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Call me old-fashioned, but I don't think you should be making deals that enrich your enemies. Corporate America doesn't care about that, but they didn't care about that in the 30's either.
Unsafe toys are being re-called by Mattel. Chinese brand
re-labeled tires are coming part faster then Firestones!
All to save a buck. We are the stupid consumers who vote for cheaper products.
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SUVs and Smart Shopper
Also, considering "Corporate America" in the car industry is on the ropes vs. the Japanese, the alternative to buying a vehicle with less Chinese content likely means buying a vehicle made in Japan (= little to no North American content). For example, the RAV4, Highlander, and Mazda CX-7 are nearly 100% Japanese. Not sure about the CRV.
That being said, I agree that I'd rather see an engine from the "free world," preferably the US or at least North America, both from a quality and "feel good" standpoint.
Anyone else have this problem and know how to fix it?
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Your statement caught my attention:
"I would really like to support American car companies. I'm not willing to pay extra to do it."
That's the biggest problem in this country today. American jobs are being lost because too many people are not willing to to support American products. I for one can hold my head high when I say I drive a Pontiac, but everyone I know hangs their head when you ask them where their foreign car was made. Good luck and have a great day!
I havent spilled much, but anything as simple as water leaves a discolored ring on the seat. If water leaves a ring, I'd hate to think what a cleaning solution would do, so i'm a little hesitant.
Any advice?
Thanks
I just return from a two week vacation to Japan, and I was surprised to find water under the carpet on the right rear passenger area :surprise: . I am going to remove the back seat and find out where is coming from. I lift the side of the carpet and placed a very absorbent cloth (had to do that two times a day, going on my second week doing that!). I noticed a hose that runs across the floor in that area; I think that is the hose that brings water to the rear seat area. I will let you know........
1) Both front wheel bearings were replaced (20,000 miles)
2) Air hoses that keep detaching causing the check engine light to go on (had it in the shop more than 5 times for this issue- finally the service people found a GM bulletin on the problem)
3) A bolt came loose from the oil pan during an out of town trip over Christmas and got sucked up into the flywheel pretty much destroying thousands of dollars in parts
4) Starting issues- vehicle turns over but the engine doesn't kick in right away- after a couple tries it will typically start but it is hard to replicate for the service department
Before my warranty expired I tried to address the issues and non-resolvance with the dealership where purchased (Walser in Bloomington, MN). The salesman was inattentive, the representative they gave me was unhelpful and just tried to sell me an extended warranty and they even tried to sell me a newer model. The service rep told me that GM gives you a 36,000 mile warranty so that all the kinks can get worked out- don't you think they would work out the kinks before they manufacture and sell a vehicle?
After contacting Pontiac they were even worse than the dealership. I weighed the costs and decided it would cost less to buy an extended warranty and deal with the issues for three more years than to trade in a vehicle with a long service report and get the disappointingly low trade in price the dealers are offering.
we all know chevy,gmc,buick and saturn have the lambda series midsize crossover suvs. chevy,saturn,pontiac have the small crossovers,,the equinox,torrent and vue. i have read about the 2010 equinox and 2010 gmc terrain, but nothing about the 2010 torrent and the vue recently recieved a redesign. since there is much speculation about the future of pontiac, will pontiac cede the torrent to buick? this would give gmc,chevy buick and saturn each a midsize and compact crossover. the compact crossover segment seems to be a popular market segment. what do you think will happen?
1. At 17000 miles replaced both wheel bearings.
2. At 10000 replaced ignitions switch.
3. Service warning light kept coming on and the dealer couldn't find anything wrong so their guess was that the gas cap was not tight. I just happened to be under the hood inspecting the filter and found a hose had came loose from the filter box, attached the hose and the service light went away. Had to us Ductape to keep the hose on.
4. Tires wore out at 18000 miles. Tires were rotated and balanced per the owners manual but because the tires wore even, GM said that it is not covered under the warranty.
5. The car now has 52000 miles and it is in the shop to have the front Rt wheel bearing replaced and the rotors replaced.