Originally Posted by Chi-Town SRT/6
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Yeah, what he said. If you are over 5'9" getting in and out is and exercise in gymnastics. The ride isn't too bad, but you could hurt yourself trying to get in or out to fast.
Oh, and check the tires. If they are very worn, use that as a bargaining tool as new ones are $$$! at 29K miles the car could easily be well into its second set of tires. If you drive the car hard, the Michelins will die in 15,000-18,000 miles.
Common problems are very few, and the ones that do exist are very minor for the most part.
- Transmission leak around the Speed sensor.
- Rust at the bottom of the doors is the worst thing these cars are know for(still covered under warranty though, and Chrysler is good about fixing them).
- Heated seat elements go out frequently, especially in the bottom cushion.
- The rear hatch area has a tendency to rattle over bumps sometimes.
- Sometimes the windows make nails on a chalkboard noises going up and down when they are moist.
- Wind noise around the Driver's window.
- At the 29K, if the intercooler pump isn't already dead, it will be soon. It may have already been done. Some owners don't even notice this problem cause they never drive the car to its potential. If you have never driven one that is right, you wouldn't know the difference either more than likely.
- The Valeo Radiators have a tendency to start cross contaminating the transmission fluid an a 'few" cars. This is mostly a problem on the Mercedes car, not as much on ours.
- The headlights De-Laminate and turn cloudy if you look at them wrong. The warranty should cover new ones, or just use 3M Plastic Polish on them.
That's about it. The chances are that the only problems you are likely to encounter are the Intercooler Pump and Headlight De-Laminating. Both are easy fixes and the Intercooler Pump upgrade is cheap to do. You should actually do that even if yours isn't bad yet.