Faults:

This car is unbelievable.

I have never had anything go wrong with this car up until this past week.

This car has been reliable and "comfortable" for all of it's 12 years.

This car was my first car ever, and it was a hand-me-down from my family. I instantly grew to love this car.

The seats are really comfortable, and the drive is quiet.

If this car was still made, I would definitely buy the newest version.

The car has over 115,000 miles on it, and still runs like a champ.

Faults:

The Transmission went at 100,000 K's.

The padding went on the front seats and they both cracked off.

General Comments:

I've put this car on two wheels, slide into a ditch and it still was capable of being driven out under its own power, gone on countless number of rough gravel roads at high speeds.. I still have the car and hope to keep it for a long time as a beater. the motor is slowly dying, but I don't blame it after the punishment that it went through with me behind the wheel. it was my first car. P.s. The paint is still in incredible condition.

Faults:

The only thing that has gone wrong is that the paint has faded and started to chip on the the hood. Otherwise, I have had no problems.

General Comments:

As a female college student, this was a fabulous first car. In the four years I have owned it, I have never had to have any repairs done and it has never broken down. I barely ever put oil in it, let alone change it and yet it still runs beautifully.

This car is also great on gas mileage.

Faults:

Oxygen Sensor went at 48,000 miles. Passenger Seat broke, leaving it stuck in the "reclining" position.

General Comments:

This car was first purchased by my mother in 1993 with 30,000 miles on it, it was a former Chrysler Employee lease vehicle. In 8 years my mother only put 25,000 miles on it before I got it. I have never had a more reliable, good-looking, comfortable car! And the best part is, I'm not paying the $350 per month for the lease on my Blazer! Not to mention the required collision insurance. It now has 57,000 miles on it, and I hopefully will be able to add a hundred thousand to that! Awesome Car!

Faults:

This is a very reliable car.

Nothing major has ever gone and its past 100,000 miles. It has only been in the shop for oil changes and regular maintenance.

One of the windshield washer nozzles became clogged and had to be replaced, but that was it.

General Comments:

The Dodge spirit has a boxy exterior that could best be described as a "grandma car." However, it is very solidly built and can take a lot of abuse. I got rear ended by a Ford SUV and only got a cracked tail light. The SUV had a smashed bumper and crumpled fender.

The interior is also plain, but is very roomy. There is lots of head room and it has more leg room in the back seat than almost every other car its size.

The interior is noisy, mostly because of the loud 4 cylinder engine.

The performance of the 2.5L engine is not very good at all. While it has acceptable low speed torque for a 4 cylinder, there is almost no mid and high range power. I don't even try to pass people in this car, and I have to floor it to merge onto the highway. This car is available with a more powerful 3.0L V6, so look for one with that engine if you are going to buy one.

On the positive side, the 2.5L does get good gas mileage and has been reliable.

One interesting feature of this car is that it was a government surplus vehicle and can run on methanol, but I have never tried using it.