Recall Notice

[Water Boy]

They required a lot more maintenance than just points and greasing. They needed plugs, caps, rotors, points, carburetor maintenance, more frequent flushings of all sorts of fluids. The bodies and frames rusted sooner. They were a lot heavier, so brakes did not last as long. My 2000 ford F-250 went 100,000 miles with no needed tune up, i.e. plugs. New cars use computer control to alter the fuel air mixture, so they run better under different conditions, (winter chill, summer heat, high altitude). They get better gas mileage as well. For the most part, cars last longer today, with less maintenance. Not saying there is anything wrong with older vehicles, just that the modern vehicle, as a general rule, is more dependable.

WB

 

[buck12]

I wonder what the goverment is going to do with the 16 mill ?nice take.

Probably give it to government motors.

 

[kenmac]

Probably same. PS solenoid or something like that. My limited understanding is you just loose the power, it will still steer. And cycling power will restore it. Overall though, cars in general are way more reliable than they used to be. For the most part you can drive anything 100K today or more with very little or nothing to complain about. I agree they keep looking for ways to save a penny on mfg and that could be the cause of most of the failures and recalls.

The entire steering had to be replaced.. There is an electric motor mounted to the steering column that controls the ps