[DMCForum] Re: You other vehicle

["wannadelorean" <mcquinlan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I haven't know too many happy Dodge owners.  A co-worker of mine has 
a Caravan and it is a constant headache. He's put two speed sensor 
in it in 2 years. Another owns a Grand Cherokee and he too has had 
constant problems.  Both vehicles are less than 5 years old too. 

I've had 4 Honda's and not one of them ever went to a service center 
for anything other than scheduled service.  The worst thing I ever 
did to a Honda was replace the timing belt but it was normal service 
not because something went wrong.  The car was 12 years old and had 
over 170,000 miles on it when I sold it to buy my truck.  I sold it 
for more than I could sell my 7 year old truck for today with 54,000 
miles on it. 

--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "wannadelorean" <mcquinlan@xxxx> 
wrote:
> Well, like I said, the newer Ram's may have had the kinks worked 
> out.  The 97 was the original design.  98 was a redesign.
> 
> --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "timnagin" <timnagin@xxxx> wrote:
> > Not necessarily the engineering either, but where the parts were 
> sourced
> > from.  It is interesting that your truck was built in Mexico, as 
> was Walt's
> > suburban.  To the contrary of Walt's experience, I have a friend 
> who has a
> > '97 suburban and it has been a work horse, pulling a trailer 
> weighing much
> > more than it really should, and the only problem that truck had 
> was the
> > bottom seat warmer stopped working on the driver's side.  That 
> truck is
> > probably over 150k miles by now.  But with anything, you can get 
a 
> lemon.
> > My girl friend has a 1998 Dodge Ram 4x4 and has had absolutely 
no 
> problems
> > with it.
> > 
> > Greg
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wannadelorean [mailto:mcquinlan@xxxx]
> > Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 10:13 AM
> > To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [DMCForum] Re: You other vehicle
> > 
> > 
> > The Ironic thing is that most cars with an American name on it
> > aren't made in America.  Honda, Toyota, Nissan all build cars in
> > America.  My Dodge was built in Mexico.  Of course most of the 
time
> > the problem isn't with the assembly of the product it is with the
> > engineering of it.
> > 
> > --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Walter Coe" <Whalt@xxxx> wrote:
> > > > I have a 97 Dodge Ram and it is the worst vehicle I've
> > > owned.
> > >
> > > I have the same opinion about my '99 GMC Suburban.  I've had
> > > things break that should never break.  I am surprised that
> > > General Motors hasn't figured out how to make some simple
> > > basic things more reliable.  If I were buying an SUV again,
> > > I would probably get a Toyota and steer clear of anything
> > > with an American name on it.
> > >
> > > Walt

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