost me 100's of thousands of dollars for the last time I had a loose rubber on my bell end. Maybe you guys will be lucky.

classic.

i bet you didn't have the manufacturer offer to make sure it was installed correctly...

Auslandau · 18-09-2014, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by 2011G6E

I will say that if I'd paid the price being asked for those last GT's, I'd want the damn thing to be perfect. You'd be quite right to go off your tree when it starts making noises.
Similar to us when we bought the G6E...I started picking holes in several little "niggles", and a lot of people I work with just said "It's a Falcon, what do you expect, it's not a Rolls Royce".
Well, no...but it's "a Falcon" with a list price of fifty bloody grand...you would expect it to be screwed together with some competence...

Basically, the more you pay for something, especially a car, especially a prestige or limited run car, the more you will expect out of it. Quite rightly so too.

Things happen .... they are machines and things turn/push/open/shut/stop/go and sometimes they do the opposite to what they should.

When they do, they call it 'Warranty'. It is expected. No use jumping up and down about it.

Do Mercs offer no warranty because they are perfect? Nothing new should break ever the more you spend? Side splitting!

Prestige cars have no issues because they're expensive ..........

FGX335 · 18-09-2014, 09:00 PM

Good to see tall poppy syndrome is alive and well. I love living in Australia, but FFS, the negativity! I'll be buying my FG X thanks, and the haters can just hate.

JC · 18-09-2014, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Elks

Sadly it seems to be heading that way.

Make no mistake I'm not for defending the indefensible. And FoMoCo should be held to account. But this was a very minor glitch, and very well handled, but somehow it's all over forums and social media. It makes me wonder if it were not an orchestrated campaign.

I think the campaign was orchestrated to stop sales of Ford's last GT Falcon.

Only 3 problems with this:
1. The GTF was sold out before it went on sale (so there is no unordered stock to stop the sale of)
2. It's technically an FPV, not a Ford (does he call HSVs "Holdens")
3. It's not a GT Falcon. It's a GT......no Falcon

HELLOYOU · 18-09-2014, 09:09 PM

All the hype before hand and now their heading back. Well, well, well, who would have thought

Auslandau · 18-09-2014, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by HELLOYOU

All the hype before hand and now their heading back. Well, well, well, who would have thought

Comment not required. Its not a recall so actually no, they arent 'going back'. Who cares if it was a recall ...... they pick up a problem and fix it for you.

It is a non story.

**Dave R** · 18-09-2014, 09:17 PM

I think Dowling must read the forum and comes up with these articles (or at least some of the wording in them) just to spite his critics. 5 pages of discussion about a grommet, I'm sure he's in a room laughing somewhere.

HELLOYOU · 18-09-2014, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Auslandau

Comment not required. Its not a recall so actually no, they arent 'going back'. Who cares if it was a recall ...... they pick up a problem and fix it for you.

It is a non story.

Your opinion, not mine

Smoke Pursuit · 18-09-2014, 09:18 PM

I've seen bigger issues. Ford and their dealer network have handled this one pretty well. They could have simply done an internal field campaign on a next service basis and told no customers but they took the time to ensure customers were told and the issue was rectified according to the customers circumstances.