Although there's many unreliable cars out there mostly crappy automatic transmission lol. If automakers offer a manual transmission on all years and models on their vehicles will it be reliable?
You can't say all manual transmissions are good and all automatic transmissions are bad. So many manufacturers have made and are making great automatic transmissions which have no issues. Change their transmission fluid on time and they'll last. Manual transmissions too; good ones are good and bad ones can give you a ton of trouble. The transmission alone can't define reliability. Yes manual transmission has less to brake and less of the automatic complexity, but for purposes of reliability that is not the defining factor alone.
Funny you should ask
No machine, even if perfectly designed and built, can survive a bad driver.
So basically, just run a macro to append this post to every question on the forum.
@dad2lm2 LOL, that would be akin to inciting WW3..
There are two major components to making a car go. The engine and the transmission.
A manual transmission won’t do you any good if the engine is unreliable.
it really depends case by case.
Sometimes, a manual is a way better option. Like a ford focus. alot of them had solid engines but awful automatic transmissions. But if you got a manual you'd be okay, and it would end up being a dependable car.
Another example is the 2013 (I think) mustang, they went from a nice 5-speed to a lousy 6-speed, and they have issues. My friend is constantly saying how she doesn't like the way her transmission feels.
Do you think all manual transmission vehicles reliable?
No - there are plenty of crap manual transmissions that are worse than the average auto.
From Ford's MT82, GM's M32 to Nissan's RS5F - all terrible.
Also Toyota's C50 is not known for holding up even with just a 1.6L.
(The one in my Corolla, C50A (automated) is on it's way out at 119k miles)
mostly crappy automatic transmission
Depends, for example, a manual Nissan is still crap.
I had a Renault with a manual - the first thing (out of many) to break was the manual transmission.
And with Hyundai? their regular conventional automatics are more reliable than their manuals.
I agree with the above that manual is generally more reliable, but you can overgeneralize.
One other factor, though is cost and complexity of service. Your average DIY car owner is not gonna do a major rebuild on any transmission, regardless whether stick-shift or prindle. But for routine stuff like changing transmission fluid, adjusting linkages, and so on, manual transmissions are much more DIY-able (and cheaper to work on) than automatic or CVT.
