can u Evan call the big 3 the big 3 anymore? i think the number 1 issue is the quality of the product regardless of the company. Just look at how many recalls there are on the 1995 contour alone, last time I looked it was 10. Look at what ford did with the taurus sho (96-99) in 1997 it was brought to fords attention that the engines were faulty causing the timing belt to brake and the piston to hit the valve and what did they do in 1997? They kept using them for 2 more years with no regrets. Look at how may recalls there are for the focus like 7 I believe for the 2002. and looking back at the contours the v6 in particular the plastic impellers in the water pump... the water pump is the only thing that keeps the engine from over heating when those plastic impellers brake the engine will only receive cooling from the oil (which wonâ??t do much at all) if this problem happens in the summer you wouldn't even know until your engine stops working one day and u will never see it happening because with no coolant moving around in your system your temp gauge will reed that it is normal. And there wasn't a recall on this issue give me a brake. When ford learns to commit its self to quality control I will go back to them but Intel that time it will be only Honda and Toyota for me. Also look at the brand new 2.3 engine in the focus and Mazda 3. The water pump seals are braking. THIS IS A BRAND NEW ENGINE AND AFTER BEING IN USE FOR 6 MONTHS MANY ARE FAULTY. Who wants to drive a crap bucket that u have to pour in thousands of dollars every year to keep it on the road. If u want to look at quality look at Honda and Toyota. By brothers old 1991 4 door civic should of fallen apart years ago. It had 270000km when he got it. He had the same oil in it for over 3 years which buy the way there wasn't Evan enough to register on the dipstick. The cooling system was semi plugged due to the extremely old coolant in it. And yet the power train still kept going After taking this much abus. my gf's mom has a 98 corolla that hasen t had a problem ever. It has now 200 000km and has only ever had the fluids/brakes /filters/tires and plugs replaced. Its a 7 year old car and nothing has gone wrong. show me a ford that has done that.
