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I think the truth ultimately lies somewhere in the middle, you have to look at it from the engineers perspective that design and test these vehicles in a very specific state. Any number of small changes create a series of compounding problems that become part of a larger problem that gets more and more difficult to trace root cause. A few electrical changes for lights, then some Forscan mods, and ACC relocation, all seem like minor issues. But can compound into something larger that may manifest in a way that is difficult to trace, and equally difficult to prove. That's where I feel the burden needs to be shouldered by the person who modifies the vehicle, Caveat Emptor. Ford has to certainly do their due diligence since they are far from perfect (high enough volume no one can be perfect), but they can't allocate the time or resources to prove every single modified vehicle's root cause of failure or problem. That's one major contributing factor to price increases passed onto the buyers.