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Originally Posted by FirstF80InSpace
I think part of the problem is that German automakers tend to over-engineer their cars to compete with the likes of Lexus. So what they do is load their car with new cutting edge features, electronics, etc. This leads to a greater chance of something going wrong.
Historically speaking, the electronics parts of German cars are their weakest link. No doubt the major components of their cars are very durable, it's the new electronic stuff that tends to have the bugs. Combine this with the fact that German cars are expensive to fix, and there you have a misconception that German cars are largely unreliable.
Having said that, I've owned Audi, Mercedes and BMW over the past 15 years, and (knock on wood) never had a major thing go wrong with any of my German cars. Just minor electrical things that were covered under warranty. Ie. Telecommunications module, sunroof switch, noisy fuel pump...
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Yea, those N54 HPFPs, turbos, all the common water pump issues on their cars, etc don't count.
My old 335 had a trans fluid leak. Thankfully, I had the car under warranty.