I heard about that... BTW My GF owns her own Insurance biz, nd her office
manager recently bought a Ford Contour Sport, and it has been in the shop
several times now for this and that... It seems not only DC has QC
problems... The only problem I've had with my Dak was the timing making a
racket several months ago, and was promptly taken care of by DC under
warranty....
Greg
95 DSCC v6 5spd
Rahway NJ
>
> Speaking of problems with fords.....I was talking with a local probe
> owner/racer. He was telling me about a law suit soon to be
> brought against
> ford. Seems the mustangs production stats are incorrect....hp,
> torque, 1/4
> mile, and 0-60 times. There is a group of local mustangs owners and they
> were are complaining because they dynoed their cars and ran them at the
> track and couldn't even come close to the production numbers. To make it
> clear when they present their case they all got together and hired some
> professional race car driver to run the car at the track, and he
> still could
> only get within a .5 of the supposed 0-60 and 1/4 mile
> times.....OUCH!!! So
> for everyone who thinks the new mustang is something to worry
> about....better think again!!! One more reason not to own a ford!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Man From Utopia [mailto:tmfu@home.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 8:50 PM
> To: DML
> Subject: DML: Would ya wanna drive a 4duh???
>
>
> Just saw this on Infobeat....
>
> Family awarded $295 mln in Ford lawsuit
>
> CERES, Calif. (AP) - A jury awarded $295 million Monday to the family of a
> couple and their son who were killed in the rollover of a Ford Bronco. The
> verdict came three days after a Los Angeles jury awarded a record $4.9
> billion to six people who were severely burned when their
> Chevrolet exploded
> in a rear-end collision. The jury deliberated five days before awarding $5
> million in compensation to three members of the victims' family and $290
> million in punitive damages, Ford said. Juan Romo was driving the 1978
> Bronco in June 1993 when he swerved to avoid a van he was passing. The
> vehicle rolled over, killing Romo's mother, father and brother.
> Romo and his
> two surviving sisters claimed Ford knew the Bronco's mostly plastic roof
> would not hold up in a rollover. A former Ford executive, Tom Feeney,
> testified on behalf of the Romos, saying company officials knew
> the roof was
> virtually certain to fail, plaintiff lawyer Laurence Drivon said. Ford
> argued that the vehicle was sound and that the accident was Romo's fault.
>
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