Auto Trends

It’s a new year. A year of hopefully bigger and better things to come. But as we all know, the bigger and better had to come from somewhere… and that is the worst and unworthy. CarComplaints.com has taken note of what customers have been saying over the years and have come up with the top 10 worst cars of the millennium. Without further adieu, here are the biggest losers according to a bucket full of complaining customers.

10. The winner of this loser list is the 1999 Dodge Intrepid. The number one issue with these seems to be the engine. The 2.7 liter V-6 to be exact was not a highlight in the Dodge history and there are a lot of unhappy Intrepid owners to prove it. This engine is very prone to a sludge build-up in the engine that eventually gums up the works and leaves the owner stranded with a giant bill… thanks Dodge!

9. The nest loser we are about to introduce, is actually a decent car today, but if you purchased one in 2000, you may want to be trading it in soon. The 2000 Ford Focus has had problems with noise, cheap interior parts, and a horrible climate control system. Eight faulty recalls round out this list for the 2000 Focus, with a throttle cable that could potentially become stuck open as the most unfortunate occurrence.

8. The Honda Civic is a very popular car today, but in 2001, transmission problems were a definite downfall. Loud noises and jerking motions are a dream come true for this years failures, while an all out breakdown is the more common problem that most people have had. They recommend to change your transmission regularly to help avoid these problems, but you are still living on a wing and a prayer with these.

7. The 2000 Chevrolet Malibu engine, electric, climate control, cooling, and brakes. Isn’t the most important function of any vehicle to both “go” and “start”. This leaves the Malibu with not even one out of the two necessities, which lands it straight to the middle of this list. Electrical problems in the theft and turn signals are quite popular, but the worst complaint is the car just shutting off in the middle of driving somewhere.

(to be Continued…)