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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Big Island, Hawaii
Posts: 1,418
Real Name: Justin
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Big Island, Hawaii
Posts: 1,418
Real Name: Justin
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With 165k miles, the timing belt should have been changed once already. (90k mile intervals)
A fairly rare problem exists with the 3rd gens where the in-radiator transmission cooler ruptures/cracks, mixing coolant and transmission fluid together. This mixing of fluids can and will probably cause damage to some degree to the transmission. Search "strawberry milkshake" or "pink milkshake" for more info. This issue can get messy and costly, but this can be easily prevented by bypassing the in radiator cooler and installing a separate external transmission cooler or by just replacing the radiator itself with a new one.
Around 100k miles, the rear axle seals on the 3rd gens usually go bad and leak oil. You can tell if the seal is leaking by looking to see if the rear brakes look wet from underneath.
That's all the major problems that I can think of right now. But they really are reliable vehicles as long as they were taken care of by the PO.
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