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Surprised at the rust spot with that low mileage but I guess it depends where the Jeep lived and what it went through in those miles? Our 2002 (which had 153,000 miles when we bought it 2 years ago) must have been a garage queen as no rust (was originally sold in Oklahoma, went through North...

The usual, we had an overheating issue during our vacation drive to Charleston, SC during the summer. Didn't seem to impact it at the time but about 7 months later we had a bad miss and antifreeze in one of the cylinders (white smoke in the exhaust). I had had to add a small amount of...

We have a 2002 with about 166,000 miles on it and it seems to idle pretty smoothly considering it seems like a very low idle speed (600rpm) compared to what I'm use to. My old 2004 Mazda 6s which had a Ford 3.0l V6 did seem to idle perhaps a bit smoother but that also idled a little higher at...

Hey down in my neck of the woods. :) I live in Staunton but have worked in C'ville for the last 30 years. Current commute is 52 miles and takes 55 minutes over the mountain. I couldn't imagine living up in Northern VA due to the traffic. C'ville's traffic is bad enough that we complain...

We have an 02 Limited with the Infinity system and replaced all 4 front and rear door speakers with Polk DB651s from Crutchfield (located near us) and kept the Infinity amp and dash speakers. No issues with the 2ohm to 4 ohm change (I was a little concerned if it might hurt the balance with...

Have this problem with the Cooper Discoverer LSX tires that came on ours and it just takes the slightest amount of wetness on the road to either spin a wheel or slide on hard braking. Anyone else have this problem with this tire? Bad part is they looked almost new when we bought it and still...

If you want it flush or as low as possible, definitely go with the recommendations and post to make your own. I was looking for something a little easier for our casual use (summer vacations with the family where we need more space so went with the Apex Universal Aluminum model (RB-1001-49)...

Yep, been doing that since 2004 with my Mazda 6 (Ford V6) which had an angled mount for the oil filter that would leak a fair amount of oil - most of which would fall on the pre-cat and exhaust pipe up front. Scott

Not exactly the same but our 2002 also started to exhibit some stutter downshifting occasionally as well after the dealer did a transmission flush instead of just a normal transmission drain and filter change service that I had requested (they ended up not charging me the extra cost at the...

Wow, I appreciate you trying! I wasn't sure how they were fastened but ours was missing when we bought it (looks like someone had replaced the window regulator on that door). Maybe I'll find a full panel in good shape somewhere locally or a damaged panel that I can get cheap and destroy, but...

If you go back there I could use the chrome trim piece that goes around the lock on the rear driver's side door. :) Scott

BTDT on my 2004 Mazda 6s which has the same Ford V6. ;) Scott

Ours had obviously been replaced by the prior owner but no markings on the struts to indicate manufacturer (noname eBay maybe?). The rear hatch definitely flies up quickly and does take some effort to push down! Scott

That's the wife's modus operandi. :) Liberty gets less use in the summer (except family vacation) and the Thunderbird comes out of the garage! Scott

My commute to work has been 100 miles daily for the past 30 years so I've been doing 10k OCI for quite some time. Mostly Interstate or local bypass on each end with 55-70mph. I had 327,000 miles and 12 years on my 2004 Mazda 6s (Ford 3.0l V6). My prior car was a 1987 Mazda 626GT (turbo 2.0l...

Ours recently was the head gasket. Apparently was slow for the longest time but got worse and was leaking into the combustion chamber and started causing a miss-fire and smoke in the exhaust. Scott

If they are out of date, why don't you update them? Scott

My wife bought me this one last year for Father's Day to replace my older Garmin Nuvi 1490LMT which was starting to have issues with the touchscreen. I've been very happy with it as well. Scott

What was the fix? Our 2002 with 160,000 had a very slight waver in the idle for the past year and 7,000 miles (we bought it last February) but no obvious miss or CEL. Interestingly I noticed that after having to replace the head gaskets that it now has a rock solid and very smooth idle. It...

Nice to see that I'm not the only one trying for some land speed records. :) Scott