03subdoglvr
New Member
problem? This car is very difficult to drive smoothly at very low speed, such as creeping in a traffic jam. With the clutch engaged, applying gas would make it jerk, and taking foot off the gas would also make it jerk. When it was new, we took it to the dealer several times, and finally a mechanic noticed that the car jerked as he started out from a stop, and they replaced flywheel, clutch, and pressure plate. (Iwas surprised) After about 40,000 miles, the problem recurred, and at 65,000 miles is worse than original. Anybody out there have a similar problem? Otherwise, the only problem the car has had is that the heat shields on the exhause components have managed to vibrate enough to crack off at the bolt placements, so there is also the occasional sheet metal rattle. Overall a good car, and once you get up past the creeping, the car runs well, gets about 27 mpg on the road.