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Same but don’t know replacement vehicle will be, hoping to just not need the car with remote work. Received 3 recall notices for our SUV last year: anti theft Kia boyz, trailer-hitch-wiring-spontaneous-combustion-so-park-outside-until-we-issue-a-fix-that-is-still-pending, and a catastrophic engine failure replacement class action lawsuit that we had to use the recall for as the engine suddenly seized up and they fully replaced the engine.
I loved how they say “park away from structures” as if most people in cities have the luxury of doing that or may not even have the option to park somewhere other than an assigned or owned parking spot?
Spent last fall wondering whether our car would be stolen or spontaneously combust first. It was measurable constant anxiety for most of the year.
Full retard capitalism.
Chrysler is not even recalling a lot of problems I see on their vehicles. I’ve had 3 Pacificas with loose LF axle nuts and no recalls There are other problems from their other vehicles too and no recalls. At mazda they recalled ridiculous stuff, like the corner edge of the rear door on top rubber seal was too sharp if it came loose, so we had to fill it with glue.
They do install immobilisers as standard?
Oh wait, just not in that one country that doesn’t require it lol
You can always count on corporations to do the right thing because of the profit motive, right? /s
Honestly if there had not been this much fallout this quickly, you would have seen at least one other manufacturer do the same thing.
Chevy had vehicles kill people by trying to save pennies on an ignition part that holds the key in. The ignition key would fall out causing accidents because the steering, airbags and so on would get disabled at that critical point. They knew about it and tried to cover it up which internal documents revealed and had a slap on the wrist.
Land of the Free Cars
Are you going to have to sell at a discount because of these issues? Couldn’t you get an after market immobilizer installed?
Even if they got an immobilizer, people might still try to break into them given their reputation for being easily stolen. At the very least, they’d have to worry about broken windows and messed up steering column stuff. It’s probably a decent idea to sell and move on if they can afford to, although I’d personally go with another brand than Subaru.
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I was gonna recommend a newer mazda (newer than 2014) as it is often best for the money from what I’ve seen lately, but if you are in the subcompact market, Crosstreks are pretty hard to beat. Been reviewing the market as well to maybe get a newer car in a year or so I’ve looked a reviews on a lot of drivetrains. I’ve heard of some issues with older crosstreks (mostly just issues with oil consumption, and some CVT fears), although if you are getting new/very slightly used they probably would be great choice (probably better with the 2.5l engine). I am a bit biased as my mother used to have a outback with an EJ engine (those would reliably blow a headgasket, or two in her case), which probably has tarnished my view of boxer engines for long term reliability, which is why I generally don’t recommend them.
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Since you are looking at a crosstrek coming from a car with poor security, be aware that the crosstrek doors don’t have an auto lock option. If you forget to lock them, they will stay unlocked. Outbacks do have this option, so it’s missing by design.
Blew my mind when I realized this feature was missing, as my 15yr older car had it.
Also the missing power seats on the passenger side is cheap as all get out, even in the nicer trims.
Id recommend that if your heart is set on a Subaru, go for the outback. It’s the car with actual features and isn’t that much larger than a crosstrek.
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But then there’d be no excuse to buy a new car
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*While total car thefts remained about the same
“Meanwhile, the theft rate for all other makes of cars stayed about the same.“
FTFY
No, that’s the opposite of what I’m saying. Based on H1 data, there was only like a 2% overall increase.
Though maybe that 2% is explained by this huge increase in Kia? That might be, that might be.
This is what happens when there is not regulation for this shit: some dumbshit MBA comes up with a bright idea to save $5/car by removing an “unnecessary” part that every other manufacturer has. The people higher up okay it because it increases short term profit and their payout. By the time things shit the bed, the executives that signed off on it already sold large shares when the stock price went up and the MBA dude is already a VP at another company. Rinse and repeat.
And they settle the lawsuit for about $22 per vehicle so its not even as if they lost anything. Just their customers loose.
Yeah my buddy and his wife just had a kid and then 2 days later someone stole her Kia. Quite a rollercoaster of a week for them.
Why do they keep fucking up in the US? Lol
Greed.
Part of the problem is lots of places in the US are no longer prosecuting theft. The police arrest them, the prosecutor gives them the listest possible bail, and they’re immediately out again. This has caused police to not even bother. Why risk it when there’s no real consequence?
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