Posted in Quality, Recalls, Safety, Software in Cars, Toyota on Feb 10th, 2010
Things can’t get much worse for Toyota. The latest in a long line of problems with the once reliable brand’s cars may be a steering problem caused by the computer on 2009 and 2010 Corollas. According to USA Today, Corolla owners are complaining that their cars suddenly become hard to control at high [...]
Posted in Quality, Sports cars, Warranties, car buying incentives on Feb 8th, 2010
In addition to their world-class speed and astounding beauty, Ferrari cars have a reputation for being unreliable. The complex engines and suspension setups found in Ferrari cars combined with their low production mean that only specially-trained mechanics are able to maintain the supercars, and replacement parts are never cheap. Now, the Italian supercar [...]
Posted in Quality, Recalls, Safety, Toyota, resale values on Feb 5th, 2010
Toyota vehicles, even those not affected by the unintended acceleration problem, will likely lose some of their famously high resale value thanks to Toyota’s recent quality problems. According to USA Today, both Kelley Blue Book and ALG agree that Toyota vehicles will depreciate four to five percent more thanks to the unintended acceleration recall.
Toyota [...]
Posted in Bankruptcy, Chrysler, Dodge, Quality on May 19th, 2009
Chrysler customers who are owed money by Chrysler under lemon laws are finding that, even though they have reached an agreement with Chrysler, they can’t get a refund or settlement. Chrysler’s checks to lemon law customers are bouncing due to the company’s bankruptcy, the L.A. Times reports.
Since Chrysler filed for bankruptcy, all of its checking [...]
Posted in Automotive, Car Reviews, Quality on May 28th, 2008
The BMW brand led the pack in the annual U.S. automobile quality survey this year, done by San Diego-based Strategic Vision. Other luxury brands, such as Hummer, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Infiniti, Lexus, Land Rover, Cadillac, Lincoln and Volkswagen also landed at the top of the list.
Even though the luxury brands ranked at the top, total quality [...]
