My last GM car
I have been driving full-size GM sedans (Cheys to Buicks) since 1980. The engines, transmissions, and suspensions are unbreakable. Everything else is mediocre. The electronics are poor. Never had a cruise control which lasted more than a few years. The engineering has gone down-hill in the last ten years. In my current car: 1) Can't see the speedometer during the day--too recessed and not backlit. 2) The AC condensate leaks inside the cabin. 3) The driver's outside door handle keeps falling off every two years and must be replaced. 4) It took two years, a dozen trips to the repair shop or the dealer, and the replacement of several sensors and filters, before the on-board computer diagnostics reported that the problem with the engine was the catalytic converter. 5) The rear-seat clasp on the driver's side is too long, protrudes into the fuse box, and shorts out the fuel-pump relay. GM issued a field-service bulletin, but no recall. So virtually no one knows about it--not the dealers, not the repair shops. It's a Mickey-Mouse repair. I found the problem on the Internet in 15 minutes and did the repair myself in less than half an hour--after wasting $850 on two trips to the repair shop. I'm moving on--probably to Toyota.
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