For me: 2003 Saturn ION.
Numerous small, but costly failures kept happening.
at ~90,000 miles, one cylinder was far below spec in compression.
My father said he never had any really bad cars except for a 1970s Plymouth Volare. He had to sell his 1971 Corolla because of his wife's demands for a bigger car, due to the arrival of the baby. When he divorced his first wife, he let her take it, and he proceeded to buy a 1979 Toyota Corolla. That '79 Toyota was one of my dad's most favorite cars.
When I grew up, my mom had a 1985 Nissan Maxima. That was the first year for front wheel drive Maximas, and it was a hasitily executed disaster. CV Joints didn't last, and they were extremely expensive back then. The P/S rack failed early and was insanely expensive at $1200. The scorching hot underhood temperatures constantly destroyed starters, alternators, and batteries. The A/C compressors were not durable enough, the first one blew a chunk of metal through the condenser. In 1994 at 90,000 miles, the timing belt went out due to lack of maintenance and destroyed the engine. I still loved the car because it was like Tron and Knight Rider combined. It certainly wasn't the worst car out there, it never had a single engine problem, Check Enginge Light, or automatic transaxle problem.
Numerous small, but costly failures kept happening.
at ~90,000 miles, one cylinder was far below spec in compression.
My father said he never had any really bad cars except for a 1970s Plymouth Volare. He had to sell his 1971 Corolla because of his wife's demands for a bigger car, due to the arrival of the baby. When he divorced his first wife, he let her take it, and he proceeded to buy a 1979 Toyota Corolla. That '79 Toyota was one of my dad's most favorite cars.
When I grew up, my mom had a 1985 Nissan Maxima. That was the first year for front wheel drive Maximas, and it was a hasitily executed disaster. CV Joints didn't last, and they were extremely expensive back then. The P/S rack failed early and was insanely expensive at $1200. The scorching hot underhood temperatures constantly destroyed starters, alternators, and batteries. The A/C compressors were not durable enough, the first one blew a chunk of metal through the condenser. In 1994 at 90,000 miles, the timing belt went out due to lack of maintenance and destroyed the engine. I still loved the car because it was like Tron and Knight Rider combined. It certainly wasn't the worst car out there, it never had a single engine problem, Check Enginge Light, or automatic transaxle problem.