What is the stupidest design error?
#21
Front rotors are underengineered and undersize. I went through the same thing with a 98 Dodge Stratus, changed brakes more often than oil. Then in 2001, the increased the size of the rotors and the problems disappeared. It's great to engineer just the right size, but , geez, put a large service factor in there and keep your customers happy. I also had the same problem with the premature brake shimmies on a 2006 Impala SS. Bad engineers, bad, bad engineers.
#23
GOD! If that doesn't define "Throw-away car" I don't know what else does...
#28
I think that we should find the "inaccessability engineer" that GM uses and take him to the same Circle of Hell that the guy who designed the original Springfield Interchange (Virginia) was sent to. I do not understand why you would make easy jobs so hard, like getting to the 2 bolts for the T-Stat, checking the automatic trans fluid level, headlamp access, any theoretically easy job on the HHR seems to be complicated by "YOU CAN SEE IT, BUT YOU CANNOT GET TO IT"; except the oil filter, that's easy but you can't avoid spills.
You would not believe my feeling of relief when I found it was my REAR turn signal light that was bad, not the front. That's only a matter of having a wrist that turns in the 6th direction!
You would not believe my feeling of relief when I found it was my REAR turn signal light that was bad, not the front. That's only a matter of having a wrist that turns in the 6th direction!
#30
My 2.2L has a tiny bit of obstacle where you have to tilt it oddly to get out past the intake. A dribble is the norm. Never a big spill or anything.
I miss my old S-10 Blazer Tahoe. The oil filter was right under the hood behind the headlamp.
I miss my old S-10 Blazer Tahoe. The oil filter was right under the hood behind the headlamp.