Posted on 10/26/2008 5:20:18 PM PDT by WilliamReading
etroit's Big Three look like they will soon be a Smaller Two. Industry leaders and investors are still absorbing the idea that Chrysler LLC could disappear. A lot of consumers have already moved on.
Chrysler's woes arise from many mistakes, compounded by bad turns of luck. But the company's failure to keep up with rivals on quality is a significant, and underrated, factor in its current crisis. Join the Discussion
Readers, over to you: Has poor quality pushed you to avoid purchasing a Chrysler product? Cast your vote and join a discussion.
Chrysler's quality deficit was a stark highlight of Consumer Reports magazine's annual survey of vehicle quality, released last Thursday. Chrysler "trails the pack" in quality, the magazine says. Almost two-thirds of Chryslers models rated below average in the magazine's testing and in its subscriber survey, which collected responses on 1.4 million vehicles this year and is one of the largest surveys running on vehicle quality.
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I had a `72 Dodge stepside truck with the 318 V-8, 4 speed tran. w/ a `granny gear’ that would pull stumps. I re-built the carb on my kitchen table.
Best truck I’ve ever owned! (My current Chevy is good one tho too.)
Does this explain Barack Obama's popularity?
I have a Dodge Charger SRT8 that I love. I hope that they don’t go under. However, the one Chrysler vehicle that people want, the Challenger, has been subject to dealer gouging and other shenanigans.
‘02 Ram 4dr PU. 275K miles. Burns no oil.
Consumer Reports has NEVER liked Chrysler. Besides the reader based surveys, they are big on things that don’t interest me in cars (extra “safety features”, newest gizmos).
I like the way Chryslers drive. I like a larger car, and no Japanese model has as much room as the New Yorker LHS did. The Caravans are a value leader with some innovative designs.
Chrysler had a big uptick just before Daimler-Benz bought them. The new Intrepid, trucks and Neon were well received. Even then, CR didn’t like the “quality.”
Even today, I see Dodge Darts (1963-1976) and Dodge Omnis/Plymouth Horizons (early 80s) on the road as every day drivers. I cannot say that about too many makes.
Chrysker has had its clunkers, but the quality has not “declined” in recent years as far as I know. (Though they no longer make a true full size car, sigh.)
I have had a Sebring since 2003. Great car, no problems. Bought a Dodge Charger in 06. My only complaint was that the emergency brake cable snapped. Other than that, its been a great car.
Well, if it was so good, why did you buy a Chevy truck to replace it?
Buy two while you can. One to drive and one for parts.
>>>>>>America workers, are not the enemy.
Amen!
The irony is that here we have one anti-American publication, the Wall Street Journal (whose former editorial page editor, Robert Bartley, believed the "nation state is finished"), quoting another, Consumer Reports, which has its origins on the hard left and has never met an American car that it liked.
“Would like to see Chrysler disappear, or be absorbed by Nissan.”
Couldn’t agree more. Chrysler was bailed out, but kept up with their ways... poor quality, poor customer service.
The good news is, with the dollar being down, it will pay for the other makers to expand their manufacturing in America. As for the executives, the ones who didn’t get the parachute and were hoping to work up to that level... try a new business guys, you’re on the street, deservedly so.
Land Rover has the lowest reliability of all . . I can’t remember who owns Land Rover these days.
Check me on this boys, but I believe that the “Seibreinggs” that you’re so hatin’ on are actually built by (Japanese) Mitsubishi, of WWII Zero fame.
If I were an auto manufacturer, I would be profoundly ashamed of producing something of such dismal quality.
My Jeep Wrangler runs like a well regulated clock, knock on wood, one of the few products that Chrysler produced well.
My friend has a 2 or 3 year old Neon that just had its third engine header installed due to engine problem that has never been diagnosed........
FWIW, he just accepted his buyout from Chrysler this past May.......
Father gave me the Chevy, or I took it `cause he was working too hard with it. The work we did with our vehicles, hauling blocks, bricks and other building materials would have flattened foreign trucks.
Do I get a fish?
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