Australian Land Rover Owners - View Single Post - My ability to buy faulty goods continues.

p38arover · #18 (**permalink**) 9th April 2007, 08:08 PM

Back in 1993, I bought a new TV that cost about $1000 then. It's been faulty ever since new and Sanyo couldn't fix it despite it going back for repair several times. There is a fix - in fact BradTot sent me the info (which I can't find) but I don't have the circuit diagram to work out how to implement the fix.

I also bought another TV from another supplier and it never worked properly from day 1 - it couldn't keep vertical sync and the picture continually rolled. It went back for repair at least 6 times to be returned with NFF (No Fault Found).

The there was the TV I bought two years ago that failed shortly after the warranty expired.

We won't mention the Ford Probe we bought that had a faulty wheel bearing that made noises that the service dept couldn't hear or the gearbox that failed that they blamed us for. They claimed we drove it too hard. Odd that the under warranty replacement box started to do the same thing (and which was fairly well documented on Ford Probe sites). That's when we got rid of it.

Nor should I mention the odd noises our Forester is making and it's only 2 years old. My wife can't hear them - yet.

I could hear ticking from my P38A shortly after buying it but the mechanics couldn't. I think it was the slipping liner that eventually necessitated an engine replacement.

I should be used to it. I have never owned a reliable car in 42 years of driving. That includes Toyotas.

Ron