G: Ford seems to be doing better than GM on recalls. I wonder how their Lincolns are holding up? The old Lincolns had plenty of room and a good ride.
Donald Snook wrote: > My wife has a 2006 Cadillac SRX. Her car is a good example of what you are > talking about. The 3.6L v6 in it (and in a whole bunch of other GM cars) has > massive and widespread timing chain failures. Many were replaced under > warranty and failed again. GM did extend the warranty on SOME cars, but not > all. But, they also had a "campaign" where they reprogrammed the computer to > alter the Oil change interval to make the light come on sooner. In other > words the solution to the chain/gear problem was to tell the owners to change > the oil more often because that would help to remove the metal and plastic > that is wearing off the chain and gears. I couldn't believe that was the > solution. I am sure that when they were testing the design they noticed > that the chain/gears were wearing prematurely and they probably did a cost > benefit analysis and figured it was cheaper to fix some percentage of them > under warranty rather than designing and building a better chain. > > I fought with GM about 18 months ago on this exact issue and we ended up sort > of sharing the pain. Cadillac paid for the parts and half the labor. My > wife had to pay the other half. The lesson I learned is stay away from ANY > gm car with the 3.6 V6. > > Don Snook > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Curly McLain [mailto:126die...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2015 8:52 AM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] specific MB suggestions > > The big difference between pre 1990 MBs and post 1990 MB is the type of > ownership. My friend who was one of the oldest MB dealers in the country > told me in the late 80s that ownership had shifted from the driver to leasing > companies. When the customer walked in and wrote a check, they wanted > something to last. When people walk in and lease a car, most have no > intention of keeping it beyind the lease term, so MB cheaped out at the same > time control was taken from engineers and given to bowties. > > The problems with 210 and later and 140 and later are mostly related to the > fact thatMB went from die best oder nichts to "just build it to last through > the lease" because of the tax laws and the change in ownership > > His other complaint at the time was that in the 60s and 70s people bought MBs > because they were the best. Now (late 80s on) people > lease them (new) because it is a status symbol. The buyers shifted > from older successful people to yuppies out to make an impression. > > For these reasons, he sold off the dealership in the early 90s, but kept the > leasing company. > > It was an interesting dealership. They started out as studebaker and IH > truck, probably in the 1920s. In the 50s when studebaker was fading, it was > the distributor for MB. Studebaker died, but he kept the MB line, so it was > MB and IH. About 1980, he added Mazda. When IH melted down, he had MB and > Mazda. > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2015.0.5577 / Virus Database: 4257/8887 - Release Date: 01/07/15 > -- arche...@embarqmail.com <arche...@embarqmail.com> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
