What is really going on with reliability? This could get…
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What is really going on with reliability?
This could get long so I’m going to keep examples brief. A fellow manager at work had a brand new Chevy 6.2 pickup blow up before the first oil change, he ended up upgrading to a 2024 Ram 3500 which made it 29,600 miles before it literally burst into flames on his way into work (electrical fire). My dad had a 2023 F150 that the windows AND AC rarely ever worked and Ford couldn’t fix the issue, and had a 2.7 Silverado that needed a new transmission under 60,000 miles before that. My wife has a 2020 Honda Accord 2.0 turbo and we have had a lot of infotainment issues, and a major wiring harness issue all under 70k miles. I had major issues with a Ram 1500, and my Challenger 392 that led to me swearing off any Chrysler product. My neighbors Honda Civic 1.5 turbo blew a head gasket at 22,000 miles. One of my employees had a new Tundra blow its engine at 11,600 miles.
Here I am in a 2025 Ford Maverick sweating bullets, I only bought it because it fit my needs exactly. I am about to go buy a manual transmission Honda from like 2008 era as a backup vehicle because I no longer trust this stuff. I thought about of this was internet hyperbole, but I am surrounded by failures on 2020 and newer vehicles especially. Things that make me doubt the “Run it until it dies” approach in the era of 7-10k dollar engines and transmissions.
Is the only hope EVs and older, simpler cars now?
#cars
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This could get long so I’m going to keep examples brief. A fellow manager at work had a brand new Chevy 6.2 pickup blow up before the first oil change, he ended up upgrading to a 2024 Ram 3500 which made it 29,600 miles before it literally burst into flames on his way into work (electrical fire). My dad had a 2023 F150 that the windows AND AC rarely ever worked and Ford couldn’t fix the issue, and had a 2.7 Silverado that needed a new transmission under 60,000 miles before that. My wife has a 2020 Honda Accord 2.0 turbo and we have had a lot of infotainment issues, and a major wiring harness issue all under 70k miles. I had major issues with a Ram 1500, and my Challenger 392 that led to me swearing off any Chrysler product. My neighbors Honda Civic 1.5 turbo blew a head gasket at 22,000 miles. One of my employees had a new Tundra blow its engine at 11,600 miles.
Here I am in a 2025 Ford Maverick sweating bullets, I only bought it because it fit my needs exactly. I am about to go buy a manual transmission Honda from like 2008 era as a backup vehicle because I no longer trust this stuff. I thought about of this was internet hyperbole, but I am surrounded by failures on 2020 and newer vehicles especially. Things that make me doubt the “Run it until it dies” approach in the era of 7-10k dollar engines and transmissions.
Is the only hope EVs and older, simpler cars now?
#cars
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