Yup. They have been building carts for over 100 years. Several amazing engines developed and proven to be reliable and efficient. But they chased the turbo trend and created a new line of engines that are all junk. Regulations need to mandate cars be able to last up to 300k miles with basic upkeep and cheap replacement parts. Otherwise you destroy a whole industry. US car companies will need another bail out before 2030.

While I'm not one to advocate for the newer turbo engines, this recall is about an EVAP purge solenoid getting stuck open causing a vacuum leak and stalling the engine at low rpms. Not a big deal.

Yes, but look into the new engines with turbos. And the new diesel engines. Some are seizing up in under 8,000 miles. Ford had its largest year of recalls in 2025. And don't get me started on Stellantis engines. In a market that has reached 100% saturation of car owners, how are these companies going to raise profits? Charge more, and make a cheaper quality product. That's what wrong with the car industry. They have no other way to increase profits while keeping quality.

This is good. Ford already knows what caused it (improper repair, likely wrong software update if I had to guess), which vehicles are effected, and already has a fix implemented (software update).

Sucks it happens, sure, but recalls are good. If this happened and they refused a recall, that would be a much bigger issue. Not unheard of in the industry unfortunately.

Not disagreeing with you on quality, its been in the dumps for 50 years.

Bit of a tangent, but on Ford's lack of quality specifically (remember "Job 1"?).

A good friend of mine has a 2016 Escape. The backup camera stopped reliability working about 2 years after they brought it new (either "not available" or just goes blank). Finally received a recall notice from Ford somewhere between 9-12 months ago (it's been so long I can't remember how long it's been).

As instructed in the recall, they called the dealer to schedule the fix (same dealer they bought it from). Dealer said "Oh, Ford doesn't have a fix for it. In fact, they don't even know what's wrong with it yet."

So this has been going on for at least 8 years (for my friend) and others as I read online. They've had multiple recalls for other years and models on this problem. And still the best they can do is "Beats me 🤷".

Sounds to me like Ford doesn't want people to buy their products. Same as many other US auto manufacturers.