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You need to understand what they offer
Posted by AeroEd [Email] (more from AeroEd) on Thu, 26 Jun 2014 19:04:41
In Reply to: CR Used Car mag - harsh on Saab 9-5, Dano in Texas [Profile/Gallery]
, Thu, 26 Jun 2014 12:41:41
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Their reliability info is based entirely on what reader surveys give them.
If you want to blame owners for not understanding what is being asked, that's fair, but that would also apply to the owners of other cars..
I don't believe that they actually "recommended as a do not buy" but rather indicated its reliability as "less than average". Actually, over the years it has often been recommended.
I don't know the particulars of any Tacoma review, but they will certainly review new models, and might even give them top scores for their category. They will conclude that review as stating (something to the effect of) "but we can not recommend it due to lack of reliability data". Maybe this caveat was not included (verbatim) when the Tacoma was introduced.
Regarding their 2004 9-5 reliability, they have:
- Better than average
--- engine major
--- transmission minor
--- driveline
- Average
--- transmission major
- much worse than averag
--- engine cooling (can you say coolant bypass valve)
--- fuel system (perhaps throttle bodies)
--- engine minor (could be variety of things, perhaps CPS, perhaps duplicate categories)
--- electrical system (all together, repeat after me - DIC)
Can anyone honestly say that this doesn't sound somewhat typical for a 10-yr old 9-5?
Ed
A whole bunch of 9-5's, in spite of DIY fixes.
->Posting last edited on Thu, 26 Jun 2014 19:08:04.
Posts in this Thread:
- CR Used Car mag - harsh on Saab 9-5, Dano in Texas , Thu, 26 Jun 2014 12:41:41
- Re: CR Used Car mag - harsh on Saab 9-5, andym, Sat, 28 Jun 2014 19:47:12
- CR used to pan all Saabs 20+ yrs ago, EricG, Sat, 28 Jun 2014 15:35:29
- You want to buy a new ink jet printer? A dishwasher?, bill h., Sat, 28 Jun 2014 06:47:37
- You need to understand what they offer, AeroEd, Thu, 26 Jun 2014 19:04:41 <-- Viewing This Message
- IMHO, reading CR is a waste of time, MI-Roger , Thu, 26 Jun 2014 17:48:58
- agree 100% NM, tonystarks, Fri, 27 Jun 2014 09:37:37
- Re: IMHO, reading CR is a waste of time, westernny, Fri, 27 Jun 2014 07:05:12
- Re: IMHO, reading CR is a waste of time, dtechakacheaptech, Fri, 27 Jun 2014 05:27:22
- Re: CR Used Car mag - harsh on Saab 9-5, dtechakacheaptech, Thu, 26 Jun 2014 12:52:39
- Re: CR Used Car mag - harsh on Saab 9-5, Tom G , Thu, 26 Jun 2014 12:51:34
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