Any vehicles without known "issues"?

[JackReacher]

EP3 Civic Type R, providing services correctly and oil level maintained.

[mocca]

2003 Mercedes sl600

[y2blade]

mocca said:

2003 Mercedes sl600

Did you misread the title?

[aww999]

Lexus LS400. I think they made them up to 2000, so just squeeze into your 15 year old window. Get the lowest mileage one you can find, drive it a quarter of a million miles, and find that it still hasn't gone rusty, broken down, or used any oil. I've had a couple, including one with 277k miles, and they are great! I could afford something newer but can't think of anything else I like that would be as reliable.

[fivepointnine]

Nissan X-trails?
Anything Toyota or Lexus is generally a good bet
Honda's have had some automatic transmission issues throughout the range starting in the early '00's
Later Hyundai's are a safe, although boring bet

[Riff Raff]

Nobody has mentioned Mitsubishi for the 4x4 truck role. Shoguns are pretty much bomb proof. Go anywhere and can pull 3.5 tonnes. The Police use them on the motorways for a good reason.

I am biased though

[zoom star]

We have
Land Cruiser
X Trail
MX5
What a team..

[yellowbentines]

Riff Raff said:

Shoguns are pretty much bomb proof. Go anywhere and can pull 3.5 tonnes. The Police use them on the motorways for a good reason.

They have doughnut holders?

[luckystrike]

X-Trails can shart engines.

Petrol jap stuff. When the world ends there'll be cockroaches, accords and primeras.

[J4CKO]

luckystrike said:

X-Trails can shart engines.

Petrol jap stuff. When the world ends there'll be cockroaches, accords and primeras.

Absolutely this, basically order from a selection of local takeaways and see what they deliver your food in, then buy something they use as it will be pretty much indestructible.

[gazza285]

After many years of experience of needing a car and a van we have settled on Citroen vans and Volvo cars.

Specifically a Fiat Scudo, which is a badge engineered Citroen Dispatch and a V70 D5. Both have had little things, but no major repairs.

[TheDoggingFather]

irish boy said:

Land cruiser.

This.

[irish boy]

y2blade said:

mocca said:

2003 Mercedes sl600

Did you misread the title?

The title does not read 'vehicle with the most known issues'

An early sl has many issues, as does the pre bi-turbo v12.

[Vaud]

Audi A6 with the 3.0tdi engine

[Osinjak]

Just get what you want, ignore the doomsayers. I've had my BMW for almost five years since new and NOTHING has gone wrong with it yet.

[mocca]

irish boy said:

The title does not read 'vehicle with the most known issues'

An early sl has many issues, as does the pre bi-turbo v12.

Whoosh.

Monaro?

[BFG TERRANO]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Nissan Terrano. Not the most glamorous thing in the world but an issue free 4x4. Same engine as the London taxi, good for 500K+ miles.

Yep. Had one. Slaughtered it on road with a big caravan. Hammered it off road on Salisbury plain. Couldn't kill it or even fail an mot. Unrefined and bumpy ride character but a good tool all round

[luckystrike]

BFG TERRANO said:

Yep. Had one. Slaughtered it on road with a big caravan. Hammered it off road on Salisbury plain. Couldn't kill it or even fail an mot. Unrefined and bumpy ride character but a good tool all round

Whatever you do, don't put BF Goodrich tyres on it. Ruins it.

[anonymous-user]

irish boy said:

y2blade said:

mocca said:

2003 Mercedes sl600

Did you misread the title?

The title does not read 'vehicle with the most known issues'

An early sl has many issues, as does the pre bi-turbo v12.

The vehicle with the most issues? Really? Name some, because from my recent research (albeit it mostly on CL and S 600S) the vast majority of a 600 is pretty reliable baring ABC faults (that are usually reasonable to rectify if caught before they wreck the pump) and like just about every car made in the last 15 years, the coilpacks last all of five minutes, Just in the Merc's case they are nearly 4 figures each (Although not quite the 2 grand figure each, or whatever top gear quoted) . And being 03+ onwards and the top of the range model they seem to largely have missed Merc's cost cutting seen in the late 90s/early 00s.

Which I suspect is something to highlight in this thread. All cars have some sort of design flaw or fault that rears its head many years and miles away from the design board, but there almost always seems to be some sort of reasonable or preventive maintenance that can be carried out to make it almost a moot point. Forums are great for finding information like this, but on the flip side you have a hub of people complaining about a particular issue and that is where reputations of faults are blown a little bit out of proportion.

[luckystrike]

279 said:

The vehicle with the most issues? Really? Name some, because from my recent research (albeit it mostly on CL and S 600S) the vast majority of a 600 is pretty reliable baring ABC faults (that are usually reasonable to rectify if caught before they wreck the pump) and like just about every car made in the last 15 years, the coilpacks last all of five minutes, Just in the Merc's case they are nearly 4 figures each (Although not quite the 2 grand figure each, or whatever top gear quoted) . And being 03+ onwards and the top of the range model they seem to largely have missed Merc's cost cutting seen in the late 90s/early 00s.

By your own admission you've just provided examples of incredibly expensive and common failures to the tune of 'every 5 minutes'. All arguments are open to interpretation of course, but how does that make for a reliable car in any way, shape or form?