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Ford Build Quality Strikes Again: 2024 Ford Mustang Caught With Mismatched Seats
Ford Build Quality Strikes Again: 2024 Ford Mustang Caught With Mismatched Seats

14 Sep 2023, 22:23 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Imagine a $60k-plus coupe getting the OK to ship from quality control and the OK to sell from the dealer after PDI despite having different Recaro front seats

 
Tesla Calls Front Casting Crack a Discontinuity, Contradicts Own Repair Recommendations
Tesla Calls Front Casting Crack a Discontinuity, Contradicts Own Repair Recommendations

6 Sep 2023, 16:19 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / According to Tesla's Cast Front Under Body Repair Guidelines, welding damage of more than 50 millimeters (1.97 inches) demands special analysis.

 
Alfa Romeo Beats Porsche in J.D. Power's IQS: Tesla, Rivian, Polestar and Lucid Rank Last
Alfa Romeo Beats Porsche in J.D. Power's IQS: Tesla, Rivian, Polestar and Lucid Rank Last

24 Jun 2023, 10:21 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The consumer insights company was appalled by the concerning trend of decline in quality control in the automotive industry as a whole.

 
Certain Ram 1500 Pickup Trucks May Have Been Produced Without B-Pillar Impact Sensors
Certain Ram 1500 Pickup Trucks May Have Been Produced Without B-Pillar Impact Sensors

19 Apr 2023, 18:19 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If your 2022 model year Ram 1500 was made between April 11 and April 13 of 2022, chances are you B-pillar impact sensors are missing

 
Tesla Fans Protecting the BEV Maker Will Shrink the Company's Customer Pool
Tesla Fans Protecting the BEV Maker Will Shrink the Company's Customer Pool

18 Apr 2023, 18:03 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / When they preached to the converted, the results seemed to pay off, but what will happen now that they are dealing with regular customers?

 
This Is What Investors Should Wish to Hear from Tesla During 'Tesla Investor Day'
This Is What Investors Should Wish to Hear from Tesla During 'Tesla Investor Day'

1 Mar 2023, 20:51 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / People are excited about the third-generation platform and a possible $25,000 Tesla. However, they should demand new promises

 
Tesla Agrees to Replace the Car Whose Steering Wheel Fell Off in January
Tesla Agrees to Replace the Car Whose Steering Wheel Fell Off in January

9 Feb 2023, 15:45 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla eventually agreed to replace the Model Y, whose steering wheel fell off, after it initially charged the owner $104 for repairs

 
Tesla Wants To Use A.I. To Boost Quality Control at Its Fremont Factory
Tesla Wants To Use A.I. To Boost Quality Control at Its Fremont Factory

20 Jan 2023, 18:10 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla has filed to install two robots to inspect dashboard quality in its vehicles at the Fremont factory, pointing to measures to boost build quality

 
Lucid Calls Cancelations a Failure and Tries to Revert Them With (a Lot of) Insistence
Lucid Calls Cancelations a Failure and Tries to Revert Them With (a Lot of) Insistence

9 Dec 2022, 07:26 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Two leaked emails to retail employees show that at least three different people will contact you if you don’t want an Air anymore

 
Tesla Model Y Paint Defects Point to EV Maker Needing to Improve Quality Control
Tesla Model Y Paint Defects Point to EV Maker Needing to Improve Quality Control

22 Nov 2022, 16:00 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The new case emerged when we noted that Tesla seriously needs to deliver better and more reliable vehicles to its customers

 
Tesla Lacks Major Automotive Quality Certifications in the IATF 16949 and ISO 9001
Tesla Lacks Major Automotive Quality Certifications in the IATF 16949 and ISO 9001

11 Nov 2022, 10:38 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Most of the largest Western car companies follow this technical specification to establish a respectful quality management system

 
2022 Ford Mustang Mach-E Half Shaft May Break Under Load, Recall Issued
2022 Ford Mustang Mach-E Half Shaft May Break Under Load, Recall Issued

1 Sep 2022, 14:07 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If you've recently taken delivery of a brand-new Mustang Mach-E, chances are your Mustang Mach-E is one of 1,175 units that will be be recalled in due time

 
GMC Hummer EV Has a Strange Problem With the Driver-Side Door Switches
GMC Hummer EV Has a Strange Problem With the Driver-Side Door Switches

29 Aug 2022, 17:17 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / The GMC Hummer EV is an iconic vehicle for GM, but despite its $110,000 price tag, it is riddled with ridiculous problems like the door switches not working

 
Mercedes-Benz Recalls Certain GLS SUVs Over Safety Concern
Mercedes-Benz Recalls Certain GLS SUVs Over Safety Concern

13 Jul 2022, 20:49 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / For what seems to be the umpteenth time, Mercedes-Benz has proven that it isn't worthy of "the best or nothing" motto it uses nowadays

 
“The Quality Is Below Any Other Vehicle I Have Ever Owned,” Says Ford Bronco Owner
“The Quality Is Below Any Other Vehicle I Have Ever Owned,” Says Ford Bronco Owner

8 Jul 2022, 09:12 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Ford and quality control appear to be on bad terms based on the brand-new Outer Banks delivered to Bronco6G forum member Arnold1 after a two-year wait

 
2022 Toyota Tundra Control Arm Bolt Fails Catastrophically, Owner Isn’t Pleased
2022 Toyota Tundra Control Arm Bolt Fails Catastrophically, Owner Isn’t Pleased

5 Jul 2022, 15:19 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / As if the all-new Tundra didn't have plenty of problems already, the owner of this particular truck experienced a control arm failure due to gross negligence

 
2022 Toyota Tundra Rear Axle Shafts May Separate While Driving, Recall Issued
2022 Toyota Tundra Rear Axle Shafts May Separate While Driving, Recall Issued

27 Jun 2022, 10:13 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Loose rear axle flange nuts may lead to a separation of either rear axle shaft, which may lead to reduced braking performance and vehicle stability

 
Ford Bronco Soft Top Coming Apart at the Seams, Dealer's Attempted Repair Makes It Worse
Ford Bronco Soft Top Coming Apart at the Seams, Dealer's Attempted Repair Makes It Worse

15 Jun 2022, 19:02 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / As Ford takes its sweet time sourcing chips for the Bronco, owners are experiencing soft tops that come apart at the seams

 
Tesla Recalls Five Cars Over Swapped Camera Views
Tesla Recalls Five Cars Over Swapped Camera Views

13 May 2022, 12:09 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Instead of clowning around with buying Twitter, Elon Musk might be better off improving Tesla's increasingly worrisome quality control

 
Alfa Romeo CEO Promises the Tonale Will Bury Its Bad Reputation Regarding Reliability
Alfa Romeo CEO Promises the Tonale Will Bury Its Bad Reputation Regarding Reliability

30 Apr 2022, 20:19 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Jean-Philippe Imparato told Autocar Business that new production methods and stricter quality control would kill the idea that Italian cars are fragile