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Originally Posted by jb92563
The big ticket items are the IMS bearing failure $6K-15K, Clutch, Transmission, and on 1999 and less years the "D-Chunk" Piston failures $2K-15K.
If there is any oil leaks at all on the underside, it will likely cost you some money as it could be an indication of the RMS or IMS needing attention.
I avoided the 1999 and earlier to reduce risk of at least one big ticket failure when I got mine recently.
However, if the maintenance record is good and can be verified with receipts and it has not failed yet, then perhaps it will last a while before things start needing replacement from wear at over 100K miles
Its a crap shoot and if you cant afford to spend up to a couple thousand a year plus some down time now and then its likely not a good choice.
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That's some good and detailed advice, thanks very much, guys. It seems that the responsible decision is to not purchase this vehicle.
Out of curiousity, how much is a brake job on this car? How much are the pads if I were to do it myself?
Thanks again,
US Monkey
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