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It was unfair to use a lexus photo when they reliable af!

Dodge Nitro is unreliable, breaks down quickly, overheats continuously, endless electrical problems, and the engine has low horsepower

I have warned so many friends about those ford dct transmissions. They all say the same thing. "But the car is so nice otherwise!" Then, 3 months later...."hey, so it's shifting funny" 🤔🤦‍♂️ Love the videos man!

I think your judgment of the Fiero was somewhat unfair. While it is true that the early Fieros were underpowered, and had an, *ahem* fiery reputation, for the second gen/facelift, they added a new engine that actually made decent power and didn’t catch fire, but the damage to the Fiero name had already been done, so not enough people bought it to justify its continued production. But yeah, just so you know, the later Fieros with the V6 were actually pretty decent cars.

90s LT1 ......whoever came up with the optispark and stuck it underneath a waterpump dropped the ball IMO. I've had a couple horror stories and late nights on them

10:50 The 2.0l is actually pretty alright. ringland failure is only really an issue on the 2.5s due to how thin they are

9:50 whats sad is Nissan spent 15years Clinging on to those cra0 transmissions and it ruined the entire company, that was literally the ONLY issue Nissans had, in the 2000s although power steering leak is also a common Nissan issue as well lol...

How could we forget the infamous Crossfire Injection that GM used in the early 80s on their V8 sports cars? It works great when it works but its short lifespan has caused some necessary parts to be hard to find and the intake manifold had way undersized ports to "increase street torque" aka try to be fuel efficient. I own an 84 corvette with one and its a very primitive fuel injection system. At least the engines it was used on were classic small blocks

Oh Ford. Worked there for 11 years, was not disappointed to see both on the list

2:58 id see why the customers would sue because I wouldn’t want something wrong with my cars transmission especially if it’s new

Rx8's would make a great weekend car and if you keep proper maintenance you can make those apex seals last 100k miles. then spend 2k+ in repairs D:

I disagree on the fiero. My friend had one and put a V8 in it it was DAng near untouchable! If GM would have kept the all-wheel-drive drivetrain from the cyclone and a typhoon with the turbocharged 6 and Incorporated it into other vehicles they had at the time they would have been insanely hot sellers!

With the Powershit fiasco, my mom wrote complaining well before the class action, and they offered to buy the car back but at low prices and isntead did the "we did an update!". Eventually she sent a letter to the head office at Ford Australia and they managed to get the dealership to buy her car back, and to give her a new 2018 Ford Focus for $3,000! Now that was a good karma move by them, it's just a shame it took so long to happen (about 4 years!) for them to make such a good offer.

You forgot about the Honda Odyssey 2003 and Acura TL Type-S 02-03 transmission problems. Without this. These would be solid vehicles.

My first car was a 2014 Nissan Sentra my dad bought for me during highschool. Transmission blew out at 30k miles. Had it repaired for $3,000. Blew out again at least than 60k. Repaired it again and sold this time. The new owner told me he only had for 6 months before the tranny blew out again. Car is in the junk yard now. Such a shame because that car was probably the easiest to learn how to drive

Finally ideal MEDIA is back!!!!!

In 2014 the new Lexus is250 (204hp) was slotted between the BMW 320i (181hp) and the 328I (241hp). The is350 was 306hp and the BMW 335i was 301hp. One hack writer in 2014 said the is250 was under powered compared to the 328 & 335. But compared to the entry 320 it is not.

Had an 08 lancer gts that overall was fun but that cvt transmission kept it from being better. It was the worst when driving up a curvy mountain. I ended up using the flappy paddle shifters a lot but there was a limit to what they could do.

Paid $7,000 for a 2011 Ford Fiesta and after 1 week the transmission shit out on me on the way to work 🤦‍♂️… Then ford wanted to charge me for dropping the transmission to check what’s wrong with it. They replaced the transmission and the second one shit out on me 3 weeks later plus it came with high RPM idle and shakey driving in the steering wheel… The car is a disaster!

I LOVED my 2007 Impala SS when I had it, but the 4t65e-HD transmission was absolutely made of GLASS. The stock one blew, and then 2 more rebuilt ones after that. Thank God for Brandon Furches who has perfected the 4t80e swap for LS4 enthusiasts.

The is250 was and is reliable. Had it for 3 years and drove it from 80k miles to 170k and was slightly modified with no issues expect for small shit like battery and ac. Other than that it was definitely under powered. I’d suggest getting the is350 if u want more power for the money but if u want a nice looking commuter then is250 is completely fine

That 2.7 engine from Chrysler motor was absolutely terrible!!!!!! I told many people not to buy Sebrings with that engine and they thanked me lol !!!!!

GM 3800 Gen I (L27) and Gen II (L36) NA Engines. They either sludged your coolant through a pos lower manifold or caught your engine on fire from oil leaks into the exhaust manifolds. Supercharged (L67) engines didnt seem to have the first problem at least, I traded my 1998 Bonneville SSE back in on a 2000 SSEi that was great.

They say that BMW will not be putting hoods on the new 2025 vehicles because it save the customers time when working on their car all the time. Lol

Funny enough my mom had 2 of these cars. A 2002 cavalier that she bought with 10,000 miles in 03. Had a 5 speed and a 2.2 in it. Got a couple of electric fans, a fuel pump, and a coil pack in 200,000 miles. She quit driving it in 2012. Then she had a 2016 Sentra that had the CVT in it and you can guess what happened at 100,000 miles.

Absolutely banger content as always Brad. Just curious, where’s the Squid at? Miss his segments man

Man those transmissions that came in the GM vehicles in the late 90s to early 2000s. In the Pontiac grand prixs, was absolute trash.

It’s so funny the nissan cvt made this list as an honorable mention and I own a tuned one. 😂 Gotta say i’ve had to replace it twice under warranty and from my experience surprisingly there is magic in a cvt transmission. However these companies have built them very fragile and I wouldn’t assume they thought twice about reliability as much as they were going for fuel economy and smoothness. Since then i’ve changed my fluid from OEM to valvoline’s and installed a trans cooler. Night and day 👌. should’ve came like that FACTORY everyone’s story about cvts would be different

I really only watch ideal because brad is awesome

Your right about the 2.2 Vortec 140 hp.stock rating...that's why my uncle & myself installed a Supercharger system on my Brand New 2002 S10 we took it from 140 hp to 180 hp ( put it up there with the stock 4.3 V6 ) ..it has 250,000 original miles & still going 💪strong 🇺🇸

I was just looking at a powerstroke … thankfully I seen this video 😮

Long time since I've been here. Last video I saw was when brad , you gifted the jeep to your wife. Great to be back to the ideal fam! Love from pakistan!

I own a cvt non turbo Subaru, thanks Brad.

8:13 legends know its kashirs rx8😂

My brother has a 1986 Pontiac Fiero Sport V6 with 200,000 original miles & hasn't started on 🔥 yet..👍😁

The 2006-2011 chevy impala transmissions need a recall!...I had to replace mines twice!

I love how u needed to run away from the part where you were criticizing the Lexus :D

You should've mentioned that the 2nd gen is also came with a 3 and 3.5 litre v6 which was much more reliable and powerful because the 2.5 kinda gives the 2nd gen is a bad rap. (ik it also came with the 5 litre but those are rare)

I'm glad we have the internet to let us know what car is a more better choice. People before internet had to buy a car at face value and become the test dummies.

The N63 is actually reliable and they still make that same platform on new models. I’m order for it to be reliable you must do the recall warranty service that they did for the older models. I had a 2011 750 Li M-Sport and really never had issues because I took care of it. And it didn’t consume oil because of the valve seals that were changed for free from the class action lawsuit recall

So here we are just talking about the is250 right? I've just bought an is350 yesterday and, after months of investigation, never saw any problems related with emissions or power

2014 Hyundai Accent hatchback has gotta have one of the worst transmissions I’ve ever encountered and this is coming from a guy that learned to drive on his dad 2013 Ford Fiesta with the power shift transmission

I think my worst experience is with my grand fathers 90' Peugeot 405 station wagon. Fun car, but terrible enginering. The engine threw up oil all over the engine bay at cold weather. I think it was the crankcase ventilation system which froze.

"Friends don't let friends buy bad cars" Ok. What happened if that friend you got is jealous of the car you will buy, which he masks his hate under his sincerity?

I have a 2010 ford fusion right now (for probably the next 4 days before I trade it in, finally). 175hp and an auto was fine for the first 11 years, but recently it's been rough on upshifts. Though nothing on this car is as bad as the extreme hesitation when going from reverse to drive. Backing out of my driveway onto a busy road is bad enough, but then i have to sit dead stopped for like 4 seconds while my transmit decides if it wants to shift or not

Great show

Lol I didn't get any of those. We got 3 of the same transmissions put in our focus free of charge, until we just had enough when the 4th trans. Blew after only 5k miles

Big fan from algeria✌🏻✌🏻🇩🇿

My friend had 80s Chevy cavaler 2.2L with a bad piston slap at cold start up till it warm up, then ran fine. Lol.

I disagree with the Lexus IS. I have one and it is really reliable and super easy to work on. Only complaint is the 204 hp. But I’m upgrading it to 400 hp. At 220 hp now going to upgrade exhaust headers put on a turbo or supercharger and chip later.

In bumper to bumper rush hour traffic i really hate my 2.5 v6 in my Lexus and 30 mpg on the highway is huge detriment

Straight facts💰

Had a 94 z28 camaro with the Lt1 engine. Was decent when it ran right but optispark distributor was the worst design ever. Put it under the waterpump down low so if your water pump ever failed or you hit a big puddle and got it wet you’d start to misfire or wouldn’t start again after you shut it off. Also engine halfway under the cowl so good luck working on it if your hands are bigger that a childs

So, the problem with the 2011-2016 fiesta is only on the automatic? I own a manual one.

Yep my father has a Nissan march with automatic CVT transmission and car..... Has problems. First the fourth gear won't kick in unless the car has been driven for an hour and half. Second when the car accelerates to third gear and you hit the brakes for it to change to second, that's it for you because the fourth gear won't change. The double drive gears also don't work. So you can drive the car pass 30miles of distance with just 35mph

Dammit my is250 2012 this pretty dam good. I still love it

Surprised no mention of the bad oil consumption issues with the IS250’s

Test drove a 6.0 power stroke before they were widely accepted to be so terrible. The thing had a manual transmission which was good… but the truck was so sluggish, I had to test drive a second to believe it didn’t have a bad turbo. Had two Cummins trucks… which were on the opposite end of the spectrum enginewise (body and everything else will apart long before engine has problems… yay Chrysler)

My GF had a 2013 Ford Focus (titanium), Dual Clutch " powershift" transmission (more like powershit), i bullied her to sell it and got a 2012 MT honda Fit Sport. The Ford would sometimes show rear-cam while going down the highway (like it was in Reverse) and sometimes would show the "Transmission Overheat, Stop Safely", all in a 95 000 KM Car... Absolutely trash

Im surprised no one mentioned the SST transmission the Mitsubishi put in their EvoXs and Lancer Ralliarts.

I know it was hardly sold in the us but in europe the ford 1.0 ecoboost is another terrible engine it uses a wet belt and several cooling system flaws which eventually cause water leak and it had no coolant level sensor! The wet belt is also a dumb design as when it wears, it blocks the oil pickup/oil pump and such an expensive job to replace the belt being a wet belt. The updated ecoboost on the newest fiesta/focus is better as its now timing chain and not wet belts but remains to be seen still how reliable the chain is and if the cooling system holds up better now

driving a nissan maxima with that transmission having problems was hella stressful because I would literally stall out at lights…WITH AN AUTOMATIC

On the gm 2.2 you was showing a Saturn s series which never had a 2.2 but Saturn's own 1.9 liter

Wow that's a master shift driver 👏 😳

I drove a loaner with that Chrysler engine just recently. Thing seemed to be unable to make up it's mind about moving forward once put into gear what a terrible piece of work.

I rented a Nissan Sentra last month while on vacation. The worst car I’ve ever driven. Not comfortable, super slow, and it felt like it was going to break at any moment.

My 6.0 powerstroke is in the shop and the estimate is over 10k. Needs new trans 2 injectors and an inter cooler. 🤦🤦🤦 I’m upside down. Have to fix it

wow, now i don’t feel so bad about my old BMWs

The Fieros biggest problem was the 4 cylinder Iron Duke that things claim to fame is a boat ⚓

gotta add the dodge caravan transmissions, ford escape transmission mid 2000’s also no bueno

Gotta love Trashmissions

I have a 2015 Altima and the CVT has held up. It has a rebuilt title and the Carfax report said it was serviced for a recall. I have under 100,000 miles on it. Just waiting for CVT to die and get something else if that happens. I never knew about the Lexus.

My first car, bought from my own money, was a 08 VW Passat 2.0 TFSI. Started to have engine problems within a month. Second car was a 14 Ford Focus SE, automatic transmission problems. 3rd car was a 12 Golf GTI, which had pretty bad carbon buildup and EVAP problems. My current car is 05 G35 Coupe, the only problem so far were the crankshaft and Camshaft sensors going out.

I'm not aware of any mechanical faults, but the 4cylinder turbo in the new Genesis vehicles just feels weird. It's got plenty of power, but it feels like it has massive torque dips, generally shifts at odd times too. The bigger V6TT is so much smoother and doesn't have these drivability issues. Super odd.

5:47 That looks like the fluid on the ground of levels in Portal one

Modern engine lt4 in the Silverado 1500 lifter and pushrod issues. Just had to deal with it. They took a month to fix it and I've been hearing of people's engines blowing after the repair as well. I wassnt even driving it when it failed I started it to move it in my yard and the pushrods failed in 2 cyl. When I got it back the power level was much higher which tells me the problem was from factory and they just pushed them through quality control. Now I know how it feels my mates with them where it feels down on power I'm telling them to demand a repair. They are refusing saying it's not a problem until it blows. Which can cause internal damage to the block. When mine blew it was not a nice noise and Im sure there was some internal damage but they told me theres not. My car only had 7000kms on it. Brand new first owner. It's a real shame the Facebook groups are just filled with people either bowing lifters or pushrods or in my case both. I live in Australia and it's not a cheap car here. The warranty cost for them must be insane. I'd say by my estimates from the posts I see one in 3, 2020- 21 Silverados will be in the shop within the first year for repair or this issue. If you own one and it feels sluggish on throttle, hesitates often and will seem to hang on the revs and slams into gear sometimes get it to your dealer and demand a repair you have the issue for sure these are the symptoms of the lifter/pushrod failure.

4:49 OMG 🤣🤣🤣🤪🤪

As the owner of a N63…. Im prepared to throw hands with all of @ideal

My first car was a 1980 Ford Mustang Gia with a three speed transmission that topped out at 90mph

Can you do a review on the new lexus is 350 and toyota tacoma/4runner I want to buy one but I can decide

That first 5 series didn’t come with a n63. The e60 Came with an n62/n54/n52 in The USA.

I had the 2.7 L V6 from Dodge in my Dodge Magnum that was the worst motor ever I didn't even realize they put it in that car or I never would have bought it I bought it in a hurry and didn't pay attention never do that one again but blew up to timing chains and seized the last motor

What do you guys think of a bmw 320i 2009 coupe model

2002 totota camry was known for burning oil. Mine burned a qt per tank.

Forgot to mention the 3600 and 3800 series motors from gm. Straight 🗑️🗑️. Or the infamous 1.7l from honda

@IdealMedia can you guys suggest any underrated cheap rwd japanese cars

1983 Cadillac Fleetwood with the ht4100 hated that motor

4g shawd Acura TL’s have an issue with burning clutches. Many complaints made but Acura says it’s a wear and tear item. Clutch wear will start at 30k and it’s either because of the 300+ hp in the 3.7 or the slave cylinder delay valve. The clutches in the 3.7 were originally designed for the j35 which has about 280+ hp. It’s all over Acura community but they refuse to do anything

We damn sure let friends buy stupid cars so we can laugh at them.

Wow, really, no Northstar slander? Finally, someone with a brain

Pt cruiser. Worst car I ever drove. So under powered, it had issues going up an incline on a major highway.

2011 GMC Terrain, what a lemon. Two engine rebuilds (under warranty) before hitting 60,000 miles caused by excessive oil consumption, camshaft issues, etc.

Nissan cvt, matter of fact any company that use cvt transmission is trash especially nissan cvt like why put a 3.5l v6 engine with a weak cvt that can't handle the job

My Grandpas 02 Saturn lasted 160k only thing that ever broke was his shifter pin in the manual transmission he traded it in with his S10 for a new Ranger

It’s unfair to say that dual clutch transmission need to have wet clutches. There are plenty of other companies who made dry dct trans’ with plenty of reliability. It’s just that Ford doesn’t usually do well at most small fwd type cars. At least in my observation of their small cars.

Loads of faults on the Chevy 1.5, 3.5 and even the v8s with the variable displacement system. I've seen way to many new chevys come through my independent shop because the dealers won't honor warrantees

🎶 I'm just a sludge machine, and I don't work for nobody. 🎵

RX8 A fantastic little car, with a DogShit engine, keep the car, change the engine for a V6 from the Mazda 6, it will be the best thing you have ever done, & you can do all kinds of things to it, it will be quick, fast, fun & reliable.

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