Thread: Crappy cars - the worst new or modern car you’ve driven.

All of them!
Even tho not so new ones .. ie. from yesteryear-ish.

I used to enjoy my dads little Peugeot 307Hdi. great little car, drives awesome for a clapped out(by dad) 20 year old, sort'a 'sheet' .... box.

The more I learn about these new 'peaches of sheets' .. the less I like about how they have been designed to not be restorable in the future.
Stupid stuff like install new part, and you got to have software to tell brains that new part has been added! It's totally stupid.

So for me, all new cars are lemons.
Yeah, I spend lots of $s to get software to get nowhere with it, only to find out later that lesser $s, but elite hacking skillz were needed instead.

From an actual driving point of view tho, Kia small-ish some drone cage of some variety. Maybe the Rio. About a '19 model. Company car we sometimes have to use to get to a job. Utter garbage to drive. noise levels in cabin sound like similar to 80's Pootrolls on worn muddies. Had to endure 2 hrs to Philip Island in it a few weeks back .. and still haven't recovered. Fine(and kind'a OK to drive) if road surface is new and smooth, but rough or coarse road surface(near on 100% of Aussie roads) .. it's barbaric what it does to the occupants.

Other extreme was the Ssaynong Musso brother had for a bit(sold due to not needing ute any longer). So damn nice to drive compared to either of the two big players in terms of NVH. Just a pity my stooge brother bought the idiot level 20" 35 aspect ratio tyre/wheel option .. ride quality suffered.

BIL new Ranger, constant faults, Ford can't fix it, Ford Australia just fobs him off with BS, possibly going to demand a new car if not back in 2 weeks with no further issues but it has been given back a few times only for faults to return within days

Addendum re the Haval - it nearly caused a significant accident today - while driving down the freeway this arvo we entered an 80KPH roadwork zone - 2 lanes, me in the left lane doing 80 on the Speedo and the GPS showing 76. The lanes moved to the left where some barriers were with well marked temporary lane markings and as a car in front of me in the RH lane followed their lane around and I started to do the same in my lane (all good, everyone happy) the car locked the brakes on suddenly and started flashing a light and an alarm going off - while this is all well and good you might say as it thought I might have had a car cut me off - it didn’t and I was well clear of it, the poor bugger in the truck behind me (who was probably a little close) swerved and locked everything up to avoid the now much slower Haval that’s done all this **** on its own and damn near cleaned up 2 other cars in the process. Luckily no accident but close - all because I can’t turn the ****ing driver aids off when I don’t need them!

No good the ****ing price of **** avoiding an accident - or in this case a non existent accident if it causes another!

Do the ****wit engineers even consider this when implementing the tech?

And riddle me this - while we know this is a driving aid, and ultimately the driver is responsible- how the **** do I avoid this situation?

It’s going back tomorrow for a replacement for something that won’t try and kill me - so much for a 5 Star safety rating - who thinks up this crap?

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Originally Posted by discomatt69

BIL new Ranger, constant faults, Ford can't fix it, Ford Australia just fobs him off with BS, possibly going to demand a new car if not back in 2 weeks with no further issues but it has been given back a few times only for faults to return within days

There were only 2 vehicles I was told a strict NO to when ordering for work - Navaras - as the last ones **** the bed within 100KKM and Rangers…

We have two Rangers here,both have had issues,one less than 12 months old,the other almost 3 yrs.

And one of them they dudded us on purchase with supposedly HD suspension,which really wasn't HD,number of leaves and thickness no different from standard.
The dealer refunded the money for the so called HD suspension,no questions asked,even though they persisted to say it was HD.
We had to get the suspension sorted on both of them so they could carry the weight we have in them all the time,without the rear sagging.

Back to the 'Oh what a feeling brand',but unfortuately sometimes they dont have the model spec we want,or the wait time is too long.

First generation BMW X5 4.4 V8 all time worst vehicle I have ever owned. In 2 years it needed the engine replaced twice after self destructing and requiring tow truck recovery. Also replaced radiator, thermostat and self leveling suspension control unit and more which I have managed to block from my memory

Third engine was on way out with same symptoms but BMW dealer said was nothing wrong with it. Got that in writing and included it with the car when sold it

After I sold it worked out vehicle had spent half of the 2 years of ownership in the dealer where it was having an affair with the mechanic

Replaced it with a Range Rover as could not deal with the BMW quality. Have owned a few Range Rovers and never had a serious problem with one. Would never own another BMW

Couple of friends had the same BMW at the time and all had problems with the vehicle just not to the level of mine. Of course if you asked they would say all was good but if you pressed them the stories would come out. Once one said something the others would also have a sad story to tell. One keeps going back for the BMW quality even though has problems with each

First generation BMW X5 4.4 V8 all time worst vehicle I have ever owned. In 2 years it needed the engine replaced twice after self destructing and requiring tow truck recovery. Also replaced radiator, thermostat and self leveling suspension control unit and more which I have managed to block from my memory

Third engine was on way out with same symptoms but BMW dealer said was nothing wrong with it. Got that in writing and included it with the car when sold it

After I sold it worked out vehicle had spent half of the 2 years of ownership in the dealer where it was having an affair with the mechanic

Replaced it with a Range Rover as could not deal with the BMW quality. Have owned a few Range Rovers and never had a serious problem with one. Would never own another BMW

Couple of friends had the same BMW at the time and all had problems with the vehicle just not to the level of mine. Of course if you asked they would say all was good but if you pressed them the stories would come out. Once one said something the others would also have a sad story to tell. One keeps going back for the BMW quality even though has problems with each

I tell customers to stick with brands that have a good foot print in Australia and therefor in general a better customer support.

Hyundai, Kia, Mazda, Subaru and the king of mediocrity Toyota (lets face it if you buy a corolla your likely to never have any issues).
The current Mitsubishi models are fine, but the next generation are likely to be more Nissan/Renault sourced due to the 3 joint venture

Avoid
Another great **** sandwich to avoid is anything from Stalantis which includes fiat, Chrysler, Jeep, Peugeot, Citroen, etc
The brands from the convicted criminal organisation (Volkswagen) which include - VW, Audi, Bentley, Skoda (and a few more that arent worth mentioning)
Any Chinese brand, poor sales, poor build quality equals poor service support. The Chinese block or put massive tariffs on Australian export at their whim, when and how it suits them, but it's ok for you to buy their cars? which include Greatwall, Haval (which is Greatwall), Volvo, MG, LDV, Saic, Polstar (volvo), geely, Byd.
Jaguar Land Rover - poor build quality, poor R & D
Ford, Another great one for terrible customer support.
Tesla, like most American brands they suffer poor build quality and are very anti consumer. New models to Australia are also made in china.