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#4 of 8 Re: AC Compressor blows up [stevew4] by ateixeira Apr 03, 2009 (10:22 am)
Replying to: stevew4 (Mar 26, 2009 6:13 am) Can we honestly expect any manufacturer to fix a part at 120,000 miles when the warranty was 36,000?   Are we expecting too much (waaaaaaay too much) from Toyota?   Let's be realistic, folks.   My '91 Ford Escort had its A/C system go out twice in the 107k miles that I owned it and Ford didn't cover either repair, nor did I expect them to given both occured well beyond the 36k mile warranty period.   If manufacturers keep fixing things forever for free you'd never buy a new car again. Replies to this message: wwest (Apr 04, 2009 7:08 am) ateixeira (Apr 10, 2009 7:56 am)
#5 of 8 Re: AC Compressor blows up [ateixeira] by wwest Apr 04, 2009 (7:08 am)
Replying to: ateixeira (Apr 03, 2009 10:22 am) "..Can we honestly expect..."   Yes, when it's clearly a manufacturing or design flaw the cost should be covered, at least on a pro-rated basis.   "...Ford didn't cover.."   Ford....no surprise there..... Replies to this message: ateixeira (Apr 10, 2009 7:56 am)
#6 of 8 Re: AC Compressor blows up [wwest] by ateixeira Apr 10, 2009 (7:56 am)
Replying to: wwest (Apr 04, 2009 7:08 am) A design flaw that worked perfectly well for 120,000 miles?   120k, it's not like it's 37 or 38k miles, very close to the warranty period. It's more than 3 times the warranty length.
#7 of 8 defining 'flaw' by pgregston Apr 10, 2009 (8:34 am)
My Seinna came with a seven year 70,000 mile warranty, which it was well beyond in miles when the compressor blew. I wouldn't say the flaw in this is in terms of the time or mileage served. Rather it is the fact that in the design of the minivan, it was almost like they had built the vehicle around the A/C system, since so much of the car had to come apart to replace every piece of the system. The nature of the failure - atomization of metal that is then circulated throughout the system- and the design of the car makes this repair a high proportion of the value of the vehicle. What we could ask of all manufacturers is to share data on failures. It would have been useful to know where on the bell curve this event sits. I could then have a realistic idea of whether or not it was within 'normal' or an outlier, whether I can expect another 100K out of the engine and trans or other major components etc. Replies to this message: ateixeira (Apr 10, 2009 10:27 am)
#8 of 8 Re: defining 'flaw' [pgregston] by ateixeira Apr 10, 2009 (10:27 am)
Replying to: pgregston (Apr 10, 2009 8:34 am) Now that I can agree with, though I'm sure automakers keep such info as confidential as they can, legally. Sometimes illegally.

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