Best And Worst Used Cars

[Pearl02]

I just read a article on Yahoo about the best and worst used cars to buy. the survey was done between 98 up to 2007 used cars. No ford vehicles was on any list. I guess that's good. Chevy,GM and Pontiac had alot of vehicles that made the worst list. Poor GM. Pearl02.

 

[DBMSTNG]

i'm sure cavaliers and sunfires were on that list for worst used cars. they are major p.o.s.'s

 

[SilverBullet00]

I have had horrible luck with Pontiac's.. I don't think I could ever buy one...

 

[Pearl02]

i'm sure cavaliers and sunfires were on that list for worst used cars. they are major p.o.s.'s

They didn't make the list. Pearl02.

 

[40th GT]

No ford vehicles was on any list.

yay

 

[deftsound]

gm FTL

 

[Spro]

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[LaserSVT]

 

[Flghtmstr1]

I thought I remembered the Mustang making the list a couple of years ago.

EDIT: for best, not worst

 

[Mike97gt]

I thought I remembered the Mustang making the list a couple of years ago.

EDIT: for best, not worst

I am not surprised... The mustang is very reliable for what it is.. another ford to look at for relability is the fusion, We have sold a ton of these things and have a bunch of them in our rental fleet and have not had any issues with them..

In two years that the fusion has been out i can count the amount of cars that came into my dealer for non maintence work on one hand...

one of them was mine ( creaking noise from passenger seat) and another one had a module problem.. I am sure some other came in that I did not see or came in on my off days but thats still impressive

Only issues I have seen with the 2005+ mustang is SJB ( smart junction box) issues and some cars with a knocking noise in the right front

BTW our warranty work at my dealer are down 80+ percent since 2000 some of that is that ford is selling fewer cars and trucks but much of that is a big drop in warranty claims per unit.

two fords i would stay away or have checked out really well are...

1. Windstars... Stay AWAY far AWAY, many problems, the P/S pump and rack fail on just about all of them, electrical problems and the earlier models 95-98 had head gasket issue, transmission issues on 95-2001

2. 02-04 explorer... Rear wheel bearings fail often, rear springs break.. Also front wheel bearings fail quite a bit, transmission issues, rear axle seals, 4x4 control module issues.. really poor e-brake design that is prone to failure and expensive repairs. New explorers are fine but these three model years have had some problems..

 

[40th GT]

1. Windstars... Stay AWAY far AWAY, many problems, the P/S pump and rack fail on just about all of them, electrical problems and the earlier models 95-98 had head gasket issue, transmission issues on 95-2001

2. 02-04 explorer... Rear wheel bearings fail often, rear springs break.. Also front wheel bearings fail quite a bit, transmission issues, rear axle seals, 4x4 control module issues.. really poor e-brake design that is prone to failure and expensive repairs. New explorers are fine but these three model years have had some problems..

Ouch. Now these are the reasons why people make up ugly acronyms for Ford.

 

[BurningRubber]

Older Explorers seem to be tanks.

Specifically the OHV 4.0's backed by the 4 speed auto. Not as smooth as the SOHC 4.0, but it has more down low grunt thanks to being a pushrod motor.

The SOHC 4.0's had that nasty timing chain tensioner issue, and those 5 speeds seemed more problematic than the 4 speed prior to them.

 

[Mike97gt]

Ouch. Now these are the reasons why people make up ugly acronyms for Ford.

true.. but all makes have good and bad models..

Other than the transmission issues with the 02-04 explorer the other stuff is somewhat minor.. Now the windbag thats just a hunk of trash..

Older Explorers seem to be tanks.

Specifically the OHV 4.0's backed by the 4 speed auto. Not as smooth as the SOHC 4.0, but it has more down low grunt thanks to being a pushrod motor.

The SOHC 4.0's had that nasty timing chain tensioner issue, and those 5 speeds seemed more problematic than the 4 speed prior to them.

they fixed the timming chain tensioner issues in 2001 the newer models have a redeigned chain guide and tensioner and I have not seen any fail. The 4.0's in general will run forever if they are not run out of oil..

the 5r55's have had quite a few issues (except for the s197 mustangs they seem to be fine in that car) but it has been replaced now by a totaly different 6 speed auto ( in explorers) that seems good so far..

BTW a new series of 6 speed transmissions for the rest of the trucks ( including superduty) will be out next year..

 

[bdcardinal]

svttech, how many 6.0s do you guys do? thats the biggest warranty one right there for us, as we do a lot. also the 6 lug front rotors on the 04+ 2wd F150s warp too easy.

 

[nine2oneGT]

you wanna talk about the worst car... dodge neon

 

[04DarkShadowGT]

I think the Pontiac G6 was on the worst list I read somewhere. My wife drives one, its not bad but I wouldnt buy one unless it was cheap.

 

[BurningRubber]

true.. but all makes have good and bad models..

Other than the transmission issues with the 02-04 explorer the other stuff is somewhat minor.. Now the windbag thats just a hunk of trash..



they fixed the timming chain tensioner issues in 2001 the newer models have a redeigned chain guide and tensioner and I have not seen any fail. The 4.0's in general will run forever if they are not run out of oil..

the 5r55's have had quite a few issues (except for the s197 mustangs they seem to be fine in that car) but it has been replaced now by a totaly different 6 speed auto ( in explorers) that seems good so far..

BTW a new series of 6 speed transmissions for the rest of the trucks ( including superduty) will be out next year..

Windbag...



Thats good to know they fixed the timing chain issue in 07. We had a 97, but it got fixed a few years back.

It also had an issue with the tranny, but I cant remember exaclty what it was off the top of my head. All I remember about it is the dealer pulled the engine to fix it.

6 speed auto will be sweet.

 

[BEASTang96]

just great! now i find that i have a lot to look forward to with my 02 windstar that we've had for 2 years. we havent had any troubles yet so just maybe we got one of the good ones.

 

[danongentry]

I'm surprised the list wasn't made up entirely of Chryslers. My wife had a 99 concorde for about a year, then I noticed some white smoke coming out of the tailpipe. Then the oil started to get nice and milky. SOOOO I traded that piece in for a 98 mustang gt. Seems like every chrysler I've seen since then has had the same white smoke coming from their exhaust. Really wouldn't surprise me if it was a company wide problem....if Daimler's German engineers can't manage to make Chrysler vehicles work better, then Chrysler is F-U-C-T.

 

[hskrs10]

I'm sure in a few years that list will have the Fusion on it. "as one of the best" I seen on yahoo it was the best new car for under 25K. I have a new 08 and one of the best new cars i've owned.