According to TÜV, DEKRA and GTÜ, electrical failures were topping the list of reasons to visit the garage in 2012 - once again, one must say. The closest mechanical reason for garage visits were failing brakes.
The more electrical components are build into cars, the higher the probability for them needing to make unplanned pit stops. Older models with less electronics scored better here.
Mind you, we do not talk about a
car that is running since long with a car fresh from factors, we talk about
models independently from the time their cars already have rolled outside the factory.
My father just has bought himself a new car, second hand. The salesman confirmed it also, my father is not hightech guy and does not like a thousand blinking lights and computer gimmicks in car, he does not know how to use them and finds them distracting (me too). The salesman said: "The more electrical gimmicks, the more primadonna you get."
Couldn't put it any better myself.
Back to the Nightmareliner.
