18 years and not a single issue with the automatic climate control in my BJII SP20.
I was speaking generally about all cars.
My electric fresh/recirculate switch is working fine.
But if it craps out I'm sure it would be a lot more money to get fixed, especially if you have to take it to the shop like how most people do.
There's a lot more salt, rust, dirt and climate changes here where I live. -30 C in the winter and +35C in the summer with 95% humidity.
Two years ago a guy went through our local Tim Horton's coffee shop drive through for a coffee.
His drivers side power window wasn't working so he pulled ahead a bit to reach around his door to grab the coffee and somehow hit the gas and pinned his head between the car and the side of the building and was killed.
If that guy had old school mechanical wind up windows, he'd still be alive today.
Where were the North American spec BJ's built?
I remember reading that all North American Protege5's were 100% built and assembled in Japan.
I remember too that in Japan the cars are required by law to be built using 100% recycled metal and it's reaĺly dificult to get all the impurities out of the metal making the metal way more inclined to rust.
All the cars around here are rusty but my Mazda is exceptionally good at it.