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Re:Ford halts production, shipments of F-150 Lightning over ... by cmh89 on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @03:54PM (#34795816)
You mean the one that famously has terrible quality control?
Re:Ford halts production, shipments of F-150 Lightning over ... by leesec on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @04:02PM (#34795941)
Is this the same car that is famously about to be best seller even tho it's 2-3x the price of the current best seller?
Re:Ford halts production, shipments of F-150 Lightning over ... by rtkwe on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @04:08PM (#34796020)
Slow down the oblique shots have gotten so vague I've lost track.
Re:Ford halts production, shipments of F-150 Lightning over ... by stephbu on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @04:52PM (#34796668)
Post-production QA is an industry problem in general - the difference between systems is who does the QA.

In the dealership model - after transit, they do a once over and post-production/transit repairs before the car appears on the lot. So much so that most states wrote legislation to limit repairs allowed while still being called "new". (often ~5% of the retail value of the car). Note that dealers also pay wholesale rates on the cost estimate for that, so this can be quite large repairs.

The T* direct-model should put the SC in that same spot. Bug is they're not doing the work - probably the emphasis on throughput incentivizes the wrong behavior. All too often the the SC tries to palm-off problems and/or the consumer has to do drive QA. Fixing it means the customer is on point - obviously YMMV.

IMHO this is a huge gap and flaw. Unfortunately OEM dealership behavior is so predatorily atrocious that even this flaw isn't enough to overcome the otherwise positive T* sales experience. I now know how few signatures are needed to buy a car in my state. I have zero intention of participating in the "sit outside of a finance office for an hour, no I don't need Scotchgard, interest rate manipulation" routine ever again.

Dealerships often talk about "relationships" - this BS sales talk - we're just prey to them.