any jeep or ford escape, ford focus or cmax drivers here?

[Gumbo4x4]

Bad service would be a dealer issue, try a different dealer. As my mechanic put it, you haven't experience poor quality until you bought a Dodge pickup.

Dodge trucks would be my LAST choice if I had a history of transmission trouble with the othe brands.

 

[winterwhite]

Dodge trucks would be my LAST choice if I had a history of transmission trouble with the othe brands.

Our last dodge that had transmission problems was a 1996. Our 2007 Jeep, which is supposedly from chrysler's "bad" period, has been 100% better than the currently-inoperable Ford.

I asked a family member who works at a ford dealership if he would buy any of the 2013 F-series and he said that the ecoboost is currently paying his salary so, no. He's been a Ford Master Mechanic since 1994.

I use trucks for pulling and as the trucks are getting older and getting replaced, seeing a whole lotta chevys and second to that would be dodge. Nobody is recommending ford anymore.

But it's one of those things, a GM person will always hate on ford, a ford person will always hate on dodge, and an import person will tell me to buy a Tundra. At any given time, only one of us, and probably none of us, is actually right.

As for taking this car to another dealer, it has been to every dealer within an hour of here. I have an actual job where I have to do work (unlike, apparently, the folks who work at dealerships) so I lack the time to drag it to any more dealers than that. I think the current count is 7 and it is currently at YET ANOTHER dealership which is telling me the same thing. The latest verdict is that ford puts rust inhibitor on ALUMINUM parts now.

 

[Gumbo4x4]

Oh, they all have their issues and everyone has their preferences. Dodge is usually sound on engine, weak on transmission. Ford has engine woes (specific ones), and decent transmissions. GM is good on engine and has the best transmission in the game (the Allison), but front suspension components wear quickly. And Toyota doesn't even make a heavy duty truck

 

[pieface]

Dictator you can say hogwash all you want you bought a jeep wrangler one of the most repair prone jeeps you can buy. I had a 89 Cherokee had 285,000 miles when I got rid of it. I still own a 97 Cherokee with 265,000 miles on it the only thing I did to either one of them was routine maintenace. I have a 03 and a 04 liberty and replaced the transmission in the 03 twice and once in the 04. I have owned jeeps for many years and the new ones are not as reliable as they used to be. Many of my friends are jeep mechanics and they all agree they don't make them like they use to. When that patriot has 285,000 miles on it without major repair work like my Cherokee did than you can disagree with me. To you I say hogwash.