I have had Ford products, GM products, and Chrysler products. They all seem to have their quirks. GM seems to be the one that developed the most annoying rattles and also tends to have the key mechanical issues that one has to watch out for. My least favorite was the "self destructing" plastic intake manifolds on their V-6 engines in the late 1990 and early 2000 model years, or their poorly built transmissions from the 1970 and 1980 model years. Ford products had quirky electrical issues and their horrible "variable venteurri" carburetors in their 1980 model years and premature rust from poorly designed body exterior metal in the 2000 model years. Chrysler always seemed to have a variety of quirks. I have had 360 V-8 engines notorious for sucking intake gaskets and drinking oil, hard starting in damp conditions causes by faulty ignition wiring, rear solid axles with the tires not running in true alignment, loss of FM band on higher end factory stereo equipment, and finally the loss of steering control during a typical left hand turn in dry pavement. This last issue, from what I can gather, was something that occurred over many years of banging and vibration of the front axle of that pickup truck. I never saw anything come through the mail from Chrysler, but I have a friend who told me about these issues they dealt with in a fleet of these mid to late 1990's trucks. The steering issue may have been prevented by installing new shock absorbers on the front axle in this truck I had, and my friend told me the "bulletin" he was aware of recommended this be done on an annual basis.
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