Thinking of buying a friend's 2000 Solara. She's the original owner (was with her when she bought it), it has ~30K miles on it and has been very well maintained so I'm not concerned about it being a 'used' car. It has a 4-cyl engine and automatic transmission (I'm not interested in the V6 as the 4-cyl performance is comparable to the performance of my 1996 4-cyl accord). Are there any know problems, defects, troublespots, etc with Solaras?
Thanks,
David S.
David,
One recall issued on 6/2/00:
SUSPENSION:REAR=20 Potential Number Of Units Affected : 541=20 Summary:=20 VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. DUE TO IMPROPER HEAT TREATMENT, = THE REAR AXLE MAY NOT HAVE ADEQUATE STRENGTH IN SOME AREAS.=20 Consequence:=20 AFTER EXTENDED USE OF THE VEHICLE, THE REAR AXLE SHAFTS COULD FAIL OR = BREAK.=20 Remedy:=20 DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND REPLACE THE REAR AXLE HUB ASSEMBLIES.=20
Jack.
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