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9.7
really awful- Typical Repair Cost:
- $2,450
- Average Mileage:
- 102,250 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 6 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- replace timing chain (2 reports)
- not sure (1 reports)
- rebuild the motor (1 reports)
- replace engine (1 reports)
- replaced motor with used motor (1 reports)
engine problem
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
Timing chain snapped inside the engine while accelerating. This caused the pistons to smack all of the valves, effectively killing compression in all 4 cylinders. Rebuilding the engine would be more expensive than switching to another engine, so I had the engine replaced with a 61,000 mile unit from a junkyard. The new engine ran fine for 2 days then started throwing P0010, P0013 and P0014 codes. I found out the timing chain guides had snapped on the new engine and the shop replaced the chain and guides with newer updated models. Overall, I spent $2250 on the new engine.
- Joel B., Lansing, MI, US