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I came to the same conclusion. The exact year varies a bit by manufacturer. Chevy's pre-2008 were in a good spot, maybe 2007 for the avalanche body change? Qui

I came to the same conclusion. The exact year varies a bit by manufacturer. Chevy's pre-2008 were in a good spot, maybe 2007 for the avalanche body change? Quite a few Hondas and Toyotas were good through the early teens, especially the 4 cylinders. I have a late 80s GMC pickup, 2005 Buick, and a Chevy Volt. The only one I have any real issues with is the Volt, though that's only been the last couple years as the battery is getting old; the most frustrating thing is needing to run questionable software on an airgapped laptop just to turn the Volt back on when a high voltage safety flag is flipped tripped in the computer.

potato3732842 1y ago
Really depends on the particular model and when it got refreshed and how much the OEM cares about it more so than the manufacturer. Sometimes the platforms that the OEMs don't care about are great because the idiot dick swinging engineers who want to hit their KPIs neglect them. Sometimes they're terrible because they get phoned in. The flagship platforms are usually safe but sometimes they put too much bleeding edge tech in them.
- _heimdall 1y ago
  Yep that's very true. I always heard good things about the original Chevy Trailblazers, mainly because the motors were extremely reliable and Chevy basically ignored the model until they had to kill it off due to emissions of the inline 6. The 00s Chevy interior was another story, and I hear the transmissions used were either fine or time bombs.
rigrassm 1y ago
You wouldn't happen to have the software you used to work on your Volt bookmarked that you could share? I've got a Gen 2 Volt that I plan to keep for as long as it makes financial sense and sometimes that shady software is the only option for avoiding the dealership.
- _heimdall 1y ago
  I don't remember the name of the exact setup I have. I know I've seen people on the Volt forums have success with the GDS2 software and a VCX Nano OBD2 adapter, though I've never used that myself.

potato3732842 1y ago

Really depends on the particular model and when it got refreshed and how much the OEM cares about it more so than the manufacturer. Sometimes the platforms that the OEMs don't care about are great because the idiot dick swinging engineers who want to hit their KPIs neglect them. Sometimes they're terrible because they get phoned in. The flagship platforms are usually safe but sometimes they put too much bleeding edge tech in them.

_heimdall 1y ago
Yep that's very true. I always heard good things about the original Chevy Trailblazers, mainly because the motors were extremely reliable and Chevy basically ignored the model until they had to kill it off due to emissions of the inline 6. The 00s Chevy interior was another story, and I hear the transmissions used were either fine or time bombs.

rigrassm 1y ago

You wouldn't happen to have the software you used to work on your Volt bookmarked that you could share? I've got a Gen 2 Volt that I plan to keep for as long as it makes financial sense and sometimes that shady software is the only option for avoiding the dealership.

_heimdall 1y ago
I don't remember the name of the exact setup I have. I know I've seen people on the Volt forums have success with the GDS2 software and a VCX Nano OBD2 adapter, though I've never used that myself.