Mitsubishi Outlander Test Drives

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• piast Member Posts: 269

  January 2007

  "Toyota however has such strong leadership in the marketplace, quality reliability previous owners swear by them, despite higher price"
  Really? How about extended warranty on Toyota's V6 engines because of sludge and engine failures few years back? How about recent leadership in recalls?
  http://www.petitiononline.com/TMC2003/petition.html
  http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/direct/view/.ef0adfa/50
  http://www.siennaclub.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=14316
  http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/direct/view/.f10d6e2

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• suv4betsy Member Posts: 38

  January 2007

  Yup.. heard about Toyota engine problems, and I do have a post in the forum about the recent truck bearing replacement. Toyota was forthcoming with the recall campaign for me. Just don't buy a 97-02 engine I have an 04. Ok, I see one of the statements with 144,000 miles.. didn't know you could keep a car past 100K just kidding!! I've given up with long-term ownership, agree taken care of they should last, my experience is otherwise. The Passport is falling apart and before that I had a VW Passat it too had expensive suspension and axle problems, I think I had to get rid of that one near 70K, must be all those potholes. I regret not buying the Subaru on that one, it would have lasted better than the Passat wagon the Passat had better leather interior trim at a better price, but I paid dearly for the repairs later.. it was a lemon, including door handles that snapped off twice each handle over $100 to replace, I'm done with VW. It pays to keep good records for repairs though, I had a new Acura back in 87, over a year after I had problems with the ignitor and nearly $500 in repairs, Honda (Acura) reimbursed me in full for all repairs including all towing charges after finally starting a recall campaign. They still had troubles getting the part to work reliably, but from that point forward all those repairs for specific part of course were free. Understandably there's a cost to the frustration of taking a car back to the shop, let alone being stuck 7 stories underground in parking garage with a car that won't start! CR could probably update their lists.. they might have a lot of unhappy subscribers following their Toyota recommendations. My impression is Mitsubishi is in good standing with them no models listed on the avoid or bad bets. I'm very interested in what the Outlander has to offer, but the wife has the final say on this one. I hope she gets a chance to test it soon before the rebate expires on the Toyota!! Actually, I still love the design of the Isuzu Rodeo (Passport), we'd probably buy another one if they still made it, but they are on life-support, I think there's only one dealership left in the whole state where I live.

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• kellenbence Member Posts: 11

  January 2007

  I have pearl white ext. and tan leather interior with two tone black and silve VERY SHAPE.....not cheap looking at all.

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