Cheers for the ACCC

[BruceandBobbi]

Ford Australia cop a $10,000,000 fine plus may have to refund or replace up to 10,000 cars in OZ.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-26/ford-hit-with-record-10-million-fine-for-unconscionable-conduct/9699474

[Dicko1]

Not nearly enough. Should of been 100 million and complete replacement of car or the gearbox...up to customer. This is only a case where they have been caught out. You can bet your last dollar they have done just as bad in the past. Not only Ford but all auto mobs in Oz. We are sitting ducks in a pond. Big business has always been a protected species.
Energy companies, telcos, auto manufacturers, banks, medical/medicine providers, ...the list goes on. The value of a government is how they look after its citizens. All forms of govt in Oz are not worth a pinch of goat shit!.

The sooner the lemon laws are introduced AND ENFORCED, the better. Would rather have a VW that uses a bit more fuel than advertised than a ford that is a known piece of garbage!

[nj swb]

Would rather have a VW that uses a bit more fuel than advertised than a ford that is a known piece of garbage!

The VW issue goes beyond using a bit more fuel - but I do find it interesting that your one sentence lists the two makes I currently won't own. Even more interesting that part of Ford's "unconscionable conduct" was requiring owners to demonstrate an intermittent fault - I had the same problem with VW requiring me to demonstrate my Golf intermittently leaving me without drive.