1. Transmission replaced at 74,000.
2. Rear hatch cracked where glass is.
3. Hard to shift into reverse or drive.
4. When shifted into park, it rolls before clicking into park.
5. Seats have started to wear badly.
I thought this SUV would be nice and safe for my kids, but after owning it for less than 5 months, the transmission went out. The thing is when I bought it, the dealer said that I should get a warranty cause the transmission on 2002 cars starts going about this mileage. Well I couldn't get one cause they didn't offer a warranty on a car with 70,000 miles. Sure enough, it went out, which makes me wonder if they knew it had something wrong, cause they were really pushing me to buy it. So
it cost me $1800 to have the whole thing rebuilt, and now 3 months later after that ordeal it is doing the same thing it was before. I should have checked out the facts about this car before buying it. Now I am in the position where I can't get another car or trade this one in.
If you park on a hill, then it is normal for the car to roll forward slightly. Any car that has an automatic transmission and is parked on a hill without setting the parking brake, is going to roll slightly. This is normal as the differential (which keeps the drive wheels in place while the vehicle is in park) has a little bit of give in either direction. This is a normal occurrence for your vehicle.
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