CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2002 has the well-known and documented problem with their dashboards falling to pieces, but it also has engine failure from oil sludge. That's a doube shot of awful in your morning coffee.
10.0
really awful- Typical Repair Cost:
- $1,100
- Average Mileage:
- 35,000 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 1 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- replace ac compressor and serpentine belt (1 reports)
AC / heater problem
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
Compressor / serp belt replaced. belt caught on fire when clutch pulley seized.
Now one of the ac assembly hoses rubbed against air filter mount and ruptured.
About 450 parts and labor. There should be some kind of guard or spacer to prevent this. It is like a file slicing bits at a time.
- Stanton K., Coraopolis, PA, US