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dang a local dealership has one sitting on their lot like this one. Been there for months
 

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My RR that has been built and on a quality hold since April has been shipped. At this point no explanation has been given on why, dealer or Ford.

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Could be the air bag safety recall. Ford put a hold on production and selling RR on dealer lots until corrected. There are several post about this.
 

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dang a local dealership has one sitting on their lot like this one. Been there for months
That's the true unicorn. Any RR that shows up at any dealer where I live (and isn't already spoken for) is gone the next day.
 
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I have already told them that I am not taking it without an explanation from Ford, especially with the length of time being on this quality hold. This is the second one I have ordered as the first one came in with a lot a paint defects and I refused it.

I will say, look over your truck carefully as from what I have seen, ranger is really suffering from poor paint quality control. I have looked at 3 other RR 2 of them had obvious paint issues. The only reason I did not buy the other is I refuse to pay over MRSP.
 
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Attached is a picture of one of the RR I looked at with paint defect. Looks like a piece of hair.
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Attached is a picture of one of the RR I looked at with paint defect. Looks like a piece of hair.
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On the back of the cab below the rear window I had a piece of weld slag they painted over. The paint quality does suck on these trucks.
 

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Thinking about getting a Ranger Raptor. Not sure if I’m here looking for support, or someone to talk me off the ledge. There’s a few 2025’s here on the lots in NE Ohio. Not discounted much, maybe just order a 2026?
 
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Well I went and looked at it and this is what I saw in about 5 min of looking at it, before is stopped. Just totally disappointed that Ford puts this shit out. It just seems like paint quality control on these are all over the place. If you are planning on buying one, please make sure you throughly look it over. This is my second one I ordered that has paint issues and have seen several on dealer lots with paint issues. Just crazy.

Hood one is down to the sheet metal.
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Well I went and looked at it and this is what I saw in about 5 min of looking at it, before is stopped. Just totally disappointed that Ford puts this shit out. It just seems like paint quality control on these are all over the place. If you are planning on buying one, please make sure you throughly look it over. This is my second one I ordered that has paint issues and have seen several on dealer lots with paint issues. Just crazy.

Hood one is down to the sheet metal.
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The wiper photo, someone ran the wipers with them locked open and caused that damage.
 
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Well funny story, whoever bought the rr that I passed on for QC issues had it for 3 weeks and traded it back in at a different dealership. Would love to know why.
 

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Well funny story, whoever bought the rr that I passed on for QC issues had it for 3 weeks and traded it back in at a different dealership. Would love to know why.
Probably dodged a bullet on that one. Anything sitting that long on hold would raise a lot of red flags with me as well.
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