My son is a (law school) Hoosier! I proudly wear my "Hoosier Daddy?" tee-shirt!

 

Ever heard the saying,” and ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”? While I may have never had a problem with the transmission it is also quite possible that changing the filter and flushing/replacing the fluid with a quality synthetic product could prevent and expensive failure and repair. We were getting the secondary air pump code so the RCM needed to be addressed and there was a huge difference in breaking performance after resurfacing the rotors, replacing the pads and flushing the brake fluid. As for the sensors they are a known weak point and we now have a set of spares known to be good at the time they were removed in case of emergency. I don’t consider any of it to be a waste of money. Ours is not a high mileage beater… it handles like new and I plan to keep it in the best condition possible so I consider the money spent an investment. I’m not saying that everyone needs to do this. One can find a cheap crossfire and drive it into the ground without putting any more money into it then sell what is left for parts without any regrets. Some owners want to have the nicest example of a particular car that they can afford and keep it for many years without having to worry too much about unexpected repairs. we bought a low mileage car with some known issues at a price that we didn’t mind having to put some more money into it to bring it back to the condition we wanted.

 

I hear ya Captain. My Crossfire came from my parents this year but I've been on this forum a long time as I would work on it and detail it for them when I would visit them and do this and that when it had a few problems but overall it hasn't had many problems at all and it has always been maintained per the scheduled maintenance and kept under cover. My mom started having problems getting in and out of it and started to get spooked about the cost of maintenance compared to her Chevy. Since my dad passed last fall she didn't need 2 cars anyway so I got this and my sister got some things of equal value (although what my sister got doesn't require maintenance! LOL!). I had to buy a battery for it as she let it sit and die and then I had some more work to do (Sticky Key) and get the ABS / Stability Control fixed that turned out to be a bad rear wheel speed sensor. Given the car's realistic value it is now a nice, cool, daily driver for my wife that we'll maintain and drive like any other car... It's not gonna be a garage kept, dry weather toy anymore. For me, because I know how it has been maintained since new, I'm not gonna do much else other than the scheduled maintenance and replace fluids I know deteriorate over time. Mine isn't in Mint condition but I'd say Very Good. Anyway, all that matters is that we're all happy with our Crossfires and I do like how they turn more heads than most cars out there... Especially for the price as this isn't a $100K Porsche.

 

everything you said is true...."....That’s a great attitude and it will make you a proud owner. And a happy driving enthuastist.

Stallions are not barn queens......let “em run in the meadows.

 

I went with Mobile 1 75W90 (less than 2 quarts) in the differential and Mobile 1 5W20 (less than 2 quarts) in the manual transmission. Both easy to do but you will need SHORT sockets for the transmission.

I'd bleed brakes and clutch (same fluid, BTW) and do a coolant flush, or at least replacement. Almost no one does steering fluid but I think we should. Id go ahead and change the belt and idler pulley (again, super easy to do and parts are cheap). Also, change that damn steering stabilizer! (Again, cheap and easy to do.)

I carry a spare BOSCH crank sensor and intend to carry a spare RCM.

Im lovin that color!