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8 messages, Last post on Apr 10, 2009 at 10:27 AM
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Replying to: wwest (Apr 04, 2009 7:08 am) 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. |
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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.
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Replying to: pgregston (Apr 10, 2009 8:34 am) |
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