9 Horrible Car Engineering FAILS

We all make mistakes, but when car companies make mistakes it can be expensive (and sometimes deadly). This is a list of 9 engineering fails caused by car companies. Some are silly, some are serious, and some are downright scary. Buckle up and grab your bug repellant: this is D-List.
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[@melwalshmtb9121]

If only James had a yellow t-shirt on so he could literally look exactly like his microphone

[@jereheiskanen1364]

Yeah

[@sethboltron]

yeah he should've worn the Lightning Lord shirt lmao

[@Jinsoku440]

I love this comment

[@rishitjain2567]

Man that was an awesome observation

[@4001rics]

Bruh

[@mattwolf7698]

If someone is stupid enough to drive an SUV in reverse at 60 MPH, that's natural selection.

[@HirokaAkita]

Dude. We know that, if anyone is brave enough or stupid enough, anything can be a weapon, or a fucking d*ldo. And, no. *I DON'T WANNA KNOW IF ANYONE HAS EVER USED A CAR AS A D•LDO BEFORE.*

[@eriklp1214]

@@HirokaAkita yes they did the shifter

[@Christosan88]

facts kim included

[@james_chatman]

If someone is stupid enough to make judgements about things they actually know nothing about, well that's an idiot.

[@2e4SA4k8]

darwin awards

[@thecoishiking5768]

"Wow, this Mazda is really underpowered, I think it's developing gremlins" "I think they're actually spiders"

[@puffdaddy4537]

Hey. This channel single handedly made me , a 23 yr old computer nerd, into a car guy. Y’all are so entertaining and helped me find something I love, so thanks man.

[@mr.juicethebeetle3373]

Pef deddy

[@drippingwax]

The other day I realized that I built my first computer before Linus of Linus Tech Tips. I never tried to make a career with computers. I want to work with people. Do you want to know how well that worked out? I live with my mother.

[@kurtiswoods1663]

What did you love? And do you still ?

[@oliverbrinton4889]

same here man

[@Sniperboy5551]

@drippingwax That sucks bro, but if your username has to do with weed, I can’t say I’m surprised…

[@privateassman8839]

**technician opens hood** yep, just as I thought. Engine spiders.

[@coastyken7370]

😂😂😂

[@jj02mc27]

(to the tune of Uptown Funk) Stop, wait a minute Why my engine got these spiders in it?

[@matthewshaw8943]

Lmfao

[@justinbainbridge9496]

*Slaps hood* "yep this bad baby can hold hundreds of engine spiders"

[@matthewshaw8943]

Horsepower? More like spider power

[@ahmadhabib9542]

"Handmade is just another way of saying the door will fall off" -Jeremy Clarkson

[@ctastrophe_0]

Best quote of his

[@samshardlow9576]

No Clarksons best quote is he isn’t homophobic because he watches lesbian porn

[@ctastrophe_0]

Sam Shardlow he actually said that? Bruh u right thats his best 😂

[@atarvhegde5210]

But we'll wasn't his W100 also hand built?

[@iAMxplosiff]

There's nothing scarier than lifting off the accelerator and finding your car is still accelerating. I had aftermarket floor mats, in a jeep. Thankfully I was the victor of the merging lane race so I didn't run up someone's rear end and merely exceeded the speed limit by far before I slid it off the pedal. It is scary in the moment

[@TrolldaMeir]

​@@DarksideStreamsyou may never have had the issue but it happens all the time, it's a common cause of accidents and near misses

[@mrmilkshake9824]

The Toyota floormat thing happened to me pretty recently, on my L's on the freeway and I notice the floormat was covering the break and gas pedal and was causing the car to lightly hit the break when accelerated. Scared the shit out of me

[@nathanjoseph4284]

"I didn't put the Pinto on this list because I'm sick of talking about it." *_SAD AND ANGERY PINTO EXPLOSION NOISES INTENSIFIES_*

[@MrChugwater]

The 'xplody Pinto is in a league all its own anyway.

[@Eray2007]

I've seen you coment on a video before on KZbin

[@Eray2007]

I forgot

[@fastinradfordable]

It wasn’t the pinto, It was FORD that didn’t mind customers dying.

[@castelan3419]

pinto means dick in portuguese lol

[@aidanw9378]

My BMW doesn't need biodegradable wiring to still have endless electrical issues

[@matthewandrade1893]

BMW x5 and BMW 7 series ( 06-10 i believe) had many issues in general. My brother had endless issues with his 2006 BMW 750i

[@aidanw9378]

@@matthewandrade1893 I do believe the 750i is the car known for being almost undrivable because of the costs associated with fixing it.

[@YoungCarWiz]

Guys stop putting hate on bmw. They are reliable with no issues if you take care of it. Like the saying if you take care of it it will take care of you

lada is the solution! no wiring means no problems

[@carguyns4348]

Young Car Wiz well said, and if you have a warranty

[@RedlineVulpine]

Pretty amazing that you left out the ignition switch failures of GM that caused the cars to shut off while driving, disabling all power assistance (brakes/steering etc.) and even the airbags. They caused many deaths, and GM tried to cover it up by changing the affected part but not changing the part number (industry standard practice). It was only discovered when a private investigator/mechanical expert hired by the family of one of the deceased disassembled crashed cars until he figured out that GM had quietly lengthened a pin in the ignition switch that was causing the problem. This is likely one of the worst fails/recalls that has ever happened, very unusual that you all did not mention it. Maybe there is another video dedicated to it that I haven't seen yet.

[@dorukdogauysal8299]

General Motors also did that wtf? watch the ford's faulty ignition part of the video again. it's the same problem you mentioned. are you sure it's GM but not Ford?

[@RedlineVulpine]

@@dorukdogauysal8299 Oh, for sure. Search for "GM ignition switch cover up" or something like that.

[@dorukdogauysal8299]

@@RedlineVulpine Yeah i just found it. if had a dollar every time that happened, i would have 2 dollars. 2 dollars is not that much money but it's weird that happened two times lmao

[@noid919]

@@dorukdogauysal8299 The GM ignition switch recall was for 30 million cars and lots of people died over a huge timeframe - and GM new about it for years before it was officially discovered, yet they continued to install it.

[@denn15m8]

They left it out on purpose because they are actually GM employees.

[@seanwallace9269]

For a Washingtonian, the irony of the Tacoma being prone go rust is great. Tacoma, Washington is a city just south of Seattle and is also on the Puget sound, a large body of Salt water.

[@rustythedusty4478]

The gas pedal getting stuck on a toyota prius? Sheesh, who knew people couldnt handle the BLISTERING speed of the prius.

[@SuperPhunThyme9]

Well anyone who doesn't know what "Neutral" is, likely isn't going to fare well.

[@nathonc4957]

Keep in mind that most people who drive a Prius don’t usually go over 34mph

[@kvltman782]

It actually wasnt an issue in that sense. The peddles were just smaller than most other cars and people kept accidentally hitting the wrong pedal.

[@ccricers]

I saw a photo of an Uber driver that rear ended their Prius into an embankment.. several feet above the road it was driving. Now I know how it might have happened.

[@scatttyyyr2032]

Other less talked about issue was putting an LCD display in an old person car. Grandma got pulled over doing 130 in an 80 because one of the grand kids switch the speedometer to MPH

[@instantbeansoup]

The G-wagon didn't have a reverse flaw, it just adapts to Dominic Torretto's driving style.

[@bryanlolwtf04]

Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing - First time?

[@tatendamanomano4556]

When you want 2to channel your inner vin diesel 😂😂

[@pauldevassy2379]

Instead of making the explorer an inch wider, they decided to run the tire air pressure lower for stability. Tires run hotter at lower pressures and when they blew, the suv rolled anyway.

[@milesaway1980]

I never understood why they didn't just increase the backspacing on the rim to put the tires out slightly further. It might decrease the turn radius slightly, but certainly better than roll overs, etc. Same with the Bronco II.

[@drippingwax]

@@milesaway1980 I was thinking of making the axles wider.

[@nhh12345]

The spider thing also applies to Hondas. My 08 Accord threw an evap code and I saw a post about spiderwebs clogging the fuel tank purge valve. To my surprise it turned out to be true. Washed it out and all is well.

[@gavinchang2168]

I never thought someone would say “rapidly accelerate” when talking about a Prius.

[@KyleFN]

It wasn't just the Prius. My Corolla was affected, and a shitload of Camrys, so it was a real big problem for Toyota.

[@djhero0071]

Some Sentras had to be recalled too since the mats could slide on those too. Late model B15s I believe (different make but same problem kinda)

[@SataniaMcDowel]

#fake xD

[@KyleFN]

@Jordon Carlson yeah I had a dude in the service bay tell me that exact thing. To which I responded, "No shit dude why do you think I'm still here to complain about it".

[@imthedarknight-8755]

I had a mat jam my gas pedal one time, I just shifted into neutral and stopped. Not that hard

[@pravii7944]

Me looking out the window at my 2009 Mazda6 in horror.

[@LavenderHusky55]

I'm with you mate I have the same problem... Mazda 6 hype doe

[@Cheeseburger.Launch.Sequence]

We have a latest generation, 2019 Honda Fit. I think this car has a spider problem too.

[@Cheeseburger.Launch.Sequence]

We being my family, not my multiple personalities.....haha.

[@LavenderHusky55]

@@Cheeseburger.Launch.Sequence We'd guessed that...

[@Cheeseburger.Launch.Sequence]

@@LavenderHusky55 In the current sociopolitical climate I have had similar statements set off a gender tirade ovee how WE is not a gender......

[@PhillipAllenShio]

#5 actually happened to me. I had a 95 Ford Explorer for my first car. Tire exploded going 80 mph. Super scary, but fortunately I was able to keep it under control and didn't roll it

[@gerhmanguy3072]

🙏🙏

[@skyfifer5443]

when the Aztek first came out, I loved it. it was something different, it was neat. and like you said, it was ahead of it's time. I couldn't afford one when they first came out. but I got to own one later and loved it.

[@eliknight2]

James: "I'm sick of talking about the pinto" **Sad pinto exploding noises**

[@DarthSagius]

Also cause if you're one of the few who actually HAVEN'T heard about the Pinto fiasco....how?? It's one of the BIGGEST scandals in automotive history. Even the rocks people live under know about the Pinto Witch Trials

[@smokemonkey2596]

@@DarthSagius is it possible to move the gas tank to somewhere safer or it would still explode?

[@KyleFN]

Is that like a quiet explosion or something?

[@smokemonkey2596]

@@KyleFN nah its just like a rear end collision it sets the pinto on fire since the tank is placed in the rear which can be easily destroyed in a rear end collision

[@DarthSagius]

@@smokemonkey2596 I don't think there's a fool-proof location for that. Luckily for us, the present location we use requires more impacting numbers for that occurrence to happen in comparison to the Pinto's setup. Angle, area, speed and force of impact have a much smaller threshold to breach in order to set that unfortunate thing ablaze. The designing, testing and materials used for automobiles now also play huge part in reducing that circumstance. Even if we do away with petrol, or used different materials for tanks and fuel-related components, vehicles still have a chance to combust via electrical fire. The Struggle

[@btly-wing6531]

Whoever didn't limit the G Wagons' reverse speed must have played Big Rigs Over the Road Racing, and thought it would go faster in reverse

[@ccricers]

If only it could also clip through walls, then you won't worry about crashing into them.

[@mikeuchiha5972]

BTL Y-Wing privet comrade

[@BierBart12]

And also have perfect downforce so not even driving over a cliff will lift you off the ground, you'll just stick to the wall

[@fders938]

"It must be going like...1000 miles per hour. In reverse! IN A BIG ASS TRUCK!"

[@benharrison5816]

BIG RIGGS!

[@ragnarokncc3137]

I genuinely use the phrase “Blown out like a Firestone tire” to the continued confusion of everyone in my life

[@jasongershman1018]

The Ford Windstar had a similar problem to the Tacoma. A poorly designed axle would cause it to rust over and crack. I remember Ford paid for a rental for nine months while they redesigned, manufactured, and installed a new rear axle on mine.

[@kube426]

"Mazda 6 attracts spiders" Me: **Looks outside window and looks at my car** Also me: *oh*

[@SultanNizi3000GT]

Fun fact: Indonesian polices uses the Mazda6 as their patrol car.

[@LunringNassar]

Especially the Mazda 6 MPS, Damn thats a sleeper.

[@adamshaw5999]

"I'm not talking about four humans. I'm not even talking about two wolves."

[@ErukanuSenpai]

13 years m6 and never had this problem ö.o

[@faizalf119]

Also fun fact: Indonesia is a tropical country, so there's a lot more spiders

[@paytonirby4904]

“It’s weird guys, it’s almost like these big companies don’t care about people” HMMMMMMM......

[@nooknooktyb4922]

Coincidence I think not

[@paytonirby4904]

Dee Snuts if you know you know

[@kidxo6813]

@@paytonirby4904 I'd like to know

[@james_chatman]

[@HalfWarrior]

Yup, it's about the money bet!

[@lopingmymule3104]

As a kid, probably 20- something years ago, my dad had a Ford truck that burned down in our driveway. Ignition switch was the culprit. Sometimes you can still find charred truck bits in the rock driveway it was parked on

[@iareqtown8827]

I have a 2010 Corolla and the floor mat always moves around and more than once has ran up the gas pedal and caused unintended acceleration. I assumed the mats were aftermarket, but it sounds like this is a common problem and I love that I can tell people about that now.

[@drippingwax]

Our cars were made between 1999 and 2006, but they have hooks for the original floormats.

[@bjoe385]

Nobody Ford Explorer drivers: “Bono my tyres are gone man!”

[@adamzeng7839]

LOL lewis

[@mightymollyfan]

Them damn Michelin tyres my dad took them off his Ridgeline but is putting them back on in the winter be prepared for a roll over bono

[@dieseldabz7104]

TIRES

[@bjoe385]

DieselDabz710 Tyres is the British English spelling and Tires is the American English spelling. Both are correct.

[@bogdanrus7953]

@@bjoe385 Both are correct but tyre is correcter. Trust me i'm inglish pro.

[@zoemarshall-sappingfield415]

I remember watching an episode of forensic files where a daughter had been charged for the murder of her mother who had died in a car fire while they were driving together, the police thought that it had to be a set fire bc there was nothing proving a mechanical failure. Years later, turns out its ford's faulty ignition switch. Sad stuff.

[@annikkirahko6714]

Forensic Files is the shit!!!!!

[@BabyCharlotteschannel]

Holy crap, she'll never get those years back, but thats what happens with these corrupt to the core prosecutors that only care about their conviction rate instead of wanting actual, real true justice!! Hope she gets some kind of justice from the govt thug employees she was imprisoned by!!

[@varlunmulland3992]

Guilty until proven innocent. There was nothing proving mechanical failure, but nothing proving she did it, either. Disgusting.

[@kaiburns4257]

2:00 Im in a toyota program at college, and they talked to us about that in class, toyota got sued so hard it reached the billions of dollars, all because floormats had a loose pin to them.

[@spl0dg1e33]

At 5:05 I saw the car in breaking bad but I didn’t think it was an actually car 😂😂

[@paulrdgers3914]

What I learned from this: 1. Don't buy a 90's Mercedes. 2. Don't buy a Prius, they're too fast 3. Most importantly, Don't buy an SUV. (unless you enjoy rolling over)

[@Kai-bx3ep]

suv's are everywhere

[@marek594]

Pretty sure the wiring of 90s Mercedes was North America problem only, I had two and neither had any problems with wiring.

[@davo7512]

You mean a tall suv

[@radicalness]

@@marek594 Then why did he only talk about germany?

[@preddowr9597]

@@Kai-bx3ep not really It's shitty fake crossovers that are everywhere True suvs are a rare sight nowadays

[@matth6284]

I thought a Toyota Prius accelerating was barely possible let alone deadly

[@0163844098]

There has to be like a failsafe to prevent a crash(e-brake,ignition off,switch gears). But I guess this is Prius owners we're talking about.

[@datathunderstorm]

You had to be pretty "stoopid" to let the carpet shimmy up so high that is would foul with the accelerator pedal. Funny thing is, these cars were sold in the UK too - not a single case of unintended acceleration. Go figure!

[@datathunderstorm]

Failsafe - push the start button and hold it down - instant emergency shutdown of the complete HSD Propulsion System. Tried, tested, works! Funny how nobody knew this either! 🙄

[@0163844098]

@@datathunderstorm There might be in the UK, I mean idiots are everywhere in this world with no exceptions. It just that the US has alot more concentration of idiots(look at the pandemic).

[@TheDrAkira]

xDDD Good one!

[@davidh7339]

There's no need to disassemble the rear suspension to change the fuel filter on the FD RX-7. Just need to remove the two undercarriage trays located inward of the rear wheels and reach up for the filter that's near the top of the rear differential.

[@bloodlustshiva1]

I was working for Tire Kingdom back when the whole Firestone/Ford deal happened, I ended up changing at least 5-12 sets of tires per day from that alone for the better part of a year. Can only imagine how busy dealerships were.

[@TearingRaven]

"You have to drop the rear suspension to change the fuel filter!" Me, a 300ZX Turbo owner: "That's not so bad."

[@GustavoBrasilghc]

what you have to in that one?

[@minecrafterelfstone]

@@GustavoBrasilghc The 300zx (and Z31 especially) have notoriously cramped engine bays. For example, the oil filter is mounted horizontally above the starter, which isn't ideal

[@timmyfrank7042]

Front main seal/bearings my least favorite part of the VG so far

[@zaradomerix]

You have to remove the top half of the engine to do Injectors... You have 2 intakes and they're both 8 miles long and made of 47 lbs of plastic. All 4 wheels turn, even when you don't want them to. There's... I want to say 13 Computers in the car? It's been a while since I sold mine, but gah daym... I've never had so much time invested into simple repairs lol.

[@jeffhooper3447]

@@minecrafterelfstone MAC sells a bendable "waterslide" for just such engineering fails. Looks really cool

[@ramiror2132]

The G-truck reminded me of something. Citroen had a time around the 60s when they held a contest on a track with a 2CV, where if anyone could roll it, they get a car for free. Just go, drive the track, and if the car wrecks we give you one new, hand in key. Every guy took it, floored it, sharpen every curve, twisted the wheel in frantic need of a new car, to no avail, the thing was steady as a brick house. The secret? Every 2CV has mass dampers, it is so effective that is banned by the F1. Until it came. An old racer goes into the car, starts it, put it in reverse, turned the wheel all the way to the right... and it just plummeted. At the right speed the car just turns onto itself, and down to its side it went. And the man went home in a new car.

[@justvin7214]

The 2CV prop shaft was threaded and it screwed into the gearbox so if you reversed too far it could unscrew itself, I thought it was going to be on this vid before I watched it.

[@Sleeper47]

@@justvin7214 lmao for real? Is there a video of it unscrewing itself lmao

[@justvin7214]

@@Sleeper47 Yes it's true, also some guys drove across the Saharan Desert in one and got low on engine oil. They limped to a small village, but there was no oil to be found so they bought a few bananas and mashed them up and shoved them into the engine. I can't remember how far they got until they found somewhere with oil but it was over 200 miles. It was in a book my late father had.

[@riversider2506]

Noooooice 👌.

[@nordin7509]

Nice to know, love this technical commentsections

[@Mandren]

This reminds me of the CBC Fifth Estate review of GM Cobalts and other vehicles they produced had an ignition switch that could be jostled into accessory mode due to a spring being just a little too short inside the mechanism. Similar to the Ford situation, the car loses all power steering and braking and careens off the road, leading to multiple deaths.

[@illusivec]

Ford always had a special place in my heart for their utter disregard for lives of their drivers. Happy to be reminded of that again... People shat all over VW for cheating the emission tests yet we're all willing to forgive Ford for willfully allowing their firebombs to be driven by unsuspecting customers just to save pennies. Honestly, this scandal should have been the end of Ford. They should have been shut down and their assets should have been liquified yet in the land of the free, it cost Ford nothing. Somehow not even any significant reputation damage. I have friends who'd never buy Fords just because of this incident. I'd never buy a Ford either.

[@dougwarren5471]

Amen. Henry Ford was a nut job con man and its carried over generations.

[@Punklynn911]

I liked chevy anyways

[@RedTsarOldChannel-INACTIVE]

Ford Europe, Ford Brazil: are we a joke to you- (The issues usually came from the US division, as if I'm correct, the Latin American and European divisions never had the same bad reputation and problems as with the US one)

[@kdrapertrucker]

Ford is better then most brands out there, at least they didn't design wiring to short out, or design their cars to need complex disassembly to change a filter. By the way, how are things at GM IT branch? since this is obviously a lame GM troll.

[@marlon6598]

@@kdrapertrucker Holy cope lmfao Can't you believe for a second that maybe that guy has a point and he doesnt give a crap about GM? I have driven EDM cars all my life and I can see that was a messed up move by ford, too. Do you think I'm a GM shill too? 😂

[@urielvin]

"I've heard of bug fixes, but this is ridiculous" *hits like instantly*

[@jacobb6774]

I cried laughing

[@Anonymoose345]

I hurt my lungs from laughing

[@Ricky-wy6dl]

Noah Innenberg I hurt my laugh box 😝😝😝🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@JordanBlue1]

How is that part funny?

[@Ricky-wy6dl]

Jordyn Music cuz it is .

[@iamthecheese2737]

If I remember the Mercedes bio-wire debacle correctly, rodents also found the wire particularly tasty compared to regular wiring.

[@wanderingmercurymarauder761]

This seems to be pretty common now. Tesla wires are made of some soy bullshit so rodents love chewing them.

[@JohnJohnson-fy6dt]

Bruh

[@fL0p]

🧀🐭

[@drippingwax]

Was Mercedes the only manufacturer to do this? When I researched how to replace my Subaru head gasket, and I felt surprised that bad head gaskets from 1990-2010 didn't make this list, one mechanic said that when Subaru started selling in more markets they needed to make insulation and plastic components biodegradable and reliability suffered. I had many plastic bits degrade in my Forester.

[@iamthecheese2737]

@@drippingwax lots of companies have turned out sub reliable products in the name of eco friendly and it usually ends up in major issues that cause more environmentally impactful waste.

[@pixel2plastic832]

I'm so glad I found this channel James' random quotes are amazing and catch me off guard everytime "not even talking about 2 wolves" 🙌🙌 thanks past Donut for your epic backlog to go through

[@Chronodistortion]

0:46 Shows JNCO logo over what I believe is a Kikwear AD love it

[@RirtyDascal]

I must be the only other old 90s fogey in here that lol. It went past and I was like "hold up a sec".

[@aquibobo]

Dude, I owned one of those Mazda 6 and had to bring my car for the “fix”. Mazda sent a letter to every car owner explaining the story as a little fairytale. It was the funniest letter I ever received and it didn’t even seem real; wish I had kept it for posterity. That car was awesome regardless of gasoline addicted spiders.

[@vansdan.]

I need to see this but Google isn't finding it for me! If anyone has a link to a pic hook it up, sounds hilarious.

[@user-cb7rd2tk9n]

1st Gen Mazda 6s are so fun to drive man

[@customjohnny]

vansdan static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2014/RCMN-14V114-7361.pdf This should take you to the letter they sent the dealerships. Not sure if it’s the same one that owners got! 😊

[@aquibobo]

Custom Johnny Official Thank you!

[@its_jvne4169]

Can we get an up to speed on the whole donut crew?? Where everyone’s from, how they got to donut, their stories???

[@jed3219]

i read the second part as how they got their donut

[@trevordvids]

This needs to be pinned

[@peterdelaney6416]

Yessssss

[@barnykirashi]

3:05 "Yes, I prefer the "G Merci" from when it was a slow and sturdy off roader, how did you know" -Giga Chad

[@ckymeebs]

I have some insight on the time out dolls. They were a country kitch thing women who took up sewing used to do a long time ago. It was something relatively simple so a lot of people did it and made it popular. These things would be decorations you have in your home, and since car shows started to grow into a second home for old people, they would decorate their spot at the car show. Someone probably wanted to out-do a rival at one point because old people get overly competitive about trivial matters, and oneupsmanship escalates into the creepy thing we see today that used to be a simple decoration item from the past. The low rider community probably just borrowed it from the existing culture and adopted it as its own. I know this is an old video but I like rewarching Donut videos, so there.

[@Evan-tj1te]

My parents bought a Ford Explorer back then. They were driving in it when my sister was a baby. Right after they got home, and got her out of the car, the tires blew.

[@cybercomets7260]

lucky 😯

[@dannydaw59]

The tires blew when it was standing still in the driveway?

[@brandonhoffman4712]

Ahh yes Firestone tires! The name that's known is firestone where the rubber blows on the road!

[@Cheepchipsable]

@@brandonhoffman4712 *not guaranteed for use on roads....

[@danielmccauley3765]

Multiple tires blew at the same time? I think not...

[@HitBit_Gaming]

Hard to avoid spiders when your car looks so fly. XD

[@xmlthegreat]

NO! Bad pun! No! Jk loved it lol

[@erikmolochko3953]

Haha! Got eem!

[@daveschultz6476]

Lmao good one.

[@newchangeunlisted_viewer5594]

AHHHHHHHHHH Nice one

[@chuckfreakingnorris3333]

FACTS

[@newfan55555555555555]

Random video to say thank you. But, THANK YOU! I've only recently came across your channel. Going though the videos... Absolutely amazing content! Thanks to all of the team for our entertainment. Really appreciate it. All the best going forward.

[@Faggledickbob]

I have an 08 tacoma. My leaves fractured and I replaced them with a OME (Old Man Emu) Leaves. They reimbursed the cost of them, as well as install. Not to mention you didn't mention that 05-11 Tacomas also had a frame recall! (I got one of those also!) MY truck has 195k miles. 13 years old. With a 2 year old frame, brake lines, and fuel lines.

[@carma7439]

other companies: *normal engineering problems with normal fixes* mazda: *sigh* ok fine r&d can get a spider chamber

[@PaganiGaming]

Day 207 of asking James to do an Up to speed on his Dad

[@ideccubez4216]

Hello

[@ultraguy8771]

My man!

[@ilikecars0000]

Day 32 of supporting Pagani Boi.

[@Jack-cz5su]

Was looking for this

[@o-tuathail]

Oh my god, you’re still going? My god!

[@Elderlandwurm]

Donut Media needs to do a Part 2, just to cover the recalls for the 2011+ Ford Focus/Fusion/whatever. Between the transmission and the weird valve failure that could cause your car to randomly cut off at a half a tank or less, I feel like it's prime shitty engineering material.

[@billymanilli]

When I was a tech at Chevrolet we had an issue with spiders climbing in and clogging the vent pipe next to the filler neck on some models, too... can't recall exactly which vehicle or vehicles were affected by this, but there was a bulletin on it and I've ran into the issue a few times within the 2 years I worked there (mid 2000's). I HATE those things !! lol

[@ainchamama]

You forgot how mid-2000's BMW's had interiors that turned into Play-Doh after a couple of years.

[@cmkm54]

Hey...... its like dried Play-Doh :( only if you never condition the leather though. Edit: I just noticed the mid 2000s mines an 02 whoops

[@rickybanzai2199]

It happened on lot of brand. In the old FIAT was absolutely normal. I have a 06 320i, I love her, and I find 2 problems: 1) the plastics are painted with somthing like plastidip, and it wears; in most older car the color was IN the plastic, not ON the plastic; 2) changing an "angel eyes" lamp needs the removal of the front wheel. 1h work. On e88 model, very similar to my e90, it takes 10 minutes and no wheel removal. The only 2 problem I find with this fantastic car.

[@rubendepuben8386]

@@rickybanzai2199 yes relatable i have an alfa 156 wich also has large amounts of plastidip wich tends to become extremely sticky as the years pass. love my alfa tho

[@nashanthename1886]

Don't forget James' dad

[@southernracing2468]

Chevy colbalt interiors turn as brittle as potato chips after a few years lol the dash will crack once then it I’ll just start imploding from there😂

[@marvingachomo]

"I've heard of bug fixes, but this is ridiculous"🤣 You had me there James

[@sheersha]

I Giggled Man

[@makeway4joni]

@@sheersha thats a good one

[@pabloprincich9276]

Another interesting point of that era , if you check the owners manual of the explorer after the "roll over gate" the tire pressure recomended by Ford was increased ( a cheap way to "work" the problem)

[@josejosefino7361]

Wish i had known about this channel before I bought my Jeep Jk. Y’all talk about so many different issues to look out for. You guys make it so easy to understand about cars, that i have learned so much about them this last 6 months. I knew nothing about cars till i saw your vids. I changed my first Tire last year.

[@LoganA3806]

I love how the G class was made to be an off-road vehicle but everyone uses as a normal suv.

[@nikovbn839]

Are you talking about the G-class? AMG is a completely different thing.

[@Awesomeguy-kr8kv]

Yeah the g class is the offroad class amg is sport or like a racing class

[@iDiOt5]

soccermom

[@thallan]

Suv were also supossed to be off road before becoming suburban utility vehicles, right?

[@AsianCole]

@@thallan yeah sports utility vehicles

[@TENthe10th]

Person 1: I have a Spider Car. Person 2: Oh, you mean an Alfa Romeo Spider? Person 1: No, a Mazda....

[@nathanlong8295]

Car so scary no woman would ever get near it.

[@ChapsShrugged]

I just love how James always pronounces everything intentionally wrong‐ "Mersaytsees"... "Fyord"... Makes my brain happy.

[@thisisthepart311]

Mazda Tech here, there was no PCM/ECU update. There was a long brush that we used to comb the tube for webs, and then there was a patch (not software) that we installed to prevent the spiders from entering and creating webs

[@markp9366]

Things we need an Up To Speed on: Ford Torino, Ford Flacon, Chevy Nova, Plymouth Road Runner, Oldsmobile 442, Mercedes 190e Evo2, Roush, Yenko, 25 Hours of Le Mans

[@ultraguy8771]

Put the Dodge Super Bee on the list.

[@dodowdr3]

Alpine would be nice

[@IKATEN501]

put the 24 hours of le mans

[@alonzolopez9649]

Cadillac deville and fleetwood?

[@infinitxm8574]

Ford Escort Cosworth and Ford Sierra Cosworth

[@jackmatthews8062]

“If you’ve ever been a person in the past, you might remember this” -James Pumphrey 2020

[@dansbikes6497]

Fun fact about the Prius, my dad is a fire Captain and he was telling me a bit ago that when the Prius first came out there were a lot of blind people getting hit because they couldn’t hear the hybrid electric motors

[@MattMcIrvin]

There are laws now saying that EVs and hybrids have to make fake noises so pedestrians can hear them coming. They actually have speakers pointed outwards that make that sort of Jetsons whine when they're on electric drive.

[@PhilXavierSierraJones]

Apparently certain GM cars had a faulty key switch that had a detent pin that was just few millimeters too short, causing the key to literally turn out of RUN position MID-DRIVING when the key is bumped, such as due to leg brushing up against the keyring... And this caused many accidents in Canada, according to CBC News. Yikes.

[@aswallace88]

1:55 Toyota, Moving Forward EVEN WHEN YOU DON'T WANT TO

[@silverioarroyo5968]

"Let's go places.....whether you want to or not"

[@meatballdictator740]

“Everybody makes mistakes” My parents: You’re right 😢

[@bushtruck]

Been makin mistakes my whole life, I'm 34. Just started my channel where I take trucks into the mountains of Canada and break em. I just wanna make people laugh.

[@dieseldabz7104]

Hopefully they weren't talking about YOU being said mistake😂

[@meatballdictator740]

DieselDabz710 perhaps they were...

[@naws69]

bro that's cringe

[@franktobin2205]

Nawas Naz it is extremely cringey

[@masonkinonen7492]

I actually had a 2005 Tacoma with that same frame rust problem. And the gas tank straps went as well.

[@Wireball]

91 Honda Accord (and a number of later Hondas) had an ignition keyswitch issue where the contacts would corrode and not make reliable electrical contact, causing the engine to stop while driving. However, power steering, brakes, etc all continued working, so you only noticed when you stepped on the gas and had no power. Pulling over and restarting the car / jittering the key usually solved the problem, but I did get stranded once before I figured out the problem.

[@keithwhite3159]

Missed: - GM ignition switches. I think that was even worse than Fords. - Corvair handling, though you may be sick of talking about that one too. - Chevy Vega: it would be faster to list the things that DID work.

[@MM-np4md]

Yikes 🤣🤣🤣

[@WredFawks]

Flat key gm cars from the 60s through the 80s. See the episode of Roadkill when they put a 383 in Funnegan's wifes ElCamino

[@georgethomas3597]

nice

[@Dziugenonas]

Bad Corvair handling was a hoax

[@streetwarrior7632]

Found the ford lover lol

[@zz-km6dp]

I wonder what the phone call was like when the engineers learned about spiders getting high off their cars gas fumes.

[@joewessel1489]

We can bribe the spiders to build their webs into material for the seats in the car

[@MyRegardsToTheDodo]

This is actually not what happened. Basically any car attracts spiders, because spiders use hydrocarbons to communicate. So back in 2011 Mazda recalled the cars and retrofit them with a spring, that should prevent spiders from getting in and added a software to any new cars that prevents a negative pressure (basically a vacuum) inside the gas tanks, but didn't put that new software on the old, recalled cars. By the end of 2013 out of more than 60,000 cars Mazda had found ten with burst fuel lines, which might or might not have been caused by spiders, so they recalled the cars again and put the new software on them too. Oh, and it was also quite a coincidence that Mazda engineers found yellow sac spiders, those spiders are probably one of the most common spider sub-species in the world. www.popsci.com/blog-network/eek-squad/why-do-spiders-apparently-cars-so-much/

[@PneumaticFrog]

@Bob Watters he probably just owns a Mazda

[@brodybishop7647]

As the owner of two 2003 Pontiac vibes I love the little shout out you did for Pontiac rest in peace

[@TheFunfighter]

The #5 tire thing was actually on the tires. It was found out that depending on which production plant had manufactured the tire, they had quality problems leading to delamination

[@drippingwax]

How come they had excessive rollovers after they changed tires?

[@kgranger]

"The Aztec is so gross it's awesome. It's like eating your own boogers." Can we get that on a shirt?

[@davidc756]

Isn't it the Walter White car

[@kenworthNH]

that cracked me up

[@russellm2555]

There's a custom Aztec out there that's pretty dope

[@sidebazooka6900]

Going way too fast on reverse: *exists* Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing: *Allow me to introduce myself*

[@sannyfolkesson2226]

and then we got daf 66 automatic, with was so bonkers in reverse the dutch made a race in reverse with it

[@mimisgtaman]

Over the road racing? More like UNDER the road racing.... what a weird mess of a game

[@notthatrad794]

Solid reference lol

[@xasmaniusvolk8416]

4:20 if they weren't vulnerable to flipping, I would say that was made for some drifting Tricks

[@SOLDADITO76]

With the Explorer and Firestone, I've been in the automotive industry a bit of time, from only changing tires and oil, to full on vehicle restorations. And I can say it was Ford and their Exploder that is the issue. They introduced a SUV with a higher center of gravity the public wasn't use to and that blame also goes to the owners of said vehicle who clearly didn't take that into account. Now with the tires, that brand and particular style of tire shouldn't have been ran with no less than 30ibs of air pressure. According to the enginerds at Ford they think it's a good idea to run a heavy vehicle on a all-terrain tire at 26-28ibs of air, and for the most part these SUV's hardly saw any traveling off paved roads. Now wonder why the tires exploded, the main tread cap got worn from the lack of air pressure then decides to separates from the tire at anytime Murphy feels like it. You run any tire on low air pressure for long periods of time and the inside of the tire will deteriorate in the process.

[@mazdaspiders7954]

James, we had a deal. We’ll be in Hi-Car if you want to talk about this smear campaign.

[@dijonnoodles663]

Hey, um... I’m thinking about buying a mazda. Can you please not come in my car?

[@awesomebush8711]

No please not the hi car

[@mazdaspiders7954]

Dijon Noodles we have no idea what you’re talking about. The idea that we like Mazda’s is a smear campaign funded my Nolan because we didn’t support low car.

[@twistedyogert]

I don't care, spiders are cute.

[@TheDeathsMessenger]

Mazda Spiders but your username has Mazda in it

[@ltd4517]

"The Pontiac aztek is so gross it's cool, like eating your own boogers" My new favorate james quote

[@craigdally418]

"MATER!! Why in the hell you gear those Mercs to do 60 in reverse!!" "Cause I'm the world's best backwards driver! Watch this right here lover boy."

[@arkinjaredmorales4123]

'During da cut...' "Im gonna drive this G backwards" "MATER!!!!!"

[@raenfox]

The story about the G wagons reminds me of the old Saab cars. I don't remember the exact model, but it had a two-cycle engine which could run forward or backward. If you knew how, you could switch the engine's direction so you had 1 forward gear and 4 reverse gears. So bascially it could drive reverse as fast as it could forward. There were even reverse races with these cars.

[@langam7017]

"Mercedes" "Reliable" Maybe the OLD ones. *Not* after the late 90s though. Especially the higher you go in the range, the less reliable it gets.

[@SuperInfamous1234]

Depends. My 2003 clk55 is going strong. But generally after 2008 mercedes is a no go

[@claudiobizama5603]

They dropped the ball with the electrical problems and never recovered. An 80's diesel Mercedes is bulletproof.

[@StephenBrewer89]

Mo- Money I have owned 4 now. 1999 c230k. 2007 c230. 2011 e350. Now a 2013 GL550. Honestly I absolutely love them. I do all my service and have so far not seen much out of the ordinary besides my GL likes to eat rear tires even being aligned 1 time a year.

[@JDMHaze]

John Smith See everything Chrysler comes around goes downhill... Considering the Dodge charger/challenger uses the Mercedes E class chassis, the charger/ Challenger/300 has actually been fairly decent in reliability,, The first generation Mercedes ML were trash though and the amg fuel pumps were trash

[@madoba8717]

2012 c250 100k+ miles no issues at all :)

[@kenbee1957]

"If you've ever been a person in the past...." 🙆🏾‍♂️😳 He's talking about me!

[@derekdavis3684]

thanks for another great video!

[@taylormeyers8780]

In reference to #2: I spent 7 years as a dealership auto tech, you wouldn't even believe the amount of people driving around with aftermarket floor mats that are literally covering their accelerator pedal. Seriously, I'd say it was 15-20% of cars i worked on.

[@lukasbekcic]

We should start a petition for James to do an episode in a bright green shirt.

[@chr_stian]

we all need more floating James head in our life

[@Dotseoem]

That would go great with the blue screen he's using.

[@carolinehusky]

Mercedes going 60 miles per hour in reverse... DAF cars: Hold my beer!

[@franklinvanproosdij]

Here in the netherlands we even had reverse races with dafs. And then they even put in jumps! A daf 66 could do 140 kph in reverse. Good old days.

[@dummy3467]

Me with a Koensegg Ragera in NFS HEAT: *You pathetic mortal*

[@tommitcx5463]

@@dummy3467 You mean Forza Horizon 3, It was the fastest reverse car in that game. Unfortante that this was fixed in FH4 😔

[@nikolagnjatic211]

Daf is an truck company in eu

[@carlsjr.74]

@@nikolagnjatic211 It´s the same DAF that you mean... de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DAF_(Automobile)

[@zeusathena26]

My Chevy had a recall for the gas pedal getting stuck down, the airbag may go off at any point, & the ignition may burst into flames. I traded it for an Explorer. After I got rid of the Firestone tires, it was an amazing vehicle!

[@feltongailey8987]

I have rarely seen any floormats that could not be "coerced" onto the accelerator over time. The exceptions are the ones firmly attached (velcro, grommets, etc) to the floor and even those over time pivot one way or the other.

[@kidskyflythefonz4961]

When you’ve been asking for donut to cover the Mazda6 and the first mention is about gas loving spiders 😭😭

[@hiwhatsthewifipass8566]

FRS

[@hidaniel1757]

Hey DONUT, JAMES, the chevy/opel/daewoo optra had a design fail that every time you wanted to check, or change its oil, and of course the oil filter, you had to remove an entire wheel and parts of the suspension. Big Brain Time

[@thegreatafrican3367]

But it's a nice car though

[@theshanamaster]

@@thegreatafrican3367 not of you have the change the oil regularly

[@MrJimbo666]

I had some friends that had Optra's and never heard of this. Weird.

[@Fixin-To]

Same as trying to read your name.

[@smashgoeselectric]

2:06 Just as I was swapping the floor matts from my Daihatsu to my Toyota

[@xStntlcRysys]

I watch other videos. Then an ad pops up and I come and watch a donut video instead but I watch them all the way thru. So I must like this channel haha

[@matheusmoraes4060]

Pinto: "This is dangerous nowdays? U guys must be kiddin"

[@bobwalsh3751]

Another huge, HUUUUUUUUUUGE issue with the Crown Vic (especially the CVPI!) was that if it was struck from the rear (giggity) at highway speeds there was a slight risk that the car would leak gas and/or catch fire. This rarely happened, but enough that the cars were recalled.

[@AlexandarHullRichter]

That's why every police department replaced 100% of their cruisers in 1998, isn't it?

[@mikedevlinbmx7208]

Yes this is 100% factual

[@snowwatermelon3103]

Huge, HUUUUUUUUUUGE issue > Slight risk

[@KeeperOfTartarus14]

This is also true about the first gen Explorers. My old police buddies used to call them Ford Exploders for a reason, and it wasn't the tires.

[@emcash8874]

I can't remember what year but they started to install fire suppression systems in the gas tank / fuel pump

[@Shannonbarnesdr1]

you had me at RIP Pontiac with the aztec, i hop they're up there chillin' with lil peep, 'Pac, . . . '' LOL liked and subbed bro !

[@brancampbell]

Here's another: 90s Fords having electrical fires caused by Cruise Control fault without protection against shorting out (a non-fused circuit). Vehicles could burn down in your driveway in the middle of the night, like what happened to some poor original-owner of a F150 that I bought rearend parts off of. My '95 didn't have Cruise, which I had lamented for years until I realized how lucky I might just have been. If I'm not mistaken, the defect affected 89-96 models, F-Series trucks and E-Series vans. Repair was subsequently covered under Safety Recall. Most times just the front would get roasted, all the way down to melted tires.