Well, fortunately, my exerience with my new 172 over the last
20 months of ownership has been much more positive. Only two
squawks, really. After only one month, the transponder failed
and was down for three weeks as I waited for Honeywell to get
me a new one. The other problem had to do with the nose strut
not wanting to maintain pressure. Had it in the local shop 3
times before it was fixed for good.

Gerry

Wily Wapiti wrote:
....
I talked to a guy last week with a 2000 Millenium Edition Turbo
206, that he has owned since new. It has been back to the factory for
a total of almost a year in the 2.5 years he has owned it. Two new
engines, now it has another cylinder going down. All this with less
that 500 Hrs. on the plane. There were also some other non-trivial
problems with the engine and flight instruments when the plane was
new.

What's going on with quality control at Cessna?

Although the thought of a new plane is attractive, there is also
something to be said about letting someone else work the bugs out
first.

WW