msturtz wrote:
Gundog wrote:
Interesting on the issues I asked my brother-in-law about them and thought they were good cars he said he has not seen many issues with them. My Brother-in-law owns an auto repair shop in Idaho. I asked him about the Jeep Liberty and he told me they had some issues to stay away from those. He has been in the industry for many years and is a good mechanic and garage owner (he has about 6 or 7 mechanics working for him) he has a very good reputation in his community and I respect his opinion.
Any car can have issues I don't plan to buy new but I will be looking for something with low miles and a clean title. I will do some more research on these models I knew they were the same vehicle that is why I listed all three.
I have owned Ford vehicles in the past and prefer GM products even though my pickup is a Dodge and car is a Mazda. I have owned more GM brand cars than anything else in the past.
The GMC Acadia Denali that was repurchased was removed from our state which would have required a title brand and taken to a state where no title brand was required and sold at auction as a "late model" used car. The dealer that purchased it advertised it in yet another state and it was sold as a late model used car with no disclosure of the serious water damage and major electrical issues. It had a clean Carfax at the time of sale. I have had serious major issues with 3 GM vehicles (2006 GMC Yukon Denali, 2015 Chevrolet Suburban, 2015 GMC Acadia Denali) and have been purchasing them for many years. I just got tired of the constant repairs and problems. While I agree that any vehicle can have problems and we even considered the new Acadia Denali because we get GM Supplier pricing and special non-public discounts we just couldn't bring ourselves to give them any more money. Frankly, I expected to have the same problems with the Ford Explorer that we had with the GM vehicles (We also own a 2016 GMC Yukon Denali XL) but were pleasantly surprised that we had very few problems. We have owned a lot of GM vehicles over the years. We were limited in our choices because we wanted a vehicle that could be flat towed behind our motorhome and had 3 rows for the whole family. Ultimately, the additional space in the rear of the Explorer won out (the Explorer is three wide in the third row and the Acadia is only two).
Good info thanks. I bought a new 97 Ford F250 with the Power Stroke diesel. It needed a transmission at 10,000 miles and they installed a rebuilt transmission. The fuel gauge never read correctly they changed the sending unit wire harness and gauges nothing fixed it. The truck qualified for the lemon law but replacing it was going to cost me huge so I kept it until I was hit head on and it was totaled. That was it for me no more Fords. Luckily I lived across the street from the dealership that kept fixing it.
