2020 Expedition up in flames

[Thunderbirdsport]

Interesting, not sure if this was meant to be a degrading and a bit insulting to someone posting something they had personally experienced or not, sure feels like it. I shall leave it at that.

No, it was kinda of a response in general..nothing against anyone in particular whatsoever.

 

[carymccarr]

I have you an example of someone very close to me that had an issue. And to be clear, I said 1-2.

My $1k dishwasher failed at just over 1 yr, but luckily it became a recall and kitchenaid had to replace the parts.

Lastly, the the consumer price index from 2000 to 2020 is only 53%, so a $400 dishwasher in 2000 would effectively cost $600 today, if they were as like for like as possible.

I'm a little more edumacated than I may sound... Lol. Oh and push back is fine, just ask me why I think something, rather than jump to I'm ignorant. That could mean a lot of things.

Gotcha. Honestly though when people speak about the “good old days” in terms of appliances and cars they aren’t talking about the dotcom/y2k era which is why I used 1985 as the “good old days”...


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[JamaicaJoe]

On that note, not sure how old you are or anything about you personally, but I remember when a $400 dishwasher would last ten years, now a $1k dishwasher may last 1-2, sometimes more, but it's becoming increasingly harder to get parts and skilled techs to fix them, so it's almost like you have to get a new one every few years. Good example, one of my good friends (an attorney), just had an LG dishwasher die after 2 yrs. Cost $1k and LG told him they couldn't repair it under warranty because they didn't have a licensed tech within 200 miles of him... Offered him no recourse, he thought about suing as he is an attorney, but the cost and time would have been more than a new dishwasher, and he would never trust it again. So he made sure not to buy an LG again.

I had an LG Dishwasher. The worst. LG has few technicians. It would leak, overheat parts, would not clean, etc. I had an extended warranty. The first tech who was smart, just shotgunned a bunch of parts and left me the "bad" ones because the computer diagnostics pointed to everything. The second tech had no clue how to properly measure water temperature from a tap. Clue, the water is always hotter resting in a glass than while aerated out of a faucet. So he blamed my water heater. I kept it going using the parts left from the first service call. Finally the drain hose burst and flooded my place.

Your attorney friend should have sued them . A class action is in order.

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[Gregg Eshelman]

I know what the problem was. Ford sold you an Exploder instead of an Expedition.

 

[Going_Going_Gone]

I had an LG Dishwasher. The worst....

Wasn't LG's former brand name Gold Star? Certainly a name worth abandoning.

 

[5280tunage]

Vastly different vehicle and engine. But anyone see this too... https://www.motor1.com/news/486681/ford-super-duty-fire-video/

 

[Plati]

Flame related story. Few years ago I was snowmobiling near Old Forge on Uncas Rd. Someone's sled caught fire on the trail and burned to a heap. Over the next 24 hours scavengers came and picked the entire pile clean. I mean there was NOTHING left but maybe some springs or something. It was like watching a deer disappear.

 

[mhExped]

Reviving an old thread here, apologies...

As I posted here in a different thread, our car recently went into limp mode and has a fuel injector port stuck open that managed to dump enough fuel that it came leaking out the muffler.

Thinking about that much fuel making its way around/throughout the hot exhaust system had me (a) instantly concerned for fire safety with this vehicle and (b) remembering this old thread.

@Aspen03: Was there ever an official explanation from Ford or the fire marshal, what have you, as to the cause of the fire?

 

[5280tunage]

And to add to it, there was this less than a mile from where I live. Luckily the dog in back was rescued by police.

Truly nervous for my kids strapped into car seats, not to mention that mine is garaged all the time, this happened outdoors, now do I have to worry about my house going with it?

 

[dlcorbett]

That's made international news. Do you know details of the fire?