[2021] Ford PH issues recall (Territory's Electric Battery Sensor bracket)

**yapoy86** · February 22nd, 2021 06:33 PM

Originally Posted by hardwang

Ganun din talaga sa Focus namin. Nung first time ko magpalit ng cabin filter, habang binabalik ko na, napaisip tuloy ako na parang ang sarap sakalin ng engineer na nagdesign na ganoon. After that, nasanay na rin and it was a lot easier. Gulat din ako sa air filter. Napabili tuloy ako ng 8mm socket na screwdriver. Sa umpisa lang mahirap pag di pa masyado alam papano gawin.

di ba sarap sakalin ng auto design at engineering department ng ford.. why make a simple thing like changing air filters too complicated..?

**dr. d** · February 22nd, 2021 07:58 PM

Originally Posted by yapoy86

di ba sarap sakalin ng auto design at engineering department ng ford.. why make a simple thing like changing air filters too complicated..?

my guess?
it's probably cheaper to manufacture than the alternative.
heh heh.

**travajante** · February 23rd, 2021 01:36 AM

Originally Posted by yapoy86

di ba sarap sakalin ng auto design at engineering department ng ford.. why make a simple thing like changing air filters too complicated..?

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**carxynogen** · February 23rd, 2021 03:32 AM

Just a note that in a tech world, a simple design can be patented by the creator especially if the design to achieve simple DIYable thing didn't exists yet.
Probably some of the designs from other companies were already patented and Ford are kuripot to pay royalty fees to use other company's design patent.
So they resorted to create their own design.
Example design patent is the curve wire design attached in the Lenovo Thinkpad adaptor.
Benefit is it won't easily break the wire near the adaptor from tangling.
Its a simple design but any company that will copy the same design will be sued unless they are willing to pay royalty fees.