RE: 164 Electric Gremlins

[dsedon@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

hi karl,

ya may in fact be correct - i haven't owned a >'93 164.  yust passing along hearsay, and gut reaction to what seems making a relatively complicated car (91-93 iterations) even *more* complicated...

regards,

doug s.
Karl D <karld@domain.elided> wrote:

>Doug wrote: ask anyone who has owned both varieties of 164 which is more reliable. 
>ask alfa-bill, too, while yure at it.  the electrics on the '94 & later 164's 
>are a *lot* more of a pita... 
>
>===
>
>Doug, I'm gonna politely challenge you on this. I've never had an electrical problem with my '95 164LS since I bought it new (except for the LCD and the radio amp). The timing belt design sucks, though. It's always had full scheduled maintanence from a very competent dealer and has always passed California Smog by a wide margin.
>
>I'd be interested to know what are the electrical weak points? I know SubaruBill has mentioned that ECU's sometimes die, at great expense. What else am I lucky enough to not have experienced?
>
>Karl
>

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