I use to have a Chrysler 200, wasn’t a bad car. Only thing that went out was the thermostat which was common on them. Otherwise it gave me good faithful service the time I had it, trades it for a tundra. Don’t regret it. As for Tesla, they are cool, and accelerating in them is fun but interior felt cheap for the money. The auto braking was atrocious at low speeds and I don’t enjoy you have to access everything from the screen. I could buy all the 99 Camrys ever and each of them will outlast the Tesla and go further miles wise in one trip.
For the prices of Tesla, the interiors are way lacking. IMHO acceleration is over rated. Sure it's fun, but it's uncomfortable and dangerous to accelerate that fast most of the time.
I watched a guy on RU-vid fix a Kia Sportage that had a loose connector, under the front hood, under the fuse box. How he found it was fascinating. The car had been to numerous Kia dealerships, and nobody had found the real issue. One loose connector plug, under the fuse box, into one of the several fuse box blocks, in the fuse box. What an amazing catch by that mechanic.
@@Yellow-Rose I wished I knew this when my 2012 Kia Rio started taking a crap on me every couple of weeks. I was so glad to see the salvage guy take it away. Motherflap Kia.
Informative Video thanks, however, I have a 2023 Tesla Model Y Long Range and its the best car we have ever owned. We have a range of 330 miles. It did cost us $600 to install a Tesla charger at home, but got a $300 rebate from out Utility company. It cost us .11 cents per KWH (48 Miles per KWH) while charging at home off peek. We drove it from Indianapolis, IN to Mesa AZ without "Range Anxiety". You just put in your destination and it guides you to the appropriate Supper Charger, tells you % of battery when you get there and how long to charge it, not sure where you got the 8 hours charging time from, but the average time was 10 minutes to 20 minutes for us. At our rental house we use the 110V standard plug to charge and yes it will take up to 12 hours, but for running around town we do not needperfect
I've owned my 2012 Hyundai Elantra for 11 years and have had great service with it. I'm sitting on 264,000 miles on the clock and still have the original AC system and no major repairs and still don't lose any of my fluid levels between oil changes. This has been the most reliable vehicle that I've ever owned and I've owned a lot of different makes including Toyota's, Honda's and Nissan's and a few domestic cars and trucks. Just do your research before you buy.
I’m glad you pointed out the charging situation with the “LEAST STALE TALES” ahem, I mean TESLA. People think buying one is cheaper than a gas car. I’m an electrician here in south Florida and to upgrade a home service is between 3 and 5 thousand bucks. Keep giving good advice. Love your channel.
Florida electricians are ripping people off. The charge connection is nothing more than a dryer outlet. NEMA 14-50 outlet at Home Depot is adopt $15 bucks. Sure you my need to add some wiring. But 3 to 5K is a ripoff.
@@maga6319 My never garaged 12 year old Sportage with 310,000 miles. And my wife's 13 year old never garaged Optima with 145000 Miles suggest that I made the right decision in putting my hard earned after tax dollars into reliable wheels. Never have to add fluids just keep the oil changed and follow service recommendations and they'll return the favor.
@@lonniebeal6032 My wife's Optimal has 145000 miles on it. I believe people have unrealistic expectations out of their cars nowadays. My family's had lots of cars over most brands and getting them to a hundred thousand miles without having to get a new starter, an alternator, a transmission, or a headliner, window motor, water pump etc. Was considered a good car. So far it's been absolutely trouble free for the thirteen years we've owned it. At this rate considering everything stays working I believe I'd have to consider spending the money for a new engine to get another 140000 or more out of it. Alot cheaper than new.
All of the above cars are true junk and only imbeciles buy them. Tesla buyers are real idiots, brainless and complete imbeciles. Wait till the day comes for these idiots to trade-in or sell their junky Teslas and find out that their horrible Teslas are now worth about $20K less that they thought because of the cost of the battery replacement. All idiots who buy electric cars will be facing this horrendous huge loss due to battery replacement costs which is criminally and insanely super expensive.
I was a Chrysler corporate flat rate line tech for two decades at a very large dealership. Started working on mopar because they were always broke but easy to work on. Quality really went to shit with the huge overprice Pacifica and the rear drive 300. Warranty and recalls were killing my paychecks so i got out into manufacturing. Mopar and the rest of domestic trash are meant to be junk about the time it's payed off.
My Mother once had a 2010 Jeep Patriot with a 2.4 and CVT. It had stalling issues too. I don't know if they ever worked out the problems with those but the CVT even had some sort of failure while with less than 40,000 miles. It was repaired under warranty. We don't have it any more. We traded it for something else. We would come to a stop at a light and then it would just stop running. Or one time on the road I could feel it wanting to stall. Other than that I never was in any other vehicle that had a stalling issue. The worst thing is that although it could be restarted it was sometimes hard to do when it happened. It starts up fine when parked on parking lot or driveway but when it stalls it is difficult to restart. I am glad she was rid of that thing. I was fearing for her that it could be a potentially deadly problem depending on where it happens.
I have an '18 Sportage, bought new. Other than having the knock-sensor software "recall" done, it's been flawless. No oil consumption, no coolant leaks, no suspension or brake issues. Not sure where you're getting you're info from...
My ex had a friend that bought a grand Cherokee with 40k on it. It didn’t shift well. I looked in the glovebox and there was a record from the dealer about inspecting and reprogramming it at 7,000 miles due to bucking. Same thing every few thousand miles. I told her she needed to return that pile of junk. It goes without saying that it was way overpriced with a garbage interest rate.
every car maker seems to think that a software adjustment is the key. well, if the mechanical parts are junk, you can upgrade the software all u want and wont solve the problem of a crappy "hardware" car.
Chrysler and Jeep owner for the past 15 +years. No issue no major problem at all unless you count battery of a minivan died a few months after 3 years warranty ended but Mopar still offered to replace it for free. Auto over the air update of the infotainment system messed up the system and caused some inconvenience one time but got fixed over the air update very soon. Overall experience is equal and better than my Japanese cars and suv’s i owned and own. And the pentastar is VERY reliable and rock solid although it may not be one the most fuel efficient engine out there. Still MPG is not too bad tho.
It's been a very cold winter here in Colorado, but my Lexus and Toyota vehicles have been rock-solid in the cold and snow, especially my GX460... 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
I have a 2020 Kia Stinger GT limited since brand new, no issues at all, actually one of my most reliable car and previously I had a Hyundai Elantra that car was reliable as well, before that I had a couple of Audi’s and Bmw’s those cars has issues oil leaking, transmission problems etc.
Yes the Tesla needs to be on this list. Spot on about not having high enough AMPERAGE in your current circuit box. Standard is 100 Amps, and if you charge one of these Teslas on a 220V service you start losing the AMPERAGE for other large appliances in your home, washing machine, etc. Upgrading to a 200 Amp service can cost a few thousand $ USD... if you live in a apartment you don't have the ability to upgrade anything so running an extension cord out your window on 120v will take you 48 hrs to fully charge up !! Ludicrous. My regret is not on your top 5. as ive said on your channel before, My only car i didn't properly research was a 2013 BMW X5 which i bought used in 2018 w approx. 94k miles and sunk nearly $2k in repairs over 8 LONG MONTHS ! traded it in for a 2013 Lexus ES350.
In Sweden and Finland, I don't know Norway, but I think it's the same. People use 11kW chargers (3 pfase 400 V), 55kWh in five hours. Some others use 3.7 kW chargers (2 phase 240 V and 16 A fuse, which many newer houses get along with even though the heating also is electrically. In Sweden Tesla's are popular among the taxi drivers/companies, who drives 500,000 in maybe 4-6 years. Two very important things with Teslas are, a very functional media system and pre heated batteries. To be able to use the capacity of fast chargers in cold weather the battery need to be pre heated an this starts a number of minutes before you arrive to a predicted charging station. At least here in the Nordic countries electricity is, or has been and will be in the future, quite cheap, and gasoline and diesel will not be cheap in the future, and isn't cheap now. Diesel about 2 USD/litre!
@@Jagshemasher unfortunately I’ve learned the hard way ! I’m now a proud owner of a 2002 Lexus ES300 after selling my 2013 Lexus ES350. Best car I’ve ever owned
I agree on a lot of his reactions to the cars. Yet not everyone has the kinda money he has to buy things like a Ferrari or Lamborghini etc. sometimes you have to go with what you can afford. A lot also depends on how you maintain it.
A good maintenance routine will go a long way to avoiding many of these headaches. Ford's 5.4L 3 valve V8 are notorious for seizing up due to lack of oil change maintenance. But with a bit of love and diligence, they can be decent (not great) performers.
I have a 2015 Kia Sedona SX minivan. Bought with 72k miles and now have 92k. Engine and tranny are still solid. Really enjoy the interior. The only minor issues I've had is broken brake light switch pad ($3 part), software upgrade needed to fix parasitic draw from the memory seat controller, and a broken sliding door latch. Small stuff -- still rolls and has great power. Oh and the exterior plastic panels around the B and C pillars are cracking.
Don't know where you get your Kia and Hyundai in the US. Where I live, we get them straight from the Sohari plant, South Korea. In the local market that's been long dominated by Toyota, Kia is gaining grounds every year.
I have been driving my optima for years never had any issues. I drove from Washington to Indiana. One day i drove from Rochester Indiana to drop people off at Denver airport and go back the same day never had any issues. and after my job there i went back home in Washington never had any problems. A month later i go back to work, drove from Tacoma Washington to Oxford Alabama never had any issues and back home never had any problems whatsoever. Until this day KIA baby is still running like a champ. Before all those trips, the car was at 160k miles. So i called “KIA IS A GOOD CAR”.
You got the nail on the head. Attractive styling, people mainly like the looks of new Hyundai/KIA/Genesis products which is what draws them into the showroom floors and their notorious warranty that gives their consumers a false sense of security. That’s exactly how *Hyundai Motors* is able to reel in sales from gullible Americans looking for German/American designs but with “Japanese reliability”. They believe the Koreans are giving them the best the auto industry could offer - these are the only folks who succumb to their surface beauty and make the mistake of buying one.
My 2017 Elantra just turned 98.000 miles. I bought it new. It has been the most reliable car I've ever owned. It has needed 0 repairs, and has 0 issues. Its loaded with all the goodies and everything still works like new. It runs perfectly fine, sounds healthy, uses no oil. Transmission still shifts like new.. , a VERY RELIABLE CAR INDEED.
I had a 200 and paid it off and had low milage but it was failing left and right the last 2 years I had it. Traded it in and got a GX 460 and have never been happier!!
I don't know if the Kia Sportage is one of the models in the Hyundai / Kia line that still has the key ignition switch on the column instead of push button start , but I have heard in auto news videos on RU-vid that certain Hyundai / Kia products with the key switch on the column have been denied auto insurance coverage by at least a few companies in certain areas of the United States because of how popular they are to steal . Reason being because of a TikTok video showing how to pop the edge of the switch off , then start it up with a USB cable , from what I remember them saying on the auto news videos anyway , I believe that was the steps . I don't know if you have had the same problem with those cars in Canada or not , or if you have heard about it ?
Can you stop sharing your opinion of the vehicle's appearance? That's subjective and not the point of your title. I honestly end up FF>> to your mechanical and operation details, which are very valuable. Just annoying I skip a third of your videos.
2015 Chrysler 200 was bad but we had 2 2017's and those was good cars. There is a lot of the 2016/2017 Chrysler 200 running around with over 200k miles with no major issues.
@@hectorflores1769 Well, i'm a fan, because they have been great cars for me, still have my Borrego, i bought 13 years ago with 275K, i had a Forte too, that i sold with 225K on it, and was still working great.
The 3.2 L Pentastar is an incredible engine though. Wildly wildly capable engine. Super fast. But the lifter and cam lobes wear and I believe it would eventually become an oil burner even if you take exceptional care of it.
A firework is pretty incredible for the entire 10 seconds of its life but with a car engine we want long life and in general Chrysler made engines are garbage.
Best advice is to ignore their recommended oil change interval and change it no more than every 5000 miles. Some say that disabling the auto start/stop system each time you drive can help too as it reduces the number of startups, which is when the most wear happens. You also want to avoid very long idle time such as hitting the remote starter repeatedly to warm it up on cold days. It's better to get in and go so it warms up faster. The newer oils can last 10k miles, but the problem is that a lot of gunk and carbon is floating around in it and can eventually clog up your rings and oil passages to the bearings.
i have owned 3 Opel's, 2 times trash, my corsa of 2004 was quite decent but slow with only 75hp, the others were both astra's 1 from 2009 and one from 2013, oil leaking, motor problems, sensor problems, turbo failures, after that i quit the brand and went over to Mazda, and just WOW great car, i have my 2019 model mazda 3 already for 3 years and 0 problems, not one, I love the japanese and i dont think of going back to european cars for a while
@@maga6319 Hahaha. I had an older Hyundai Elantra from 2005 and that vehicle was better than all the newer models from Kia and Hyundais. The newer Kia and Hyundai are OK, but not as good as Toyota and Honda vehicles.
When did car manufacturers determine people were too incapable to manually open sliding doors, rear lift doors, roll up their windows and look at what's behind them? All these (once reserved for higher-end models) "extras" now crammed into standard vehicles are just guaranteed to fail, wallet-emptying crap. Years ago, you could buy a standard model without all the bells and whistles, save money at purchase and definitely over the life of the car. Now, I can't find a mini van without a plethora of factory-installed hedonistic junk, it makes my head hurt. Now they can't get enough micro-chips to finish assembling these over-loaded turds. "Gee, maybe we went a little overboard with all these "conveniences?"" Dumb.
@@maga6319 They did have the problems he cited but only on some production batches on some years. They seem to improve more and more each year both in terms of design and quality.
Why is the Chrysler 200 on the list???? They haven't made these for 5 years. What about the Range Rovers that spend more time in the repair shop than on the road? What about the BMW's that you will have to take out a mortgage on your house to repair?
Those Chrysler 200's go right into the crusher all the time, nobody wants them or the parts ,only the catalytic converters & wheels come off & into the crusher it goes
I bought a Sportage in July. It didn’t make it home! Thankfully the guy who owned it before me had under the lifetime warranty and recall class action suit. Free New Engine! I wish it were bigger n yes transmission slips a bit.
The name KIA always makes me cringe and I'm surprised it was used in the US. I associate it with the Vietnam war and the daily news reports with the K-I-A (Killed In Action).
I'm inspired to buy a Chrysler 200 from Avis. Palm Springs would have the desired "California cars", that everyone talks about. It might be better than someone buying a Tesla in a cold weather environment. Same rationale, right?
Haha, maybe true. I would actually like a Tesla for an Edmonton winter to test and show the reality. The Pro electric folks claim things often associated with California weather.
My 58 cadillac my dad bought in 1960, and my 68 Mustang i bought in 1977, have lived thier whole lives in Palm Springs, ca. Both in great rust free condition, perfect like new undercarriages, both on the road. 😊 yes, both have factory AC!! Its a must here!
Ahhh to be honest I am a fan of the Chrysler 200. I would never buy one. They don't make them anymore. For obvious reasons. But I think if you got that with a v6 it could be a lot of fun to drive.
I don't wanna get rid of my old jeep was last year they were made American before fiat took over. It may be rusty, but heat works great 👍, old 4.7 that you have to add oil to, but that's cheaper that buying brand new it's paid off. 😉 hate to say it they don't make um like they used too, at 192k and climbing. I'm falling apart the older I get so some oil consumption is ok so I buy enough oil to make sure it don't run dry checking those old fashioned dip sticks lol.
My sister has a 2011 Kia Sorento with 180k on it and she lives in Philly and the thing is still going. The roads there are horrible the weather is horrible and she doesn’t take good care of cars so I’m shocked. It’s probably unreliable but it’s still going 😂
The kia will run a long time IF you get the metal chip out of the oil path, Kia fixed them under recall, I have a family member who had a bad one they fixed abd give her a 100,000 mile warrranty
You ain’t kidding about the cost to maintain a Maserati 😢 Brakes pads are $858.00 for front & back. Oil change is $585.00 but I found a Maserati dealership that did it for $326 😢 still expensive. Great car to drive but you better make sure you could afford the maintenance. If you ever need touch up paint… GOOD LUCK!!! Maserati doesn’t sell touch up paint & you can’t find an alternative brand either.
So got my driver's license in 2021 on my 31st birthday it was a cold October 30th day but it was sunny out. Anyways my mother gave me her old Kia Rio it was a 2013 model it sat for months out in the driveway it had 130,119 miles now it has almost 140,000 miles on it. Burns alittle oil which is normal for any old Kia anyways I get the oil changed every 4,000 miles sometimes under that. Engine is still going strong transmission as zero issues, going to drive it till the wheels fall off
As it gets a little older, some will add a slightly higher weight oil to reduce consumption. For example if it calls for 5w-20 you can go to a 5-w30 (or even 5-w40 if in a hot climate or it uses a lot). The engine tolerances are worn out a bit so the thicker oil will flow through just fine, but won't be consumed as fast. It will give a little extra support to the old bearings as well. They can last so long as you take good care of them.
In a perfect society, all these companies and consumers would put their minds together with the knowledge of what works and doesn't work in car design to make some perfect vehicles that last nearly forever. I mean, if the politicians and corporations REALLY cared about the environment, shouldn't we quit throwing away vehicles by designing them better? Yeah, that's not gonna happen.
Yes the 40 minute charge is a supercharger which are few and far between. It also depends where you live, California there is o r on every other corner but here in snowy Canada, much harder to find.
public announcement for hyundai KIA genesis owner. Jan. 31, 2023-Two of America's largest insurance providers, Progressive and State Farm, refuse to cover older Hyundai and Kia models. According to reports, the insurers say that some models of these two auto brands are too easy to steal in certain cities.9
@@ECPP I only rented one for a week but it was nice for a change I guess it was pretty cool I wouldn't say it had any issues though only a small amount of range like 250 miles maybe 215 due to me flooring it sometimes for that instant torque but the feature like the driver door automatically unlocking and opening when I get close it's awesome and the model X where the back doors go up is crazy cool aw man and you can preheat yo car before you get in it an stuff it's really luxury it makes me want to buy one as a second car I have good daily driver car anyway
@@billynomates920 have you never heard of a BMS the only thing you have to worry about charging a battery so fast is heat that's generated like my phone it charges at 60 watts "peak" meaning not all the time it's charging at those speeds same goes for a Tesla or any other electric car lol think before you comment
I could pick more that 5 cars that are junk. Most brands are, and the idea of styling is a joke with everything looking the same. I always choose older cash cars because they are gonna break anyway so why go into debt in the process.
KIA and Hyundai. 2 brands I will never buy again. Toyota Tacoma is another i will never , ever buy again. My daily driver is a 2017 4Runner TRD off road. 250k mi now and the only issue I had was the windshield wiper motor went out at 189k.
Chrysler 200, now discontinued, had that horribly loud Fiat gasoline engine that sounded like a Diesel. That thing was severely underpowered and loud, but not attractively loud. It was loud the way a garbage disposer in your sink is loud. It was not a "sexy" sound. It sounded like a struggle to get out of its own way. If you buy something called Fiat/Chrysler, it's your own fault. You've been warned. I'm European and in Europe Fiat is considered one level above a bicycle. Even Škoda beats it.
yes , it's a shame but chrysler corp and jeep seem to be going back to late seventies when they made the first front drive le baron , if they do not pull their socks up they could go under ;;
As long as they are owned by venture capitalists and not car builders they will cut corners and employ planned obsolescence. They make some nice looking and nice performing cars, but it's hit or miss as to whether they fall apart in a few years or not. Some break down over and over and some last for hundreds of thousands of miles.
Why aren't our governments jumping in to make these automobile fix these problems. I've seen new cars coming back to the dealers to be fixed. They should pay for your time and inconvenience and give you a credit for the next visit you have. I bet they'll tell their parts manufacturers to put the better parts in their vehicles. And stop programming planned break downs. These companies operate like crooks and thieves.
The sad truth is few cars, American or Foreign are high quality or dependable anymore. Ford, GM, Chrysler, even Honda. And I'm talking about late models, not an anecdotal story about your 1989 Honda with 3 million miles on it. Too much over- engineering i.e. computers, micro chips etc.
The only thing bad I heard about the kia Rio during those period is the timing belts snapping destroying the engine. But I'm sure it was cause most people neglected the maintenance schedule on them. It say change the belt at 60k. Many drove past 60k thinking they could go 90k to 150k. I just recently purchased a 2006 kia Rio LX for $400 dollars with 57k on it. It had already been tuned up and new tires. Body and interior was nice too. I went ahead an replaced the timing belt, water pump, pcv valve, cabin air filter, camshaft position sensor, battery, transmission fluid and filter change since it was close to 60k an been sitting the last 6 years.I know the history of the car also as it been sitting up not driven. But the owner did tune it up with new plugs, coil pack, new tires, and alignment before I got it. Now I have 64k on it so far it's been reliable to me.
Interesting what you said about teslas. You know the EV manufacturer with the best level 3 charging network in the United States? You said it takes 8 hours to charge. I recently did a road trip in my model s. Took 30 mins to charge. Btw it was free as my vehicle gets free supercharging for life. Try to be less misleading. Make sure to mention all charging options not just level 1 and 2
Your full of crap. You also missed that you get free cremation services right in the Tesla after it autopilots itself into something and starts on fire. Look it up.
I can vouch with your take with that 2.4 gdi Kia engine because they are replacing mine for free as I write this comment and after I get it back I will be selling it.
You know what! This new motor they installed for free is running really good and it still has a lifetime warranty. I can’t knock Kia. If it was a ford they would of said you are on your own.
Mine isn’t done yet, but I agree about Kia. As far as Ford is concerned as much as I love them you are right. The only Fords I own are old ones, easy and cheap to fix myself.
@@emptysoul4455 I also have a 2007 f150 with 300 thousand miles on it and believe me it still moves out. It has a 4.6 engine. All I have to do every spring is put some bondo on the wheel wells but I just discovered fibreglass and it holds up much better. Lol
@@jollyp1605 I don’t doubt it. For the most part ford v8s are great, with the exception of the 5.4s. I’ve got a 95 mustang gt 5.0 and it still runs like a dream. It’s the ecoboost garbage and the cvt transmissions that’s really the problem with Ford now
Don’t agree with you about the Sportage. It’s got the immobilizer too. We have it one for many years, have a Soul as well and none of issues like what you have described.
The people who can’t afford a Tesla always hating. What kind of grown man buy electric car without knowing how they are going to charge it. This guy owns a Mercedes why would you take advise from him. You people smh
Great list, and no surprise at all. I can think of several others that would likely make the list if you did a “top 10” Most disappointing is probably Subaru. The Outback would be my favorite car if it wasn’t for the head gasket issue. Every one of them for sale out of warranty on marketplace or Craigslist is advertised as “needing head gaskets”. For decades they’ve never fixed that problem. 😢
