One month after I bought the car it was recalled to replace the ignition control module. This gave me a bad feeling about the car.
During the first snow storm the traction control stopped working. After I drove for a day, it came back on when the car was restarted. I took it into the dealer, they couldn't find anything wrong with it. The problem has reoccurred several times.
At 6500km the power transmission rod broke after being stuck in the snow. The power transmission unit was replaced under warranty, however it ruined a perfectly good weekend.
I bought this car because it is a mid-sized station wagon that was on sale for a good price. In retrospect I should have bought an import. I owned my Isuzu pickup for 12 years and for the first five nothing went wrong with it.
I sill like this car, however it seems like quality control is still not there for North American cars.
I agree. We bought a 2003 LW200 used and we've been disappointed with the performance. We've had numerous problems not really related to wear and tear that cost $500 here and $700 there.
We didn't get the value we thought we were getting.
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