I lost the original link to the list, so I just Googled for it.
Two things:
1. It appears that list was from 2007, not from 2010 as I first thought.
That may explain why Toyota's later problems didn't make the list.
2. In my lifetime, I've owned one car that [almost?] made the list. I
had a 1972 Pinto Wagon.
I say "[almost?]" because the wagon wasn't prone to burst into flames in
a rear end collision because they'd had to move the filler neck to the
side to accommodate the rear hatch. It was kind of a strange little car.
One thing I remember was that all of the hardware on the "Made in the
USA" body was metric, while all of the German made engine hardware was
SAE standard. Go figure.
I put so many miles on it that I wore the lobes off the overhead cam
twice. Having the engine rebuilt cost less than $500 both times. The
first time it went in to be rebuilt was when I got to keep my
father-in-law's pristine 57 Bel Air for a week as a loaner. And since my
wife didn't know how to drive a manual transmission I didn't have to share.
If that Pinto had a manual transmission, I might be driving it still.
3. The other car I owned that I don't know how it escaped the list - and
the only *NEW* car I ever bought - was a 1980 Chevrolet Citation. I
traded in the Pinto for a 5 Door hatchback.
It was the nadir of Chevrolet's descent into cheap plastic interiors,
but it wasn't actually a bad car otherwise, although the transverse V6
turned out to be one of those "have to pull the engine to change the
spark-plugs" designs, and Chevrolet had no previous experience with
designing a FWD automobile.
Nor did their mechanics have any clue about working on them.
I had it in to the dealer several times for a grinding noise it made
when I had to accelerate in second while straightening out from a left
turn (which I did every day when I left the house to go to work).
They replaced the synchronizers, then they replaced the left side
transmission case, then replaced the whole transmission and never
managed to stop the noise from recurring for more than 1,000 miles.
Put me off from owning a FWD car for many years. Now I recognize that
noise is just worn CV joints.
Although, if they wear that much in less than 1,000 miles, I'm going to
be mighty pissed off.
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