That can be said about many things, like CVT's, all the turbos being brought out now by Ford, GM, Hyundai to name a few, direct injection, Tesla cars that catch on fire, heated steering wheels...does the whole wheel need to be replaced if the heat fails?
sure but the big exception is try and find a single negative automotive article on diesels.
it seems everyone is on such a band wagon that nobody ever talks about the added cost potential on the new emission systems. To be it seems there's such a marketing push to get more diesels in NA that all auto journalists have jumped on this diesel mantra. The only thing that ever comes up as a question is the gas price debate.
Or perhaps they are driving the cars with diesel engines and discovering they are great engines that get remarkable fuel mileage. Road tests rarely talk about potential long term maintenance issues of any car.
I don't just mean on test drives though. I've been seeing plenty of articles in national papers which simply go on about how amazing diesel is, etc, etc, etc, etc....
I get it, better fuel, more power and on paper these vehicles just seem perfect.
But it's not like anyone isn't having problems now, but I have yet to see a general article that has ever outlined not only the complexity of the new systems, but also some issues that people are having.