Can I make a suggestion. Announce the “Please like and subscribe” at the end of the video about 3 seconds earlier or allow it to play out a little longer. When watching on a smart tv, It’ll auto starts the next video before you can easily navigate to the like button.
I lease em.. always under warranty.. I hand it back at the end of the 3 year 36K miles warranty... doesnt just affect cars.. a guy in one of my vintage vehicle clubs got 20 miles down the road in his brand new Kenworth T880 Semi from the dealer and the engine self vented... no 750K before overhaul on that one :), a dude in the Tesla reddit never made it out of the shopping center where the tesla delivery took place before it burnt to the ground..
considering that for the most part they were pre-delivery inspections, the customer didn't even saw the damage. All the others were done under warranty...
correction: manufacturers used to be run by the people who worked there. now theyre run by the federal government (epa) and everything californias carb comes up with.
As someone who got fired from a place that makes fuel and brake lines for refusing to run a machine that was damaging the parts because they wanted to hit numbers instead of make a good quality part, the leaking fuel line made me laugh quite a bit 🤣
I used to work in a test lab for a company that makes oil seals. For one test program, we got a number of shafts in from a Tier 1 drivetrain supplier. I rejected over half of them for dents and/or scratches on the sealing surface. Doesn't matter how good the seal is, if the shaft it's riding on is made incorrectly.
@SynchroScore lol my company tried to make me double up the O Rings to make some of the parts past the pressure tests and send them out. Somehow they all still failed and went in the scrap bin 🤔😏🤣
@@markh.6687 And they wonder how they got a class action lawsuit going on with the transmission in the Escape. Them Ford managers really thought they were gonna get away with that nonsense.
At IBM they’d ship products they knew didn’t work or half the parts were missing. The manager would say as long as we’re meeting our shipping goals, returns are in a different department. So life is like a big pyramid scam.
Actually for anyone with more than 50 IQ points it's obvious that something can't be mass produced without a small percentage having issues, in this reality in this universe it is simply not possible. These people were simply unlucky. That being said some manufacturers are obviously worse than others when it comes to how high that percentage is!
@@beaverc2884 Your comment, "DERP DERP DERP" had a line under it that said "Translate to English". So I hit it and it translated it to "DERP DERP DERP". So much for AI.
I have a twenty-year-old and a fifteen-year-old vehicle. Sometimes, I think new vehicles have added so many bells and whistles that the engineering has gone beyond reasonable.
@@fredfred2363 Aye. But you see a 1970's Ford F-150, and then you see today's and you'd have to wonder, "when did a utility truck turn into a status symbol?"
"Quality is job *none* " ... yup. Slap 'em together as best you can. Props to that Subie for getting done and over with checking off the CVT fail box right at the start and not leaving the owners in suspense at warranty's end.
@@superspeedfrigate52 Agree, I don't think it's the engineers as much as management pushing hard to maintain the pace of production. Not enough time to fix any faults found.
I worked at the warranty department at VW between 2004 and 2015 and my god did I see a lot of weird stuff they messed up at the factory. Nothing surprises me anymore...
I worked at a ford dealership for 18 years and after that amount of time, I learned one valuable lesson. Just because something is New doesn’t mean it will not have issues. So when someone make statements like “I want I new car so I don’t have issues”my thought 💭 is always “Good luck with that”
Especially true for replacement parts as well. I now refuse to believe a new part is good/working until I see it working with my own eyes. Many times they do not work.
@@GrnArrow092 It's a tradeoff. You usually don't know much about the history of a used car. The seller has a financial interest in concealing defects. And anyway, some really expensive problems would not be visible. Maybe the engine had 3 oil changes in the past 5 years, and 2 were just last week to flush out the black gunk. It has new transmission fluid but who's going to open it up to look for damage? Put another way, I've seen vehicles on the road with "for sale" signs and the driver is practicing to escape after a bank robbery. I wouldn't touch those no matter how clean they look. Used cars can be great. All mine were used except one that I bought new for the same price as used. There are risks, that's all. Edit: even used can have factory defects. I replaced a transmission that failed after 5 years. The transmission shop said it was bad from the start, but warranty had ended.
I worked three years as a mechanic for a company that inspected new cars in a main import harbour in Finland. (We also added stuff on some cars, like rear seat belts, seat warmers, wheel well liners etc). During these three years there was never (!) anything odd with a Japanese cars, they were always perfectly assembled (Mazda, Daihatsu). Some Volvos also came via us, and one (!) Volvo 480 had its pedals installed badly, the pedals were all on really odd levels. So really not bad. We also had Peugeots and Renaults, no (!) surprises there, either. There was one exception, the Peugeot 504 pickup. It was introduced in 1980 and already outdatedn the late 80s. It was easy to see that the quality wasn't the best anymore (the pickup was actually partly based on the 60s 504 family car). Bu it was a rugged cool tool, and it continued in production until 1993. If you want a good one now, it's not cheap. But back to the point: I'm shocked to see how new cars can leave the factory in the condition they seem to be on some of these videos.
You only have to see the recall numbers on Honda practically 0 and the reliability figures and customer satisfaction figures on most Japanese owned and managed companies, I think its more about attitude in Japan mangers take pride in the quality of service and products, above the need for profits, in the west its only about what you can get a way with if it keeps making bigger profits 🧐
@@hillppari You should have seen cars before they were widely fitted (1980's onwards, for most makes) - loads of salt-laden dirt and mud would collect at the front of the wheel-well, behind the headlights, and inside the strut towers at the top, resulting in rust-perforated panels and/or failing structural parts within a few years.
I've seen several new cars, mainly french and one GM where the BADGE WAS CROOKED. You think they'd have some spacer to line it up with the bumper or something when they attached it.
I've driven 11 Chrysler products over the last 25 years. Two of the cars had an anti-lock brake sensor go bad on one wheel. One, the leather seat started cracking, so they replaced it. And one pick up, that the plastic pad on the rear bumper warped. I've had a couple recalls, that when I took them in my cars did not have the problem. Never a major problem with any of the cars or trucks.
My '99 Camry (2.2L) agrees with you. 367k miles, which is not bad considering I bought it 7-8 years ago for $750 at 255k. And that ol' girl still has the ORIGINAL starter. 😮
That seems to happen to any technology that has come to it's end, sounds like the manufacturers are kind of submitting to that, even if they won't say so. Saw the same with the end of VHS tape recorders, the early ones used solid cast chassis, the last used extra thin sheet metal, all but junk.
My family had one of those in the early to mid 1970's. What a pathetic POS it was. We were relieved to discover the Mazda 808 series of cars after getting rid of the Opel. LOL
We had a 60's kadett sedan under a tree at my house growing up. I was about 6 and decided to explore it. I learned how painful yellowjacket stings were then.
In my professional opinion, a new vehicle cannot be considered completely reliable until it has accumulated at least 15,000 miles and has been in service for a minimum of two years. This assertion is further supported by the evidence presented in the video.
I was blessed because thankfully my 2018 pathfinder with a CVT has 285,000 miles and has never gave me a issue and my 2020 Altima also with a CVT now has 190,000 miles and has never gave me a issue 😅
@@Justaeuropeanman I had a '97 Civic with a CVT and it was miserable until it failed and had to be replaced under warranty. It was never the same after that and I just sold it to be done with it.
About 20 years ago, I worked in Ratingen in Germany, the local taxi company who alway drove me to Duesseldorf Airport had an "Spare" taxi they used when all the new ones where booked. It was an old mercedes with more than a million KM on the clock. It ran like clockwork, the only thing that was replaced was the Clutch. They don't make them like that anymore
0:34 yeah, I've been hearing about this for the past few months. Apparently Ford's quality control is cratered so hard that they've had to pull most of this years entire production because of how badly they were assembled. It is an absolute disaster for them. And it's not minor problems, some of them have entire power trains that are not easily fixable.
I just saw on the news today that Ford has to recall 95,000 2014 model F-150s because of transmission problems, so it sounds like they were having troubles more than a decade ago too.
I have a Toyota Avalon and a Honda Accord, both from the mid-2000's. Both over ten years old when I got them. Only issues I've had have been water pumps, alternators, old brakes, and an A/C needing recharging. Accord might need a new clutch soon. You know, the kinds of things you'd expect from a car over ten years old. This kind of thing is baffling.
After numerous corporate board meetings regarding these defective cars, they decided to supply cans of spray foam along the assembly line to use as needed.
My car is 18 this year, it has a few dents and scratches, a few screws loose (just like me) and might leak a tiny amount of oil between services and have just shy if 160,000 on the ock…but it is still in better condition than these Moral of the story…let someone else buy new, fix the issues and then I’ll buy it off them a few years later at a fraction of the price 👍
My car is also pretty old and still goes, yes it's not a beauty but in my area we have a lot of salt and cars doesn't last that long when they start to rust
2005 Mazda RX-8 with one rebuild. 180k on the body and about 23k on this motor, so I'm hoping for maybe 10 more years. All-in for the car and repairs is less than 30k. There's no way I'm buying anything new since anything fun will be at least 40...
Hey thanks for adding km readings for us non-mile people. While converting is pretty easy it still takes a moment to process and it gets easy to lose focus on fast-paced videos. A small (and rare) effort but surprisingly big impact. Thanks.
I used to do new car prep, back in the 1970s, at a Chrysler dealer. Proper prep would take about 2 hours. You checked and repaired any body misalignments, which certain plants needed plenty. You checked every nut and bolt on the suspension. You checked every fluid level. You checked engine timing and carburetor adjustment, yes they were carburetors back then. You made sure all the options on the car work properly. When I left that dealer I went to a Chevy dealer, doing light repair, not prep work. I was amazed to find out that new car prep at the Chevy dealer, was to install hubcaps and antenna. Ship it.
Rumor had it decades ago where if your car was assembled on a Monday, it would have been slapped together haphazardly. Same thing for Fridays. These days, it looks like every day of the week is a Monday and a Friday. I bought my 1993 Volvo 240 brand new. It has never been to the dealer for anything. I learned a long time ago to do car repairs big and small myself. Quality is job one at my house. Thirty one years later I still drive my 240 regularly.
I always heard you wanted a Wednesday car, as Monday, they were hung over, Tuesday they were just getting back to the groove, Wednesday was good, Thursday they were slacking because they were tired, Fridaybtheybwere already pregaming for the weekend.
Years ago My Grandfather bought a brand new 1969 Rambler. There was a rattle somewhere in the rear of the car, the salesman told them the service dept would fix it, They couldn't, 3 years later a different AMC dealer found a glass coke bottle inside the rear door, there was a note inside the bottle that said "Monday's are a bitch! Bet you had fun finding this one" Crazy shit! 😂
@manonmars - Agreed. I bought a new car a year and a half ago and at the first oil change the tech spilled oil all over the engine bay and never wiped it up. First time I went to pop the hood after that I was stunned. Then I discovered he didn’t bother to replace the fasteners on the underbody oil pan cover or the oil filter cover either. This was at the dealership I’d just bought it at. I called the service manager and told him and he just started to complain to me about that tech having also broken parts on another new car that week. I said, “First question: Why are you the one complaint to me about your employee? And two: Why is he still working there???”. Then a few months later I had snow tires mounted at a different shop for the winter and they over-torqued the lug nuts so severely they warped my front rotors. Despite getting older I’ve been going back to doing everything I possibly can myself. Thank god for Google and RUclips videos. Too many techs are either incompetent (or disgruntled) and desperate employers are keeping them employed when they shouldn’t be allowed near customer’s cars. “If you want a job done right…”
A friend of mine has a '94 Volvo 890. Mileage unknown, she bought it with a busted odometer reading 287k. Once in a while she talks about getting rid of it, because the front windows come off the tracks, the A/C doesn't work, and the radio is also dead. I have to keep reminding her the Volvo will likely still be on the road long after she has left the planet. (I'm hoping she leaves it to me in her will. Her family doesn't want it.) I'm a huge fan of the 240s, they may not be flashy, but they are mechanically bulletproof and built like a tank. So easy to work on, too, as there's plenty of room to get in there (literally) with your tools. I had the good fortune of driving a '91 240 Wagon with manual transmission for a few days, and I was really impressed with how effortlessly that car could merge into speeding highway traffic.
Coworker just had a new Equinox with the AC not working. After chasing almost every component for a few weeks and even resorting to a FSE coming out, he found that the rubber tip of a blow gun had broken off and was sitting inside the "resonator" in the low side line. Sometimes the tip would get sucked into the port and restrict the flow, other times it would freely bounce around inside it.
They were a NIGHTMARE with 13 common problems here in Australia. And that's with the korean made one. US made versions are usually worse for most korean cars. We get no kia fires and few major issues with them here except the occasional absolute lemon one.
The Toyota direct injector issue has been reported on a few 2 litre Corolla hybrids here in the UK - same dynamic force family of engines as the Camry.
Crap! I have a 2022 Corolla with 28K miles that has that same engine. But it has a manual 6 spd transmission that was built in Japan! I'll keep a closer eye on it now.
@@nathanielpreble5108 - It's seems to be a very rare failure, not seen any reports of failures on C-HR or Lexus UX fitted with the same 2 litre hybrid dynamic force power unit.
I used to do some of those pre-delivery inspections (PDI) for a Mitsubishi dealership in like late 90s... I never found anything wrong with them... As the old saying goes... "They don't make em like they used to!" 🤣 🤣
And to think they partnered with Nissan to learn Total Quality Management, once upon a time. I was taking a course in TQM right when the issue with the Explorers flipping because of the times came out in the news. Ford examples were used as the chapter lead-in several times in our textbook.
I've got a bought-used 2003 corolla. Not even 180,000 miles on it. Owned it two years. Had to fix a few things, but I plan to drive it until it won't move, or I don't. I'm 58, the "yoda" is 21. We'll see whose moving in a couple of years.
Hey! Good Enough! Here’s a poem by Edgar Guest that I read in High School: My son, beware of "good enough," It isn't made of sterling stuff; It's something any man can do, It marks the many from the few, It has not merit to the eye, It's something any man can buy, It's name is but a sham and bluff, For it is never "good enough." With "good enough" the shirkers stop In every factory and shop; With "good enough" the failures rest And lose to men who give their best; With "good enough" the car breaks down And men fall short of high renown. My son, remember and be wise In "good enough" disaster lies. With "good enough" have ships been wrecked, The forward march of armies checked, Great buildings burned and fortunes lost; Nor can the world compute the cost In life and money it has paid Because at "good enough" men stayed. Who stops at "good enough" shall find Success has left him far behind. There is no "good enough" that's short Of what you can do and ought. The flaw which may escape the eye And temporarily get by, Shall weaken under the strain And wreck the ship or car or train. For this is true of men and stuff- Only the best is "good enough."
Absolutely love this poem! My wife and I are on total opposite sides of this subject. For her, everything is good enough and for me, nothing is perfect. I strive for perfection in everything I do, but the reality is nothing is perfect. There’s always room for improvement 😅
That is a beautiful poem! I'm shocked it took me so long to discover... it speaks to my soul! ...especially since the brand new Freightliner my company just put me in has a dysfunctional engine brake. It has 16 miles on the clock. X3
My last couple of cars I've bought used, with 30-40K miles on them, where I can research Carfax, and learn the service/maintenance history. I figure if nothing major has happened by 40K miles, it's a good bet the vehicle and powertrain are solid enough to last me a decade or more.
Bathtub failure curve - when things are new, you'll uncover manufacturing defects, when they get old, they fail due to age, but in the middle? Nothing exciting happens.
That’s a good mileage. I remember looking at one particular vehicle from Toyota where every single one for sale around me had 80-90K miles and I found that really strange. Then I stumbled into why. It was because the timing belts were due at that mileage and they cost an absolute fortune and a half to do because they were up against the firewall and there was no leeway with them. They loved to fail if you didn’t do them before 90K miles. Had no interest in buying a vehicle that would feel like a loaded gun until I got it home and the belt changed lol.
That's a pretty good strategy. Remember that Carfax knows of only the repairs that were reported to them. I once had my car repaired after a minor crash and asked the mechanic to not report it because I hadn't reported the crash (nobody else was involved and I didn't want my insurance to increase.) So a clean Carfax is either a clean vehicle owned by an honest person or...not.
be careful with some brands. I work at audi and nothing is allowed to be replaced under warranty unless it's immediate safety concern or a customer complaint. why? because audi makes a shit product and they aren't willing to stand behind their product. but seriously you could easily have 10k worth of repairs at 40k miles on some of our cars. so many common issues for years that they refuse to address.
2002 Ford Focus 1.6 with 145,000 miles here. One of the most fun-to-drive cars ever - hopefully I don't kill it by driving it too hard. Although I'd probably repair it anyway - it's got sentimental value because it was my dad's last car before he passed away in 2021.
I've got an Impala with 290k, keeping it 'til the wheels fall off, and even then I'll find a way to weld them back on. or use spray foam. Seriously, new cars are literally a roll of the dice
@@vivillager They are and most notoriously with American Car brands (Fords, Chevys, Jeeps and of course Cryslers) the only Car brands i would trust new is Toyota or Honda maybe even Mazda. The Rest of them are a huge gamble.
@@thegreatcanadianlumberjack5307, I hear great things about Toyota and Honda, but as a used car dealer, that buys and sells used cars in the regular course of business, most of my bad luck has been with them. Worse with German luxury, but I avoid those, so they don't affect me much. Keep in mind, everything at auction is there for a reason, otherwise it would be on someone's lot with a For Sale sign on it. Toyota's I rarely get because at auction they are way overpriced that there's no profit in it for me. Most Asian cars I get are Honda's, last two I got both had bad engines. One had a valve cover leak, the oil leaked onto a hose for the heater core, causing the hose to weaken and burst, whoever had it continued to drive it without water until the engine seized. Another, someone ran over a furry, like a dog, cat or raccoon, there was fur stuck to the radiator, lost coolant, and they ran it until the engine seized. So both Honda's needed new engines. On the other hand, I got a Malibu with a misfire, it needed a spark plug and coil. Spark plug wore out, they kept driving until the spark shot out the side of the coil and burned a hole in it. Lucky the misfire didn't ruin the catalytic converter. But the Chevy only needed a 100 bucks to fix. Also got Durango, a furry, like a squirrel, got to the wiring harness to the fuel pump, reason why it wouldn't start. Also got a Lincoln, reason why it wouldn't start was because one of the wires to the transmission corroded and the car couldn't tell what gear it was in, and cars won't start unless it knows it's either in Park or in Neutral. The fix for that car was one wire that the local junkyard that set me back one buck. I'm glad people get good luck with Asian cars, it's just not me
A buddy of mine was driving his 2008 focus, with 297,000 Mi on it, when he totaled it a couple months ago. He bummed, because he couldn't watch it turn 300.
If you pay $50K or something for a new car and it comes with different colored seats, you should be legally allowed to drive it through the wall of whichever one of the CEO's mansions is closest.
Sadly it applies to most of everything nowadays, somehow buying stuff from a decade ago will still last longer than buying it New. Also gonna propose NEW - Never Ends Well
I work as a dealer tech at a GM dealer and I used to want to be a master tech. That being said that idea died a long time ago its really hard to be passionate and love what you do for a living and a paycheck when the vehicles are literally junk the second they hit the dealer lot right off the transport truck
Quality control has been diverted to dealer or customer. If the unit moves on its own, it leaves the factory. If the PDI finds out, you're lucky. If not, you have warranty. Maybe...
@@dave161141 To be honest, nowadays, quality control on almost everything has turned to "customer driven" meaning it's shipped, defective or not, and it's up to the customer to determine if there is an issue. The reason is simple, more units make it out the door, and as long as the company can avoid fixing it, it saves the company some money. On cheaper items, manufacturers are depending upon the customer to give up, and toss it in the trash. It's not just vehicles; it's bikes, toys, it's nearly every type of appliance including washing machines, dryers, refrigerators, water heaters, etc, to everything else sold under the sun.
I once had an acquaintance who worked on the assembly line at a GM factory. He told me so many stories about how he and other assembly line workers would intentionally install parts wrong, not torque things down, and throw random bolts in impossible places to cause rattles for various petty reasons and sometimes no reason at all.
I once worked at a GM dealership and spent 5 hours pulling an interior out of a brand new car to find the massive nut that somebody had kindly left in one of the strengthening cross members in the floor so that it made a rolling rattly noise every time you cornered. Tell your mate thx for that.
...and then they wonder why they're getting laid off because nobody is buying the cars they were paid to build. GM quality is not great and I think we can blame it on the factory workers like your acquaintance.
Sad. I wonder whether management culture leaves workers surly. In my work experience, haughty management harms shopfloor performance, and good managers who genuinely care about the work force and who listen get much better products produced. As an American who lives in Sweden, Swedish managers have generally been better than the occasional American and English ones we would get from time to time.
I remember being embarrassed about driving my late 90's civic.now im stealing your girl with all the money iv saved dragging my exhaust the whole time!
0:33 my older brother was an automotive mechanic and retired a couple years ago. And his professional opinion those CVT transmissions are just junk. It’s almost the same thing as a snowmobile drive and if anybody has ever driven them knows that they can go through quite quick.
I don't think many people know that Honda has been using CVTs for many years now. Toys use some too I believe. The Hondas have actually not been to bad.
Well, they were owned by Fiat not too long ago. Dodge/Chrysler/Plymouth have ALWAYS had quality issues, ever since the company was started. Every single one I know of has had problems. Two friends had Reliant Ks - cv joint issues. I had a Colt - engine burned up. My parents had a LeBaron - trash. I owned a Caravan - electrical problems.
The CEO of Stellantis wants to shut down US production and is sending executives from Europe to supervise. He made $40 million this year up from $20 some mil previously. Collect cash, tank the MOPAR brands and call it good.
I just sold my rusty old ford ranger to a guy who had a jeep gladiator. He said the thing is a piece of garbage. Always in the shop for repairs and they fight him tooth and nail on the warranty. He's going to do a little work to the ranger and get rid of the jeep asap.
@@damondiehl5637 ..If you had the 80's and early 90's Chrysler cars with the Mitsubishe 4 cyl and 3.0 6 cyl engines those were junk,like the Japanese built Colt...Dodge/Chrysler/Plymouth have the most reliable vehicles around..slant 6,318,340,360,383,400,413,440 engines are easy 250,0000 mile engines with no major issues just regular maint.. Your 2 friends bought them new? or in the 1990's with 280,000 miles on them? 5 digit odometers after 99,999 they go back to 00,000. Remember new Toyota's have major engine,transmission and more issues..Ditto Ford,G M,Honda etc...
It all comes down to government interference in business, forcing companies to hire morons instead of qualified people who have brains for the past 50 years is the issue.
Sadly there will always be issues that are found on new cars, What I care about more, is how the manufacturer responds. I've seen a brand new car need a new wheel bearing (it sounded like a jet engine 😂), I've seen a car with very low KM's need a brand new rear main seal, I've seen a brand new car need a new tail shaft There was one manufacturer that delivered a number of cars without HEAD GASKETS... funny thing is that lasted for quite some time before causing an issue (which is how they found the problem in the first place). And if you want to hear about replacement GENUINE parts, There was one car manufacturer with a particular model, that if you replaced the brake pads (rotors machined as well) with GENUINE pads, the brake pedal became solid as though the brake booster wasn't working.. With no braking effect, no matter how hard you pushed on the solid pedal. One NEW to the workshop mechanic didn't head my warning and he found out pretty quickly that he should have listened to me and installed non-genuine brake pads, He didn't crash but may have needed a new pair of pants (luckily the hand brake / park brake was still working), We pulled out those GENUINE brake pads and replace them with non-genuine..... problem solved. I never did find out what the issue was, the pads had the same thickness etc as other non-genuine..... so 🤔🤷♂
the logistics problem at the factory is that these components get delivered to the assembly line at the same time the vehicle shows up, so there is no option for the assembly technician to grab another seat to correct the problem. They have no option other than installing the wrong seat to keep the line going because stopping an entire assembly line for this reason is a costly process. The failure started much earlier in the process when the seat was labelled with the wrong barcode at the seat manufacturer and it then processed through the entire logistics system with the error. The system never knew that there was something wrong. The final error happened when the final vehicle inspector at the end of the assembly line did not notice the error and passed the vehicle for delivery instead of flagging it to be pulled out for rework.
Note to self - don’t buy a new vehicle anytime soon😅. Hope you enjoyed the video!
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Otherwise it will have problems
As much as I would like to buy a new one, I can't afford one!!
At least, they are not coming with spray foam structural parts from the factory - yet 😅
Can I make a suggestion. Announce the “Please like and subscribe” at the end of the video about 3 seconds earlier or allow it to play out a little longer. When watching on a smart tv, It’ll auto starts the next video before you can easily navigate to the like button.
I lease em.. always under warranty.. I hand it back at the end of the 3 year 36K miles warranty... doesnt just affect cars.. a guy in one of my vintage vehicle clubs got 20 miles down the road in his brand new Kenworth T880 Semi from the dealer and the engine self vented... no 750K before overhaul on that one :), a dude in the Tesla reddit never made it out of the shopping center where the tesla delivery took place before it burnt to the ground..
This time it's kinda hard to blame it on another shop.
lol! Until the next video
The other shop replaced all parts and still screwed up.
Or the customer, lol... No spray foam/duct tape on these babies!
What, no spray foam use from the factory?? Boo...
@@gm1258001 funny enough somebody was supposed to send a clip of that but still waiting for them to submit it (on a Jaguar or Maserati if i recall).
So refreshing to see a video where “The customers didn’t decline repairs”. 🤣
considering that for the most part they were pre-delivery inspections, the customer didn't even saw the damage. All the others were done under warranty...
@@Beregorn88 "Acktually, here's a response that illustrates that I completely missed your point"
It might be the single most confusing thing about these videos. Why would you take it to the shop just to decline the repairs?
Haha yeah instead it was the manufacturer who declined to assemble 😂
And not a drop of spray foam in sight!
I'm driving my beater with 256,000 miles till it dies. Update : It now has 264,000 miles.
I'm right behind you mine has 228,000
I got your beater beat. 94 silverado, 360k.
2000 subi 340k and still runs great.
2015 TDI Jetta with 390,000 kms
2005 Durango 4.7 with 190,00 on it. Runs mint.
These manufacturing companies that used to be run by engineers are now run by lawyers and accountants.
Sorry, they are still engineers. Do you think the degree makes any difference when all they care about is $$$$. Like every car was made by Trump
Boeing anyone
They've always been run by lawyers and accountants, but at least they used to LISTEN to the engineers
correction: manufacturers used to be run by the people who worked there. now theyre run by the federal government (epa) and everything californias carb comes up with.
@@georgeburns7251 stupid comment
As someone who got fired from a place that makes fuel and brake lines for refusing to run a machine that was damaging the parts because they wanted to hit numbers instead of make a good quality part, the leaking fuel line made me laugh quite a bit 🤣
You're a good man. Yeah, places don't really care about the problems a lack of quality causes a lot of the time. It's just the cost of doing business.
I used to work in a test lab for a company that makes oil seals. For one test program, we got a number of shafts in from a Tier 1 drivetrain supplier. I rejected over half of them for dents and/or scratches on the sealing surface. Doesn't matter how good the seal is, if the shaft it's riding on is made incorrectly.
@SynchroScore lol my company tried to make me double up the O Rings to make some of the parts past the pressure tests and send them out. Somehow they all still failed and went in the scrap bin 🤔😏🤣
Damn. That would be grounds for constructive dismissal in my country
Good for you. Good fortune will eventually come your way if it hasn't already.
This is just plain sad and with the prices they charge
It’s insane how much a new vehicle costs nowadays especially trucks.
@@JustRolledIn Even good used cars and trucks are getting pricier than ever.
They aren't cheap because they're build like crap, they're expensive to cover the recalls.
It's not 'sad' . . . it's criminal (price gouging, fraud, false advertising, endangerment, etc.).
Even more sickening to watch my insurance go up every 6 months on 20+ year old vehicle because the cost of new vehicles is insane.
13 years automotive retail in Australia, feel very vindicated that whenever someone asks me what new vehicles I would buy myself, I respond, "No."
The "other shop" is the manufacturer...
But they don't know someone who do it cheaper 😂
The scary part is how accurate this is.
1:05 "We'll just reprogram it" 🤣
I thought I saw a kitty cat, I did, I did signed twenty bird.
I heard that also but it was your comment that made me process reprogram the computer.
Ford just announced plans to fix recalled F-150's with transmission issues the same way they "fixed" the transmissions in the Focus, et al.
@@markh.6687 🤣 We all know where their focus is. Cutting costs and liabilities.
Sounds like the guy learned working on Teslas.
@@markh.6687 And they wonder how they got a class action lawsuit going on with the transmission in the Escape. Them Ford managers really thought they were gonna get away with that nonsense.
At IBM they’d ship products they knew didn’t work or half the parts were missing.
The manager would say as long as we’re meeting our shipping goals, returns are in a different department.
So life is like a big pyramid scam.
A Jeep Wrangler that DIDN'T leak would be even stranger!
So true lol
Especially when the doors and roof routinely come off. Thankfully it's designed to get rained on. Should have pulled the drain plug in the floor, lol
I'm a committed Porschephile.
Q: When does a Porsche stop leaking oil?
A: When it is out of it....
JEEP just empty every pocket.
Chevrolet Can hear every valve rattle on long extended trips.
Ford lol too many to list.
Newer is NOT better
IT IS A JEEP THING JEEPS LEEK all wise and all ways will
Manufacturers are charging more than ever and the quality is about as bad as ever
the Boeing model
Actually for anyone with more than 50 IQ points it's obvious that something can't be mass produced without a small percentage having issues, in this reality in this universe it is simply not possible. These people were simply unlucky. That being said some manufacturers are obviously worse than others when it comes to how high that percentage is!
@@rhetorical1488 no, the "unchecked capitalism model"
Could it be Robotics?
Rip out the technology and remake a car from the late 90s.
2:56 that drumming was on point! It was from the band called Ford and the song was "what did you expect?" 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Oh I thought that was "Fixed Or Repaired Daily" From there self title album "Found On Road Dead"
DERP DERP DERP 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
@@beaverc2884 Your comment, "DERP DERP DERP" had a line under it that said "Translate to English". So I hit it and it translated it to "DERP DERP DERP". So much for AI.
@soaringvulture Shh, they typed in all caps, so they really mean business
@@ChosesinWon Yer forgetting the backwards FORD, "DROF". Driver Running On Freeway. :D
I have a twenty-year-old and a fifteen-year-old vehicle. Sometimes, I think new vehicles have added so many bells and whistles that the engineering has gone beyond reasonable.
I've never had a cell phone last 10 years, so why would I want my car to have 3?
What an illogical argument
It's marketing. Something extra makes your car "better"...
@@fredfred2363 Aye. But you see a 1970's Ford F-150, and then you see today's and you'd have to wonder, "when did a utility truck turn into a status symbol?"
Yo, 22yr old truck (157k) and 16yr old car (66k) here!
"Quality is job *none* " ... yup. Slap 'em together as best you can.
Props to that Subie for getting done and over with checking off the CVT fail box right at the start and not leaving the owners in suspense at warranty's end.
The replacement transmission will be sure to keep them in suspense 🤣
After having the transmission self-destruct on day two, I’d be surprised if the owner still owned that car through the full warranty duration.
Looks like the Boeing engineers found new places of employment…😂😂😂
The Boeing management*
The "competence crisis" has spread to every major industry besides aerospace.
the ones that are still alive...
@@superspeedfrigate52 Agree, I don't think it's the engineers as much as management pushing hard to maintain the pace of production. Not enough time to fix any faults found.
the engineers had nothing to do with all of Boeing's problems...except airing it all out for the world to know, right before they "kill themselves"
1:21 The antenna was installed the correct way.
No, It's a Unicorn.
I'd tell the dealer not to worry about it if I had ordered that truck. Same with the mismatched 'leather' seats
Speshul package.
@@ebnertra0004 till you try to give it to a dealership as a trade in
Just call it your "happy unicorn"
If it passed inspection with NO fails, it truly would be a unicorn
I worked at the warranty department at VW between 2004 and 2015 and my god did I see a lot of weird stuff they messed up at the factory.
Nothing surprises me anymore...
Das Auto!
@@cojones8518 das fubar!
Mexico?
Friend of mine said he would never buy a VW after becoming a VW mechanic.
@@JoshuaTootell I Agree
Rod Knock was a drummer in my last band. 🤣😂 2:57
I worked at a ford dealership for 18 years and after that amount of time, I learned one valuable lesson. Just because something is New doesn’t mean it will not have issues. So when someone make statements like “I want I new car so I don’t have issues”my thought 💭 is always “Good luck with that”
Same with computers. "New" just means it hasn't yet survived normal use.
Especially true for replacement parts as well. I now refuse to believe a new part is good/working until I see it working with my own eyes. Many times they do not work.
@@j_taylor One advantage about buying used cars is that when you buy one, you buy one that's not a lemon and free of factory defects.
@@GrnArrow092 It's a tradeoff. You usually don't know much about the history of a used car. The seller has a financial interest in concealing defects. And anyway, some really expensive problems would not be visible. Maybe the engine had 3 oil changes in the past 5 years, and 2 were just last week to flush out the black gunk. It has new transmission fluid but who's going to open it up to look for damage?
Put another way, I've seen vehicles on the road with "for sale" signs and the driver is practicing to escape after a bank robbery. I wouldn't touch those no matter how clean they look.
Used cars can be great. All mine were used except one that I bought new for the same price as used. There are risks, that's all.
Edit: even used can have factory defects. I replaced a transmission that failed after 5 years. The transmission shop said it was bad from the start, but warranty had ended.
NEW-Never Ever Worked.
They charged a diagnostic fee to confirm seats were not same color.
Same principle as charging an hour of labor to push a button or flip a switch. Stupid obvious mistakes deserve to be punished.
who said there was a diagnostic fee?
@@TrainerTakumiit was a joke, relax
Took a whole 7 seconds to diagnose, but guaranteed you're getting charged for the full hour... 😂
you'd be surprise how much needs to be done in order to confirm it. Bringing the car in the bay, writing a report, mandatory safety inspection etc
I worked three years as a mechanic for a company that inspected new cars in a main import harbour in Finland. (We also added stuff on some cars, like rear seat belts, seat warmers, wheel well liners etc). During these three years there was never (!) anything odd with a Japanese cars, they were always perfectly assembled (Mazda, Daihatsu). Some Volvos also came via us, and one (!) Volvo 480 had its pedals installed badly, the pedals were all on really odd levels. So really not bad. We also had Peugeots and Renaults, no (!) surprises there, either. There was one exception, the Peugeot 504 pickup. It was introduced in 1980 and already outdatedn the late 80s. It was easy to see that the quality wasn't the best anymore (the pickup was actually partly based on the 60s 504 family car). Bu it was a rugged cool tool, and it continued in production until 1993. If you want a good one now, it's not cheap. But back to the point: I'm shocked to see how new cars can leave the factory in the condition they seem to be on some of these videos.
You only have to see the recall numbers on Honda practically 0 and the reliability figures and customer satisfaction figures on most Japanese owned and managed companies, I think its more about attitude in Japan mangers take pride in the quality of service and products, above the need for profits, in the west its only about what you can get a way with if it keeps making bigger profits 🧐
wheel well liners are so dumb. only good for collecting dirt and moisture
@@hillppari You should have seen cars before they were widely fitted (1980's onwards, for most makes) - loads of salt-laden dirt and mud would collect at the front of the wheel-well, behind the headlights, and inside the strut towers at the top, resulting in rust-perforated panels and/or failing structural parts within a few years.
I've seen several new cars, mainly french and one GM where the BADGE WAS CROOKED. You think they'd have some spacer to line it up with the bumper or something when they attached it.
Sure glad those UAW workers got that big fat raise! Imagine how bad the cars would be otherwise! Nice job, Shawn Fain!
I was a Toyota tech for many years. There isn’t a manufacturer now that makes quality reliable vehicles.
agree'd, they all build junk with little concern about build quality.
My 5-year-old Honda has been dead reliable. I admit, that's a small sample size, but they have a reputation (and price) for reliability.
I've driven 11 Chrysler products over the last 25 years. Two of the cars had an anti-lock brake sensor go bad on one wheel. One, the leather seat started cracking, so they replaced it. And one pick up, that the plastic pad on the rear bumper warped. I've had a couple recalls, that when I took them in my cars did not have the problem. Never a major problem with any of the cars or trucks.
My '99 Camry (2.2L) agrees with you. 367k miles, which is not bad considering I bought it 7-8 years ago for $750 at 255k.
And that ol' girl still has the ORIGINAL starter. 😮
That seems to happen to any technology that has come to it's end, sounds like the manufacturers are kind of submitting to that, even if they won't say so.
Saw the same with the end of VHS tape recorders, the early ones used solid cast chassis, the last used extra thin sheet metal, all but junk.
03:12 in case you are wondering: upper left, 65-73 Opel Kadett B 2-door estate, called the Car-A-Van
In my mind it's just a estate or "combi". We need more "donkeys" like this, cheap, practical, reliable and affordable
My family had one of those in the early to mid 1970's. What a pathetic POS it was. We were relieved to discover the Mazda 808 series of cars after getting rid of the Opel. LOL
We had a 60's kadett sedan under a tree at my house growing up. I was about 6 and decided to explore it. I learned how painful yellowjacket stings were then.
Thank you, I was wonder what that was
Oliver has a cousin?!
In my professional opinion, a new vehicle cannot be considered completely reliable until it has accumulated at least 15,000 miles and has been in service for a minimum of two years. This assertion is further supported by the evidence presented in the video.
Agreed. I like a good lightly used machine. Let someone else work the bugs out of it first.
Gotta agree I wouldn’t want to just buy a new one and take off on a long trip. Not anymore this stuff is overpriced and under engineered.
I thought you typed 150,000 miles, and I would agree.
15,000 is still too new to me.
(I just hit 15k and 2 years on my Jeep)
That's why I buy used, at least it got tested.
Or buy the last year model of a proven record.
0:19 the fact that any CVT ever works without slippig still seems like a miracle to me.
I was blessed because thankfully my 2018 pathfinder with a CVT has 285,000 miles and has never gave me a issue and my 2020 Altima also with a CVT now has 190,000 miles and has never gave me a issue 😅
@@Justaeuropeanman I had a '97 Civic with a CVT and it was miserable until it failed and had to be replaced under warranty. It was never the same after that and I just sold it to be done with it.
@@Justaeuropeanman i had a 2013 rouge. the transmission was the one thing that gave me no problems in the 137k miles i tolerated it.
eCVT are good at least. No belts.
What's a CVT?
It's great that you credit the sources of your videos - and supply details in the chapter names. Thank you for doing that!
No spray foam was harmed in the making of these clips
Wow, the shine is barely off the spray foam!
Loved the drumstick twirl... a mechanic and a drummer.Life is good.
A Ford 3 cylinder still running. That was a good one. 😂
The guy at the end was in timing so well I was confused for a second! Great drummer!
About 20 years ago, I worked in Ratingen in Germany, the local taxi company who alway drove me to Duesseldorf Airport had an "Spare" taxi they used when all the new ones where booked. It was an old mercedes with more than a million KM on the clock. It ran like clockwork, the only thing that was replaced was the Clutch. They don't make them like that anymore
when mercedes were built like tanks...not anymore
A Jeep made it to 800 miles? I didn't know it was possible 😅
217k miles on mine, but honestly, it's nickel and diming me nowadays. Just bit the bullet and bought a 2020 Tundra.
More than new Toyota's...research Lexus/Tundra engines failing when brand new!
It's easy just rebuild the engine and tranny 4 or 5 times.
It's easy, just rebuild the engine and transmission 4 times.
It's my video, thats the first one we saw with this much engine damage I have had 4 others with the same or worse damage its crazy
0:34 yeah, I've been hearing about this for the past few months. Apparently Ford's quality control is cratered so hard that they've had to pull most of this years entire production because of how badly they were assembled. It is an absolute disaster for them. And it's not minor problems, some of them have entire power trains that are not easily fixable.
Built Ford "proud"
Having a bunch of vendors for parts is all well and good until said vendors cant do their job and the company assumes theyre doing their job.
I just saw on the news today that Ford has to recall 95,000 2014 model F-150s because of transmission problems, so it sounds like they were having troubles more than a decade ago too.
Terrible design coupled with poor assembly, what can go wrong? Thanks Ford, drive the dream...
At a certain point, making everything shitty to maximize profits has to come back to haunt them, I'd hope.
I have a Toyota Avalon and a Honda Accord, both from the mid-2000's. Both over ten years old when I got them.
Only issues I've had have been water pumps, alternators, old brakes, and an A/C needing recharging. Accord might need a new clutch soon. You know, the kinds of things you'd expect from a car over ten years old.
This kind of thing is baffling.
"Manufacturer declined repairs, and sent it away"
After numerous corporate board meetings regarding these defective cars, they decided to supply cans of spray foam along the assembly line to use as needed.
where the hell are the people on the line that are suppose to be finding these issues before they go out the door.
outsourced to the new delhi customer satisfaction department
New Pot laws really helping the aircraft and vehicle makers....
Attending union meetings.
@@roberthenderson2580 This starts at management. Ever work on a production floor? Not a fun job, that's why they have a union.
There's a saying from one of the ex-Warsaw Pact countries: "They pretend to pay us, and we pretend to work."
“….where quality is not an option!” (and the little drummer boy at the end is a nice touch!)
My car is 18 this year, it has a few dents and scratches, a few screws loose (just like me) and might leak a tiny amount of oil between services and have just shy if 160,000 on the ock…but it is still in better condition than these
Moral of the story…let someone else buy new, fix the issues and then I’ll buy it off them a few years later at a fraction of the price 👍
Buy the survivor...😅
👌
My car is also pretty old and still goes, yes it's not a beauty but in my area we have a lot of salt and cars doesn't last that long when they start to rust
@@imtheeastgermanguy5431 All the more reason Not to buy new!
2005 Mazda RX-8 with one rebuild. 180k on the body and about 23k on this motor, so I'm hoping for maybe 10 more years. All-in for the car and repairs is less than 30k. There's no way I'm buying anything new since anything fun will be at least 40...
2:00 "Quality is job none!" LOL
Hey thanks for adding km readings for us non-mile people. While converting is pretty easy it still takes a moment to process and it gets easy to lose focus on fast-paced videos. A small (and rare) effort but surprisingly big impact. Thanks.
Watching this just heard a car drive by outside. Heard the CV joints clicking, on a straight road........
Biden's America 💩
This was an amazing episode. I can't believe the lack of quality control nowadays.
just sickening for the price you pay for a new vehicle
" at Ford quality is job one
Putting out fires is job two"
David Letterman's top ten list
Top of the line in utility sports
Those unexplained fires are a matter for the courts.
@@michaelbujaki2462 CANYONERRROOOOOOO
2:57- What do you call a drummer that breaks up with his girlfriend? Homeless.
Thank goodness for the Pre Delivery Inspection.
And thank goodness the tech doing it actually cared enough to notice, and red tag the vehicle.
I used to do new car prep, back in the 1970s, at a Chrysler dealer. Proper prep would take about 2 hours. You checked and repaired any body misalignments, which certain plants needed plenty. You checked every nut and bolt on the suspension. You checked every fluid level. You checked engine timing and carburetor adjustment, yes they were carburetors back then. You made sure all the options on the car work properly. When I left that dealer I went to a Chevy dealer, doing light repair, not prep work. I was amazed to find out that new car prep at the Chevy dealer, was to install hubcaps and antenna. Ship it.
Nuts, all pre delivery inspection should find is the odd bit of damage from transporting the vehicle from the factory to the dealer, NOT factory crap.
Rumor had it decades ago where if your car was assembled on a Monday, it would have been slapped together haphazardly. Same thing for Fridays. These days, it looks like every day of the week is a Monday and a Friday. I bought my 1993 Volvo 240 brand new. It has never been to the dealer for anything. I learned a long time ago to do car repairs big and small myself. Quality is job one at my house. Thirty one years later I still drive my 240 regularly.
I always heard you wanted a Wednesday car, as Monday, they were hung over, Tuesday they were just getting back to the groove, Wednesday was good, Thursday they were slacking because they were tired, Fridaybtheybwere already pregaming for the weekend.
Years ago My Grandfather bought a brand new 1969 Rambler. There was a rattle somewhere in the rear of the car, the salesman told them the service dept would fix it,
They couldn't, 3 years later a different AMC dealer found a glass coke bottle inside the rear door, there was a note inside the bottle that said "Monday's are a bitch! Bet you had fun finding this one"
Crazy shit! 😂
With so many subcontractors nowadays, you can guarantee that major components of any new vehicle fall foul of those issues.
@manonmars - Agreed. I bought a new car a year and a half ago and at the first oil change the tech spilled oil all over the engine bay and never wiped it up. First time I went to pop the hood after that I was stunned. Then I discovered he didn’t bother to replace the fasteners on the underbody oil pan cover or the oil filter cover either. This was at the dealership I’d just bought it at. I called the service manager and told him and he just started to complain to me about that tech having also broken parts on another new car that week. I said, “First question: Why are you the one complaint to me about your employee? And two: Why is he still working there???”. Then a few months later I had snow tires mounted at a different shop for the winter and they over-torqued the lug nuts so severely they warped my front rotors. Despite getting older I’ve been going back to doing everything I possibly can myself. Thank god for Google and RUclips videos. Too many techs are either incompetent (or disgruntled) and desperate employers are keeping them employed when they shouldn’t be allowed near customer’s cars. “If you want a job done right…”
A friend of mine has a '94 Volvo 890. Mileage unknown, she bought it with a busted odometer reading 287k. Once in a while she talks about getting rid of it, because the front windows come off the tracks, the A/C doesn't work, and the radio is also dead. I have to keep reminding her the Volvo will likely still be on the road long after she has left the planet. (I'm hoping she leaves it to me in her will. Her family doesn't want it.)
I'm a huge fan of the 240s, they may not be flashy, but they are mechanically bulletproof and built like a tank. So easy to work on, too, as there's plenty of room to get in there (literally) with your tools. I had the good fortune of driving a '91 240 Wagon with manual transmission for a few days, and I was really impressed with how effortlessly that car could merge into speeding highway traffic.
Coworker just had a new Equinox with the AC not working. After chasing almost every component for a few weeks and even resorting to a FSE coming out, he found that the rubber tip of a blow gun had broken off and was sitting inside the "resonator" in the low side line. Sometimes the tip would get sucked into the port and restrict the flow, other times it would freely bounce around inside it.
There is no resonator in an air conditioner.
They were a NIGHTMARE with 13 common problems here in Australia. And that's with the korean made one. US made versions are usually worse for most korean cars. We get no kia fires and few major issues with them here except the occasional absolute lemon one.
It's the cadence to your voice - the mild disbelief, that helps these videos be so popular.
That dude with the drumsticks must be a gas to work with.
Quality is an option.
Do not forget profit first, quality second and safety third........
At Ford, "The malfunction goes in before the name goes on."
Manufacturer declined the options. something about getting them from the other shop
The Toyota direct injector issue has been reported on a few 2 litre Corolla hybrids here in the UK - same dynamic force family of engines as the Camry.
Crap! I have a 2022 Corolla with 28K miles that has that same engine. But it has a manual 6 spd transmission that was built in Japan! I'll keep a closer eye on it now.
@@nathanielpreble5108 - It's seems to be a very rare failure, not seen any reports of failures on C-HR or Lexus UX fitted with the same 2 litre hybrid dynamic force power unit.
I used to do some of those pre-delivery inspections (PDI) for a Mitsubishi dealership in like late 90s... I never found anything wrong with them...
As the old saying goes...
"They don't make em like they used to!" 🤣 🤣
Same here with Ford in the late 90's and Pre 2004.......So that is what I still seek and drive today.
The manufacturers say, "They don't use 'em like they were made for!"
Mfg has entered the chat: DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH PLANNED OBSELESENCE? 🤣
thats before NIssan bought into them...now we get them all the with the touch screens burnt out or electrical problems...
@@shannonharris Especially when it's done for the sake of "WE GREEN LITTLE MEN ARE SAVING THE PLANET!!!!"" OBEY AND PAY FOOLS!!!!!!!!" yes I do ma'am.
I sure wouldn't accept an engine replacement on a $50k car before 200 miles. They would give me a new one or talk to my lawyer.
Yeah, it takes longer and not numbers matching anymore
The Jeep guy using Ford's slogan "Quality is Job NONE!" was even better!
That is some great quality control that Ford has.
Must have been a good day at SAMCOR, they at least got one right.
Chrysler products, too.
And to think they partnered with Nissan to learn Total Quality Management, once upon a time. I was taking a course in TQM right when the issue with the Explorers flipping because of the times came out in the news. Ford examples were used as the chapter lead-in several times in our textbook.
F *ckin' O ver R ated D isaster! 😛
@@Sh4dowgale Well, I mean Chrysler is already known for crap quality.
Wow, it really makes you think twice trading in your old car.
Absolutely.
I've got a bought-used 2003 corolla. Not even 180,000 miles on it. Owned it two years. Had to fix a few things, but I plan to drive it until it won't move, or I don't. I'm 58, the "yoda" is 21. We'll see whose moving in a couple of years.
Hey! Good Enough! Here’s a poem by Edgar Guest that I read in High School: My son, beware of "good enough,"
It isn't made of sterling stuff;
It's something any man can do,
It marks the many from the few,
It has not merit to the eye,
It's something any man can buy,
It's name is but a sham and bluff,
For it is never "good enough."
With "good enough" the shirkers stop
In every factory and shop;
With "good enough" the failures rest
And lose to men who give their best;
With "good enough" the car breaks down
And men fall short of high renown.
My son, remember and be wise
In "good enough" disaster lies.
With "good enough" have ships been wrecked,
The forward march of armies checked,
Great buildings burned and fortunes lost;
Nor can the world compute the cost
In life and money it has paid
Because at "good enough" men stayed.
Who stops at "good enough" shall find
Success has left him far behind.
There is no "good enough" that's short
Of what you can do and ought.
The flaw which may escape the eye
And temporarily get by,
Shall weaken under the strain
And wreck the ship or car or train.
For this is true of men and stuff-
Only the best is "good enough."
Fantastic post. Thanks!
Absolutely love this poem! My wife and I are on total opposite sides of this subject. For her, everything is good enough and for me, nothing is perfect. I strive for perfection in everything I do, but the reality is nothing is perfect. There’s always room for improvement 😅
That is a beautiful poem! I'm shocked it took me so long to discover... it speaks to my soul!
...especially since the brand new Freightliner my company just put me in has a dysfunctional engine brake. It has 16 miles on the clock. X3
"...arrived at this 'stealership' had me rollin'.
That engine is jazzing away like a drunken high jazz drummer. 😂😂😂
My last couple of cars I've bought used, with 30-40K miles on them, where I can research Carfax, and learn the service/maintenance history. I figure if nothing major has happened by 40K miles, it's a good bet the vehicle and powertrain are solid enough to last me a decade or more.
Bathtub failure curve - when things are new, you'll uncover manufacturing defects, when they get old, they fail due to age, but in the middle? Nothing exciting happens.
Very smart.
That’s a good mileage. I remember looking at one particular vehicle from Toyota where every single one for sale around me had 80-90K miles and I found that really strange. Then I stumbled into why. It was because the timing belts were due at that mileage and they cost an absolute fortune and a half to do because they were up against the firewall and there was no leeway with them. They loved to fail if you didn’t do them before 90K miles. Had no interest in buying a vehicle that would feel like a loaded gun until I got it home and the belt changed lol.
That's a pretty good strategy. Remember that Carfax knows of only the repairs that were reported to them.
I once had my car repaired after a minor crash and asked the mechanic to not report it because I hadn't reported the crash (nobody else was involved and I didn't want my insurance to increase.)
So a clean Carfax is either a clean vehicle owned by an honest person or...not.
be careful with some brands. I work at audi and nothing is allowed to be replaced under warranty unless it's immediate safety concern or a customer complaint. why? because audi makes a shit product and they aren't willing to stand behind their product. but seriously you could easily have 10k worth of repairs at 40k miles on some of our cars. so many common issues for years that they refuse to address.
And here I am driving my 2003 ford focus with 251,000 miles.
2002 Ford Focus 1.6 with 145,000 miles here. One of the most fun-to-drive cars ever - hopefully I don't kill it by driving it too hard. Although I'd probably repair it anyway - it's got sentimental value because it was my dad's last car before he passed away in 2021.
I've got an Impala with 290k, keeping it 'til the wheels fall off, and even then I'll find a way to weld them back on. or use spray foam. Seriously, new cars are literally a roll of the dice
@@vivillager They are and most notoriously with American Car brands (Fords, Chevys, Jeeps and of course Cryslers) the only Car brands i would trust new is Toyota or Honda maybe even Mazda. The Rest of them are a huge gamble.
@@thegreatcanadianlumberjack5307, I hear great things about Toyota and Honda, but as a used car dealer, that buys and sells used cars in the regular course of business, most of my bad luck has been with them. Worse with German luxury, but I avoid those, so they don't affect me much. Keep in mind, everything at auction is there for a reason, otherwise it would be on someone's lot with a For Sale sign on it. Toyota's I rarely get because at auction they are way overpriced that there's no profit in it for me. Most Asian cars I get are Honda's, last two I got both had bad engines. One had a valve cover leak, the oil leaked onto a hose for the heater core, causing the hose to weaken and burst, whoever had it continued to drive it without water until the engine seized. Another, someone ran over a furry, like a dog, cat or raccoon, there was fur stuck to the radiator, lost coolant, and they ran it until the engine seized. So both Honda's needed new engines. On the other hand, I got a Malibu with a misfire, it needed a spark plug and coil. Spark plug wore out, they kept driving until the spark shot out the side of the coil and burned a hole in it. Lucky the misfire didn't ruin the catalytic converter. But the Chevy only needed a 100 bucks to fix. Also got Durango, a furry, like a squirrel, got to the wiring harness to the fuel pump, reason why it wouldn't start. Also got a Lincoln, reason why it wouldn't start was because one of the wires to the transmission corroded and the car couldn't tell what gear it was in, and cars won't start unless it knows it's either in Park or in Neutral. The fix for that car was one wire that the local junkyard that set me back one buck. I'm glad people get good luck with Asian cars, it's just not me
A buddy of mine was driving his 2008 focus, with 297,000 Mi on it, when he totaled it a couple months ago. He bummed, because he couldn't watch it turn 300.
No customer declining repairs is a new one
Glad to see that last mechanic using traditional grip on the drum sticks.
Why so glad to see "Nerd Grip"?
Honestly, new vehicle compilations is probably one of the most informative and entertaining videos I’ve seen on this channel. Absolute mind opener.
Remember, you'll either own nothing or you'll pay 30% more for it and the quality will be 40% less
More than likely, owning nothing. People seem to be embracing that more and more every day.
You will own nothing and you will be happy 😂
01:31. Send this engine to "I Do Cars".
and use a cutting torch to undo all the fasteners
Nice drum solo there.
"Invested in a new car, now I won't have any issues for a while"
The car →
Yeah that’s a lie. 3 to 4 years and then just regular maintenance starts like with any other used car
If you pay $50K or something for a new car and it comes with different colored seats, you should be legally allowed to drive it through the wall of whichever one of the CEO's mansions is closest.
Yeah but then the Takata airbag blows and send shrapnel through ur face bro!
NEW-- Never Ever Works!!! Usually applies to vehicle replacement parts not complete vehicles!
Sadly it applies to most of everything nowadays, somehow buying stuff from a decade ago will still last longer than buying it New.
Also gonna propose NEW - Never Ends Well
FORD where quality is job NONE. Too true.
I've never had great luck with Ford as a brand, but this year has been a disaster for them in terms of inexcusably bad production quality.
Not an issue with the EU Ford branch.
At Ford, "The malfunction goes in before the name goes on."
80% of every ford ever made is still on the road today. the rest made it home.
Cars and trucks built during or after Covid-19, Yes. Check the stats before Covid-19. They were some of the most reliable vehicles on the market.
This time 'the other shop' is the factory
I work as a dealer tech at a GM dealer and I used to want to be a master tech. That being said that idea died a long time ago its really hard to be passionate and love what you do for a living and a paycheck when the vehicles are literally junk the second they hit the dealer lot right off the transport truck
Kudos to the techs that caught all the faults on the PDC!
The antenna on backwards 😂
It’s called quality control. Look into it.
If there isn't any quality, you can't control it.
Quality control has been diverted to dealer or customer. If the unit moves on its own, it leaves the factory. If the PDI finds out, you're lucky. If not, you have warranty. Maybe...
sounds expensive NOW as opposed to 1-2 years later when Execs have moved on...
@@dave161141 To be honest, nowadays, quality control on almost everything has turned to "customer driven" meaning it's shipped, defective or not, and it's up to the customer to determine if there is an issue. The reason is simple, more units make it out the door, and as long as the company can avoid fixing it, it saves the company some money. On cheaper items, manufacturers are depending upon the customer to give up, and toss it in the trash. It's not just vehicles; it's bikes, toys, it's nearly every type of appliance including washing machines, dryers, refrigerators, water heaters, etc, to everything else sold under the sun.
They fired them all
Seeing brand new junk makes me nervous. How many cars get some kind of patch job , then set out on the lot with clean records?
Not even close to 1%. Probably a tenth of a percent.
I once had an acquaintance who worked on the assembly line at a GM factory. He told me so many stories about how he and other assembly line workers would intentionally install parts wrong, not torque things down, and throw random bolts in impossible places to cause rattles for various petty reasons and sometimes no reason at all.
I once worked at a GM dealership and spent 5 hours pulling an interior out of a brand new car to find the massive nut that somebody had kindly left in one of the strengthening cross members in the floor so that it made a rolling rattly noise every time you cornered. Tell your mate thx for that.
sounds like something an immature person would brag about.
That guy has never been punched in the face before. And that should change
...and then they wonder why they're getting laid off because nobody is buying the cars they were paid to build. GM quality is not great and I think we can blame it on the factory workers like your acquaintance.
Sad. I wonder whether management culture leaves workers surly. In my work experience, haughty management harms shopfloor performance, and good managers who genuinely care about the work force and who listen get much better products produced.
As an American who lives in Sweden, Swedish managers have generally been better than the occasional American and English ones we would get from time to time.
Those welds on the shock were very shocking
"Jeep"
Welp, there's your problem.
/s /j /I
Toyota,Subaru,Ford,GM are on here too they have major issues...
Just ignoring all the Toyotas that are supposed to be the greatest ever.
That's called confirmation bias.
I'll keep my older car.
Me too. It has 200K+.
Fine machine only 1 owner
I got a 2004 Ford Galaxy Ghia (UK). 120,000 miles, still going strong. Bought it in 2018 @ 60,000 miles for 2k.
I remember being embarrassed about driving my late 90's civic.now im stealing your girl with all the money iv saved dragging my exhaust the whole time!
0:33 my older brother was an automotive mechanic and retired a couple years ago. And his professional opinion those CVT transmissions are just junk. It’s almost the same thing as a snowmobile drive and if anybody has ever driven them knows that they can go through quite quick.
I don't think many people know that Honda has been using CVTs for many years now. Toys use some too I believe.
The Hondas have actually not been to bad.
Is it me or are jeep/dodge/chrysler problems getting worse?
Well, they were owned by Fiat not too long ago. Dodge/Chrysler/Plymouth have ALWAYS had quality issues, ever since the company was started.
Every single one I know of has had problems. Two friends had Reliant Ks - cv joint issues. I had a Colt - engine burned up. My parents had a LeBaron - trash. I owned a Caravan - electrical problems.
The CEO of Stellantis wants to shut down US production and is sending executives from Europe to supervise. He made $40 million this year up from $20 some mil previously. Collect cash, tank the MOPAR brands and call it good.
I just sold my rusty old ford ranger to a guy who had a jeep gladiator. He said the thing is a piece of garbage. Always in the shop for repairs and they fight him tooth and nail on the warranty. He's going to do a little work to the ranger and get rid of the jeep asap.
@@damondiehl5637 ..If you had the 80's and early 90's Chrysler cars with the Mitsubishe 4 cyl and 3.0 6 cyl engines those were junk,like the Japanese built Colt...Dodge/Chrysler/Plymouth have the most reliable vehicles around..slant 6,318,340,360,383,400,413,440 engines are easy 250,0000 mile engines with no major issues just regular maint..
Your 2 friends bought them new? or in the 1990's with 280,000 miles on them? 5 digit odometers after 99,999 they go back to 00,000.
Remember new Toyota's have major engine,transmission and more issues..Ditto Ford,G M,Honda etc...
I remember the Chryslers and K-cars of the 80s. They weren't famously high quality.
This is why i hold on to my old vehicles
It all comes down to government interference in business, forcing companies to hire morons instead of qualified people who have brains for the past 50 years is the issue.
Sadly there will always be issues that are found on new cars,
What I care about more, is how the manufacturer responds.
I've seen a brand new car need a new wheel bearing (it sounded like a jet engine 😂),
I've seen a car with very low KM's need a brand new rear main seal,
I've seen a brand new car need a new tail shaft
There was one manufacturer that delivered a number of cars without HEAD GASKETS... funny thing is that lasted for quite some time before causing an issue (which is how they found the problem in the first place).
And if you want to hear about replacement GENUINE parts,
There was one car manufacturer with a particular model, that if you replaced the brake pads (rotors machined as well) with GENUINE pads, the brake pedal became solid as though the brake booster wasn't working..
With no braking effect, no matter how hard you pushed on the solid pedal.
One NEW to the workshop mechanic didn't head my warning and he found out pretty quickly that he should have listened to me and installed non-genuine brake pads,
He didn't crash but may have needed a new pair of pants (luckily the hand brake / park brake was still working),
We pulled out those GENUINE brake pads and replace them with non-genuine..... problem solved.
I never did find out what the issue was, the pads had the same thickness etc as other non-genuine..... so 🤔🤷♂
They were either built at 4:59 on a thirsty Friday or 8 am on hang over Monday
I wanna see spray foam repairs from the factory next
The mismatched seats is kinda cool.
Line guy might have thought it was a feature and let it go. It does look kinda cool.
@@markh.6687 they must have quality control, inspectors that are colourblind
the logistics problem at the factory is that these components get delivered to the assembly line at the same time the vehicle shows up, so there is no option for the assembly technician to grab another seat to correct the problem. They have no option other than installing the wrong seat to keep the line going because stopping an entire assembly line for this reason is a costly process. The failure started much earlier in the process when the seat was labelled with the wrong barcode at the seat manufacturer and it then processed through the entire logistics system with the error. The system never knew that there was something wrong. The final error happened when the final vehicle inspector at the end of the assembly line did not notice the error and passed the vehicle for delivery instead of flagging it to be pulled out for rework.
Well that was depressing
thank god for pre delivery inspections! keep up the good work guys, you are the last line of defense
That dude at the end with the drum sticks lol right on brother 🤘🏾