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Originally Posted by R.S-HawK
You do realize they've basically labeled the car as completely unreliable? Which, regardless of this small annoyances that have presented themselves, is a complete lie.
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I don't know what planet you're on but these cars do have significant mechanical issues. It's not all taillight condensation. When I have to have a tranny replaced at 5800 miles, that's serious. When I find out tons of people on the same forum have the same problem, that's an issue.
It's a first year car, I fully expect the quality to go up. But for this year, it's not a mechanically reliable car for a lot of us, especially if you drive it as advertised.
As for CR, they actually do an awful lot of field testing on cars, it's not all user input. Which makes me think a ton of people on here don't know how consumer reports works and should probably stop sounding off on them.
Sure, they dumb down the adjectives for a 6th grade reading level because almost all publications do that, and they have to sell subscriptions. But they're one of the single most comprehensive databases of end product reliability, they do do their homework and verification to a decent standard, and they pour through a lot more data than anyone here has when researching cars and products.
The best part about that is they KEEP MANUFACTURERS HONEST. They hold them accountable. Honestly, you should be grateful that they took a blowdryer to our beautiful, unique snowflake because it gets Subaru/Toyota's attention, and forces them to increase QA/QC and improve products year to year. Manufacturers pay serious attention to Consumer Reports and many other publications. When they don't, you get things like the Pontiac Aztek and company failure.