Cargo Van Ford finally doing a recall and fix on the drive shaft coupler
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Looks like their number one in van sales. Sure is going to cost Ford big money to keep replacing these couplers every 30K on 400,000+ Transit's!
Ford Transit Tops In U.S. Van Sales, Ahead Of Minivans, Too
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And they've got a few extras sitting around at the casino parking lot and parking garage.
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Now if only FCA would own up to their problems, everybody would be happy.
Was waiting for Ford to fix this problem. Looks like a transit may be in my future plans.
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Its about time Ford publicly acknowledged this problem. What amazes me is their engineers haven't come up with a permanent solution. The logical fix would be a U-joint instead of the giubo but that would probably involve a new drive shaft and the bean counters don't want to go down that road.
I wonder if I can get Ford to pay for the first giubo I had replaced without a major hassle?
I wonder if I can get Ford to pay for the first giubo I had replaced without a major hassle?
Half of Ford's profit from sales to Expediters .....
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400,000 Transits sold and more being cranked out every day, yet no permanent solution to the giubo problem. Ford's bean counters can come up with a total cost for this recall but the engineers are clueless about a real fix.
The universal joint is being installed on all the new Transits at the factory. I had my second replacement giubo put on last week. It will probably be some time next year before the u-joints make it to the recall market. For most Transit owners having the qiubo replaced every 30,000 miles is a mild inconvenience they must endure every couple of years. Not so for expediters.