Ford says their certified repair centers can fix the 2015 Ford F-150 and its all-new aluminum body "no problem." But this crazy story of a month-long job and an unbelievable service bay bill — $17,000 ...

Bob Tomes was among the Ford Motor Co. dealers who sank tens of thousands of dollars into new equipment and training to repair the automaker's aluminum F-150 pickup when it debuted in late 2014.

When a redesigned Ford F-150 pickup truck arrived in late 2014 with aluminum bodywork, it prompted attacks from rivals and concerns from truck buyers. One of the biggest questions was whether aluminum ...

Green Car Reports says that Tesla Model S owners are finding out just how expensive aluminum can be to fix, with repair estimates like $7,000 to fix “a small dent and scratch” to $45,000 for “minor ...

Ever since Ford Motor launched the industry's first aluminum-bodied pickup truck, skeptics have wondered what it would cost to repair damage to the F-150's "military grade aluminum" panels after a ...

A cylinder head, especially an aluminum one, seldom fails on its own. Typically, there's another matter to contend with. Undoubtedly, the most frequent cause of cylinder-head cracking is an overheated ...

The Real Cost of Repairing an Aluminum Ford F-150 03:26 Consumer Reports finds that the price to fix the aluminum body of the new pickup is similar to what it costs to repair the steel-bodied version.

DETROIT -- Ford's new aluminum-sided F-150 pickup saw mixed results in new crash tests by the insurance industry, and the damaged trucks cost more to repair than steel-bodied ones. The four-door Super ...

Owning a car has plenty of benefits but also carries significant responsibilities. Keeping a car in good shape requires allocating funds toward routine car maintenance, as well as unexpected repairs.

As a former claims handler and fraud investigator, Jason Metz has worked on a multitude of complex and multifaceted claims. The insurance industry can be seemingly opaque, and Jason enjoys breaking ...