Why do some companies like Ford have a 5year warranty and others like Hyundai have a 10year warranty?
Does the company with the longer warranty trust in their product longer? Or they know that the owner will have to do a ton of repairs and without a back up no one would ever buy them?
Unions.
You have to understand how they determine the length of warranty period in the first place. All manufacturers that warranty their product(s) have done extensive testing to prove either the product itself or the manufacturing process that it was made with. Once they have all of that testing data which includes environmental testing, life testing, destructive testing, etc., they utilize statistics to determine the mean life span (average) of the item. Once they have that number, they can either elect to improve the product to increase it's mean life or they can simply place a warranty span on the item that is below the average life of the item. By doing the latter, most failures will occur outside of the warrantied period offered by the manufacturer. You also have to look at what the warranty covers. Normally it's the drive train and in todays world relatively few drive trains fail due to improved manufacturing techniques. So it's simply a matter that Ford is willing to give 5 years while Hyundai is willing to provide the 10 year period. And yes, it's really about increasing sales and competing better with a sales giant such as Ford in the case you've identified.
Why are you posting this in the Desktop area?
(sigh)
Hyundai knows that the American market does not trust a Korea built car like they might trust a US made vehicle so they offer a bigger warranty to try and offset the fears.
- Why don't car companies remake some of their classic car models if people like them so much? Of course safety is in mind because everyone would freak out if they didn't have a seat belt and air bags in every inch of the car, but why can't some of the companies just remake their best selling car models? Dodge could remake their 1948 Sedan and Ford could remake their 1949 Custom. I could list more but I can't think of any more classics.
- Why are some Ford cars (like the Taurus and Focus) such unreliable cars? I'm looking at cars in the $3000 - $4500 range and I'm noticing a decent amount of Ford Taurus's and Focus's and out of all the cars that I see, these are two cars that just seem so unreliable. I test drove a Focus last year and it sounded like something was wrong with the engine.
- Do some car batteries that would fit a 1995 Ford Taurus SW have a smaller body/core than others? I recall that the last time I had a battery installed at Les Schwab they had a rough time getting it to fit properly. Took nearly two hours. Would it be possible to ask for a battery that is physically a bit smaller this time--or are they all exactly the same size?
- What are some good things to do to my 2007 Ford V6 Mustang to get some more power and performance? I want to get more power and better performance out of my V6 and no I don't want to trade up for a V8. I inherited this car and its paid off and only has 11,000 miles on it. Not to mention sentimental value so please leave your hate for V6s for someone else. I just want to know some cost effective ways to get more out of my stang. Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated.