<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp88900954yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I have a 2011 Ford Fiesta that I bought as a commuter car (I'd driven</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">them as rentals a couple times in Europe, and when "European-similar"</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">models [unlike the crummy hard plastic US-spec Focuses] came on the</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">market I got one). It has been relatively trouble free until last spring,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">when the transmission control module went out. $2800. Two successive</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">after-market modules lasted less than a week each. Now the car is <br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">sitting, since JUNE, waiting for a real Ford-built module. Apparently</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Ford is flashing the chips by hand since they are no longer available from</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">the original source due to Covid supply chain issues. I just can't</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">believe that any car made in this century, except really high-end cars</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">which have a lot of low-volume parts in them anyway, will be able to</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">be maintained in drivable condition when they are 50 years old.<br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydp88900954signature">David Breneman david_breneman@yahoo.com</div></div>
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