About 10 or 15 years ago, I rented a number of Olds Aleros and as I recollect, there were several of them that had a very serious problem. As you were turning left and giving it gas, the engine would just conk right out. Now imagine a car bearing down on you from the other direction as you are madly trying to restart the engine right in the middle of the intersection. I never did hear what the problem was all about as I don’t believe it was just isolated to the cars that I had rented.
Back in 1979 or ‘80 I flew into Minneapolis and went to claim my reserved rental car at Avis. The gal said it was a blue Ford Granada in slot 14. When I got there, there was a blue Mercury Monarch in slot 14. After reporting this to the counter and being assured that it was the vehicle for me, and upon approaching it from the opposite side, I discovered that on the driver’s side it had the name plates, etc. of a Ford Granada, but on the passenger’s side, from which I originally approached it, it bore all the markings of a Mercury Monarch. Boo-boo on the assembly line.