Court: International must resume Power Stoke diesel engine shipments to Ford
This Wednesday, Ford Motor Company and International Truck and Engine Corp. will meet in court over a pricing dispute over International's 6.4-liter diesel engines that go into Ford's F-250, F-350 and F-450 Super Duty pickups built in its Louisville, Ky., truck plant. Last week, a circuit court judge in Michigan ordered International to restart production and Ford to pay full price for them. AutoNews reported last week that Ford originally withheld payments to International because of warranty claims on the 6.0-liter diesel engines and International stopped sending the engines to Ford on February 23. The Ford plant was quiet on Friday, and starting today two of three shifts will be trimmed for the time being.
[Source: Richard Truett / AutoNews (subs req'd)]
UPDATE: typo fixed
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the.arctic 2:13AM (3/06/2007)
quiet
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Schmeltz 8:29AM (3/06/2007)
I still feel International is being stubborn, or foolish, or both. They have an obligation to stand behind their engines. Ford is their customer. Keep angering Ford, and Ford soon goes Engine shopping somewhere else. Perhaps John Deere is listening? I read about rumors a few years ago that John Deere was kicking around the idea of producing there own heavy duty work pick-up. Maybe they were just rumors too as it's obvious nothing has come of it....yet.
Recommendation to International--don't be idiots! Stand behind your products, fix the problems, and move on!
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