The trannys are a little weak after 150,000 miles. If anyone made it to 200,000 on the original tranny world be almost a rare feat.
The door armrests break off easily.
Brakes wear out more frequently than some cars (depending where you live, E.G. mountains, ect.)
The 3800 V6 motor is one of the best V6's that the General ever built. The engine has decent low end torque, but tends to run out up in the higher RPM's. Overall, the motor gets good gas mileage (not too good when driving involves downshifting to first gear a lot). The motor is also very reliable and I took mine to 269,868 miles and it still ran when I took it out. It was just in need of a rebuild because it had no compression due to the high miles. I could have squeaked another 10,000 out of it if I wanted to. I was tired of it missing all of the time at an idle. A compression test showed that the compression on the #3 cylinder was 6 pounds at an idle.
This review makes several generalizations about this model that are based solely on one experience with one vehicle. Lemons happen, so comments like saying you're lucky if the original transmission lasts to 200,000 miles are inappropriate and unfounded.
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