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SportTrac Discussion
General Sport Trac Discussion
Just to hear some contraversy, consumer report
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<blockquote data-quote="Michael Cacioppo" data-source="post: 743970" data-attributes="member: 57235"><p>Reliability rating can be misleading . For example on many Japanese cars they recommend changing out the water pump when the timing belt is replaced, The reason is that it is buried in the engine compartment and since replacing the belt requires a lot of dismantling you save a lot on labor. Well the water pump should not show up on these cars as a problem since it is replaced every 60K miles. Additionally a lot of these foreign cars have extensive required maintenance which increases reliability. It also increase operating costs. Add the additional maintenance to American cars and their reliability would be raised also. BMW gives bumper to bumper for the first 3 years 36K miles. They will replace wiper blades, rotors, brake nearly anything under warranty. Why would their reliability be high since the owner will have any nit-pick thing replaced for the slightest reason. You have to compare the required maintenance and cost to evaluate reliability.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Michael Cacioppo, post: 743970, member: 57235"] Reliability rating can be misleading . For example on many Japanese cars they recommend changing out the water pump when the timing belt is replaced, The reason is that it is buried in the engine compartment and since replacing the belt requires a lot of dismantling you save a lot on labor. Well the water pump should not show up on these cars as a problem since it is replaced every 60K miles. Additionally a lot of these foreign cars have extensive required maintenance which increases reliability. It also increase operating costs. Add the additional maintenance to American cars and their reliability would be raised also. BMW gives bumper to bumper for the first 3 years 36K miles. They will replace wiper blades, rotors, brake nearly anything under warranty. Why would their reliability be high since the owner will have any nit-pick thing replaced for the slightest reason. You have to compare the required maintenance and cost to evaluate reliability. [/QUOTE]
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SportTrac Discussion
General Sport Trac Discussion
Just to hear some contraversy, consumer report
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