Inthehighdesert
Well-Known Member
It was a troll post in my opinion. If the op truely wanted info a simple search would have yielded them everything they needed.
I’m going to preference this with this is the last post that I will do on engine problem threads.
There are no common themes of GT350 Voodoo engine failures that is above the standard deviation of any other car model in terms of vehicle failures or engine failures.
There are no legitimately accepted issues that a majority of the community is experiencing or will experience that will lead to Ford recalling cars. There has not been a class action lawsuit claiming that GT350 owners were sold a product that is less than the consumer expectation, nor if one was filed would it be something that a majority of owners could claim that they are effected with. So I say, the GT350 is not a vehicle that has an inherent failure that is waiting to cost owners exorbitant costs in the future that is above what an average consumer would reasonably expect to pay in owning a performance car.
For people who have oil issues or had their motors replaced, I am not saying that your issue did not exist. What I am saying is that the issue that you experienced is not a reflection or a sign that there is a hidden problem that will occur in the entire fleet of cars, nor is it an issue that is highly likely that the community as a whole will experience in owning a GT350.
I point to the fact that there are no articles on this issue covered in any legitimate media source like MotorTrend, Hot Rod, Road & Track, etc., which would have covered the story and investigated by asking Ford if there was such a widely found problem.
This has become a self-fulfilling prophecy where every week another person comes and asks about the same issue because they have read on the forums that there is an inherit weakness in the motor which has made them pause in purchasing a car. And so, we do this again, and again, and again. And then we ask about vehicle depreciation in other threads, and I wonder if we do not think that we are shooting our own community in the foot.
If we love the GT350 and if we love the experiences that it gives us, then these constant discussions where we assume that there is either an issue, or there was an issue in older models (which has not been substantiated), or that if we say “if you buy one make sure to max out on extended warranties,” then all we are doing is spreading an unfounded rumor that there is a huge issue and weakness in the cars. We do this without evidence or facts that show that there is a large issue like the Jeep Death Wobble, Mini Cooper timing chain breaking failure or the Ford Focus Dual Clutch Transmission (DCT) failure. Those are legitimate issues that were documented to be a manufacturer defect that would cause failure and that would not meet consumer standards.
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