Re: Sticky suggestion - TSB
If a manufacturer were to test every product thoroughly (so that they were sure it would be 100% reliable) and only used the highest quality product, they would come up with a new car every 5 or 10 years and it's probably cost $50,000 for a mid level sedan. I doubt it's practical nor financially prudent to do so (although I imagine high end cars, such as Mercedes, etc. do that).
This is a mass market car and they are spitting them out at a pretty quick pace.
A squeak here or a rattle there is easier to fix in the aftermarket for the handful of people who complain, rather than keep hundreds of thousands of cars in the lab (and off the market) for the period of time it takes to perfect them.
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