Just the brakes, don’t worry Ford customers. Ford Authority says: Ford Motor Company is recalling select 2013-2018 Ford Fusion and Lincoln MKZ models over a a brake hose issue The defect: in affected vehicles, the front brake hoses may rupture and... — read more 

Worked my a-s off last year but my manager gave some of us

Ford announced this week that it is recalling more than 1.2 million of its vehicles over a serious issue with its brake fluid hoses. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Ford Fusions and Lincoln MKZs sold between 2013 and 2018... — read more 

Do we need sound engineering to fix our quality and warranty cost issues, or do we need fake businesses spun up (at great expense) to put out press releases to pump the stock price? Canopy was announced with great fanfare over a year ago, with... — read more 

Via Ford Authority. Failure to perform continues over and over and….. Ford Motor Company is recalling select 2021 Ford F-150 models over a wiper arm failure issue. This extends a recall issued last April, when the automaker recalled select... — read more 

Apparently Ford has a Material Compliance Engineer on a PEP involving the Michigan State Police …

I know so many Ford folks who claim they want to leave but they are waiting for severance. That's bullsh-t. Quit your job, waiting for a goodbye package is only prolonging the enviable and is not even a certainty! There's nothing quite like the... — read more 

To find out if a company will be having... — read more 

Wondering if I get laid off, will my final check include my 401k election or do they suspend that activity for the last check.

Seems to be keeping a low profile. Is he out interviewing a JF successor?

From now until mid of April!! Model E included.

https://www.autonews.com/dealers/29-ford-dealers-leave-ev-program-after-changes The thud you here yes Farley's career hitting the floor.

Halo Bronco in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. For what we charge for Raptors someone should be embarrassed (but not) for a park and hold recall. Ford Motor Company is recalling select 2023 Ford Bronco Wildtrak and 2022 Ford Bronco Raptor... — read more 

https://www.autonews.com/dealers/29-ford-dealers-leave-ev-program-after-changes Nobody wants to buy Ford’s EV’s anymore. Customer Demand has stopped with $90k price tags and high loan interest rates. Existing F150 customers have severe range... — read more 

Farley, Lawler, Kumar, and Cannis all had insider stock sales on March 3, 2023. Taking some risk off the table. Executive compensation packages are nice. Production issues, quality problems, higher interest rates, higher commodity prices... — read more 

AICP = 148% * AICP_Target * (Personal Performance factor) Just want to check, whether (Personal Performance factor) is the same across the same organization? or it is different from one person to another? If it is different from one to another... — read more 

Does anyone know of anyone actually given a PEP?

Today on Yahoo Finance: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/jack-welchs-ge-legacy-ended-last-week-rip-134345986.html The 80-90% bonus (not 100%) is one of his famous sc--w up. Another is stack ranking which pitted employees one against another.

Either it’s a mandate from JF or T6 platform in Australia has begun its slow death with the demise of ICE coming. Announcements today about 20% of PD, Design and VOME permanent staff to go through VSPs. About mid May for planned exits.

https://youtu.be/I49N_Bz1Vf4

Joe Manchin just said, Jim Farley should worry about getting Ford "together" rather than send business to China! CLASSIC!

Two of our managers bailed on us in the past couple of weeks, and they both left on their own terms. One jumped ship to another plant while the other straight-up quit. It's got me thinking, do they know something we don't? Is there something going on... — read more 

Hello Everyone, has any people who retired in October gotten their AICP yet? Have any current employees gotten their AICP deposited yet? If so, what performance percentage did you get? I am a October retiree and there is nothing in my bank.

Oops, saw on twitter comerica is the next First Republic Bank, isn't it the Ford's payroll bank? Are we gonna be fine by next paycheck?

Jimmy was a race car driver Our plants are idle. We are lacking chips for most of our premium F150 packages. Doug's SW has Louisville shut down. Super duty launch is a disaster. Lightning is literally burning red hot by the dozen. Mustang... — read more 

After retirement, if we're happy with our choices in the SSIP, is there any time limit or requirement for you to transfer out/roll over? Just to emphasize, not so much happy, just inertia. Eventually I'll get to it. I've got mostly index funds in... — read more 

At VOGO skilled workers from he plants were promoted to positions within the general office so real world experience could be applied to processing ans tool design. This knowledge would also be transferred to the staff MEs. Then about 28 years ago... — read more 

With $212 BILLION in corporate debt, compared to Tesla with almost zero debt, can Ford credit continue to support Model e and Ford next while banks are failing during a recession?

Why is 30 years so “magical?” Say the GR8 is a mechanical engineer making say $100k per year.

Ford Motor Co. said Friday that it is recalling 18 F-150 Lightning pickup trucks due to a battery cell manufacturing defect. The recall follows a five-week production shutdown at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn where the electric truck... — read more 

When I first heard about second stickers being placed on new vechicles I really wasn't sure if I believed it or not. Today after I got off work I drove to two well known Ford Dealers in town to see for myself. Well sure enough the sc-mb bag greedy... — read more 

I'm not too worried about layoffs in Europe. The more cost savings are achieved through those cuts (and those will be substantial savings since this is not India we're talking about) the need for layoffs in the US reduces. I'm not wishing layoffs on... — read more 

From the Free Ford Press: Ford Spain informed its union partners Friday that it plans to cut approximately 1,100 jobs at its Valencia plant because of changes to the vehicle lineup announced in 2022, the automaker confirmed. The automaker had... — read more 

The sun shines on Mondays

Some people have gone to fix certain recalls and guess what They get an other recall letter for the same issue that was fixed in a recall stating issue may repeat again .(yeah its confusing) Only ford jokers are capable of doing it.

Just another day for the Farley clown show. Ford Motor Company is recalling select 2023 Ford F-150, Ford Expedition, and Lincoln Navigator models over a front axle pinion issue. The defect: in affected vehicles, the front axle pinion may not have... — read more 

Brave New World

I retired last year, and I do not have any information as to the date 2022 profit sharing checks will be distributed to white collar. The Detroit News indicates that blue collar checks will be distributed on 3/9. Is it the same date for white... — read more 

Who knew Farley was purposely delivering low quality vehicles so the dealers could make up lost sales revenue through repair work… https://www.yahoo.com/autos/ford-wants-dealers-focus-commercial-184000265.html