Exhaust manifolds usually last the length of the vehicles life I agree, but seeing as most people buy used including myself, and have had a caliper fail on every car I have ever had, always between the 50,000 - 100,000 mile mark, it essentially is a maintenance item. And I look after my brakes. I have owned almost all makes of cars. Timing belts are essentially maintenance as well at this mileage. Also calipers seem to fail/seize if the car has been sitting for a long time (a year or more, along with other problems!), regardless of mileage. Just my observations.
Not wanting to get into the faults vs maintenance debate on here as it usually dissolves into pointless arguments that go on forever, but it has been said before, this site is generally good but I wish the "faults" section was a little clearer and people took a little extra time to define what they would class as servicing and maintenance, vs faults and/or breakdowns. Really depends on how well a review is written, ultimately not the website's fault to be honest.
5th Oct 2021, 07:18
Exhaust manifolds usually last the length of the vehicles life I agree, but seeing as most people buy used including myself, and have had a caliper fail on every car I have ever had, always between the 50,000 - 100,000 mile mark, it essentially is a maintenance item. And I look after my brakes. I have owned almost all makes of cars. Timing belts are essentially maintenance as well at this mileage. Also calipers seem to fail/seize if the car has been sitting for a long time (a year or more, along with other problems!), regardless of mileage. Just my observations.
Not wanting to get into the faults vs maintenance debate on here as it usually dissolves into pointless arguments that go on forever, but it has been said before, this site is generally good but I wish the "faults" section was a little clearer and people took a little extra time to define what they would class as servicing and maintenance, vs faults and/or breakdowns. Really depends on how well a review is written, ultimately not the website's fault to be honest.