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For the yellow headlights, you don't need to buy new ones, as there's a new product called MEGUIAR'SŪ PLASTX. You do have to be able to take the headlight off, and this product cleans away the yellow quite well. For tires, the best value and still good performance have been Kumhos. I suspect they're made in China since they were such a good value, but they rate well as high performance all season tires by Consumer Reports, who has good tire reviews. tirerack also has a lot of good info on tires, in terms of ratings. The Traction T/As I think are not high performance, but only all season. I had them in the past with a prior car. Now they make all season high-performance so I would be sure to get those, just get a pair that's fairly quiet. My red '99 is going strong at 155K. I love keeping the cars a long time... A work van ran into me about 2 years ago, a small fender bender, totally his fault, and the body shop repainted my hood, the lower front fascia, and the side fender that wasn't even dented, as part of the deal. So I got new paint where I needed it for free, although a lot of inconvenience getting hit, but the bottom line is it looks great. Plan to keep it another 3 years and then decide what to do... Happy Cruising! |
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Tomorrow promises significant snow in northern NJ, so I will get to find out if these are any good. IMO, they have to be better than the Toyo Proxes TPTs I had on there the last two years. They were awful in snow. Happy Holidays to all! |
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Every morning when its cold out and i step on the brakes they are hard as a rock. after the car runs for about 15 minutes and warms up they are ok again. While checking I found that there is water inside the brake booster, check valve & vacuum hose so I carefully inserted a small rubber hose into the booster and sucked out all the water. Could this be the problem i am having with my brakes? Also while i was checking out the braks I noticed when i press and hold the brakes down all the way while the car is running then shut the car while still holding the brakes the pedal automaticly raises back up. So I purchased a new brake booster now i have a problem installing it I checked and matched the new one with the old one and they are exactly the same when i mount the booster to the firewall the brake push rod is to short and stops the pedal from touching the brake light switch. so for the heck of it i tried the old one again and now it doesn't reach either.  Am i forgeting something? Some one please help me......
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| I don't know what the probelm is with your brakes, but I would get it taken care of. Brakes are one thing you DO NOT want to fool around with, for safety sake. If your car is older I would get all new brake lines, which don't cost much. I would also get new calipers and springs... Just my 2 cents.. | |
Anybody have trouble with rust on the bottom of the rear inner passenger door panels? I am beginning to detect some.
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For those who have not noticed, I spotted this from the Detroit autoshow. As quoted below this 200C is based on the 300C platform so it will be interesting to see if it replaces or complements the current 300. It's an obvious return to the more aero styling of our old 300Ms which I still like way more than the 300C design even after almost 5 years of owning my 04 300M. However Chrysler has to EXIST long enough to make & market a 2010 model, a big gamble as of this writing (I also own a Jeep GC and I'd bet at least that brand will be around longer than Chrysler current course & speed). http://www.popularmechanics.com/content/imageview.cfm?img=http%3A//media.popular- mechanics.com/images/C200EVSide.jpg&caption= http://www.popularmechanics.com/blogs/technology_news/4298925.html "The four-passenger 200C EV is based on a shortened version of the rear-drive, full-size car platform that underpins the Chrysler 300C, Dodge Charger and Dodge Challenger. Chrysler says the 200C EV is powered by a plug-in, range-extended hybrid powertrain, similar in concept to the Chevy Volt. The Chrysler system here is said to develop a total of 268 hp. And the company says the concept can scoot to 60 mph in 7 seconds, travel 40 miles in electric-only mode and cruise for a total of 400 miles, thanks to that gasoline engine acting as a generator. And it can be recharged using a 110-volt or 220-volt outlet." Credit to popularmechanics.com |
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Replying to: 02owner (Jan 12, 2009 6:52 pm) |
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| Crossed 100,000 miles on my '02. It is running very well. How long have some of yours lasted? I'd like to keep mine as long as possible. | |
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'99 300M - Dark Garnet Red - Slate interior. I have over 189,325 miles on mine. I still get almost 25 MPG average on the interstate at 70 MPH. I drive about 400 miles per week on the interstate to and from work. I use Mobile 1 synthetic oil and change the oil and filter every 7,500 miles. It will use about a quart of oil during that time. I have not had any trouble with the transmission. I check the fluid level regularly but have not done anything to it. It is the smoothest shifting automatic I have ever had. I am coming up on having to change the timing belt, water pump, coolant, and idler pulleys again, I did it at 100,000 miles and will do it again at 200,000. On the down side, I did replace the AC compressor and evaporator a few years ago and my dash has the dreaded cracks over the passenger air bag. That has been hidden with a DashMate Suede cover. I hope to replace the dash sometime. Overall, I am very happy with this car and like the looks of it far better than the beast they came out with in 2005. I like the smooth, streamline look much better than the boxy look the Chrysler's have now. |
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| 2004 300M with 84000 miles. Over the past several months the check engine light comes on, then turns itself off after some time (days or weeks). The first time it happened it threw a p0441 error. Changed the fuel cap thinking that might do it but light remained on. When I got to the dealership to have them check it out they said that the computer was not throwing any errors and they just turned the light off. It came on again a few weeks later, same error, but turned itself off about 3 - 4 weeks later. I have had error p0442 once, figured since a leak was finally detected better get it fixed, but light went off again. Light came back on again today with the p0441 error. The only commonality I can see is it seems to always happen when I have 1/2 tank of fuel. Anybody have any thoughts? | |
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