Hello All,

So I am a new Crossfire owner of a couple of weeks now. They are beautiful cars, as you can all atest to. Mine is a 2004 coupe with only 44k miles. The dealer I purchased it from is reputable and certifies used cars with Motor Trend prior to selling. They put new Summer tires on it, new brakes, and new valve cover gaskets. Ive read this is not uncommon (valve cover gaskets). I have a moderate skill level in mechanical reapairs of vehicles and have even rebuilt a couple of dinosaur engines (pre elctronic era). I am beginning to think, however, that I should have done more research on this brand before I signed up. (tell me I'm wrong, please) The first night I came home I was introduced to the washer fluid resevoir. Ha! Ha! Good Joke! I hope to meet the engineer some day. The following Sunday I ran into a friend, who is an insurance adjuster for Allstate. He told me to be sure never to wreck it because parts are scarce. He shared a story with me of a client who needed a new bumber cover and the part shop couldn't locate one so they were trying to piece the client's back together from four pieces. AAAAAK! The other night my daughter drove it to a basketball game and the locks froze. No problem I live 5 minutes away and was there with lock deicer and got in. The only problem was that the key fob would not lock or unlock the doors after that and neither would the lock button on the dash. I have read threads here that seem to explain that the locks work off of a pneumatic system?!? Say it aint so! Who does that?!? The next morning the key fob and the button on the dash operated the locks fine. So my question is: Was it the frozen locks or the beginning of a bad pump that caused the issue with locking and unlocking? Help? Tell me I bought a fun car that isnt going to cause me more gray hair. LOL