At least Ford didn't rape the taxpayers to bail them out.  And yes, when someone takes something from you without your consent it is rape.  And it's time to press charges!

How come whenever Ford has a recall it's always front page news. Honda just recalled a bunch of cars, and I guess I missed those headlines. And let's state the facts here, Toyota has had more recalls of any automotive  manufacturer in the past five years, and lied when they knew they were having a potentially fatal problem with their Camary. And to all you people out there who buy Korean, Japanese, and German, any  foreign cars, just remember, for every North American automotive job, there are 7 offshoot jobs created here. You may not work at one of the Big Three so you don't feel any obligation to buy North American, but just remember your neighbour might, or the guy or gal who works for a part supplier might as well,  which in turn creates another job and another job etc... And you have to think about all these mom and pop stores who are located near all these plants who survive because of the people who work at these plants and patronize these stores. And if you need another reason to buy North American, and I don't mean buy cars from those Kia, Honda or Toyota plants who manufacture in NA, because those profits don't stay here, and companies like BMW, Mitsubishi during the war were building tanks and planes that killed allied troops. GOD BLESS The Canadian and American Forces fighting for our FREEDOM! 

The way I see it ... this affects a very small percentage of the vehicles that were made thus far and Ford is fixing them with the recall not fighting to keep it quiet .. they are even dropping off a loaner for owners.  Sounds like it's being taken care of well .. I'd still buy one today.

It's a brand new model with a brand new engine.  I'm not happy about it, but at least Ford did the right thing and issued a recall immediately, instead of denying any allegations (we're looking at you, Toyota and Chrysler).  Ford has even gone so far as to give affected owners loaner cars for the duration of the repairs.  Yes, we'd prefer there weren't any recalls, but let's face it, they happen, and when they do, you'd rather the company treated them like Ford did with this new Escape.