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Known problems by gsemike
May 09, 2006 (6:08 am)
Poncho and Superfatman, known problems are still problems. GM messed up the air conditioning, the shift solenoid and probably the headlights. Just because a problem in known, doensn't mean it's OK. This isn't the 70s where they get three years to work out the bugs.
 
I've had my Nissan for 3 years and 34,000 miles and have never taken it back to the dealer for any dumb problems like this.
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Re: Known problems [gsemike] by poncho167
May 10, 2006 (5:10 am)

Replying to: gsemike (May 09, 2006 6:08 am)

But where does Nissan rank as far as defects per vehicle? It is one of the worst ones for defects per vehicle, warranty claims.
 
As with most first year cars (look at Honda Civic forum) there are problems that need to be resolved. The issues with the Cobalt are first year problems.
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Re: Known problems [poncho167] by gsemike
May 10, 2006 (7:24 am)

Replying to: poncho167 (May 10, 2006 5:10 am)

FIRST YEAR PROBLEMS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE!!!!!!!! GM has you so used to this BS that you think it's completely normal. It's not and at the prices of even the cheapest cars today, we deserve better than a "few kinks to work out".
 
You can deride Nissan all you want, but my Altima is an early 2003 model (2nd year) and I haven't had to deal with any dumb stuff like the air conditioning leaking all over the interior, the car going haywire because I spilled coffee in the cupholder or the headlights acting like a fishbowl.
 
It's that mentality of "we'll put out a new model, claim that it's world class but we really will take three years to get it right" that has GM losing a billion dollar every quarter.
 
Ifr you dropped 15 grand for a first year car, you'd be OK with that? Why do you aim so low? This isn't the 70s anymore.
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Re: Known problems [gsemike] by mopowah
May 10, 2006 (8:55 am)

Replying to: gsemike (May 10, 2006 7:24 am)

It's not just a GM thing. It's pretty much been proven that most first year models of any brand can have teething problems. Just because you personally didn't have problems with your Nissan doesn't mean that Nissan was perfect in it's Altima launch. A sampling of 1 is not statistically significant.
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Re: Known problems [mopowah] by gsemike
May 10, 2006 (10:23 am)

Replying to: mopowah (May 10, 2006 8:55 am)

It's pretty much been proven that most first year models of any brand can have teething problems.
 
By most, you mean GM. In the year 2006 we should all expect better.

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