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Ford F-Series Pickup Sales Fall as Quality Checks Slow Rollout
- Big moneymaker’s sales declined 6.1% in the second quarter
- Electric version’s sales, though still small, jumped 77%
Ford Motor Co.’s F-Series pickup truck sales dropped in the second quarter as the automaker slowly rolls out a redesign of its top-selling model to avoid quality problems and recalls.
Sales of the F-Series, Ford’s biggest moneymaker, declined 6.1% in the April-to-June period and are down 8% this year. It was the model’s third straight quarterly decline. Ford held about 60,000 redesigned F-150s in the first quarter for extra quality checks, which Chief Executive Officer Jim Farley said helped the new truck avoid 12 recalls.