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04-08-2007, 08:44 AM | #1 | ||
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Ford has more unwanted costs & publicity on recalling 3.6 million cars in the US & other countries
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=76458 |
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04-08-2007, 09:21 AM | #2 | ||||
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Not good, not good at all
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04-08-2007, 09:33 AM | #3 | ||
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Recalls are a part of life.... nothing is ever going to be perfect. My Inlaws LG Plasma TV has even been recalled due to a glitch.
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04-08-2007, 09:43 AM | #4 | |||
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04-08-2007, 02:49 PM | #5 | ||
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Depends how bad they are ?? Some are so minor, its not funny...
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04-08-2007, 04:19 PM | #6 | ||
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There goes that profit.
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04-08-2007, 04:41 PM | #7 | ||
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Yeah recalls are just apart of life, as someone already said.
Not good at all. That's alot of cars to be recalled. |
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04-08-2007, 04:48 PM | #8 | ||
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I don't think the effect will exactly explode if FoA's face.
A lot of buyers will not even hear of this. Some people just go, "I want a car...that will do." Explains Holden Epica and Viva sales. |
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04-08-2007, 05:34 PM | #9 | |||
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It's more like "I want something true blue aussie cos I care about Australia and Australian jobs, hmmm Holden Epica, Holden=Australian sounds like a deal" |
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04-08-2007, 05:45 PM | #10 | ||
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A funny observation.
When Holden had their first recall of the VE Commodore, every post was a joke. But now Ford have a recall, it all like " Oh, thats not good at all."
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04-08-2007, 05:52 PM | #11 | ||
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Mistakes are fine as long as other people make em!
It isnt good news and sure they are a fact of life but surely they woulda picked it up earlier. Some of the cars there would are 14 years old! Surely they arent all of a sudden having problems. Maybe they held it off as long as possible until they had to do it, at the risk of being sued.
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04-08-2007, 06:54 PM | #12 | |||
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04-08-2007, 08:26 PM | #13 | |||
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04-08-2007, 08:53 PM | #14 | |||
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04-08-2007, 11:34 PM | #16 | |||
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Thats not a glitch thats a epademic(spelling) buying LG Lifes only good for the retailers |
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05-08-2007, 02:10 PM | #17 | ||
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Do NOT buy LG phones. Mine lasted 13 months and teh screen went bung. 130-150 repair bill...forget it. LG flip phones...rubbish. LG U360.
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05-08-2007, 06:14 PM | #18 | ||
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Id call that a pretty cheap repair for a screen and labour...
As for the the Plasmas its not a recall it a service upgrade on the DVB tuners on certain models. And they come to your home to fix them! At least they admit there is a problem with there product, unlike certain other brands that will remain nameless. Far from Daewoo i would say, definitely not the best on the market but far from the worst, and also make a lot of components that are in your big dollar name brands.... |
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05-08-2007, 06:55 PM | #19 | |||
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WHEN THE F.UCK DID FORD START SELLING PLASMAS AND FONES
why dont u guys post a topic " MORE UNWANTED LG PROBLEMS" FFS.
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