Originally Posted by
RF Overlord
I'm not saying you're wrong, but that statement is somewhat ambiguous. What exactly is an "original equipment dealer exclusive replacement part"? Does that mean some parts in Motorcraft boxes are actually supplied by Dorman? At this point I agree with Grimrepairman: Some of their stuff is great, some either doesn't fit or fails in record time.
I’m wondering if the stuff that passes inspection goes out the door in Motorcraft packaging while everything else (including surplus) goes out the door in Dorman packaging?!?! Scary thought LOL!!! I suspect Dorman supplies multiple manufacturers besides Ford. When I had the instrument cluster in the Mustang rebuilt years ago I was told the same vendor built clusters for multiple manufacturers and they all experienced identical failure rates back during the mid 2000s (stepper motors?).
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