Exhaust system seemed to last two years.
Extremely hard to start in the wintertime.
Wind would whistle through the drivers window on a windy day, or if the heater blower fan was on high speed.
Glove box door fell off after hitting a pothole.
Seat back screw came out, causing seat to come apart.
Engine never idled smoothly and would often stall.
Car was made of rust.
This car had a trunk instead of a hatch; almost a useless trunk, as it was very small.
The worst car I ever drove in the wintertime. It would slide all over the road and get stuck in a flat parking lot that had been plowed.
Worst quality control ever. A rust magnet!
The seats were very uncomfortable and offered no lower back support.
The windshield wipers would hit the molding on the side of the windshield at low speed.
The car died on the way to be traded in.
A terrible car, yet you kept it for 8 years and put almost 70K miles on it, my my.
Supplement- This was my high school and college car and money was tight-otherwise I would have got rid of it sooner.
Wow, for a car that lasted 8 years through the lean school years, I would think you would have a little more appreciation. Maybe you'd have preferred a fancier car that broke down all the time like a used BMW. You'd have looked cool being towed to the garage.
Supplement- Actually by the time I traded this car in, the clutch and transmission were shot, the differential seal kept leaking oil onto the rear brakes causing them to sleaze up. The car died on route to be traded in. The car only had 80,000 miles on it, mostly highway miles. Most of the automobiles I have owned (no BMW's) have been able to rearch 100,000 before any major repairs were needed. A few nearly reached 200,000 miles.
In fairness to the original reviewer I think the quality of the Pinto fell like a stone in later years (like most other Ford Products in the late 1970's).
I had a 1973 Pinto Wagon that was a very reliable automobile.
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