The quality of cars has decreased dramatically over the last few years. Previously, people were not worried about the problems of rusting cars and bad electronic, because the equipment of vehicles was in fact very poor. We can say that now driving comfort and safety increased much, but at what cost? I think that everyone, even in a new car, has met with some problems, although small, but very annoying. Blown fuses, all the time perishable sensors or appearing engine control can make everyone dizzy. What’s more there are problems with the clutch cable and accelerator pedal, as recently in Toyota. Due to the fact that the cars are overloaded with electronics repair is more difficult and simultaneously more expensive.
In addition to persistent problems with the engine and the computer, there are problems with the car body. I am sure that a lot of people are surprised that in the brand new cars you can find traces of corrosion and what’s more in quite large quantities.
It is also commonly believed that Opel is a car that has a very good engine, but unfortunately it is characterized by a very bad body. Every owner of Opel has to reckon with the fact that after a few years he will have to repair the sills and wheel arches. Very often there is corrosion on the doors and engine lid. In the new Opel there is also a problem with the engine (still appearing “check engine” control), which can reduce the comfort of driving even in the most comfortable model.
Perhaps you met also with the statement that French cars are the worst quality. Of course they run excellently - have a perfect lead, are comfortable, but is the every month visit by the mechanic not too much expense?
And do you remember the cars which are popular 20 - 30 years ago? Our Fiat 125 P could be driven throughout the Europe, even without the spare wheel and nothing had happened. Family trip to Bulgaria was a normal phenomenon in communist Poland and no one thought what he would do if the car breaks. In case of any failure every driver coped with the problem by himself using simple tools. Replacing the engine was possible in the garage and each driver was able to do simple repairs in his vehicle. Problems with the paint did not exist and no one cared about rust.
If you now want to repair by yourself your great new car, certainly you won’t manage it without help of specialist. Expensive programs to detect errors in the computer prevented garage repair. Biodegradable coatings resulted in much larger cars rusting, which further increases the costs of maintaining the car.
What do you think about the today’s quality of cars?
Are you the lucky man who don’t have such problems or are you the member of the frustrated car owner community?
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Today's cars are very comfortable, nice, safe, full of electronics but this is reflected in their failure. Even expensive brands of cars have a lot of mistakes by the electric system, which causes high failure rate. Mazda has a car, I am very happy with this car. Mazda has one factory in Japan because their cars are good and little emergency. I recommend this brand.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you think about the today’s quality of cars?
ReplyDeleteAny software engineer will tell you that bugs are inevitable : ) More complex project = more bugs.
Are you the lucky man who don’t have such problems or are you the member of the frustrated car owner community?
I do not recall any serious problems.
Although I think that we cannot compare present car with those from the past, they have some drawbacks. Even they are faster, safer, more comfortable, there is a big problem with repairing.
ReplyDeleteYears ago you could go with nearly every car to the closest mechanic in every village, now you can only hear "sorry, it must be plugged to the computer". You can do nothing with just a hammer :)
I agree with a sentence that "the more complex thing is, the more often it will break". I think its worth it.
I don’t know how it was earlier, but it’s often heard that the quality was much better. Maybe it’s because so many cars weren’t produced and producers weren’t looking for different manners of saving money. What do I think about today’s quality of cars? It depends on the brand (however not always). You showed films of Renault, but I think everyone knows that maybe Renaults are comfortable or something but as a car it..sucks. More often it’s in service than in owner’s garage. In Audis or BMWs imperfections are much fewer, but of course they cost much more. Personally I don’t complain about my car, probably because it’s brand name doesn’t start with F and the country it’s coming from doesn’t star with F either;)
ReplyDeleteI can't compare today's car reliability with those of the past, but agree with previous posts that more and more complex cars have more and more things that could break. I have no problems with car, but that's probably because i don't own any ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm not a driver but I think this problem is common to new technologies which are introduced to the mass market. As all this innovations will 'mature' problem will solve itself.
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