[eye30]

Warranty Direct data has found increasingly complex electronics are making cars more prone to expensive breakdowns.

Warranty Direct says relays and alternators are the most likely components to break, but newer electronic innovations like parking sensors are typically among the many faults reported.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/cars/article-2582638/Bentley-Porsche-Renault-cars-likely-suffer-electrical-problems.html

[AlanHo]

I am not convinced that the data is of much value. Warranty direct - as far as I know - provide limited warranties to car owners whose cars are no longer covered by the manufacturer's warranty.

In essence - private owners with older cars - a lot older in the case of Hyundai or KIA who have 5 and 7 year warranties.

Having said that - why should we be surprised that the ongoing complication in car electronics should not be reflected in higher warranty claims for this element. In the old days your carburettor got grump and it was a mechanical claim - now it's the complex electronically controlled fuel injection and it becomes reported as electronic.

Cars used to have hand cranked windows and manually adjusted rear view mirrors - now they are motorised. The list goes on....................

[Dazzler]

 

So many of these surveys are just a waste of space (the results are bleedin' obvious, without an expensive survey)

"More people die in plane crashes now than did in the nineteenth century!"

[eye30]

"More people die in plane crashes now than did in the nineteenth century!"

I bet some academic got a few £/$ to do a thesis into this!

[AlanHo]

"More people die in plane crashes now than did in the nineteenth century!"

I bet some academic got a few £/$ to do a thesis into this!

Ah - but some surveys have their uses.  One of our illustrious universities once did a study of the number of people who suffer accidental deaths by various means. One of the conclusions was that more people have died after being kicked by a donkey than in aircraft crashes. It gives me great comfort every time I fly.

[Dazzler]

"More people die in plane crashes now than did in the nineteenth century!"

I bet some academic got a few £/$ to do a thesis into this!

Ah - but some surveys have their uses.  One of our illustrious universities once did a study of the number of people who suffer accidental deaths by various means. One of the conclusions was that more people have died after being kicked by a donkey than in aircraft crashes. It gives me great comfort every time I fly.

I wonder who the donkey was that commissioned that one! 

[Phil №❶]

Some stupid ass.