Ace of Pop Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Then there was the V12 Jags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary A Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 If I had a 3.2 liter Ford, I wouldn't worry about it catching fire. This just gives the anti Ford people, or is it anti US people something to crow about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary A Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Actually I was a GM guy. My dear old dad (RIP) was a Ford man. I used to make fun of his Fords and his pat answer was the his Ford may rattle first but that it would rattle longer than GM or any other products. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisH Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Actually I was a GM guy. My dear old dad (RIP) was a Ford man. I used to make fun of his Fords and his pat answer was the his Ford may rattle first but that it would rattle longer than GM or any other products. My dead old dad (also RIP, at 44 y.o) was a ford mechanic...we always had fords, never any real problems with them but my dad was always under the bonnet tinkering with it every weekend...mucking about tuning the carb and what not. The good old days when your average Joe could work on them. Today's cars are reliable but once something goes wrong with it - especially electrics, it needs to go the the garage as most of us don't have the tools to work on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puukao Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 found on road dead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litlos Posted December 7, 2015 Author Share Posted December 7, 2015 This is what a hot Ford should look like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingray Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 which was designed and engineered in Australia but is built in Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMHO Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 which was designed and engineered in Australia but is built in Thailand Thought the diesel engines were a British design and build.. Half right - the engines are a British design, but manufactured in South Arica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesneyHawkes Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Cause of the problem found? http://www.carsguide.com.au/car-news/ford-everest-fire-caused-by-loose-battery-connection-37276 I'm not really surprised it's a maintenance issue that caused this. I generally find the manufacturing process in Thailand to be pretty sound, but maintenance here for anything is a joke. They don't do anything to maintain anything and just let it break down. Then all you hear is som num na, you should have done this that and the other. Buy a condo, management fees go to take care of things like the pool and gym. They don't clean the pool filters, pump becomes blocked, algae forms and the whole thing needs to be overhauled. Likewise all the gym equipment has broken down within a couple of years. Don't know how I feel about the guy being "retrained" as someone could have died from his incompetence/negligence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaseTheBass Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Don't know how I feel about the guy being "retrained" as someone could have died from his incompetence/negligence. Just shows the level of the professional battery replacement technicians in Thailand that they need retraining to do a bolt up. Should be fired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Mega Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Don't add up to me.... High current draw over a loose connection, wire got toasty to the point it melted through the shielding and then god created fire. make sense to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Mega Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Diesel is gunna need more than that to set it alight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMHO Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Ford Australia still have to take some heat on this one - no manufacturer issues a media test car without a thorough pre-delivery inspection and clean. The Journo should also be commended for his intuition and general mechanical knowledge too* - seeing as the car had exhibited electrical gremlins, increasing in severity, for 2 whole days prior to catching fire. Any normal person would have been sending the car straight back to the dealer on day 2, if not day 1. * Sarcasm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodsie888 Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Ford Australia still have to take some heat on this one - no manufacturer issues a media test car without a thorough pre-delivery inspection and clean. The Journo should also be commended for his intuition and general mechanical knowledge too* - seeing as the car had exhibited electrical gremlins, increasing in severity, for 2 whole days prior to catching fire. Any normal person would have been sending the car straight back to the dealer on day 2, if not day 1. * Sarcasm. Reading some of his past content, I agree, he is indeed commendable*. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMHO Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Ford Australia still have to take some heat on this one - no manufacturer issues a media test car without a thorough pre-delivery inspection and clean. The Journo should also be commended for his intuition and general mechanical knowledge too* - seeing as the car had exhibited electrical gremlins, increasing in severity, for 2 whole days prior to catching fire. Any normal person would have been sending the car straight back to the dealer on day 2, if not day 1. * Sarcasm. Reading some of his past content, I agree, he is indeed commendable*. Hehehe. Anyways, case closed. The cause: 3 idiots: battery replacing tech, the pre-delivery inspector, and the end user. In the case of the latter, if I was Ford it'd be his last press car - his inaction on day 2 cost them a car, and an immeasurable amount of loss of reputation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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