Originally Posted by
Padgett
Be glad it is not a CS-130. Had to replace one of those every 18 months until I replaced with a CS-144.
ps could tell her to go to wallyWorld and buy a 15A charger. Plug the car in every night, drive only during the day, and don't use the AC. Drove a GMC Motor Home with a 455 from Orlando to Bentonville Arkansas that way. Helps to have a grp 31
Crumpy makes this 1155 mile trip five or six times a year. I keep this car perfect. So, if you don't mind I'll have a Connecticut mechanic, I know and trust, put in an OEM.
I am very happy with Chrysler products I bought during the 90's. A Jeep, a one ton dually pickup and a '99 Dodge Caravan LE. Frankly the products made during their tenuous relationship with Daimler were great. Anything built with Daranelli at the helm sucks. We inherited a 2003 Town and Country Minivan and it's quality and reliability is plain awful by comparison. 55K and it is toast.
Cathy makes the 1,155 mile trip to Ct about 5 times a year. ALONE! The '99 is comfortable and reliable. Even with all those miles. But given it's age and the longevity of those trips, there have been some minor issues on the road after 230K miles. Wiper motor, fan belt Idler and now the alternator. Which was functioning miraculously when they went back to rescue it this morning. It is entirely possible that the problem was a high drain from the inverter she had on to keep her laptop up. Or just a bad battery cable.