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3244 messages, Last post on Aug 25, 2009 at 8:13 PM
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IMHO our '99 GM provides fabulous milage: 23-26 in mixed city/highway driving year 'round! Very minor problems with this car puchased used with 35k in 2002: -driver's floor mat hold-down broken when we got it, short wife pushed mat up under dash getting in and out and it jammed neutral-safety switch intermittently preventing starting. Fix: removed floor mat! -rear brakes shot at 60k, sticking and causing pulsation due to warped rotors. Fix: loosen-up/back-off calipers - still awaiting complete caliper/rotor/pad replacement before winter -wife did not screw-down gas cap after fill-up, got check engine light. Fix: tighten gas cap and drive ir for a week before the computer re-set itself! -terrible winter traction in snow and ice. Fix: could buy snow tires but it is just an annoyance I'll be looking for a good low milage used 2003/2004 GM again in mid-winter so I can make the '99 my "daily driver". Will hope the next one has Traction Control! |
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Replying to: joe3716 (Jul 26, 2005 4:49 pm) Try it, it just might work for you too! Recently bought some floor mat clips from Pep Boys for about $2. They grip the mat at rear and have pins that pierce the rug to keep it from pushing forward..
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Replying to: mr5x5 (Aug 19, 2005 12:15 pm) |
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Does the horn need to be programed? A friend is looking at a mercury with 7,000 miles and the horn doesn't work. The saleslady said it needed to be programed and I thought this strange. Donna
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Replying to: donna (Aug 21, 2005 6:38 am) |
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| Is anyone aware of or experienced spark plug blow out? A class action law suit has been approved in California for several Ford vehicles with this problem. | |
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Replying to: bruneau1 (Aug 21, 2005 8:51 am)  I have being trying to find wtha's the best way to fix this problem. Did you fix your? How? Thaks
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I thought it was only on the 5.4 liter V-8, which is not available in the Crown Vic/Grand Marquis - the spark plug threads were not deep enough to go 100,000 miles without replacing or tightening the spark plugs. All I can say is if someone has gone 100,000 miles without touching the plugs, good luck getting them out very easily.
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Replying to: jsylvester (Aug 21, 2005 7:03 pm) |
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Hi all. I'm interested in the GM/CV car after renting one a while back. I like the size, comfort and power of this car but one thing really bugs me. When I was driving the rental GM it seemed very vague in steering control. It might have been partly because its much bigger than my normal car (a VW Golf) and really fills up the lane but it just felt imprecise and this is a problem on such a wide car. I've read reviews of these cars and they almost always test the handling package but there don't seem to be many around. Does anybody know if this makes a big difference in terms of the precision feel of the car? How about the sportier tires on the CV Sport? Or is this something that just comes with the territory.
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