Originally Posted By: cchase
I find it hard to blame a car for problems if it's purchased used and the history is long and/or unknown.
That's why I didn't include the '83 Oldsmobile 98 Regurgitate.
The window motors were garbage but then again so were the switches.
The heater control valve, mounted on the intake, began to leak. I grasped it with my bare hand and it crumbled in my hand. I have no idea how it didn't self destruct with cooling system pressure. Took a long time to get the remains out of the intake. That part didn't crumble.
The headliner fell down faster than any other car I've ever seen. One day it was a bubble. The next day I was wearing it for a hat.
It ran through Ignition control modules for awhile. Couple of Borg Warners, an AC Delco, and finally the cheapest Wells module. Then they stopped dying.
Everything that held oil, leaked. Rear main, tailshaft housing, differential, power steering pump
The only freeze plug that failed, was on the back of the engine. The rest looked fine.
But I don't blame the car.
who knows what kind of neglect it suffered.
I hold GM fully accountable for the Chevette because it was designed badly.
But it is hard for me to trust a GM vehicle because the ones I owned have been badly designed and tended to fail more often than my Ford or Chrysler vehicles.