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Originally Posted by ian b
My MA XR5 had the well known water in hatch issue plus an early failure to start, the former Ford Aust decided was "as per design" so would not fix, the latter took 3 weeks to fix as no spares in Australia at he time, MA also has broken centre console catch, the MB has an improved design, I suspect in response to many failures of this catch in the MA.
MB XR5 no problems thus far.(just over 2 years of ownership from new)
My theory on the time for repairs is that Ford Australia has no interest in the Mondeo so does not provide proper training to the technicians to create a perception that the Mondeo has electrical issues, in a final forlorn attempt to save the Falcon.
The lack of advertising seems to back this up, plenty of publicity for Fiesta and Focus, but Mondeo doesn't even feature on the dealer adverts in the free newspapers, just Falcon with some low tech freebies and this month's special badge.
You dealers might want to argue otherwise?!!!!!!!!!!
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you may be right mate, however having done a little time in workshops as a young bloke ,
i think you`ll find a common problem in nearly all workshops with all brands of cars these days, and that is that cars are becoming more computer like, and more complex, the role of mechanics i think is becoming in some ways easier in some ways harder, blokes are having much more complex electrical, and masses more of the stuff,
that`s not even to mention the more complex mechanical side like dsg gearboxes etc,etc , that probably a majority of blokes in the workshop would not even have seen one the ground, the problem is , as a technician you just can`t know everything, there`s a reason why we have auto electricians, transmission specialists, diff specialists, panel beaters, most workshops can`t be equipped / have technicians that are all knowing.
my young brother has commented many times on how his bosses very new high end euro is in the workshop more than it`s out for electrical gremlins,
i think this is the way it is , cars are changing becoming more complex too fast, looking at all these fully gadget equipped cars, i hate to think what they will be like when they are 10/12 years old.
cheers mik.