CharlieDigital
03-01-2006, 07:30 PM
Okay, not all hate, admittedly, as most of them still liked the car. But did anyone chack out this month's issue of Car and Driver and their long term review of the RL? OMFG...I am soooooo turned off to the brand. I mean, geez, if this is the type of quality on your flagship, $50K sedan...
We hit the road and started piling on the miles. Unfortunately, after only two weeks and 3456 miles on the clock, we found ourselves at the dealer's door because the RL's sunroof got stuck with its rear edge open in the vent position. The dealer couldn't fix it [in time]...so we took the MacGyver route, spending $1.68 for the sticky silver stuff and duct-taping the thing shut.
Back home at 5222 miles, we got our Michigan dealer to fix the sunroof...Just 600 miles later we found ourselves back at the dealer when the right-front window and outside-mirror mechanisms stopped working.
Our first scheduled service was at 7032 miles...We were back at the dealer two weeks and 1400 miles after our first scheduled service...Two thousand miles later, the sunroof quit a second time. The dealer blamed it on a loose electrical wire. A month and a half and 5000 miles laters, we were once again enhancing our budding relationship with the man from Acrua. This time the side-view mirrors and both power outlets weren't working.
Maybe we should have moved in with Mr. Acrua, because at just over 33,000 miles, the left rear headrest wouldn't stay up, the power outlets were once again on the blink, the driver's side washer-fluid nozzle needed realignment, and the [nav] system was rebooting itself while in use.
http://forums.freshalloy.com/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
Yes, yes, I know, all brands and models have lemons, but to have such a poor showing in a major automotive publication? Wow.
We hit the road and started piling on the miles. Unfortunately, after only two weeks and 3456 miles on the clock, we found ourselves at the dealer's door because the RL's sunroof got stuck with its rear edge open in the vent position. The dealer couldn't fix it [in time]...so we took the MacGyver route, spending $1.68 for the sticky silver stuff and duct-taping the thing shut.
Back home at 5222 miles, we got our Michigan dealer to fix the sunroof...Just 600 miles later we found ourselves back at the dealer when the right-front window and outside-mirror mechanisms stopped working.
Our first scheduled service was at 7032 miles...We were back at the dealer two weeks and 1400 miles after our first scheduled service...Two thousand miles later, the sunroof quit a second time. The dealer blamed it on a loose electrical wire. A month and a half and 5000 miles laters, we were once again enhancing our budding relationship with the man from Acrua. This time the side-view mirrors and both power outlets weren't working.
Maybe we should have moved in with Mr. Acrua, because at just over 33,000 miles, the left rear headrest wouldn't stay up, the power outlets were once again on the blink, the driver's side washer-fluid nozzle needed realignment, and the [nav] system was rebooting itself while in use.
http://forums.freshalloy.com/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
Yes, yes, I know, all brands and models have lemons, but to have such a poor showing in a major automotive publication? Wow.