Electrical fault be like spirit, mech be like body. If the electrician is not logical in tracing faults you will keep changing the wrong part. Small glitches or weak earthing can make your brain box malfunction. I wish vehicles should be left with old electrical distributor system.the more electronics, chips and programable parts are involved the more vulnerable they become.

infocentre:
I drive C-Class Benz and I can attest; it’s a strong machine and I hardly buy parts. However, it is known for more electrical faults than mechanical. I patronize car electricians (rewire) more and occasionally check mecho.

On the same vein, I've heard of some car brands like Toyota/Honda having less electrical but more mechanical faults of major components such as engine or gear. So, which do you think is worse and more financial drain per your experience?

What I know of Mercedes those days is that it was as if they used suger to make the wires. One you park it, rats will just be snacking in it as if it is kilichi.
Renault and audi were known to have electrical problems too. Maybe because they had lots of electronics ie sensors etc early in the day, of which diagnostics tools were not popular in the country then.
There was a brand new audi when we were kids. To go for birthday parties, once that brand new moto is brought out, we will all start crying. Once rain beats it or it entered a tiny puddle of water, omo, na to push moto, when sun beat am, dry am, e go start.
Basically, if your vehicle wiring has not be tampered with by a "Kamoru" you ought to have no major problems.

buygala:
In my opinion, electrical faults are more frustrating than mechanic faults in cars....That's why I can buy a vehicle with a knocked engine/gear but wouldn't come within 10 kilometres of a flooded vehicle...

Worst case with a mechanical fault is to replace the entire component, be it gear, engine or whatever.. But some electrical faults are village people on steroids.... Tears unlimited.. .

Some cars makes like Peugeot and Mercedes are more susceptible to these logic defying electrical issues, especially as they get older, compared to the Japanese vehicles..

Some Electrical faults will make you envy those trekking... A 'simple' parasitic drain of a car battery when parked overnight have led many into a bottom-less pit of expenses..

And the worst thing is that most naija car electricians will creat another or even multiple electrical faults while trying to solve one... Those guys are very good at bonanzas.. Solve one problem and get three for free

Guy I like how you write, man I ve been laughing all through and you are perfectly on point.

Mechanical can only ground your car, electrical can get it burnt completely.

infocentre:
I drive C-Class Benz and I can attest; it’s a strong machine and I hardly buy parts. However, it is known for more electrical faults than mechanical. I patronize car electricians (rewire) more and occasionally check mecho.

On the same vein, I've heard of some car brands like Toyota/Honda having less electrical but more mechanical faults of major components such as engine or gear. So, which do you think is worse and more financial drain per your experience?

No just go there.
Electrical ofcus

Electrical fault is a driver’s nightmare. 😩

Electrical faults are usually difficult to trace. They can frustrate you ehn.

Audi A4 wagon do me shege, I no know wetin dey kill d battery. Small traffic, overheating plus dead battery don enter.
I prefer mechanical fault oo. Electrical fault go make you dey look like mumu.

buygala:
In my opinion, electrical faults are more frustrating than mechanic faults in cars....That's why I can buy a vehicle with a knocked engine/gear but wouldn't come within 10 kilometres of a flooded vehicle...

Worst case with a mechanical fault is to replace the entire component, be it gear, engine or whatever.. But some electrical faults are village people on steroids.... Tears unlimited.. .

Some cars makes like Peugeot and Mercedes are more susceptible to these logic defying electrical issues, especially as they get older, compared to the Japanese vehicles..

Some Electrical faults will make you envy those trekking... A 'simple' parasitic drain of a car battery when parked overnight have led many into a bottom-less pit of expenses..

And the worst thing is that most naija car electricians will creat another or even multiple electrical faults while trying to solve one... Those guys are very good at bonanzas.. Solve one problem and get three for free

So very true.

buygala:
In my opinion, electrical faults are more frustrating than mechanic faults in cars....That's why I can buy a vehicle with a knocked engine/gear but wouldn't come within 10 kilometres of a flooded vehicle...

Worst case with a mechanical fault is to replace the entire component, be it gear, engine or whatever.. But some electrical faults are village people on steroids.... Tears unlimited.. .

Some cars makes like Peugeot and Mercedes are more susceptible to [b]these logic defying electrical [/b]issues, especially as they get older, compared to the Japanese vehicles..

Some Electrical faults will make you envy those trekking... A 'simple' parasitic drain of a car battery when parked overnight have led many into a bottom-less pit of expenses..

And the worst thing is that most naija car electricians will creat another or even multiple electrical faults while trying to solve one... Those guys are very good at bonanzas.. Solve one problem and get three for free

As if those rewires use logic to fix cars. I have friend who's an electrical and electronics engineer. The kind of disgust he displayed when he saw how those car rewires work is indescribable.

He was like, these people just cut and tape wires anyhow instead of using tools to take readings.

It's only a person that is following a set of principles that can claim that something defies logic. Those guys just do trial and error. That's why you should buy a common brand like Toyota. They've tried and tested on many cars so they already have a template for fixing most Toyota issues. It's not like they know why the fix work in Toyota cars, it's just they've tried it repeatedly.

Eletcrical is worse, sold off my clean golf 4 that year for 190k just because of electrical issue.

infocentre:
I drive C-Class Benz and I can attest; it’s a strong machine and I hardly buy parts. However, it is known for more electrical faults than mechanical. I patronize car electricians (rewire) more and occasionally check mecho.

On the same vein, I've heard of some car brands like Toyota/Honda having less electrical but more mechanical faults of major components such as engine or gear. So, which do you think is worse and more financial drain per your experience?

Electrical worse oOoOO, vehicle can hard start forever, can caught fire, brain box palaver or other sensor problems.

Mechanical, get the right mech

buygala:
In my opinion, electrical faults are more frustrating than mechanic faults in cars....That's why I can buy a vehicle with a knocked engine/gear but wouldn't come within 10 kilometres of a flooded vehicle...

Worst case with a mechanical fault is to replace the entire component, be it gear, engine or whatever.. But some electrical faults are village people on steroids.... Tears unlimited.. .

Some cars makes like Peugeot and Mercedes are more susceptible to these logic defying electrical issues, especially as they get older, compared to the Japanese vehicles..

Some Electrical faults will make you envy those trekking... A 'simple' parasitic drain of a car battery when parked overnight have led many into a bottom-less pit of expenses..

And the worst thing is that most naija car electricians will creat another or even multiple electrical faults while trying to solve one... Those guys are very good at bonanzas.. Solve one problem and get three for free

Abbeyme:
Electrical all the way.

Mechanic will change the parts within a day or two, but electricians will use two weeks and haven't scratched the surface.

Vehicles can spend months with an auto electrical engineer just scanning and scanning, changing brain box, then sensors, then some electrical faults will burn the brain box and sensors, then you'll start over again with buying the complete electronic box only to discover the wirings also needs changing.

Your vehicle will become a carcass of itself, with rain and sun coming on your upholstery and interiors all because of an electrical fault.

Infact, you'll visit spiritualists for vehicle electrical problems. It's a drain for funds.

Hope I am able to convince and not to confuse you that electrical fault can make you doubt your neighbors quicker.

guy, you made me laugh so hard this afternoon🤣🤣. Thank you.

Tru tru some electrical faults fit warrant visit to IFA shrine ooo..you'll be like Baba e bami te ifa lori oro moto mi, because ko jo pe oju lasan ni oro yi mo🤣🤣🤣

Small electrical issue can make Nigeria mechanics reshape, rejig, dambaru your car for you.

Electrical ma ni...you dey whine me

Electrical is worst.... Especially when d alternator is bad and u don't have money to fix it

infocentre:
I drive C-Class Benz and I can attest; it’s a strong machine and I hardly buy parts. However, it is known for more electrical faults than mechanical. I patronize car electricians (rewire) more and occasionally check mecho.

On the same vein, I've heard of some car brands like Toyota/Honda having less electrical but more mechanical faults of major components such as engine or gear. So, which do you think is worse and more financial drain per your experience?

Electrical fault are worse than mechanical fault

TheGameYard:
Electrical fault ohh. It will frustrate you really bad. I have a Mazda 2.3 hatchback lying lifelessly at the rewire house. I am thinking of selling it off as scrab, they said I need to buy complete wire lol

was looking to mention mazda after reading comments, that car and vokswagen infact german cars including bmw are notorious for electrical faults which can be frustrating.

apache4:
Electrical is worse , i drive 2012 E350 Mercedes, never had any mechanical fault before, just normal servicing as at when due, but my rewire guy isn't good at all, if you have a better rewire for me , please let me know, I would really appreciate.

r u in Abuja make I give u my guy Number?

One boy wey just buy toyota matrix dey face serious issue with the vehicle. Na parasitic drain. He don see shege

It depends...
If you are driving any foreign vehicle model beyond 2016, electrical faults can get very complicated, while mechanical faults are very easy to diagnose.

If the model is lower than 2000, Electrical faults become very simple to solve while mechanical faults are very difficult to diagnose.

apache4:
Electrical is worse , i drive 2012 E350 Mercedes, never had any mechanical fault before, just normal servicing as at when due, but my rewire guy isn't good at all, if you have a better rewire for me , please let me know, I would really appreciate.

Me, I drive C class. I do repair everything on my own, even my peoples and other vehicles own by non relatives. Of course I am a mechanical engineer. I worked two years in automotive industry. Currently working as an electromechanical, this makes it easy for me to be able to repair, service and troubleshoot both electrical and mechanical faults.

Most of the rewires with no theoretical background of sensors, solenoid valves and other electromechanical components would only be using a trial and error approach. I am not even sure they have automobile scanner machine let alone knowing the interpretation of any faults codes from the machine. All these knowledge I do use to troubleshoot vehicles without bypassing any wires, and then successfully restore the vehicles to the way they should be. As I tell you, my vehicle has no fault code or light display on the instrument cluster

Electrical fault can render your car useless...it might even burn your car beyond repair . The worst mechanical case is engine knock . Replace engine and you are good to go

MorataFC:
You have a C-Class Benz, this shows you are an adult and seeing the question you opened a thread for left me bewildered.

As you no gree answer the question now, na to bash the man remain

Mechanical is worse because the major fault in mechanical is the engine while the major fault in electrical is brainbox so compare the price of engine to brainbox

Electrical fault is the worst.

Most mechanical fault can be solved by an average technician while an average technician cannot resolve most electrical issue especially the newer models.

infocentre:
I drive C-Class Benz and I can attest; it’s a strong machine and I hardly buy parts. However, it is known for more electrical faults than mechanical. I patronize car electricians (rewire) more and occasionally check mecho.

On the same vein, I've heard of some car brands like Toyota/Honda having less electrical but more mechanical faults of major components such as engine or gear. So, which do you think is worse and more financial drain per your experience?

ELECTRICAL

buygala:
In my opinion, electrical faults are more frustrating than mechanic faults in cars....That's why I can buy a vehicle with a knocked engine/gear but wouldn't come within 10 kilometres of a flooded vehicle...

Worst case with a mechanical fault is to replace the entire component, be it gear, engine or whatever.. But some electrical faults are village people on steroids.... Tears unlimited.. .

Some cars makes like Peugeot and Mercedes are more susceptible to these logic defying electrical issues, especially as they get older, compared to the Japanese vehicles..

Some Electrical faults will make you envy those trekking... A 'simple' parasitic drain of a car battery when parked overnight have led many into a bottom-less pit of expenses..

And the worst thing is that most naija car electricians will creat another or even multiple electrical faults while trying to solve one... Those guys are very good at bonanzas.. Solve one problem and get three for free

@ bolded

Rayban25:


@ Holluwhakemmy

Will attack you now like she did to me

Lol....
What did u say that made her to attack U?

Okortor:
Please help, my side chic is insisting I send my wife and kids abroad so she can move in. What do u do please?

The pressure is beyond me at this point.

La31ra.

Electrical is worse

Bro I'm in Lagos , Lekki precisely

Judolisco:
r u in Abuja make I give u my guy Number?