redblurr said:
Well not only did they burn up my cam sensor but they fried the PCM & said they are back ordered & need TWO
WEEEEEEEKS to get a replacement.
I have to agree with you...2 weeks on a piece of electronics, seems a bit too much. Hope they are compensating you with a rental car.
Ref other conversations about car reliability. I like to think of car reliability in terms of a "bell" curve. You'll have folks on one end have no problems, folks on the other end who have lots of problems and then the vast majority in the middle. Now the shape of this curve is likely to be skewed in towards the folks that have no problems, otherwise, word will be out and nobody will drive that particular car.
That being said, the majority of folks who say something about their car/start a thread, talk about a problem with their car and like advice on what to do or pass on what happened to them to help out somebody in the future. This is always appreciated but it does make the appearance of "lots" of problems with the model of car. The only place I can think of getting an agragate for car reliability is Consumer Reports. Until a better system comes along, I think that's the only place.
Also, a car breaking down is certainly a big inconvienence, proportional to how bad you need it/when it happens. So, you end up asking yourself, where on that "bell" curve am I with this car and would I do better with a different car. Wait's for parts and "poor" service will certainly impact a personal decision on what to do next. Sometimes the only thing to say is, "best of luck" that everything works out fine and "Gawd, hope that doesn't happen to me"
BTW: 26k miles and going solid and strong. Maybe I'm on that far end of "no problems" on that "bell" curve.
Nuff said by me
