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Some people on here have had some real lemons for cars...

Some people on here work on cars and notice the same broken parts over and over again...

Some vehicles are notoriously defective...

So let us vent! Tell me all about vehicle design defects.. especially if you have solutions for improvement...

Watching and waiting considering vehicle design daily...

2007-01-21 06:54:23 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation Maintenance & Repairs

Tell me about electrical and electronic problems...

Tell me about tranny problems.. do Chryler and Ford experience more automatic transmission failure and why?

2007-01-21 07:11:49 · update #1

There was a 1968 Chevelle with a 396 cid engine that burned up starters every other month...

There was a Jeep pickup that burned up alternators every other month...

There was a man at work who said, "don't buy any Chrysler work vehicles.. the electrical systems and auto trannys just give you trouble..." any truth in that sweeping statement?

Let us dig deep for the answers...

2007-01-21 07:24:55 · update #2

6 answers

Many of the 1990s Chrysler automatic transmissions seem to have been designed around a specific transmission fluid that I think was only used by Chrysler. If you replaced it with Dextron, you'd be in trouble.

My wife's Nissan Pathfinder uses a four link rear suspension. In an effort to cut down noise, vibration, and harshness, Nissan came up with bushings that have donut shaped grooves on both sides, leaving only a thin strip of rubber in places. The result is a set of bushings that are nowhere near rugged enough for a vehicle that heavy. They typically wear out long before it hits 90,000 miles, making for downright scary handling - and stumping alignment shops who aren't aware of this. I replaced them with a set of solid polyurethane bushings - much tougher, and they don't really make it ride harsher.

Honda (and several others) often builds engines with the water pump driven by the timing belt. If the water pump seizes, it takes the timing belt with it - and that'll finish off your engine. This is apparently a pretty common problem if you leave the pump in there too long. So they recommend changing your water pump with every timing belt replacement - guess somebody didn't do their failure mode and effects analysis. (A better solution is to use the serpentine belt or another separate belt to drive the water pump, with nothing on that belt critical enough to trash the engine if the belt breaks.)

The most outrageous design defect I've seen, though, had to be on a 1979 Triumph Spitfire. It had no overcurrent protection on the headlight circuit - no fuse, no circuit breaker, no fusable links, no nothing. So if you get a short circuit in the headlight wiring, it usually means an electrical fire.

2007-01-21 10:04:13 · answer #1 · answered by Mad Scientist Matt 5 · 1 0

Sunfirers and chevrolet 1500 - 3500, TOO many problems, Sunfires are just junk over all, and the only way to repair them is to sell them and buy a better car, and the Chevrolet trucks have a lot of electrical problems with them. Also the Dodge Caravans are vary bat for leaking everything. And topaz/tempo just leak everything as well. And the worst, about 99% of the honda and toyota owners are cheap bastards that exptect thier cars to last forever becaue they are well built, and with that they do no maintance and ***** about repair prices. Thats what I've noticed the msot about cars/people in my shop. This applies to most older cars, WHY NO CUP HOLDERS, my truck is a standard and no cup holder, where is the logic in this?

2007-01-21 07:00:28 · answer #2 · answered by gregthomasparke 5 · 1 0

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2016-10-31 22:25:31 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

I work for Acura so I see a lot of transmission failures on MDX and TL cars. The new RL's seem to have a lot of noise/rattle problems. I drive a 1997 Ford T-Bird with no probs whatsoever. The only time I put it on the lift is to do an oil change and rotate the tires.

2007-01-28 12:33:57 · answer #4 · answered by FORDever 4 · 1 0

The starter motor on my last vehicle, a 1987 Nissan Stanza wagon, you had to get at it from the top and it entailed removing the whole intake, about 5 hours work for what should be a simple part replacement.

2007-01-21 07:12:15 · answer #5 · answered by wheeler 5 · 1 0

The only main problem I see, and it effects a lot of parts is inferior steel and some interesting alloys. For every cent manufactures save is multiplied by the number of cars sold. If it lasts long enough to clear the warranty, that is all they care about.

2007-01-21 07:02:52 · answer #6 · answered by Lab 7 · 1 0

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