I truly not defending Ford here, but if you step back and look at it from a $$$ standpoint (only thing Ford really cares about).
They reported less than 300 failures for the entire 6th Gen fleet, which is a VERY small percentage. It doesn’t make sense to implement a recall to replace expensive parts on all vehicles. They are addressing the safety aspect of it with the parking brake fix and a break/fix scenario with the TSB.
PIU vehicles are overall subject to a harsher driving style as well as the fact that they are “emergency response vehicles”, not only the safety of the driver and vehicle are important, but the safety of those they are responding too. It also is coming across that they aren’t just replacing the entire sub frame, but adding a brace, replacing the cover and using a different bolt (some speculation until the procedure is released). Folks can argue about the “they had 2 bolts”, but the bottom line is that Ford is going to look at the cost and safety aspect with fines in mind. That’s about it. Other manufacturers take the same approach.
Although I have a diff brace on order and will probably do the 2 bolt subframe, I really think we are all blowing this way out of proportion. A 0.01% failure rate is pretty low.
I’m doing the brace and likely the subframe, because of the tune I run and my driving style. I want to launch at the track with confidence.
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