"Unsafe at any Speed" : The Truth about RECALLS | WheelHouse
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- Just because a car is brand new doesn’t mean it is safe. Sometimes manufacturers overlook (or ignore) critical safety errors in their designs, and let the final product loose on the public- with disastrous consequences. Here are some of the most dangerous cars ever made, and how they were taken off the road.
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Meanwhile, in my 1992 Jeep XJ Cherokee:
No airbags, non-locking seatbelts, ultra thin pillars, and no rear headrests. Basically, don't crash.
RamenNoodlz Gaming no driving means no working which means no money which means no food.
Artvandal
_Me, a car enthusiast:_ *I CALL SHOTGUN!*
I’d still buy one lol
Its a jeep, you'll delete anything you hit.
Maybe find a good place to live that you can go to work, go to shopping, go watch movie, all within a 2 mile radius
"People died for 11 dollars" - That one really hit me.
OneStepForward thats people who probably dont care as they dont drive one
It shows that serial killers aren't just the ones that go by stabbing and shooting people
11 dollars per car. I am sure Ford was looking to sell more than a single Pinto.
Don't cry.
Of course, 11$ per car. That means that you could die because Ford did not want to spend 11$.
Ford had your life on one hand, 11$ on the other one, and they decided to keep the 11$.
I value my life much more than that. What about you?
Nolan is killing it with these man, insane amount of research
I see your efforts bro, keep it up
And doesn't yell at all
James Meaney true, much better.
Unfortunately the information about the Chevy Corvair was gathered from Nader's book and the Corvair related information was found to be totally inaccurate in later years.
@@misterericsir the 1960-1963 corvair suffered form a rolllover defect due to a lack of a sophisticated suspension chevy recalled the corvair with the 1965-1969 corvair that got the suspension system it deserved but by then the damage had already been done
Yes but dont be mean to jame, he diffrent energy
Ah, The ford Kuga Eco Boost and it's spontaneous combustion in South Africa
Rab1dGAMER
One of my school teachers had one - never caught fire...
Brodie Bennett that doesn't mean they don't catch fire at all, I have a GTP supercharged grand prix that hasn't caught fire but there are plenty of reports of it
Rab1dGAMER built ford touch
You hear that everyone? One person's car never caught fire, that means they must all be safe!
Rab1dGAMER opened a few parking spaces
Do history of the nurburgring
She thick tho. Lol
Oooooh some american is gettingsaa trigerrrreeedddsssaaa
I was the 500th like
1 year later
Donut : *your request have arrived*
NOLAN PLS DO IT
Nolan is fkn sick with these vids great job man
Mike Arredondo I concur! Donut is keeping it 💯 with all of their videos. Don't stop, keep 'em coming!
NolAn dRinKs miLk
Papa Phumps would be proud
Thank you very much Mike!
He forgot about the Tucker, a car with several safety features well before it was mandatory, and safety features we still don't have today.
Engineers: "We need to find a way to avoid crashes"
Drunk guy: "Ayo bruh put TNT in the trunk"
7:19 this equation was actually mentioned in Fight Club by the narrator as a recall coordinator. His job was to apply "the formula". Take the number of cars in the field (A), multiply it by the probable rate of failure (B), then multiply the result by the average of the out of court settlement (C). A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, they don't do one.
My dad owned 3 pintos when he was younger and has told me stories of how he didn’t realize how deadly the car was until it was recalled
So, in reality, your Dad was a good driver of a decent car that was sensationalized, because other drivers rear ending BS?
I had a pinto that was gonna be my car when I turned eighteen
@@bootslangley4875 I don't give a shit how good of a driver I am, I ABSOLUTELY am more worried about other cars on the road, so maybe not having my car explode when it gets rear ended wouldn't be such a bad deal.
why 3?
Alex Movsessian different years and engines, a 2.8 V6 and two 2.3 4 banger
i have a interesting suggestion for a topic for WheelHouse. can you please do a vid on the history of Pop up/concealable headlights? there was even a train in Japan that had pop ups as well as numerous suzuki motorbikes
We've got a lot of requests for Pop-Up headlights so it is definitely a possibility :)
ayyy sweet as
btw much love to the content.
Headlights go up
Headlights go down
Headlights go up
Headlights go down
Claudio Bizama You can't explain that!
nice RCR reference Claudio
btw
UP DOWN UP DOWN UP DOWN UP DOWN
One thing that always freaked me out about older cars was since the exteriors were so tough there was no crumple zone to absorb impact force meaning if you get into a head-on collision your body is going to be taking a lot more force upon impact.
The risk/benefit analysis was done for the NHTSA and is standard procedure. In fact, the NHTSA itself calculated the cost of a human life in a 1972 study at $200,725. The Pinto wasn't more dangerous than other cars of its time; people only noticed because of the media. _Unsafe At Any Speed_ targeted the Corvair, Texas A&M did a study for the NHTSA and found that it wasn't any more dangerous than other cars of its time, either. Neither the Pinto nor the Corvair was more dangerous than other cars of the time, yet they got all the press while the other, equally unsafe cars, were ignored. While recalls are important, we need to also focus on general safety.
So to summarize, the government and banks won't do anything till someone makes a book that everyone will read.
I've got a different one for you: change doesn't happen until someone dies
eurosonly apparently not. That's why the book was made.
We all must demand what is fair to get it or else we would be slaves and it's slowly coming to. Not only with cars, but with knives, guns, missiles, tanks, money, jobs. You must know your self value and tell everyone what you are valued and do not ever think that you are less just because other people think they are less, now you must give it your all though. You must be good at what you do. You must have value. Where I am now, I wish I can tell the boss I want to get paid more, but I really am not in such a great position. Bill's have to be paid, but this is what I have learned from life. Do not ever mow a lawn for $20. Not even when you are just starting.
@@eurosonly Change doesn't happen until their gonna get sued and lose money* They certainly didn't change the Pinto 190 times.
Facts
That t-shirt is awesome. Just a simple glass of beer😂
Kimmy Rask
The irony *xD*
Simple man, simple shirt
Where can I get one??
Assa mug, brah!
@@jamesoneill8133 your nearby police department
My grandfather, Lynn Bradford, was the one fighting Ralph Nader to recall the Pinto; succeeding and saving lives. He witnessed some of the burned victims, got had the crash testing authorized and funded and shot the footage at 6:00. He still has the original film reels and photo prints of the explosions. I couldn't be more proud of this and the other car safety improvements he fought for, and designed in some cases. Here's some docs of him. www.autosafety.org/staging/wp-content/uploads/import/NHTSA%20to%20Nader.pdf
Here's the full story if anyone is interested.
books.google.com/books?id=tsWpCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT147&lpg=PT147&dq=ford+pinto+crash+testing+footage+lynn+bradford&source=bl&ots=KLGg9144_d&sig=wophUrOy4qQ-T5M84_T4mx-AAKI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjppP7Nzt7bAhXEtVMKHQtGBTkQ6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&q=ford%20pinto%20crash%20testing%20footage%20lynn%20bradford&f=false
I was lucky enough to grow up hearing all kinds of stories about Detroit in the 50's (Great grandfather worked for Chrysler in the 50's and bought the first 1958 DeSoto electronic fuel injected engine. He and some friends swapped it in the family station wagon).
It’s the Corporations, man!
Curtis Campbell monopoly
greed people + government power to limit others from join in the game.
that's why we can't get JDM.
Owen Bunny at least we have safety regulations I guess?
Lol i read this with a hippie accent 😂
Did you guys know theres a car that can run on water? On water man! - hyde 1970
1:51
The manufacturer gave no craps about the driver
that clip was insane.
SpaceMissile, I agree!
Wtf i see u everwhere
Ow, my butt
They still don't, it's just regulation that keep them checked and they still sneak in dangerous designs for money from time to time
So that's why Mater from cars is a tow truck
NADER, not MATER.
@@GiordanDiodato lmfao 🤣
7:19 Fight Club anyone?
You broke the 1st rule...
Ahh but do we really think Tyler Durden was a good person? That rule, and the second, were only there because the narrator wanted to be everything that Tyler was, and one of those things happened to be an authoritarian power figure. Your willingness to accept those 2 rules shows your susceptibility to authority. Tyler even says himself that we have no purpose or place, so why place yourself under a rule set when the whole idea is to be what you want, to be free from all purpose or place?
I scrolled a bit to find this Peyton. It seems their technique of being merely civilly liable extends way past 1978. A year after Fight Club released they passed laws to make them criminally liable which is incredibly interesting. Perhaps Fight Club made an impact. Many of us feel it did regardless of this fact.
I'm still waiting for a recall on my 02 altima and the floor-pan rusting through, don't think that one is ever going
to happen though. lol
Don't forget that it costs a truckload of cash to fix, both for the company and for its shareholders
I swear to god Justin isn’t even a car guy, plez go back to comment awards and write stupid comments bout jojo’s bizzare adventures or whatever that is...
Justin’s even at donut media now?
Ur everywhere
Aye dude
I understand that haha you are everywhere but i mean c'mon you are EVERYWHERE like i've never seen a subgenre without a comment of yours. Are you a but, multiple accounts? explain
Biggest problems are not the manufacturers, but drivers being lulled in a safety haze. Just because your vehicle has a 5 star crash test rating, doesn't mean you can plow through traffic with reckless abandon. Don't get me wrong, selling a known defective product is wrong as well. I'm not advocating the Ford pinto or anything. Never would I suggest buying a pinto. Or a dart. Or any dodge Chrysler jeep product. Jokes aside, motorists really need to be aware of they're surroundings and drive responsibly. The problem with most modern vehicles is distractions, not safety. You can't use a cell phone while driving, but yet, you have this giant touch screen in the center of the dash, along with several buttons on the steering wheel. Older cars had a radio and heat/a.c. that was about it. That's why I love my 03 Celica gt. It has the bare essentials. That's it.
I get the same feeling. In my intrepid lol I don't really care too much if someone were to hit me, I don't want it to happen for any reason because that cost money and time and injury etc. but I'm not going to get heartbroken over it but even then that particular concern is there: I wonder if some dough head will run their toaster into my car because they needed another new one. I'd be pretty pissed.
In my XJ on the other hand is my toy and my life I've had for 20 years. It's caged and reinforced, heavily modified, basically a race car. I've put my life and soul into the vehicle, doing everything from the ground up. It's got roll up windows and a heating duct and some lighting, barely an interior buuut it's 400hp 5spd 4wd, full custom suspension with steam roller semi slicks. And someone leaning on it wrong would make my blood boil and the thought of some brainless zombie driver in their safety toaster would just willy-nilly plow into it without a care in the world scares the life out of me. I mean, I'll walk away even in a nasty crash but just the thought of thousands of people that would just drive into someone because "Oh well! :D :D :D :D 2018 safety mobiles!" all around me gives me the indication that what we are saying IS the biggest threat on the road.
CanadaBud23 I would love to see the xj any videos?
I have some vids of it before I started doing the chassis work. I had the stroker done for it at that time. Was nice, had about 320-330 whp roughly. I'm building it again with a much bigger cam and top end work. Should be pushing 400 when I'm done. I bought some go pros and stuff to have while at the track for this year so I can get some vids at the road course finally lol. This year I'll be posting again since everything mechanical is pretty much done. I'm actually waiting on the rest of the engine parts today.
CanadaBud23 awesome, I'll check them out and subscribe. Feel free to check my Russian camo Celica gt
Reaper Redni9e Exactly mate but these modern car lovers will never get it.
9:31 Well done, effects department.
"Which car company do you work for?"
...
"A major one."
Great video Nolan!!
Vinnie Madrox 69 likes
@@45ok73 nice
the hell did they put humans on there 01:51
i know it's an old days they didn't have dummies
CyberIndoGaming that guy better got payed well
cars back in the 20s and 30s are solid , dont worry
yeah, that was insane.
CyberIndoGaming Well if the price was right, the humans became the dummies.
Charlotte Dunois being solid is not good for passengers, you need crumple zones and bits and pieces detaching and flying off in order to get rid of as much kinetic energy as possible during a collision.
why does he have beer on his shirt when it should be milk????
8:35 here in Brazil one cop crashed his car, but it looked like he had taken a stray bullet because of the Takata's AirBag
That tommy boy scene killed me, rip the legend.
rcav your firearms are useless against them
The cars in South Africa that are setting on fire are... (drumroll) FORD!!! I guess Ford isn't the best company when it comes to safety.
Chevy fanboy alert
It was the Ford Kuga, if I'm not mistaken.
@@slapshotjack9806 false, while my family does own a Chevy, we have also had a Ford and my favorite brand is between BMW and VW
Alex Halgreen yeah I’m just jokin around because if someone mentions something bad about ford people think they’re a Chevy fan
@@ramenlover1727 unless you want to stop
volkswagens supercars are notorious to flame up for no reason ( porsche, lambo, audi )
They tested everything that Ralf Nader claimed about the corivair using badgers personal corivair, they said it was all a lie. It handled like a dream. My friend had one, it had one issue, the belt kept slipping off, so he found a redesigned belt for it, no problem
WHERE IS THAT SNL CLIP WITH THE PINTO I NEED IT
5:33
THEREDCAP: World's Crappiest UA-camr its in a movie called top secret I’m pretty sure you can find it on UA-cam
7:50 flexibility or flexability? 😂
FLEX TAPE
I can almost see those botched keyframes
My only problem with the autonomous aspects of cars nowadays is that people might forget how to drive on their own. That's why I have a car from 2004 and not 2010 (I drive an IS300).
This is why I love Volvo tbh they really care about safety
2:07 the eyes man, it's all about the eyes 😍
Just want to add this, the corvair did not have a “flawed” suspension, it had a swing arm style suspension very similar to ones used in iconic cars like the porsche 356, VW beetle, and Mercedes Benz 300sl. And it is one of the best handling cars of its time period, Not to Mention one of the first production turbo charged cars. Ps the tire pressures are located on the inside of the glove box.
Agreed! Even Nader lists features in Unsafe at Any Speed where the Corvair was ahead on safety like having the gas tank recessed from the front for protection, uni-body construction, and the updated design for 1965 which went to full independent suspension. The NHTSA even debunked Nader's claim of suspension issues in 1971.
Just found out my car has Takata airbags. You are LITERALLY a lifesaver. Thanks a million.
I'm victim to recall. remember that thing that happened with early 2000s GMs with the weird keys that would weigh down the key on the ignition? it was actually a thing that we had to get fixed. pretty interesting to see this video talking about things like that. thanks guys!
Pls mention the fieros catching fire, pls mention the fieros catching fire!
Burgundy Burnouts fieros do catch fire. And overheat. And blow heads. And just plain fail. Cheap and fun for a couple miles, tho. I had a buddy who owned one, said it was dependable. I assume it was a Pontiac recall, damn thing slipped thru the cracks, hahaha
you guys are so fucking stupid, anything with the iron duke caught fire because it leaked oil onto the exhaust manifold. fiero's didn't catch fire. fiero's didnt overheat, you guys are far from reality on this one. in regards to overheating, mongoloids are like, "car, lift car like other car" the fiero was a space frame design you can't lift it from the coolant lines.
Reaper Redni9e after I'm finished putting my new 3800S3 I built in my firebird me and my friend are doing a L32 supercharged 3800S3 swap on his fiero, it's gonna be glorious!
Rudywtf the first gens overheated all the time resulting in blown heads. And there really wasn't anything space aged about the car. It was a good idea, but failed in comparison to the better built Toyota mr2. It is noble to defend the underdog, but pointless.
Rudywtf www.pontiacproblems.com/recalls/Fiero/1985/
Can we get a Wheelhouse episode on pop-up headlights? Who’s idea was it? Where’d they go? Why do we love them so much?
Screw Ralph Nader. Now that's out of the way, the Corvair is as safe as any car of the day. The issue with the suspension was fixed in late 1963 and at the same time, Volkswagen's Beetle and Porsche's 911 used almost identical suspension setups and powertrain layout. Watch Hagerty insurance's video on the Corvair. They tried to roll it over in normal and abnormal conditions. I am the proud owner of a 1964 Spyder and am planning on driving the wheels off of it.
Kevin Miller yeah screw that guy who lead to safety features being standard so if your dumbass gets in a crash you would have a less of a chance of dying. It’s his fault that less people die in car crashes now.
i have a friend who works at team Toyota who told me that one of the new Toyota Sienna has a recall on there rear trunk opening up by its self. wow just imagine you were just at shop rite an bought a crap ton of grocery an put them in your trunk an when going 60 on the highway the trunk opens an all your stuff fly out. i learned of the 2011-2017 honda odysseys having a recall on there second row seats tilting foward in other words its slowly crushing you.
3:26 Is that a Delorean dmc 12 I see? Holy heck that thing is like a tin can!!!!!
No mistaking it.
The way the door popped out completely gave it away.
5:33 LOL 😂😆
I've had this conversation with friends. A manufacturer will not issue a recall until it's less expensive to do so than it'll cost them otherwise. It's all about money.
I have a motorcycle that had a couple of flaws that most owners just fixed then complained that the manufacturer wouldn't do anything about it. I kept telling them it wasn't going to change until the company was forced to deal with the results. I didn't fix mine, I just let it go and one day while I was riding to work, my bike caught on fire. It was a small electrical fire that stopped when I turned the key off, but the damage was done. My bike was still under warranty, so the dealership fixed it, and within a few months the manufacturer issued a recall for that electrical wire routing flaw and everyone's bikes were fixed... because paying a mechanic for 10 minutes worth of work was MUCH cheaper than the $1200 worth of warranty repair they had to do on my bike.
Shoutouts from South Africa! The car Nolan mention catching fire is a Ford Kuga. As soon as it catches fire, the fusebox is damaged and doors will not be able to open (electronically actuated). Yay, so then you’re stuck in a burning car
Oh that's fun!
0:24 great job bringing Alex Jones on the show. Never thought I'd see the day.
THEY'RE RIPPED OFF MY FLESH OFF!! XD
Today, fords small cars still exploding. Just in the transmissions though now. Their idea of progress? 🤔
stuart booth Ford makes good luxury cars Lincoln and Jaguar
+The Shield define "good"
Ford doesn't own Jaguar anymore
Tendai Manomano Ford is the parent company of jaguar
The Shield No I'm pretty Jaguar was sold to Tata
I know thsi comment is 5 years late but i just became a donut fan. I just want to say my appreciation for the indirect way this video shows that books anbd articles from one person can influence major policy changes that will have saved countless lives
Remeber, if you buy a car from 2016-2019 there was a recall on power steering. You need to get your blinker fluid replaced immediately!
1:53 lmao bruh what the heck, we just gonna ignore that?
Is your head tilted or just your glasses?
lego technic I read this halfway through the video and now I'm uncomfortable
Omg
Crooked ears
Another major issue when it comes to safety recalls is getting the customers to come in and fix the problem. I work at a Honda dealer and we have been told of people that have died after an inflator ruptured and they had been called, mailed, and emailed and the customer refused to come in. We have a special team now that goes door to door replacing inflators because we cant get people to come in.
I personally talked to a guy while I was replacing the inflator at his house that he didn't think it was a big deal, after all he is a good driver...
I did 1,000+ airbag inflator recalls in 4 month in 2017. And a further 150 in 2018 and 7 so far this year. Though im grateful that Mazda jumped on that straight away
honda has been recalling those airbags since 2007.
You got that from fight club bro!
Yes!!! I was thinking the same thing and looking in the comments to see if anyone agrees
You broke the first rule...
1:55 Holy shit! His head fell off!!!
My dad, who grew up working at my grandpa's used car lot and repair shop Ed's Airport Service in Santa Monica, bought a hardtop '62 Corvair Spyder to restore with my sister for her 18th birthday as her first car. He knew that the car's reputation was not earned and that it truly is one of GM's top 10 cars ever made
I’ve seen what the Takata air bag can do to people first hand. I’m a firefighter and we got a call for a two vehicle accident and when we got there we only had two injuries both relatively minor but serious enough to be transported. The first injury was to the driver with cuts on her face and chest and her young son in the middle seat in the back had the same injuries which we thought was weird because none of the windows broke out. Turns out the car they were in had been recalled because of the airbag. Having seen that I am furious that Takata was able to get away with putting money over lives.
The whole time I was watching this video I kept thinking of that scene from fight club about the "recall formula".
Edit: typos
So it’s that guys fault for the death of pop up headlights
Over priced Hat
And the rest...
I don't like him.
It's also his fault for saving millions of people. I've been in two minor car accidents, both were minor thanks to a foam core between the bumper cover and metal bumper. I have a friend who has totaled 3 cars, thankfully the airbags went off in one, and the other two having crumple zones, kept his body safe. Designers will always have to design around car safety and often they can't help but make a shitty looking car, but there are still plenty of newer cars that look good AND are safe.
Yeah man. I’m sure if it wasn’t for Nader, pop-up headlights, water beds, and disco would still be alive today...
When did I say all things done are good? In fact at the end of my comment I even said many designers end up with a shitty looking car, but some end up good and safe. I don't understand why people have to make such blanketing statements over the internet, it doesn't fucking matter and nobody fucking cares.
Billy McCock you clearly do
What I find amazing about Nader is that the car companies tried to smear him by suggesting he didn't even have a driver's license. As if to say "What should he know about cars, he doesn't even drive one!"
But...that's 100% consistent with his thesis that cars were unsafe. If anything you'd think they'd get more mileage (hehe, pardon the pun) out of proving he DID have a car. "See, he claims cars are unsafe and yet he still drives one!"
It became a PSA at 9:16! Love the educational easy watching content!
''Mr. Iaccoca what will you do about the Pinto?!'' Just don't crash luuuuuuul 4head
What about the modern Pinto the Jeep Liberty 2002- 2007 and the 1993-1998 grand cherokees? They got off easy by installing a trailer hitch which still didn't work. They grilled VW for emissions yet direct deaths from Chrysler not so. The government ignored the blatant evidence and ignores domestic failures.
VW probably has more money, they always go after people with deep pockets, even if nobody actually got affected.
TessellatedGuy Yes but people were killed even after the Nhtsa BS trailer hitch install.
I have a 2005 jeep liberty and have been hit in the rear twice before getting the recall done. One even hit the gas tank. No leaking or any other issues. I love my Jeep.
MBisFrenchy cuz murica
wrong,those libertys are extremely safe, and i personally know of two accounts of accidents involving that particular generation.
now i have to listen to break my stride :D
5:49 oh no i got to keep on moving aint nobody gonna break my stride im running and i wont touch ground
Love the Tommy boy reference 👌
they need to put Ralph Nader's face on 100 $ Bills
Yeah its better to die y know
I doubt it. Too many beautiful examples out here. Designers just had to figure out how to integrate safety and design. Plus without him a minor fender bender in today's cars would have been you getting impaled by a piece of the car or being thrown out of the car totally.
Fuck that guy.
Marney Olson You are dead either way in a crash at over a 100km/h
987654321 I survived a crash at 165 mph thanks to my seatbelt tensioners and side curtain airbags and knee airbags, so you’re wrong lol you fucking idiot.
7:51 why does flexibility change spellings?
My dad owned an unrecalled pinto for sometime and one person crashed into the back of it and somehow didn’t explode. True miracle.
the fact that this channel doesnt have 1 million subscriber yet is a crime
Flight Club 7:08
Four Eyes the shoe reseller store?
Rev Up your.. oh wrong channel
Ever heard of Bela Barenyi? When talking about car safety, this is the man a video should be made about.
Man. Wheelhouse is becoming so much more than I was expecting from it. Keep up the interesting videos!
I wonder if ralph nador worked for volvo 🤔
Jean-Jean Plays Ralph Nader was a douche, killed one of coolest cars, the corvair
Reaper Redni9e
Safety is necessary, but it's also boring...
I miss chrome overriders, wooden wheels and Lucas toggle switches *:(*
Brodie Bennett I miss hidden headlights, pop ups, and white letter tires.
@@reaperredni9e605 he didn't kill the corvair. GM did
Easy... Just get a Volvo 240 or SAAB c900.
The best of Donut: Nolan and James!
How ironic I get a recall on my 2009 Silverado in the mail today and this pops up in my recommended 😂
I still have Takata airbags in my Saaburu
By the way, if it wasnt for James, I never would have found my car, my 9-2x. Thanks guys!
Could you guys cover the Volkswagen Jetta?
One word. Takata.
Mustanglvr007 - Tia tanaka
i still have old Takata Airbags
My Subaru has a recall for a gasoline leak in the engine. It's a $25 hose. But the labor is over $1,000 to put it in because the engine has to be stripped to the block. The proper fix is once you have everything apart, one should replace all the hoses.
My dealer refused to fix it. I wrote to Subaru HQ and they forced the dealer to fix it. Not only did they not fix it after keeping my car for 3 days (waiting for parts that they never installed), they loosened my intake manifold hose so I would have to go back. I have been driving a car that smells like gasoline and could explode at any moment for 10 years.
A new car built by my company leaves somewhere traveling at 60 mph. The rear differential locks up. The car crashes and burns with everyone trapped inside. Now, should we initiate a recall? Take the number of vehicles in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one.
$11 back then would be $58.70 today.
Hey man there is no price greater than someone’s life.
They went 60 mph when there were no safety features at all, I think that proves that we can raise the speed limit because modern vehicles can keep up and be safe at speed
Kyle Pasta I don't know about that, people knowadays in America can't even handle 60 mph, let alone higher. Speed isn't the issue, it's driver awareness and ability to compromise with others on the road. It would be a hard fight to raise limits just because we have more gadgets, there is still the human factor at play.
This Takata issue is huge! I work in Toyota here in Spain and we receive vehicles because of this recall DAYLY! Almost 20 cars per day. And this numbers are the same in every authorized official dealer in all the country.
Ralph Nader hated so much cars and when it comes to bicycles he was furious/mad/hate/ craziness
*cough* Pinto *cough*
His glasses are crooked and now that's all I can focus on....
Thought I was the only one who noticed that
That car here in South Africa is the Ford Kuga btw. The Kuga memes were amazing.
Here in Asia. manufacturers didn't even put front beams on cars, heck even some cars don't even have proper crumple-zones to keep the cost down and make more profit. What's worse, they put more safety standards on the export model, unlike the models sold locally.
If big nameslike Ford and Chevy had spent some cash to save lives, we wouldnt have mandatory safety bullcrap that kills both design,handling and weight of the cars
What makes a car to become a rocket bunny??
vicc Hc silly ricers turn cars into rocket bunnies
That Ford Pinto skit where the truck just touched the rear bumper........could not stop laughing BWUHAHAHA XD
WhenI was growing up, my mom had a 2003 Honda minivan that I absolutely hated. Anyways, I remember on multiple occasions having to take it in to Honda for airbag recalls. Like, multiple recalls issued over the years. No idea if it was for different airbags or what, but even as a little kid I easily realized that’s not great that there were multiple recalls on those airbags.
The biggest trend I see is that America is very resistant to change. Japanese, Germans and now Korean car makers were proactive in making their cars the best possible and that's why they actually sell. America needs to change its hard-headed conservative approach if it wants to succeed. I can't trust a company that says no to fixing a problem because people dying for their mistake is cheaper.
SONICR I agree, we’re still stuck using the awful standard units. Metric is superior.
I bet I just triggered a lot of people.
I've learned both metric and standard systems and using standard simply feels more natural to me. Yes, I am American.
guys. just buy a Volvo and your good
I have a volvo
Wheelhouse & Science Garage are the best shows man.
I drove Corvairs for years, never had the problems Nader said they have......but they were the 2nd generation and the suspension was redone and it was excellent.