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Latest research reveals 77 per cent of prospective buyers can recall a Ford ad, and 72 per cent a Holden ad.The two brands top the latest Roy Morgan Automotive Currency research, which identifies car buying intentions over the next four years. Roy Morgan Research industry communications director Norman Morris says Ford, Holden and Toyota “remain the most recalled brands, although Toyota has declined by 5% points over the last 2 years.”This week Toyota also lost its MVP crown falling back to second place in the ‘world's most valuable’ car brand rankings. The research indicates that Japanese brand ad recall has dropped due to forced cuts in spending for advertising and marketing.Morris says, “with many of the Japanese manufacturers forced to cut their ad spend as a result of the March 2011 Tsunami & earthquake, it’s not surprising to see that ad recall for the Japanese brands is down across the board.”Korean brands performed well in the study, with Hyundai maintaining a solid 59 per cent and Kia rising to 49 per cent. Volkswagen has been the major mover, jumping from 40 per cent in 2010 to 50 per cent in 2012, with 300,000 more people recalling a Volkswagen ad in this period. This pushes Volkswagen up from spot 11, to a tied 9 with Nissan.Morris says with so many “automotive brands available to choose from, multiple new or face lifted models hitting the market each month and budgets tightening – memorable, targeted communication is increasingly vital.” The research suggests that if an automotive brand is spending millions of dollars on media, but is unable to improve their ad recall figure amongst their target audience; their message is being “lost.” The study of 5657 people was conducted by Roy Morgan Research, focussing on the 12 largest automotive brands sold in Australia.
It would seem something has gone wrong, perhaps at the service, as you seem to suggest. It's most likely a fuel supply problem, so I would suggest you have a diesel engine specialist check it.
We have had reports of clutch troubles with the Ranger and the clutch in yours I would suggest has probably warped. They overheat quite quickly if you slip the clutch even just a little, like when you take off while the vehicles is loaded or towing a trailer, and once that happens the clutch warps and will forever shudder until it's replaced. I think Ford is clutching at straws on that one.
We had quite a number of reports of water leaks into the cabin and the boot with the BA, which had real build quality issues, but we haven't had reports of later models suffering in the same way. I would have a panel beater look at the car to assess where the leakage might be occurring and if that suggests it is a build problem then you could approach Ford for help. But I wouldn't hold out much hope of you getting help with the car being four years old and out of warranty.
It's not normal. Make sure you are using the recommended antifreeze in the coolant; that stops electrolysis, which is probably what's causing your problem.
Persist with your complaint for a little while, at least, but be warned that you're unlikely to succeed. Use a different service station is the best way to go.
The auto can fail at any kilometres, not necessarily 200,000 km, and it's because the transmission cooler that's in the radiator fails and coolant gets into the transmission. The transmission can be serviced, but you have to take it to an automatic transmission specialist, who could also fit an external cooler for $500-$600.
It's always right to be suspicious, but in this case I would go along with changing the coolant. It's a good idea to replace the coolant regularly, perhaps once a year, if the carmaker doesn't specify it in the regular service schedule.
No, it is not normal, there is something amiss with it and I would urge you to have it checked. It could be related to the cold enrichment used on the engine to make the engine run smoothly during the cold running phase.
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