pfbz

Stopped by my local dealer yesterday to pick up some parts, checked out the first 2017 SD's they had recently received.

Got to say the Quality Control was shockingly poor... Check out the hood & fender panel fit on this $68,000 truck: No signs of any shipping damage or panels tweaked in transport, this is simply how they rolled it off the line.

Really Ford?



Not so much....

mudmachine22

yeah that sure is off, wonder how many others are coming out that way

whitescrew77

Starting to think last of the 2016's is the way to go.

Spamfritter

There are several threads on various forums showing quality issues like this and worse. Orange peel in the paint, doors that don't line up and other things. Potential quality issues are one of the many reasons why I went with the 2016 instead of ordering a 2017. New production can be that way. Not to mention the various electronic or other issues that could go wrong with them as well. I prefer not to get the first year of a new design.

jtnuge

I have seen plenty that are built fine. Have seen only two that would need a minor adjustment with the hood. All makes have these issues.

Spamfritter

I didn't say that other makes weren't problematic. What I am saying is that the 2017 Super Duty seems to have more QC issues than their predecessors. This is to be expected as its an entirely new design. That said, cab issues are almost impossible to excuse as we are about to go into the third year of production on that hardware as its also used in the 2015+ F-150.

jdp530

moved

pfbz

I have seen plenty that are built fine.

One would hope that most are fine... QC is supposed to catch the ones that are not, and the QC is failing.

Have seen only two that would need a minor adjustment with the hood.

Athough maybe not obvious from the pictures I took, this was definitely more than a hood adjustment issue... Left fender was way off, hood, headlights. The truck was a $68,000 mess.

All makes have these issues.

True enough... It's the number of issues they have that differentiates a successful launch from a poor one, and the lack of ability to catch blatant, obvious, see-it-from-ten-feet-away kinds of problems that I find most alarming. The guy who slapped that "OK" sticker on the windshield would have literally been right on top of the misaligned fender and hood. Do you suppose he has any "NOT OK" stickers on him?

whitescrew77

I'm sure it will get better.

jtnuge

well the super duty might have alot of parts shared with the new f150, its not the hood, fenders, etc. Probably not even the hood hinges. They have issues period.