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| RE: Car reliability according to consumer reports (cont.) | 20Relevance | 5 years ago | MountainManJoe | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| I completely sympathize with you brother. Always keep this in mind when voting for your leaders and tell all your friends. | |||||
| Answer to: Which Frontier should I buy | 21Relevance | 5 years ago | S1C EM | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Don't buy older than a 2010. You can search my posts elsewhere, but what you need to check are the radiator for signs of SMOD (look under the cap....if it looks like a frothy strawberry milkshake, turn around and leave) and the differential breather to be sure it hasn't corroded shut. If those things look good, you should be fine. I posted a list elsewhere, but stealing this one from a Frontier forum. Check the radiator part number on the one you're looking at against these: 21410-EA200 [seldom referenced, but may have been installed in some very early 2005’s.] 21410-EA205 [2005 – either 2/09 or 8/09. Listed on some parts websites as P/N 21460-EA205. There is some confusion as to when these were used. Some literature states until 2/09 and other literature states 8/09. P/N IS ASSOCIATED WITH SMOD. ] 21460-EA215 [2005 - either 2/09 until 8/09, see above. Listed as discontinued and replaced by 21460-9CAOE on Nissan parts websites. P/N IS ASSOCIATED WITH SMOD] 21460-EA265 [production dates unknown. P/N IS ASSOCIATED WITH SMOD.] 21460-ZL11A [8/09 through 2010 model year, isolated reports of SMOD.] 21460-ZL31A [production dates unknown. Listed as discontinued on Nissan parts websites , no known reports of SMOD.] 21460-9CAOE [2011 – 2015 model years – no known reports of SMOD] This is the part number for the most current version as of 11/16. | |||||
| Should I worry about unintended acceleration in a 2002 Toyota Sienna? | 21Relevance | 5 years ago | Jeffrey hughes | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Hello, I have a question regarding the toyota sienna. So I am thinking about buying a 2002 toyota Sienna with 120k miles for $3,500 (Private Seller). I really want to purchase it and use it as a daily driver, however I have seen many reports on the NHTSA site about random acceleration with the throttle body on toyota siennas in general. These reports are made on the very first model of the siennas as well as models all the way up to 2010. I've seen reports where people are just sitting in the parking lot with their sienna idleing and all of the sudden their sienna would autonomously accelerate very fast and end up in a accident. Should I be worried or not? If so then is there a way to prevent random acceleration? | |||||
| Answer to: Nissan Top 2 cars on Consumer Reports | 20Relevance | 4 years ago | avalon04 | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Well, that settles it! I am going out tomorrow to trade my 2004 Toyota Avalon XLS and my wife's 2013 Honda Accord Touring V6 (both of which are in excellent condition, by the way) and gets me and her a brand spankin' new Sentra and Rouge. Although this definition of 'Rouge' from the Oxford English Dictionary does concern me a bit: 😕 a person or thing that behaves in an aberrant, faulty, or unpredictable way. "he hacked into data and ran rogue programs" an inferior or defective specimen among many satisfactory ones, especially a seedling or plant deviating from the standard variety. | |||||
| RE: Car reliability according to consumer reports (cont.) | 20Relevance | 5 years ago | Dan | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| That paragraph refers to the Kappas predecessor, the Gamma. I perviously had a Gamma back in the day (that was built in China) and it was alright - they typically last about 150k miles before you’d have to do anything major (if serviced properly), Russians like to change timing chains early but I don’t think it’s worth doing. - The Kappa (shares it’s engine block with the Gamma but) has hydraulic tappets and a pretty advanced timing system. Oil consumption is an issue if you follow the recommended ~9k mile interval (15k km), but I’m planing to do it every 4.6k miles (7.5k km) as I’ve always been doing on all my cars… - The only thing I don’t like about the intake on that engine is variable intake geometry - I’d rather it be a simple non-variable geometry intake. But I actually like it way more than what’s under the hood of the Yaris Cross - it’s also plastic but huge and looks like it’d cost an arm and a leg to replace once it eventually cracks. - Yeah the Kappa ain’t the smoothest engine, it wasn’t a good fit for bigger cars (by euro standards, such as the ~2015 i30CW). but on a small car, it feels like a perfect fit although it’s slightly underpowered. and it although it’s a bit noisy it’s not nearly as loud as a Yaris Cross’ 3 cyl., that car surprised me because on my ‘09 Rolla I can’t even hear the engine going 70mph but on that thing that was the only thing I could hear. - The MPI 1.4 Kappa (there was also a T-GDI 1.4L kappa variant, and that wasn’t a good engine at all, unlike the regular thats an) alright engine, at least it doesn’t have high compression, isn’t a 3 cylinder, does’t have a turbo or GDI… it’s just incredibly simple. Same with the transmission, the last simple conventional automatic, all others are either CVTs or have like 8+ gears and I don’t like all of that complexity. | |||||
| Answer to: Car reliability according to consumer reports (cont.) | 20Relevance | 5 years ago | Dan | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Not really, It's basically just a jacked up Kia Rio ( - it even shares the same internal designation).It's about the size of the Kia Soul, a bit smaller, and has a much lower roof. (but has just a NA 4 cylinder mated to a 6 speed auto)-It's in the same category as a Ford Puma / Renault Captur / Toyota Yaris Cross and Mazda CX-3but without the terrible handling of Mazdas and lack there of basic amenities, and without the risk, complexity and ownership costs that come with an EcoBoost and a Powershift / Oil burning engine and a Jatco CVT / 3 cylinder with a complex "launch-gear" CVT... | |||||
| Answer to: Car reliability according to consumer reports (cont.) | 20Relevance | 5 years ago | MountainManJoe | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Well I hope the car lasts. Is it the 2.0L? Keep us posted how you like the car, and how Kia treats you. | |||||
| Answer to: Car reliability according to consumer reports (cont.) | 20Relevance | 5 years ago | InThrustWeTrust | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| From Wiki - It’s name is derived from the words "speedy" and "tonic". Is this the Seltos/Creta equivalent? | |||||
| Answer to: Car reliability according to consumer reports (cont.) | 20Relevance | 5 years ago | MountainManJoe | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| 1.4L Kappa II G4LC engine. Assembled in China Plastic intake. Reviews say it's noisy and shaky (harmonics at certain RPM, by design) At least you have MPI There are no hydraulics on the valves, so be aware of maintenance : Valve adjustment is usually carried out after 90,000 kilometers, or if necessary, with increased noise, from under the valve cover. The valve adjustment procedure consists in replacing the tappets that are located between the valves and the camshafts. The process itself is not easy and expensive. The chain drive is very reliable if you keep an eye on the oil level. But the manufacturer recommends replacing the chain, tensioners and dampers after 180 thousand runs. This is usually added to the replacement of sprockets, which is generally expensive ... The big drawback of the almost all-aluminum Kia Rio 1.4 engine is oil consumption. If the zhor has begun, do not be lazy to check the level more often and, if necessary, add it. Oil starvation is fatal for this motor. Increased noise is usually a sign that the oil level is low. You can't ride that long. | |||||
| RE: Car reliability according to consumer reports (cont.) | 20Relevance | 5 years ago | Dan | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| I know this ain't the forum, but I'm honestly scared of what's going on in Europe. It's beginning to become, as I see it, a scary place with these kinds of people saying crap like "imperialists" and continuing to dig out their own grave. They are heading a very slippery slope, a decade ago (in 2011) Germany's economy was 38% bigger than where I live, today it's 4%. France's was 30% bigger (in 2011), today Today they are 12% LESS - from my experience On the other hand, In the US 10 years ago your economy was 48% bigger, and today it is still 45%. Europeans have brought this up on themselves, and I as a very politically active person - am seeing how other nations are also doing so. The world's a scary place these days. | |||||
| RE: Car reliability according to consumer reports (cont.) | 20Relevance | 5 years ago | Dan | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Sorry for rambling but I just have to say that, Car ownership outside the US sucks. - not only does gas cost a fortune here, the kind of taxes I end up paying when buying a car are insane. 114% import tax, 17% VAT and a $500 annual registration fee (for the pleasure of driving on terrible congested roads and paying a 63% tax on fuel), pretty much excursion. - And I look at other countries in my area that don't have modern cars at all, and even farther out, looking at Europe, most countries either can't afford new cars at all OR are in a decade's long stagnation so that's also just a question of time (like the UK where their GDP per capita was 20% higher in 2007 than what it was pre-covid, or France that still can't reach 2008 levels) - for what I'm paying in the US I could've got a high-trim Camry 😢, It's not like I want an econobox that's what I'm being almost forced into buying. | |||||
| Answer to: Car reliability according to consumer reports (cont.) | 20Relevance | 5 years ago | Dan | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| oh good, they give you another crappy replacement engine. Such a a relief I mean it is still better than Toyotas way of saying "that's normal". But personally I wouldn't buy anything more complex from Hyundai-Kia than a Tucson / Sportage with a conventional automatic and a MPI engine. I mean, as far as corporations go, sadly that's what you have to do. Well, I put in a refundable deposit, I've chosen "Most Yellow" (or at least that's what I think it's called, in my order it just says the color code) and I can confirm, they are very yellow. Annoyingly delivery will take them months, It's a bit stressful with how unstable gas prices are and I hate spending so much money but with new emissions regulations I want to get a reasonably simple non-hybrid while I still can... plus these cars held their value well pre-corona and with the car shortage (+where I live most used cars from 2014 - 2020 are crap that won't last long Tesla Model 3, Kia Sportage (with the terrible DCT), Seat Ibizas (DSG), Skoda rapid (DSG), Fiat Tipo (DCT), Seat Arona (DSG), Renault Clio (CVT), Mitsubishi outlanders (CVT),... - I expect there to be a huge shortage on the used market in my area even after the new market recovers, I just don't see any of these lasting over 5-10 years especially with the terrible transmissions they all have...) | |||||
| RE: Car reliability according to consumer reports | 20Relevance | 5 years ago | Dan | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| @itwt wasn’t on purpose, but the site’s formatting has gone bad now… | |||||
| Answer to: Car reliability according to consumer reports | 20Relevance | 5 years ago | InThrustWeTrust | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| @dan Why are you double posting the same reply as a comment AND as an answer? Please don’t double post, thanks. | |||||
| Answer to: Car reliability according to consumer reports | 20Relevance | 5 years ago | MrBob | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Fires in Hyundia's and Kia's make them easy find in shopping mall parking lots. You just look for the smoke. Here is another deciding factor. Do you have any kids. | |||||