Ford Territory... Oh My

[inside]

I was under the impression that the car industry had done away with rust issues. Looks like the Ford Territory has some problems in this area.

Australian Ford Forums - Territory and Rust (http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php't=11206136&page=1&pp=25)

[CraigE]

But what do you expect : Ford = Flat Out Rusting Daily
:twisted::twisted::twisted::twisted:

[langy]

And a little bit of trivia in the Ford Territory ad - where the school moms are portrayed as truckers - when the school mom driving the Landcruiser steps out of the vehicle and there is a close up of the boots stepping down to the ground - she is wearing LANDROVER boots. You can see the word ROVER on the side of the heel.

[SuperMono]

Not unusual in late model Oz built Fords.
I had a BA Ghia which had penetration rust through the boot within 3 years.
No dramas, repaired under warranty, panel beater was pretty much full time on Falcon rust repairs at the time.
Before I sold it I found rust stains weeping out from various brackets under the bonnet, boot and around anything exposed to a bit of moisture from road spray etc.
Looks like the Terry might have taken this to a new level.

[HAK]

Visited a mates work shop a few weeks back and his customer brought in one of those fords the bloke went over a speed bump at about 60 clicks and the car bottomed out and he said there was an terrible noise from his engine my mate looked at it and where the engine mounts bolts in the engine block the whole section of the block snaped off he roved the mount and bracket and with came apart of the block why in gods name would you mount and engine mount to an alloy block like that :o:eek:

[sclarke]

Lets be realistic...
Its Aussie built and its priced to suit the cheaper end of the market.
Its not a Euro built car...

Look at its size and price then compare it to the Volvo AWD or BMW AWD or even the Jap AWD. they are dearer for a reason.......

End of the day... you get what you pay for....

[HAK]

True true :) is there a more luxurious 4x4 on the market then a RR vogue? Non-that’s as capable ah