My bonehead son seems to have bent the running boards on my 2017

[Adieu]

warranty does not cover abuse.

if the dealer wants to fix it as a goodwill gesture that's great but don't expect Ford to pay for it

On a side note, since when is stepping on a truck's step a form of abuse???

Dunno about you, but me no likey this direction our world's moving in, not one bit


I miss BONEHEAD-PROOF equipment that didn't go around expecting you and everyone else to anticipate what it wants to do and promptly duck out the way, feeling at fault and accepting responsibility if you didn't anticipate fast enough or correctly and the darn thing self-destructs

 

[Big Brian]

On a side note, since when is stepping on a truck's step a form of abuse???

Dunno about you, but me no likey this direction our world's moving in, not one bit


I miss BONEHEAD-PROOF equipment that didn't go around expecting you and everyone else to anticipate what it wants to do and promptly duck out the way, feeling at fault and accepting responsibility if you didn't anticipate fast enough or correctly and the darn thing self-destructs

"he stood on them after he closed the door and forced them to stay out"

this is abuse.

 

[Adieu]

"he stood on them after he closed the door and forced them to stay out"

this is abuse.

Forced - by way of STANDING on em.

Do recall that we're talking about steps....whose SOLE function is to be stood on by a human

Few decades back, the idea that you could break a step by standing on it would be hysterical

 

[ExpeditionAndy]

Forced - by way of STANDING on em.

Do recall that we're talking about steps....whose SOLE function is to be stood on by a human

Few decades back, the idea that you could break a step by standing on it would be hysterical

Adieu,

I am trying to figure out if really don't get it or if you just like to argue. When you open the door, the running boards cycle and extend. Stand on them all day long it doesn't hurt them, because they are extended and the motor isn't trying to make them go back. When you close a door assuming the other door on that side is closed, after a couple of seconds the running boards cycle closed and stow. It was during the time when the running boards tried to stow themselves that his son stood on them to force them to stay open. They were never designed for that. That is abuse.

 

[Adieu]

im just saying I miss the days when the design philosophy was to engineer things a bit more durable-like

Adieu,

I am trying to figure out if really don't get it or if you just like to argue. When you open the door, the running boards cycle and extend. Stand on them all day long it doesn't hurt them, because they are extended and the motor isn't trying to make them go back. When you close a door assuming the other door on that side is closed, after a couple of seconds the running boards cycle closed and stow. It was during the time when the running boards tried to stow themselves that his son stood on them to force them to stay open. They were never designed for that. That is abuse.

 

[1955moose]

Well I want to jump in here for a moment. I have a 2000 Eddie Bauer that I stand on to clean or inspect my roof. Keep in mind I'm 340 pounds, I've never bent mine yet. I know the newer models are different, mine are not moveable, at least I don't think they are. He's a kid, anyone remember back when they were 17? What about all those 1920-1940's cars that had running boards. Metal must have been stronger back then!


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[ExpeditionAndy]

Well I want to jump in here for a moment. I have a 2000 Eddie Bauer that I stand on to clean or inspect my roof. Keep in mind I'm 340 pounds, I've never bent mine yet. I know the newer models are different, mine are not moveable, at least I don't think they are. He's a kid, anyone remember back when they were 17? What about all those 1920-1940's cars that had running boards. Metal must have been stronger back then!


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When the running boards are fully deployed they are durable. I go 300+ and I stand on them with no problem but the door is open and the motor isn't trying to retract and store the running boards. What the OP has tried to say is that when his son stood on the running boards as the motor was trying to close them he bent the gears or the drive shaft that retracts the running boards.

They do exactly what they were designed to do in fact last week another person and I were both standing on my retractable running boards and had no problems.

 

[powerboatr]

i am not sure on retraction or stow, but upon deployment if they hit an object of restriction, they will back up. I wonder if they are loaded and deployed if the sensor detects the load and stops them from retracting

the deployment sensor on mine are sensitive, as it hit my shin once....and retracted after it took some skin.
i have had them hit the trailer inner fenders and bounce right back with no damage
now i make sure they are OFF when loading it go on the hauler

 

[B-McD]

When I wash the truck I open a door and close it, then just put my foot lightly on the running board when it starts to retract. Goes right back to the open position, just as if I had gone thru the menus in the dash. Working as designed and I actually saw a Ford tech do this to another Expy at the dealer while waiting for an oil change. I am 220lbs and stand on the very front of the board to wash and dry the upper windshield area. Not an issue. Good luck on the fix!

 

[jeff kushner]

yep karma can be a BIOTCH

it may take a awhile....i keep checking the news to see if my daughter in law was run over by a city bus...its coming.

It ALWAYS comes....always! I'm not stupid enough to take the bait in as much as I believe, they was only one perfect man and he sure doesn't post on any forums....and I don't pretend not to have a scroll filled with faults but that doesn't mean TO ME that I can or should ignore all semblances of honesty and at least trying to act right but everyone is free to do as their free will dictates.....

jeff