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Originally Posted by VoltsFRS2013
The "issues" with the new gen are extremely blown out of proportion.
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That's just true in general for just about every problem with every car.
Remember the Fiero? What's everyone "know" about Fieros? That they caught on fire, right?
There was a specific problem with a small number of the 1984 model that, if someone ran them with basically no oil could cause the connecting rod to fail, blow through the engine block, and dump any remaining oil onto the exhaust manifold. Boom, fire.
The solution was to not try to run your car without sufficient oil (good advice for any car).
But what everyone remembers is that Fieros were always just a notch away from bursting into flames.
The Twins - a tiny fraction of a percent of them have actually lost a motor to what
might have been RTV. (Varying degrees of certainty) But "ZOMG RTV!!!11!" is what everyone wants to talk about.
The big scary stories are the ones people can't ignore.
Of course some of it is just good PR/Marketing. Ford recalled nearly 9 million vehicles in the 1990's for faulty ignition switches that could cause spontaneous fire (through no fault of the owner). About 370,000 Fieros total were built over 5 years, of which about 260 caught fire (with no deaths).
Yet Fiero's got the reputation of being fire traps. Ford was able to manage the story well enough not to get the same association (or at least not so permanently ingrained in public consciousness.)
Point is: we tend to remember the stuff that is big, loud, flashy, etc.