1992 Dodge Stealth R/T from North America - Comments

20th Jul 2004, 11:08

"Probably the best luxury sports car for the money"

What things have gone wrong with the car?

I changed the Front and Rear Struts at 110,000 miles for comfort (not because they were shot). The fronts cost me $250/ea and the rear I think were $100/ea. Lord knows how much they would have charged me if I would have had someone else put them on.

I had to change the Clutch Master Solenoid at around 115,000 miles. Ran about $150. Wasn't an easy job.

My timing belt has skipped twice, but was a cheap (under $50 on this car is cheap) fix.

The outside of the leather seat on the driver's side wears badly on all of these cars.

My digital environmental display controller went out at around 135,000 miles. Picked one up in a junk yard for $80.

Other than that, it's been a pretty healthy car.

General comments?

The car has good pick-up seeings how it weighs nearly 2 tons.

Not AWD, but handles great. The electronic suspension is also great for touring or sport modes. I only swung the tail of it out twice and that was on a wet surface taking a 90 degree turn at about 20 mph.

I love the cockpit feel of the cabin.

The leather is great and the driver side seat has electric adjustments for lumbar support.

I've got black on black, so it's pretty hot in the summer even with windshield shades and tint. However, the A/C in these cars is great and will cool it down in about 2 minutes.

Fastest car I've been in. Had it up to 155mph on I-70 in KS.

This car is loaded with high tech equipment for a '92.

I love this car. I will probably enter severe depression when my need for a family car arrives and I am forced to sell it.


19th Apr 2005, 19:39

I'm married with 2 kids.There's no need to sell the car, Unless it's for a newer one.


10th Jan 2006, 18:39

I agree. I bought my first Corvette just before my twins arrived and even they are now almost old enough to drive, the present Corvette will still get driven weekly. I hope to get an old Stealth to drive everyday and maybe one for the twins to share. I will admit that insurance on all these cars is criminally high, but get rid of my Corvette?!


6th Jun 2007, 03:53

I personally would not sell mine, for anyone. The car has grown to be a part of me and who I am. It's not just any car. It's a piece of history, an appealing sculpture of artwork, a technological marvel and performance that means business. All In all, I am the last owner of this vehicle.


18th Mar 2009, 16:08

155 on the highway, LOL. I did that and my engine blew. OK, before you get the wrong idea here, you must consider that the previous owner apparently went to rebuild the engine at some point, and only replaced two of the rod bearing caps, leaving the others original. Not to mention my car unfortunately an automatic, and this contributed to the blowout seeing as at 155mph, 5000-6000rpm, in 4th gear, the lock thing that prevents accidental movement of the shifter was faulty from the previous owner, and allowed my shifter to accidentally shift me into 2nd gear.

Yes, as you can imagine, that was kinda scary seeing as a rod bearing cap shot straight through my oil pan LOL. Good news was there was practically NO damage whatsoever to the rest of the engine.

I would've taken this opportunity to do a rebuild, but I found a shelf engine with 65k miles on it for 600 bucks and jumped on that quick. I haven't had a single issue with the new engine ^_^

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