> Ford doesn't teach dealer mechanices how to work > on the cars their dealers sell?
Considering how hard the "big three' automakers are trying to build market and sell EV's, how much time do you suppose they invest in teaching the repair department in a stealership serving a town of 5,000 to fix a car that they will probably never see?
Case in point: Some years back, I had one of my vehicles aligned at a very reputable alignment shop. As I was picking up the car after the alignment, there was a roll-back tow truck just heading out with what looked to be a very new VW Toureg on board. I inquired about this and was told that after the body shop across town got done with a relatively minor collision repair, it was brought in for some suspension repairs. They had no trouble sourcing and installing the parts, but the nearest alignment shop that had the proper computerized equipment to interface with the vehicle's active suspension was in PDX, so off it went. And this was in the state's then-second largest city of 130,000.
Eventually, the Focus got donated or leased at a donation price ($0/tax write-off) to one of the local non-profits. I saw it around town with graphics on the doors for a few months, then it disappeared. Probably sitting on the back lot of the stealership, waiting for a gizmo to make the optional shoe-shine pedals function again...
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