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quote:Originally posted by Espresso
Unreasonable? I dont want to sound like a smartass. But you have way to high expectations in this world. Not everything is perfect. I'm sure there has been quite a few people with this problem( as I highly doubt you'll find more than one that will post here about your problem). That is why vehicle manufactures have warranties...yes, even $100K Mercedes break. Then again the owners are smart enough to realize that.
If you think something like this is "unreasonable" & a "defect this large" is bad. You sould sell it & walk, to be truthful. Because honestly I would hate to see it the timing belt snapped & wiped out the engine. Just have them replace it. If it happens again. THEN you should be worried.
Like I said, i'm not being a smartass. If you dont want people telling you that YES, things will break. Then dont post.
If you trust the ones telling you that the axle is bad. Why not ask them, about it?
Just some up coming issues you may be facing.
If you have an:
Auto trans...power steering lines may rub & cause a leak. Possibly resulting in a fire.
5-speed...clutch going out prematurely, low clutch pedal pressure, ect..
PCM may need to be reprogrammed, due to inproper settigns from the factory.
Turbo & 5 speed. The left front brake line can rip, resulting in a loss of brake pedal.
These are just some of the things that could go wrong.
Cars are not gods. DO some searching on the site & you will find what problems people have been having. I had to have a new horn installed a month after I bought it & a trans fluid change in less than 2500 miles.
**** happens.
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Wow, you sound bitter and angry. And by the way, the $100,000 Benz is a DC product, so forgive me that I'm not surprised if it also breaks down... Just my $0.02, but if you had to qualify that you weren't being a smartass, then you probably were being one.
jlwnn111: I also had a Toyota for six years, 138,000 miles and no problems whatsoever. I didn't have to replace the brakes until they were at 60,000 miles and didn't have to replace the clutch until 128,000 miles. Replaced belts at 100,000+ miles, but no big.
PT Cruiser - '03. At four months, PT was in the shop for a week due to an electrical problem that the induhviduals working at the stealership could not locate. I had to take the PT to another dealership where the problem was diagnosed (finally, at 5 months) as a bad fuel level sending unit. At six months, the car would idle roughly at a dead stop. Turns out DC put in bad plug wires and I had wire #3 replaced. At seven months, the badyear tires went bad and I had one replaced and had to drive with the other three, because the crappy tire warranty doesn't truly cover manufacturer's defects (granted this isn't DC's fault, but the lack of quality of parts used in the vehicle does not surprise me). At 14 months, plug wire #1 went bad and also had to be replaced. By month 18, I replaced all wires with expensive, highly recommended wires by month 22, the wires were totally shot and plugs completely corroded. The first question from the induhvidual at the local O'Reilly's (they're not car people and they're NOT smart) was "Duh... did you use any of that, uh, grease when you installed the wires?" If I could properly identify the problem with my car do you really think I would not know how to properly install the product???
At any rate, my PT has been in the shop more often than the 1995 Grand Am I owned, and I hate GM. The Grand Am was in the shop for a warranty recall and removal of a stealership installed anti-theft system. Otherwise, 118,000 miles and 8 years and no problems.
So, in my experience, the problem is with DC.