Ford_News
07-21-2011, 10:41 AM
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Over the last several weeks, there have been a number of reports on web forums of frame damage incidents (http://www.raptorforumz.com/showthread.php?t=14208) involving the Ford F-150 SVT Raptor (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/f-150+svt+raptor/). Thanks to a number of reader tips, Autoblog was the first news outlet to inquire with Ford about the matter. After launching its own investigation into the claims centering around one particular organized Raptor Run in Nevada with 14 participating vehicles and 10 bent frames, Jamal Hameedi, a 20-year Ford veteran and SVT's Chief Nameplate Engineer, agreed to talk exclusively with Autoblog.
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/07/2011shelgt500hameedi-opt.jpgAB: When did you first become aware of these Raptor frame claims?
Hameedi: We monitor all the blogs - I think there are three or four different versions of Raptor online forums. We saw that there was one particular run where several Raptors bent their frames on the same obstacle.
AB: How many Raptors have been reported with frame damage?
Hameedi: We have four nationwide since the beginning of production.
AB: It sounded like there were more than four vehicles damaged in this individual run alone - are these not included in that total?
Hameedi: I think we've been reading that there are ten trucks in question [in that run].
"We have a pretty firm understanding of what's going on."
Jamal Hameedi, SVT Chief Nameplate Engineer
AB: So the four trucks you mentioned - those are just the ones that have been directly reported to Ford dealers?
Hameedi: Yes.
AB: Have they all been bent in more-or-less in the same way?
Hameedi: The ones on the run, I think there are varying degrees of how [badly] they are tweaked, but generally we have a pretty firm understanding of what's going on.Continue reading SVT boss goes on record about Ford Raptor frame damage claims [w/video] (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/07/21/svt-boss-goes-on-record-about-ford-raptor-frame-damage-claims-w/)
SVT boss goes on record about Ford Raptor frame damage claims [w/video] (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/07/21/svt-boss-goes-on-record-about-ford-raptor-frame-damage-claims-w/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Over the last several weeks, there have been a number of reports on web forums of frame damage incidents (http://www.raptorforumz.com/showthread.php?t=14208) involving the Ford F-150 SVT Raptor (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/f-150+svt+raptor/). Thanks to a number of reader tips, Autoblog was the first news outlet to inquire with Ford about the matter. After launching its own investigation into the claims centering around one particular organized Raptor Run in Nevada with 14 participating vehicles and 10 bent frames, Jamal Hameedi, a 20-year Ford veteran and SVT's Chief Nameplate Engineer, agreed to talk exclusively with Autoblog.
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/07/2011shelgt500hameedi-opt.jpgAB: When did you first become aware of these Raptor frame claims?
Hameedi: We monitor all the blogs - I think there are three or four different versions of Raptor online forums. We saw that there was one particular run where several Raptors bent their frames on the same obstacle.
AB: How many Raptors have been reported with frame damage?
Hameedi: We have four nationwide since the beginning of production.
AB: It sounded like there were more than four vehicles damaged in this individual run alone - are these not included in that total?
Hameedi: I think we've been reading that there are ten trucks in question [in that run].
"We have a pretty firm understanding of what's going on."
Jamal Hameedi, SVT Chief Nameplate Engineer
AB: So the four trucks you mentioned - those are just the ones that have been directly reported to Ford dealers?
Hameedi: Yes.
AB: Have they all been bent in more-or-less in the same way?
Hameedi: The ones on the run, I think there are varying degrees of how [badly] they are tweaked, but generally we have a pretty firm understanding of what's going on.Continue reading SVT boss goes on record about Ford Raptor frame damage claims [w/video] (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/07/21/svt-boss-goes-on-record-about-ford-raptor-frame-damage-claims-w/)
SVT boss goes on record about Ford Raptor frame damage claims [w/video] (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/07/21/svt-boss-goes-on-record-about-ford-raptor-frame-damage-claims-w/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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