The paint is peeling off all over the top and deck lids. The only problem I have had was soon after purchase, it developed an air leak in the left door, but was repaired under warranty.
I have followed the service procedures per the owners manual, and have had no mechanical problems what so ever.
The valve cover was leaking oil, but was corrected using a real gasket instead of silicone gasket from a tube.
This was my first new car and it does what it's suppose to, gets me from point A to B.
The handling was OK for it's day, but nothing special compared to todays standards.
The performance is creepy off the line and the engine vibrates horribly when pushed hard.
The brakes are excellent, the front has been replaced one time and the rear is original.
I'm the same guy who wrote the review, since that time the headliner has flopped and is now lining my head. The rear springs are sagging, yet the ride height is within spec. The rear end is also creaking, snapping and popping when the body flexes, it is possible the tube running through the u-channel has broken welds. The car has 102k miles and still runs as good as ever.
Once again, the valve cover gasket is leaking. I guess I'll give a try with the silicone gasket in a tube this time around. I recently had a carbon cleaning done, made a noticeable difference in acceleration at mid throttle. It has this quirky deal going on most noticably when it's cold outside. Once in awhile it starts and dies immediatly, after resetting the PCM it starts up. It's one of those things that's about impossible to troubleshoot until it just fails to start.
Same guy again, I had to replace the O2 sensor, and I have what I believe is a busted weld in the rear sway bar. 106k miles and still going strong.
Me again, the sway bar isn't the problem, the rear spring insulators have vaporized and now I got metal to metal contact. Just replaced the headliner, other than that it is still going strong at 115k, and I put about 300 miles on it a week now. I can't talk myself into getting rid of it, and it shows no sign of dying anytime soon. Even though it gets about 28 mpg, paying $35 to fill it up is painful, especially when I bought it, it cost around $13.
It's a year later and I'm almost at 131k miles. I have confirmed the rear so-called sway bar weld is busted on the left side, I replaced the rear springs due to them sagging and new shocks in the rear as well a while back. It is still going strong, I drive it about 60 miles a day.
I'm up to 136k now, since that time I added a much welcome cruise control kit. Everything is still working OK.
152k miles now. The water pump gasket has developed a tiny leak, not enough to even matter really. It keeps going getting me to and from work about 65 miles a day. Too bad Chrysler can't make a car worth anything nowadays.
Over 160k now, no new problems to report. Did I ever mention it has the original exhaust? The muffler has a 1 inch crack in the seam that makes a bumble bee in a beer can sound, but no big deal.
Over 171k miles. It could use some front end work. Lots of clunking over bumps. The head gasket leaks oil, but not enough to even matter to me.
Over 180k miles. The wiper motor began to crap out a week ago so that's today's job replacing that. Can't get a new one from Mopar, car too old so I bought a new from NAPA. I have plugged a hole in the original muffler, weld the heck out of the rear stabilizer bar that broke a weld years ago, and put poly stab bar bushings up front. No more clunks! Replaced alternator front bushings and tension bushing thing to cure a belt squeal.
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