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Bless your heart ...

If you think Ford simply opens their wallet whenever a dealership says they need to pay for something, you clearly do not know how the process works.

Maybe the dealership should just give away every vehicle for free, too? You know, in the best interest of the dealership?

The original premise was that the dealership should suck it up and pay for the cost to address manufacturing defects. If the dealership is not getting reimbursed by the manufacturer, then NO, I would not expect the dealership to bear the cost of repairing manufacturing defects. If you...

Let's see what you got to replace them! POIDH!

Gravel, small rocks, dirt, debris, glass, and all kinds of other crap is all over the roads. There's no way around it.

I get my gas at Costco in Brighton. Top tier gasoline. Right now, 87 is $3.34/gal, while 93 is $4.35/gal.

Agreed. But ... I'm pretty sure the OP didn't notice these issues until a few days after he took delivery. Yes, that's on him for not performing an adequate PDI himself, but it's too late for him now.

Completely disagree. "Only a few minutes"? Sorry, there is no such thing at a dealership when it comes to investigating and addressing issues with vehicles. When was the last time you took a vehicle to a dealership to have something looked at, and all it took was "only a few minutes"...

I don't. They sleep in the pole barn all winter long, nice and snug with their battery maintainers keeping them toasty ... :)

More precisely, how much a minute of downtime costs is based on the amount of profit that assembly lines would have produced during that 1 minute. For example, if a new vehicle comes off the assembly line every single minute, and the average profit for a vehicle off that line is $10,000, then -...

Did you not read his last post? He got it for LESS than X-Plan.

I don't have OCD. I have CDO. It's a lot like OCD, but the letters are all in the correct f*cking order.

Who foots the bill for these? The dealership? Most are independently owned and operated, so why you'd think they should do the work for free is beyond comprehension.

Too much pressure is not good. You don't want to use more than 2,000 PSI at most, really. Excess pressure will drive the dirt and debris towards and along the surfaces, scratching as it moves along. If your wheels are ceramic coated, that will reduce its effective lifespan. In your case...

I've never used Brake Buster. My ceramic guy did recommend the Adam's Polishes Wheel & Tire Cleaner. Honestly, if your guy removed the tire & wheel assembly and ceramic coated the ENTIRE surface (inside and outside the spider and the hoop), you can most likely get away without using a wheel...

I would never wash my vehicles, regardless of whether or not it has ceramic coating on it, with HOT water. Cold or warm water, yes. Hot, no. I've read 100-130F is ideal, but never above 140F. Softened water is better than hard water (less calcium and slightly less iron), but if it still has...

Because the world is an imperfect place. Screws fall out. If you continue to buy vehicles that have all these problems, the onus is on you. I've bought or leased 15 new Ford/Lincoln/Mercury vehicles in the past ~18 years alone, and I have not experienced thing things you claim above. I have...

Yea, last time I checked, Jesus Christ didn't work at the assembly plants. One can only imagine that every single whiner NEVER makes one single mistake at his/her job, huh?

I'm not aware of any way to add selections for multiple 'Custom' settings to the mode button on the steering wheel.