Consumer Report 2019 Minor Engine Issues

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Back in the pre-innerwebs days I had an easier time believing CRs stats, but the way info is instant today and how people's expectations have changed, I put little value in CR info.

I'm only at ~25K miles with my 2019 classic that was a rental for it's first year and 15K miles. No issues aside from a leaking high mounted brake light which I expected anyway given the same thing happened on my 2017.

The only undue noise I get from my 2019 classic is occasional mechanical cooling fan ROAR on startup and takeoff. It doesn't happen every time, but probably 50% of the time, but it always settles out after 10-20 seconds which is why I haven't bothered trying a FCA dealer on it. Where I'm going with that is, today's average consumer would instantly be online complaining about that and the "data" adds up.

Thermostatic fans have done this forever. You can keep putting new ones on and they'll keep engaging sooner after some thousands of miles. It's the nature of the beast. To your point - all consumers know now is software coding. Nothing else exists.
 
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