V-Belt replaced 94K Miles (Normal)
Alternator Replaced (Mounted in a bad place, to much heat on it)
Battery Replaced (Normal)
All brakes replaced (Normal)
Wheel Cylinders rebuilt
Tranmission Serviced twice (Not normal)
This is the secound identical model I have owned. My wife drives the other. The car has great air-conditioning. The heat is screwy if the radiator is not kept flushed and full. When flushed make sure the tech purges the air out at the thermostate purging port. Weird design! The cooling system sucks as I think it is under sized or starved for air flow. If yours begin to over heat pull over without delay and turn it off. If the hi temp light comes on, that's it the head are warped and anti-freeze is injected into the oil. The engine is trashed. Piss poor design flaw. This was all due to a water pump failure. A real crapped up cooling design.
Just like the reviewer mentioned it is great to local driving but if your driving for about 12 hours straight expect car to get hot. We had to almost pull off to the side of the road because it warms up when idling but when your moving not a problem. Other than this setback we haven't had any other major problems and we've got 160,000 miles on it, hope to get at least 200,000.
-JB.
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