Leave It To Bob Lutz; 75000 Mile Expected Life

[ultravorx]

It looks like GM used to only designed cars to barley make it past the 100k mark , pretty interesting!!!

From todays USAToday web site, talking about car quality:

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(Bob) Lutz says he expects it will do better this year. In the late 1990s, GM began commissioning components like transmissions and fuel pumps to last up to 125,000 miles rather than 75,000, which had been the norm in Detroit.
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[Beach]

Well, that sounds about right, considering the various GM vehicles we've owned, or family and friends have had. Most have very few problems, but there are certain parts that seem to have a set life span.

Our "new" 1992 Buick Roadmaster Limited, however, is still great...or at least it used to be. It has 185,000 miles, but the interior is nothing other than new, and most of the mechanicals are in quite good shape. But, the past few weeks it has started to act up a little and doesn't always want to stay idling. Not a big problem, considering it doesn't have to idle that much, and, oh yeah, IT HAS ALMOST 200K ON THE ODOMETER! Love it enough, that we're getting rid of the Chevelle (look at my sig) and buying a '93 Caddy Fleetwood for me (the newer, rare ones), in either gold or black.

I don't know what the Av will be like at 100k, but it looks like my mother will still have it then (maybe...). I wonder what mileage all the Japanese automakers design their cars to??

 

[hq]

... GM began commissioning components like transmissions and fuel pumps to last up to 125,000 miles rather than 75,000, which had been the norm in Detroit.
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I wrapped up a Lemon Law suit against GM recently and they use 120,000 miles as the useful life of a vehicle.

The attorneys calculated my usage deduction based upon a 120,000 expected life. Basically if you have driven the vehicle for 120,000 miles they figure it would be worthless.... anything less and it would be a percentage of the 120k.

 

[sorel]

I read somewhere in the past, that the current gm truck engines were designed to last 200,000 miles and still be able the pass emissions test until then. Anybody heard anything about this?

 

[LancheLess]

I am running a 1996 Tahoe with 270,000 mi. on the original engine and tranny. I can only hope that when I get an Avalanche it will perform as well as my Tahoe.