Its that way for all the domestics. If they don't get their lazy a$$es in gear then they are going to be left behind.
The stuff with the GM is nothing compared to how bad Chrysler annoys me. I just put a new engine in a 2003 Sebring w/ 57k miles. The cause for the failure of the origional engine was that the "all so thoughtful engineers" decided to make a timing chain driven waterpump. This concept works very well for timing belt motors, but not so well for timing chain motors because the tension on timing chains are so much tighter that they put too much stress on the undersized needle bearings causing them to fail too early. When they fail they start to leak. All the coolant just dripps into the crank case (yes timing chain motors require oil on the chain, so they are enclosed inside the crank case) filling the oil with water. And while driving with the leak before you know it your radiator is half way empty and your crankcase is filled with a gallon of coolant and 4 qts of oil. All the water in the oil removes the ability of the oil to lubricate the bearing surfaces causing major damage.
Another thing about this, Chrysler has no maintenance schedule for waterpump replacement on this car. Needless to say there is supposed to be a class action suit somewhere on the internet where owners are pissed that chrysler does nothing with this problem...
Some of my co-workers and I want to start our own thing called MADE. It stands for Mechanics Against Damn Engineers.
