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Originally Posted by Table 5
Ford made a huge mess of the recent Explorer and Aviator rollouts. The first-year thing may be overblown, but that company seems to be having its fair share of production issues lately.
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I don't think the first year model issues are overblown. Some manufacturers can pull it off but (Toyota or Nissan for example rolling out a new model that's largely based on decades old drivetrains and tech) it's pretty rare that they don't ship with equipment that isn't revised or replaced in later years. I know the MK7 GTI had bad turbochargers in their first year and the MK7 Golf R first year shipped with bad Haldex units. The first year of the Subaru Ascent was a massive disaster for Subaru and anyone that purchased one as the Motor Trend long term Ascent wasn't a lemon as most of them had a lot of these issues as this is a prime reason you may want to wait a year or two on a new model;
https://www.motortrend.com/cars/suba...-term-verdict/