Posted on 09/23/2023 3:02:47 PM PDT by Chode
In this video we show you one example of how repair cost are out of control on modern vehicles nowadays. It is definitely something to consider when purchasing a new vehicle.
cars are way over designed these days. Essentially iPHones on wheels.
Which explains why I still drive my 2000 Civic. It’s simple and it works for what transportation is supposed to do - transport!
New vehicles are for stupid people.
Just driving a new car off the lot is a financial lose lose. Then the newer vehicle are nothing more than computers with wheels. Try fixing something on a newer vehicle. It’s a joke. Get into a little fender bender and they’ll want $10,000. And you’ll be paying for all those BS bells and whistles you will never use...
New vehicles are extremes rip-offs.
how many of these cameras will be required to pass inspection? all of them???
That’s why I’ve gone to leasing new vehicles for the duration of their warranty.
I don’t have the tools and information necessary for proper diagnosis.
Not only are their various networks, there are message passing modules amongst networks.
Complexity? U betcha....
there...
+1
Always check the lamp fluid.
Yes, my whole car isn’t worth $5,600.
I have a base level F-150. It’s a company car. I broke a taillight recently and called the fleet company. They wanted me to take it to a body shop and expense it.
I refused. $120 at Rock Auto. 3-4 minutes to repair. Expensed it.
My insurer paid out $14,600 for hail damage to my car a couple of years ago. Same insurer paid $8,800 for hail damage to the roof of my house.
https://www.kbb.com/car-advice/average-vehicle-repair-costs/
Alignment: $164.35 — $192.73
Alternator replacement: $746.63 — $842.18
Brake pad and rotor replacement: $532.91 — $612.01
Evaporative emissions (EVAP) purge control valve replacement: $322.89 — $379.65
Fuel injector replacement: $1,103.18 — $1,226.21
Fuel pump replacement: $1,093 — $1,211.87
Mass air flow sensor replacement: $451.69 — $524
Power steering pump replacement: $836.81 — $935.65
Spark plug replacement: $355.77 — $417.07
Starter replacement: $727.98 — $820.04
Thermostat replacement: $660.75 — $746.64
Tire pressure monitoriing sensor replacement: $313.53 — $368.10
Part of it is a Ford issue. They are rapidly becoming my least favorite company.
I used their vehicles since the 80s and they were always affordable, reliably good for 200K miles and while they occasionally broke they were most often easily repairable.
not any more!
Rather than write a page going into details just look at this list of most to least reliable cars in 2023. It boggles my mind how a company can fall so far so fast.
2023 Reliability ranking of major auto makers:
1. Toyota
2. Lexus
3. Kia
4. Honda
5. Buick
6. Mazda
7. Hyundai
8. Nissan
9. Genesis
10. Cadillac
11. Dodge
12. GMC
13. BMW
14. Chrysler
15. Ford
16. Land Rover
lol!!! and the smoke level...
i’m on my last vehicles, 2015Equinox and 86Samurai and both will outlive me...
did it cover???
Wow that’s pathetic. I just replaced all of the front lights on my 1997 Explorer for $100.
older vehicles resale will go up
“I don’t have the tools and information necessary for proper diagnosis.
Not only are their various networks, there are message passing modules amongst networks.”
Not just electronic repair complexity.
The factory procedure for new BMW windscreen replacement is that the vehicle must be clamped to a body shop frame table.
Obviously windscreen shops don’t have a frame table. But even many body shops don’t have the BMW proprietary frame clamps.
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