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Ohio man says software update disabled car, leaving $1,600 bill and little options
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Nah. The non-GT models were also affected.
And in this case it doesn't matter if you bought a fourth year Mach E when you're buying from an automotive company with the most recalls in the industry year over year for like the last 5-6 years running.
https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2023/RCMN-23V687-5094.pdf
The Mach E has had so many recalls. Axle half shafts causing a clicking while turning, differential pinion shafts that shear off or fracture, a whole litany of infotainment issues, botched updates. I seem to recall something about windshield wiper motors, and a problem with some of the glass by the D pillar.
Clearly you know so much more than me about my own car. I shared an experience with my software and you wanna tell me how shit my car is overall. I have had 0 mechanical issues and I’m at 30k miles. I’ve also done 0 maintenance, i haven’t paid a dime past purchasing it and electricity.
Also, I’m very well aware of the HVJB issue and once again, it primarily affected GT models only. I didn’t say only GT models, and it’s also non-existent these days. The axle issue is affecting the first few years and they have issued a recall to address it. For Ford’s first real attempt at an EV, they’ve done a fantastic job. The car has not been a real problem and the big issues have been addressed. There is a guy who is now at 300k miles i believe and the battery has shown minimal degradation with minimal maintenance performed.
First and foremost, Ford had their first real attempt at an EV back in 2011/2012 with the Ford Focus Electric.
Secondly, you seem to have read my original comment as "don't buy the first two years" when that's not what I said. Your 4th model yearc car very much falls into the window of my original comment.
Third, your comment made it sound like there weren't forums full of Mach E owners dragging their balls over Ford's name to force them to do recalls on the thing.
All I did was point out why I wouldn't recommend you buy a brand new vehicle line from the car manufacturer with the most recalls of any of its peers.
You decided to take that as a slight instead of the tongue in cheek ribbing it was and now we are here.
I do know more about that vehicle line than you do but that's neither here nor there. You can stay mad if you'd like, but I'm out.
Most would consider the Mach-E to be the first real attempt but whatever. And secondly, you clearly didn’t read my comment because I said I have the 4th year of the car, not a 4 year old car. My car is just shy of 2 years old. I clearly know more about my car than you as I drive it every day and I hang out on the Mach-E forums so I know what’s going on daily in the news. I don’t really care about Fords recalls as a whole as vast majority are for ICE vehicles and have nothing to do with their EVs. My car has had 2 recalls since I’ve owned it and 1 of them was an OTA update (that did brick the car that I complained about originally).
I assumed by fourth year of the car you meant model year not that the car was 4 years old.