Originally posted by sigma:
Number of Recalls, TSBs, etc on the 2003 Infiniti G35: 51... AGE: 0
Number of Recalls, TSBs, etc on the 2003 Honda Accord (V6): 40... AGE: 0
Number of Recalls, TSBs, etc on the 2003 Nissan Altima (V6): 40... AGE: 1
Number of Recalls, TSBs, etc on the 2003 Mazda6s: 22... AGE: 0
(Note this car is produced at a Ford facility in Michigan)
Number of Recalls, TSBs, etc on the 2003 Ford Taurus: 20... AGE: 3
Number of Recalls, TSBs, etc on the 2003 Ford Focus: 10... AGE: 3
I picked those purely at random. Surprising results?
Not surprising at all! Older models SHOULD have less recalls than BRAND NEW models
(note: "age" defined as # of years BEFORE 2003 that particular iteration was produced... eg, new taurus was first built in 2000, G35 was all new in 03)
edit: minirant: For the Taurus to have TWENTY issues THREE full years after its redesign (i don't even think it was an all new model, just a facelift, though I could be mistaken) is ridiculous. And the Focus is Ford's posterchild of "improvement in reliability" and it still has 10 issues 3 years after release.
And wtf is with the automakers turning into software makers all of the sudden? Cars are not meant to be beta tested. Software is released, then all the problems fixed later. That's easy: download a patch, install, fixed. CARS SHOULD NOT BE THE SAME!!! It involves taking your car into the dealer, leaving it for some length of time, and being at the mercy of the tech.
[napoleon]GOSH[/napoleon]
/minirant
Last edited by mbTDI; 03/02/05 11:58 PM.
