waldershrek

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Ok so I have my vehicle claim history which is below but......from the looks of it my car had some pretty serious repairs done early in it's life. Am I reading this correctly?

CLAIM HISTORY
R.O Date R.O Number Type Labor Operation Odometer Reading
08/11/2004 142780 0 J4100 - GENERATOR ASSEMBLY - REPLACE 30698 miles
08/11/2004 142780 0 J6354 - POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE ENGINE REPROGRAMMING WITH SPS 30698 miles
08/11/2004 142780 0 Z7901 - 1-DAY COURTESY TRANSPORTATION 30698 miles
08/05/2003 410793 # C2540 - PANEL/PAD ASSEMBLY, INSTRUMENT PANEL - REPLACE 17597 miles
05/09/2002 371427 # F1280 - PROPELLER SHAFT ASSEMBLY (BETWEEN TRANS AND REAR DIFFERENT 3868 miles
03/18/2002 366979 # J1307 - PISTON, ROD AND/OR RINGS - ONE CYL - BOTH BANKS - REPLACE 3255 miles
03/18/2002 366979 # Z7906 - 6+ DAY COURTESY TRANSPORTATION 3255 miles
02/18/2002 364712 # V0632 - INSPECT RADIATOR CAP INSTALL NEW CAP IF NECESSARY 2899 miles
02/06/2001 334749 # N6620 - WIRING AND/OR CONNECTOR - POWER & GROUNDS DISTRIBUTION - R 62 miles
02/06/2001 334749 F Z7200 - CORPORATE PARTS RETURN REIMBURSEMENT 62 miles
08/28/2000 A10002 I Z7000 - PRE-DELIVERY INSPECTION - BASE TIME 0 miles

delsold

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looks like it had a cooling system problem that wiped out the engine early on. "02/18/2002: inspect radiator cap install new cap if necessary." Then exactly a month later 6+ day loaner car and an engine rebuild.

RPM WS6

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Wow, that car has had a rough 30k miles right there.

waldershrek

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Well that's what I thought


But I've had no problems with the car *knocks on wood* and there is no evidence of any extensive repairs.

ReFtheMC

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Haha, i was just thinking the same...

02gtp4now

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not unusual i work a a dealership and see this every once and a while, i always check a car before i buy it, but i would say your fine the car originaly was a problem child and replaired with all oem parts

waldershrek

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Well that's about the only thing keeping me from turning around and selling this thing

RPM WS6

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I wouldn't worry about the past so long as the car is running fine now.

Looks like the last dealer repair was 3.5 years ago. How many miles on the car now? And how long have you owned it? If it hasn't broken in the last 3+ years, I think it's fine.

If you sold the car you might find one with a clean history, but it could start to break the minute you drive it home.....while the guy that bought your "problem" car drives past your broken down new car on the side of the road.

waldershrek

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I bought it with 39K on it May 22 and drove it from FL back to NY. It has 45K on it now (well actually since October it's been in storage) and I have had zero problems with it. That's why I was so shocked by the claim history.

The only two issues with it was two chips on the read edge of the hood where somebody raised the hood with wipers up and some stains on the rear drivers side carpet. Other than that this car is a 10.

HDNVALLEY

Sometimes you are better not to know these things. If the car has run for 6 years and 42,000 miles after the repairs it should be fine. Drive it and have fun.

TORK?

iTrader: (27)

05/09/2002 371427 # F1280 - PROPELLER SHAFT ASSEMBLY (BETWEEN TRANS AND REAR DIFFERENT 3868 miles

Maybe they turned it into a boat?

But seriously, is that a fancy way of saying driveshaft?

ONE EYE

looks like buddy drove it a little hard and busted a u joint, spun two bearings and somehow? cooked the ecu and blamed it on the rad cap. lol

i doubt you are as hard as that so keep on truckin.

or, sometimes you get a bad batch of steel.......he just got four bad batches in different sections. lol