NEW Ford F150 rates 'poor' in bumper tests F-150

[Mookow]

Originally posted by: LAUST
Oh well people that bump into things should pay the price for ignorance 🙂

Yes, they should. But since insurance is really just risk pooling, do you want to pay more for when a soccermom trys to park her Suburban like its got Civic dimensions?

Less expensive damage on minor crashes = lower insurance, whether you are ever involved in one of them or not.

 

[LikeLinus]

Originally posted by: GRIFFIN1
Dodge is the only truck that doesn't suck.

I own a chevy truck.

Great link. It shows every maker has a poor rating (with the exception of the marginal for Dodge). You really can't blame Ford now because all the truck makers are lacking.

 

[LAUST]

Originally posted by: Mookow

Originally posted by: LAUST
Oh well people that bump into things should pay the price for ignorance 🙂

Yes, they should. But since insurance is really just risk pooling, do you want to pay more for when a soccermom trys to park her Suburban like its got Civic dimensions?

Less expensive damage on minor crashes = lower insurance, whether you are ever involved in one of them or not.

Yah but are these tests hitting cars or hitting poles. A heavier vehicle is always gonna hit a solid object harder due to it's own mass.

I'm not questioning you I agree, I just don't care for tests that hit solid objects all the time 😉

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Marlin1975
Ford F-150 rates 'poor' in bumper tests

The nation's top-selling vehicle sustained $1,500 in damage in low-speed crash test, group says.

Guess they are NOT built like a rock. 😉

It makes up for it by being fugly though...

Still, I'd take a fugly Ford over a POS chevy any day of the week.

 

[LAUST]

IIRC the only 1/2 ton avail with 4.10 gears, and the most simple easy to work on engine compartment of the current big 3 and the cheapest repair/aftermarket parts available.

 

[Mookow]

Originally posted by: LAUST

Originally posted by: Mookow

Originally posted by: LAUST
Oh well people that bump into things should pay the price for ignorance 🙂

Yes, they should. But since insurance is really just risk pooling, do you want to pay more for when a soccermom trys to park her Suburban like its got Civic dimensions?

Less expensive damage on minor crashes = lower insurance, whether you are ever involved in one of them or not.

Yah but are these tests hitting cars or hitting poles. A heavier vehicle is always gonna hit a solid object harder due to it's own mass.

I'm not questioning you I agree, I just don't care for tests that hit solid objects all the time 😉

Well, if its heavier, it should withstand the force of impact better 😉

 

[bunker]

Before you all add to the Ford bashing:

The Dearborn, Mich.-based automaker is not alone in catching the institute's ire. Of all the full-size pickups the group has tested, only the Dodge Ram 1500 escaped the lowest rating with "marginal," the second lowest

Taken from here

 

[bunker]

Also, this test was not done on the new 2004 F-150 model. It was done on the F-150 Heritage Edition which is the same as the old F-150.

The IIHS tests



Yes I'm defending Ford. Somebody has to!! 😛

Edit: Nice test, if you click on the Ford link in that chart it shows exactly which vehicle was tested

Vehicle tested:
2001 Ford F-150 XLT SuperCab

They say they are identical, which the Heritage Edition is, but this test obviously does not reflect the NEW F-150.

 

[LAUST]

Originally posted by: bunker
Also, this test was not done on the new 2004 F-150 model. It was done on the F-150 Heritage Edition which is the same as the old F-150.

The IIHS tests



Yes I'm defending Ford. Somebody has to!! 😛

Edit: Nice test, if you click on the Ford link in that chart it shows exactly which vehicle was tested

Vehicle tested:
2001 Ford F-150 XLT SuperCab

They say they are identical, which the Heritage Edition is, but this test obviously does not reflect the NEW F-150.

😀 nice

 

[bunker]

bump for my info 🙂

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: tnitsuj

Originally posted by: Lifer
i thought crash tests were there to test passenger safety, not repair costs

IIHS does both. And it is really ridiculous that a 5mph or under impact can do thousands of dollars of damage to a car. Of course if you want to make a truck look pretty, I guess you have to expect these things. Can you order a new f-150 with a steel or unpainted rubber bumper? I would expect that in a work truck.

I don't think so. But Ford's commtruck site is down, so I can't check.

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: tnitsuj

Originally posted by: Lifer
i thought crash tests were there to test passenger safety, not repair costs

IIHS does both. And it is really ridiculous that a 5mph or under impact can do thousands of dollars of damage to a car. Of course if you want to make a truck look pretty, I guess you have to expect these things. Can you order a new f-150 with a steel or unpainted rubber bumper? I would expect that in a work truck.

I don't think so. But Ford's commtruck site is down, so I can't check.

That might be an option on the XL (work truck), but I am not for certain though

EDIT: cannot find option for steel bumper, only chrome (standard)

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

I an not a Ford fanboy.

From personal experience. I worked several years as a heavy equipment mechanic.
The company I worked for had a mixed fleet of Fords & Chevs. All were serviced
properly, most were overloaded with welders, light cranes and air compressors.
Most had to be off roaded on a regular basis to get to the job. All these trucks were
early to late 90's models. The Chevys just could not cut it, the Fords took a lick'in and
just kept a tick'in. The Chevys had a much better ride with a light load but for a
real world working truck, Ford rules as long as it has a gas engine. I know nothing
of the current stuff thats out now........:sun: