5 Automotive Engineering Mistakes That Buyers Pay High For
Each automaker is proud of its own engineering school. Good specialists are brought up from the student bench of a prestigious university and are carefully led up the career ladder. But even the most talented engineer is not perfect, and when designing a particular model, they make mistakes that pop up already during the operation of the machine. So, the buyer pays for them. Sometimes very expensive. Portal "AvtoVzglyad" talks about some egregious blunders of developers.
Mistakes don't just happen when designing budget cars. They are also allowed when creating expensive models.
Keep eyes safe
For example, the premium crossovers Porsche Cayenne, Volkswagen Touareg and Volvo XC90 do not have a well-thought-out headlight mounting system. As a result, the headlight unit becomes easy prey for car thieves. Moreover, the scope of thefts is such that it is time to talk about an epidemic. Craftsmen come up with different ways to protect expensive headlights from scammers, but this is not always possible.
Therefore, it is better not to leave such cars overnight on the street, but to store them in a garage. Note that at the same time with other expensive cars (say, with a Range Rover) there are no such problems. Yes, and the owners of Audi sedans, which are equipped with laser headlights, can sleep peacefully.
Doesn't slow down!
In some crossovers and even frame SUVs, the rear brake hoses simply hang. So much so that it will not be difficult to tear them off-road. Yes, and the brake system pipes are sometimes not covered with a plastic casing. Which increases the risk of their damage on, for example, a rut primer.
Heatstroke
When designing a car, it is extremely important to correctly position the intercooler, because it is responsible for cooling the power unit. The trick is that it is not easy to correctly install a massive node in the engine compartment. Therefore, often, engineers mount it on the right side, next to the wheel: that is, in the dirtiest place. As a result, the internal side of the intercooler becomes clogged with dirt and can no longer effectively cool the engine. Over time, this can lead to overheating of the motor and costly repairs.
Beware the cable
Let's remember the first electric cars, including those that came to our country. All of them are without fail completed with a power cable for connection to the socket. So, at first, these cables did not have clamps. That is, it was possible to freely disconnect the cable right during charging. What gave rise to massive theft of cables in Europe, as well as an increase in cases of electric shock.
tear off your ear
On many passenger cars, towing eyes began to have something like this. They are not welded to the spar, but to the body. Say, under the niche where the spare wheel lies. To tear off such an “ear” in the process of pulling a car out of the mud is a trifling matter. And if the cable at the same time flies into the windshield of the tug, it can break it, and the fragments will injure the driver.
