Warranty Direct have trawled the deepest depths of their Reliability Index to create their own car nightmare car in time for Halloween.
The virtual car has been dubbed the Horrific H-0WL3R, and would send a shiver down the spine of any owner having been constructed from the components which the company have found to be statistically most prone to failure. Warranty Direct predict it would break down every other month at an average repair cost of £487 each time.
Warranty Direct analysed 50,000 live policies to choose which parts to cannibalise for their Frankenstein’s monster of a car. It would sit on the Mazda 5’s axle and suspension, which have been found particularly prone to failure on the UK’s pothole-ridden roads. With the Mitsubishi Outlander’s engine under the bonnet it may not even get that far, as that power plant tops Warranty Direct’s table of engine start failures. Mazda feature on list again as the Horror H-0WL3R would take its brakes from the MX-5, with brake issues accounting for 50% of all claims on the MX-5. Surprisingly, Japanese brands also account for the most problematic electrics and air conditioning systems too, with the Lexus GS and Honda CR-V providing these respectively. Completing the unholy concoction are a brace of features from the Chevrolet Tacuma, with Warranty Direct reporting reliability nightmares with both the steering system and gearbox.
“This Halloween vehicle is the culmination of motorists’ nightmares, guaranteeing inconvenient and expensive breakdowns if it was ever to be built”, said David Gerrans, Warranty Direct managing director.
“Thankfully it is fictional and can’t be found on the market, nonetheless, it does highlight the Achilles heel of different vehicles, some of which are generally reliable, but could cause a fright as a result of a rogue component.”
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