Faults:

Since I have owned the car I have replaced brake lines and welded the frame. Except for damage cause by time the car is in good shape.

General Comments:

I think my Citation is the best winter car you can buy. It isn't very fast, but with a standard transmission and front wheel drive it goes through just about anything. I bought the car to use as a winter beater and it has not let me down. For cheap reliable winter transportation I would highly recommend this car. It always starts (after a few tries) and the heat works really well too!

Faults:

Driver side axle went out of it also had to replace all of the belts, because they were original.

General Comments:

Car runs great put 32,000 miles on it in one years time it still runs great, only put $100.00 into it since I bought it.

It rides nice handles great.

I upgraded the air conditioning blows ice cold.

The heater will burn you out, in the coldest of winter.

Still has the original alternator.

It's my second car didn't have to do anything major to it yet.

Faults:

Modulator plate (mechanic said this was common in early 80's GM vehicles).

Radio never worked right.

Turn signal never worked.

Warning lights never worked.

Air conditioner went out at about 75,000 miles.

Horn was replaced three times and then I gave up on it.

The electrical system on this thing was horrible.

Oil leaked radiator leaked.

Steering was a pain, the wheel was really hard to turn. The mechanic said it was fixable, but it would have been more money to pour into this car.

General Comments:

It started in the winter. Other than that, it spent most of it's time in the garage in the four years I've owned it and it wasn't driven hard, in fact it was babied.

It gave me four years of service and died one day after I bought my '92 Mercury Topaz GS. It was OK because it had plenty of cargo space, but Chevy could have done better with it by making it more reliable.

Faults:

The air conditioner.

Modulator plate.

Muffler.

Electrical system.

And last but not least, the radio had a short.

The car always started, but it would stall on the highway sometimes and it leaked a lot of oil.

The only reason I gave it a six for reliability is because it started in the dead of winter, after that, it was up to the car if it wanted to run or stall.

General Comments:

I bought this car with little time because I needed transportation right away. It ran for a while, but it cost a lot for parts and had to have work done at least twice a year on expensive parts. The person we bought it from said it had minor problems even when it was a year old and her husband was a mechanic. I went to my own mechanic and he said these problems are common in these cars.