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If the screen goes out of your car and it is out of warranty; you are looking at a 4 to 5 figure repair bill. And if the vehicle needs to be reprogrammed you need new parts as dealers will not reprogram a vehicle with used repair parts.
Apparently the business model of auto makers is that vehicles need to be junked once electronic components go bad. And the customers need to buy a new replacement vehicle.
A youtuber who concentrates on Stellantis was commenting on the same thing last night. He cited the case of the owner of a Fiat 500e, faced with a 23,000 Euro repair bill.
Steve
The general public is just now starting to become aware that todays cars have become overstuffed, over complicated and not nearly as easily repaired or serviced as previous generations of cars.
The disposable nature of these things is leading those with resources to seek out older models that have a reputation for being rugged and easily maintained.
Of course this trend only to those who mind driving older vehicles.
That is the conclusion I have come to after repairing my vehicle over and over again. To many sensors and they all seem to go bad. Just glad I can repair my vehicle because it would have cost me over 10 thousand dollars for someone else to do it.
Yeh. That $13 Camshaft position sensor I replaced in my Altima solved the problem, but I can’t get the “Service Engine Soon” light turned off. I had Autozone scan the data port again and the camshaft position sensor failure is still coming up. It will probably cost more than it’s worth to fix that. {{ LOL }}
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You went to cheap. I found after extensive testing and people telling me that Amazon cheap sensors are bad news, that they were right. Now I look at Napa and O’reilley, find what brands they are selling, then go on Amazon and find that sensor from that brand and buy it. To many Chinese knockoffs. Had to change the Camshaft sensor 3 times because of it.
Edit: Oh and buy and buy an OBD 2 reader it will save a ton of money.
I am starting to come to the conclusion that cars are built to be leased. They may hold together for 3-5 years, but you don’t want to be the second or third owner. Electronics fail. Plastic parts crumble. I saw a piece by a pretty well established youtuber a couple weeks ago, ranting about replacement parts being unavailable. While most of the cars the guy was talking about were older, his biggest rant was for a 2016 Dodge Challenger. Head gaskets are unavailable from Stellantis.
Steve…drives a 2014.