Ford is recalling around 2.6 million cars in the US starting April 1 to replace driver's side front Takata airbag inflators that could rupture. Ford proceeded with the safety recall after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in... — read more 

Who will buy this hot mess of a mini-truck? We can’t build small cars efficiently so who thinks we can do small trucks. Won’t do 50,000 annual. Another place to lose money in a segment that attracts no one else. From AutoNews: Ford Motor Co.'s... — read more 

Companies are eliminating hierarchies to cut costs. Companies like Amazon and Tesla have reduced middle management positions. In a memo reviewed by the Wall Street Journal last year, Tesla chief executive Elon Musk wrote, “We are flattening the... — read more 

https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/ford/2021/03/12/alexandra-ford-english-henry-board-edsel/4662720001/

As I have been reading this posting board for the past few years, what I conclude is that most people posting truly want Ford to succeed, but are very understandably extremely frustrated, and often angry with how things are going, and where they fear... — read more 

It's been a few days since the last recall (or maybe only hours... time seems so distorted under fascist govt lockdown) so anybody have a new recall to report for stuff not bolted together or on fire or with glitchy software? Just askin....

If not chips, why the double digit volume loss on F-150. Recalls, Rust, Ghosting customers? Going to be a very difficult year for Ford and our employee team. Storm clouds overhead right now. From FordAuthority: Over the last couple of months... — read more 

Hourly rate return to normal delayed again until July 2021. Fire the SCU..B.G.

Makes sense on older models, rust discount for 2021's? A new Ford F-150 discount reduces the price of select (13th-generation) 2020 models by nearly $11,000 during February 2021, however, the generous offer is only available in select markets... — read more 

From Motor Biscuit: Could Ford be playing fast and loose with its most important product; the 2021 F-150? Scores of owners of brand new F-150 trucks are complaining about them rusting excessively underneath. They say just days after purchasing their... — read more 

From the Detroit Free Press today. Look who is drinking the California Kool-Aid: The automaker and the environmentalist. It’s not a mismatched-buddy movie. It’s an effort to make transportation safer, cleaner and equitable. Jim Farley and Mary... — read more 

You can only recall so many times before the public gets wise to how we work: Workers at Ford Motor Co.'s Louisville Assembly Plant received a labor relations bulletin this week gauging whether they would take a voluntary layoff for the next four... — read more 

From AutoBlog: Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2020-2021 Explorer and Lincoln Aviator vehicles. The right hand motor mount fasteners may have been incorrectly tightened, and may loosen over time. With a loose motor mount, motor... — read more 

How proud we must be. Failed launches, poor build quality, and recall after recall have consequences with consumers. New record low for Consumer Reports for Lincoln (8) score. Here is Consumer Reports' ranking of the major automotive brands... — read more 

Another headline for our Ford sc-apbook: Ford Motor Co. on Friday issued a recall for fewer than 75 Mustang Mach-E crossovers with defective subframe bolts, adding another hiccup for the launch of one of its newest, high-profile vehicles. The... — read more 

"Tesla & Ford are the only American carmakers not to have gone bankrupt out of 1000’s of car startups. Prototypes are easy, production is hard & being cash flow positive is excruciating," Musk tweeted Thursday. Farley retweeted Musk early Friday... — read more 

Funny how Ford responds to stolen technology if they are the benefactor: WASHINGTON/SEOUL — The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) on Thursday criticized Ford Motor Co for pursuing battery contracts with SK Innovation after evidence had... — read more 

Ford Motor Co.'s sales were down 14.1% year-over-year in February, an already-slow sales month that likely was dragged down further by winter storms, a major parts shortage and the still-raging pandemic. From the Detroit News: The Blue Oval on... — read more 

Andrew Frick, Ford vice president of sales for the U.S. and Canada, did write and send an email to 4,500 customers on Tuesday who had their all-electric Mustang Mach-E vehicles delayed. Of those, 3,000 customers are still waiting. The "quality... — read more 

Excerpt from Detroit News today... — read more 

Anyone know if working from home will be extended past July 1st?

When performance does not meet expectations, have individuals experienced being berated in front of peers? How was it handled?

https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/ford/2021/03/01/2021-f-150-ford-rusty-axles-corrosion/6817104002/ Warning: The story has a paywall, which is a drag. It's $1.00 to get the story. Story has pictures and video and it's filled with customer... — read more 

Hot off the presses!! There would be a salaried personal reduction as part of project Conway. Verified by HR. Reductions to take place in Q2 of 2021. This time the leadership plans to keep everything hush, hush. Like the issues with Gen 14... — read more 

After Ford led outsourcing efforts to replace US suppliers at the cost of jobs and failed investments, now no one trusts Ford as a partner. Have to run to gov’t for support. Surprise to anyone? Actions have consequences. From AutoNews: Ford... — read more 

I want to make a list of features that were promised but not working or not available Paak (needs work, doesnt work or too sensitive) WiFi connectivity (needs work, seems very picky with ssid) Door Capacitor (unverified) Automatic Profile... — read more 

Hourly rate return to normal delayed again until July 2021? So that looks good on a report and you can brat to your boss you saved some pennies to Ford on the back of disposable agencies? FIRE her/him.

From CNet today. What a sad launch season as we continue to drive customers away. Another day, another Ford recall. The Michigan, Dearborn-based automaker is recalling its hot-selling Bronco Sport small SUV for the second time in a week. Just a... — read more 

When people misrepresent program health, rush programs through OKTB, not let people focus on the important deliverables, but focus on worthless grandstanding powerpoints, the slide will continue. The difference between Ford and Toyota is very... — read more 

As I’ve said upthread and elsewhere, the dealers need to reject these trucks. It’s akin to a grocery store rejecting a palate of fruit with mold on it. This needs to be pushed all the way back up the supply chain to the source until someone fixes it... — read more 

Does the company manufacture ANYTHING that is not recalled anymore? https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/ford/2021/02/22/ford-recall-thousands-2021-f-150-s-super-duty-trucks/4541119001/

Does anyone have Ford payroll services phone number? I’m an ex Ford employee, and haven’t received my W2 yet. Benefits enter guys are no help.

Apparently Farley forgot he was the CEO and he thought he was chief tweeter for Bill Ford https://jalopnik.com/ford-ceo-wishes-we-got-the-puma-st-forgets-job-title-1846288005

FILE PHOTO: A worker at the Volkswagen assembly line in Wolfsburg, Germany 01:43 Hit by a chip crunch, auto makers face a new reality The semiconductor crunch that has battered the auto sector leaves carmakers with a stark choice: pay up, stock up... — read more 

Setting a low bar for warranty performance: Ford Motor Co is recalling 153,000 older trucks that may have had obsolete Takata air bag modules installed in collision and theft repairs after the Takata recall was completed, the automaker said on... — read more 

Non-IT people (if there are any on here) - Please get your sheet together. This can not continue - loose/missing suspension bolts? Really? Who is watching this stuff? Whatever happened to DFMEA and PFMEA? Is everyone looking at their phones instead... — read more 

Does anybody believe this explanation?