This car has handed down to me... The major problem with the car even when I didn't have it yet was that it started intermittently, leaving me stuck at random locations all the time. The problem never really started until warmer weather came. No mechanic could figure out what was wrong because we could never get the problem to occur while they were looking at it.
Rotor's were warped causing a giant grind when coming to a stop.
Leaked Oil.
Brakes failed after a few months.
The passenger side-view mirror got torn off.
Roof liner had to be pinned up.
Squealed constantly.
Weather stripping was broken.
A/C was broken (not a surprise) (we don't use freon anymore)
Someone ran into the back causing the muffler to dismount slightly... making it very loud... but there was no physical damage to body... very surprising.
My front passenger quarter panel was mysteriously dented inward one day causing the door to have problems opening.
This car had seen it's day. It was 12 years old with VERY low mileage and one owner. But the unsatisfactory quality of the vehicle was not meant to last. Good while it lasted. It began to cost more to repair than to buy a new vehicle. Thousands were spent on this car that I only managed to receive $650 for trade-in.
With the possible exception of the starting problem, all of your complaints about this car appear to be due to either normal deterioration expected on a car that is 12 years old (roof liner, weatherstripping), physical damage to the car (mirror, door, muffler) or lack of maintenance by previous owner (allowing brake pads to wear down to backing plates, which is what caused the grinding, not warped rotors), so this review is not really an accurate assessment of the quality or lack of same in this particular model. Just because a car has low mileage does not guarantee it is going to be free of mechanical problems. A vehicle can be worn out by 50K miles if it has been abused.
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