The service life of Chinese cars is much less than that of European and Korean brands.
Russian taxi drivers and other market participants spoke about this.
In a conversation with Kommersant , they reported that cars from China, on average, have to be written off after covering a mileage of 150,000 km.
According to their estimates, this is 1.5–2 times less than that of cars from Europe and South Korea. These cars were written off on average after 250,000–300,000 km of mileage.
There are many complaints about CVTs (a type of automatic transmission). In 70% of purchased cars, they broke down faster than expected.
Engines also proved problematic. This is another common reason why a car has to be written off before it has traveled at least 200,000 km.
In addition, the maintenance of a Chinese car is considered quite expensive. An example is the maintenance of a crossover for 5 years.
During this time, an amount of money was spent on it that could have bought a new car.
Buyers also complain about the difficulties that arise when searching for spare parts and making warranty claims.
