Ouch!! Honda recall

When we first were married we bought a new 1975 Ford Courier pickup. It was made by Mazda and we loved it. Put a camper shell on it and took it camping everywhere. It was my wife's daily driver back and forth to the hospital. Its name was "Half-a-truck". It served us well until we started having young'uns.

Mike
 
I bought a new 2020 Soul and I loved it...until one day I got a letter from Kia. It referred to "inconsistent Manufacturing quality of the rings" and that the engine may or may not blow up and as a result the car might or might not burn to the ground. The letter further stated that I should bring my car in for testing and if the engine was damaged they would replace it. NO THANK YOU
They also said if your engine is OK we will update a listening program to monitor your rings. NO THANK YOU
I cant make payments on a car that might burn to the ground

This was when car prices were just beginning to get out of control and my Mazda dealer gave me $4K more for my Soul than I thought i would ever get, thus making it possible for me to buy a 2021 CX5 GT. I made the deal and have never looked back.

I did like that Soul a bunch though
 
Chucksklrst said:
Ah, yes the 2.3 liter Pinto timing belt. One thing about it, it was easy to change. Non interference engine. Our 4 speed 74 Pinto wagons' timing belt broke while the wife was driving with both kids in the car in the middle of a very busy Denver city intersection. Everybody tried to tell her she was out of gas. NOT. Towed the car home and changed the belt in about 45 min start to finish. Was a great car. Owned it for almost 10 years and 90000+ miles. Drove it all over Europe and the Western US. Did have to put two clutches and a water pump in it along with the timing belt.

Picture is of my wife and car back in the mid to late 70's

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We had a '92 Escort, which was a great car. The pre-'92 Escorts had engines which detonated themselves if the timing belt broke, but the '92s just stopped running. We put 210K miles on it and only replaced two timing belts and a water pump. Sold it to a lady in Ft Morgan and when she left town, she had it up to 260K and hadn't done anything. It was still running well, and climbing up to the Eisenhower Tunnel and Vail Pass w/o any problem.
 
Phil Tarman said:
We had a '92 Escort, which was a great car. The pre-'92 Escorts had engines which detonated themselves if the timing belt broke, but the '92s just stopped running. We put 210K miles on it and only replaced two timing belts and a water pump. Sold it to a lady in Ft Morgan and when she left town, she had it up to 260K and hadn't done anything. It was still running well, and climbing up to the Eisenhower Tunnel and Vail Pass w/o any problem.
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Ah yes, the old Escort 1.9L, they ran forever, and it was easy to change a timing belt on one. Hopefully the one you're referring to is still in Colorado, here in northern IL they all rusted out, with an engine that still had life left :thumb:
 
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