Here’s Why New Cars are Designed to be Unreliable

New car reliability. Here’s Why New Cars are Designed to be Unreliable, DIY and car review with Scotty Kilmer. Most unreliable cars. Why cars are expensive to fix. Why cars are expensive. Why new cars are unreliable. Why are cars like Ford, GM, Chevy, and Fiat unreliable? The reliability issues that come with modern cars. Unreliable cars. Car Advice. DIY car repair with Scotty Kilmer, an auto mechanic for the last 54 years.

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[nsgarage]

Sad to say but the car reliability peaked in the mid '90s and ended the mid 2000's. Everything since then has focused more on technology and gas mileage instead of durability.

[camberwellcarrot]

The computer modules and screens in today's cars will probably be what takes them off the road as they become uneconomical to repair.

[ianmoone]

I've never owned a car that was less than 10 years old at the time i bought it. I now have a 30 year old Honda, and a 19 year old Ford. Despite having to regularly maintain these vehicles, i have much more faith in them than their newer counterparts. A big factor of that faith is the fact that i can work on them with standard tools, and they are simple enough to work on and diagnose.

[dgw]

People keep cars longer because they are much more expensive to buy new. A new cars body and engine may last 200k but everything else on the car will fail. The more complicated your car, the worse your experience will be.

[Corkfish]

I've always thought the Hondas and Toyotas built in the 90s are better than the ones built today.

[davidmc]

The electronics are the biggest problem from what I've experienced. Some sensors and/or modules disabling a vehicle, instead of reverting to a default mechanical function, is wasteful, time consuming, and can be frustrating (and dangerous if they leave you stranded), plus the problems with corrosion and grounding. Ease of access is the next biggest problem, can make what should be simple repairs a nightmare, and in some cases the additional parts and gaskets required can be expensive even if you do it yourself.

[wafflesnfalafel]

the first refrigerator I ever owned lasted 40 years, the second lasted 8, figure out current one will last 4...

[jeffzekas]

My brother, a mechanical engineer confirms some of what Scotty is saying. According to my brother, “we used to design cars to last in definitely, now we design the parts to last only a certain number of miles.”

[BonnieKay]

Scotty is dead-on, this new junk is exactly that, as an engineer I know what design life is, and all new junk has a design life and ... it's becoming shorter and shorter as time passes. It's why I drive the old reliable and fixable stuff, and why Scotty does also ....

[izgvvob]

20 years ago was 2001. Driving a car with over 100, 000 miles was not a "death sentence".

[mattdonna]

Yes, it's built in obsolescence. Glad to have my primitive 1980 Ford F-150 with an inline 6 cylinder. Maybe I can get another 42 years of use from it !!

[JohnSmith-fttw]

I'm old, and so is my truck. Wishing everyone good luck with the new ones. 🤠

[lisab]

As one famous person once quoted>>> "The more bells and whistles on a vehicle, the more there is to break down, the more inconvenience to you and the more money you keep pumping into it to maintain/repair it"!

[lumberjackbjh]

Truth my toaster and fridge are probably both 50 years old

[juantomas]

Cars and trucks of the past had so much more style and the paint lasted a lot longer !!! Today most cars look alike !!!

[volunteerforever]

All regular maintenance items should be easy to access and simple to service, repair, or replace. You should not have to pull an engine just to replace a water pump. Complex, expensive design doesn't have to result in complex, expensive upkeep.

[stehir]

Having lived in Canada all my life, fuel injection has been the greatest improvement for me. Quicker warmups, smoother accelleration, and less problems at altitude all make for a more pleasureable driving experience. Also ABS braking along with improved tires makes winter driving a little less stressful.

[bryancarlson]

Our family owned three 1960 Buicks over the years and they easily achieved almost 200, 000 miles with no problems before we sold them to new owners. The many Buicks we owned through the 1976 model year were reliable and comfortable.

[Chuckles..]

50 years from now is someone going to be able to start up and drive an electric car that's been sitting in a field for 30 years?, nope.