Nice car to long trips
The reverse light don't lit.
The car spends too much gasoline.
It is very stable in highways.
It is very comfortable in the front and in the rear seats.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 11th June, 2004
Great car, I Love It
Transmission died at 180,000 Km
Steering Pump died at 215,000 Kms
The trunk does not stay open since 130,000 Km
Fuel Pump died at 100,000 Km.
This car is simply great, here in Mexico, street and highway conditions are extremely stressing for the cars it has never got a major failure, it even resist a hard impact and I only should replace some suspension parts.
I changed the entire engine.
When new it was the "Fastest car in Mexico"
I really love this car I like the line and performance.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 18th August, 2003
Hello:
I write these message, because my Shadow presents the following fault.
I like too much this car, I take a lot of care of it, but the last week it began to "jump" themselves and to extinguish themselves. The cables of sparks plugs, sparks plugs, distributor, pump of gasoline, gasoline filter, were already reviewed. Right now we are with the electric system, and we did not find anything. If someone knows that it can be, I request to him that write me: p_mach1@yahoo.com. thanks.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 1st November, 2002
To the guy with the "hot" Shadow, my first couple of guesses would be a bad thermostat, or more likely a clogged heater core. If the coolant has never been changed, you probably have a lot of scale and rust clogging the radiator passages, and clogging up the heater core. So, you don't get circulation through the engine and the coolant trapped in the block just gets hotter and hotter, even though no heat comes out of the heater. I hate to change my own coolant anymore because of the environmental concerns, or I would run a couple bottles of Prestone Superflush through it. However, if it's clogged it may be too far gone for that. You may have to take it to a garage, and have them do a pressure flush to blow some of that scale, rust, and gunk out. Once it's flushed out, and refilled with 50/50 anti-freeze and water, things should be going a lot better.
If it would let me, I would marry this car.
Basically nothing has gone wrong with the car that has been due to an imperfection in manufacturing, except for the engine, which in time lowered itself causing the speedometer to stop working and damaging as well the transmission, with no great affections due to this except for the oil leakage.
Of course, this is still reasonable for it didn't happen until the car was 11 years old.
Also, the dashboard and seats got sun burned pretty fast, around the 8th year, but it didn't look so bad. This was also true for the paint of the car exterior as well as the defenses, which got many marks very fast; however, they never lost their durability and resistance.
Its horsepower is very small (don't know the figure) but it really takes a long while to get to 100 kmhr under regular conditions.
It's structure is incredibly solid and durable.
Of course it doesn't have ABS, and that makes emergency braking a real emergency!
Not a very cheap running cost, but luckily it hardly gets a malfunction under regular circumstance.
Incredibly enough, a far better car than more recent others.
Quite roomy and comfortable.
It's design is so great, and looks so contemporary even though it's a 1990 model. Seriously ahead of it's pack.
Good performance and stability according to its year. Also, great visibility.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 5th April, 2002
A very fun car to drive with very good performance on curves
The engine head blew due to a broken valve.
The shifter got stock in "Parking" and now I have to leave it in "Neutral" and with the hand-brake.
The speedometer does not work anymore.
The front suspension broke, and the car "shook" at 60 KMH due to bad driving.
Since new the rear right door did not work properly, and now it is blocked.
This was my mother's car, and now I use it every day.
This is a great car, I even like it more than my Mustang.
This is a car you can enjoy driving, because it is very friendly.
The only thing I miss is a 4th gear, because the engine really needs it at high speeds.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 24th October, 2001
3rd Mar 2006, 13:20
I have a 1994 Shadow 2.5 with a problem of the heat gauge showing hot all the time when running. The heater does not give very much heat in the cold weather. I have replaced the head gasket, which showed cooler engine temperature for a while. The temperature is back up to hot again. The head has been re-torqued, coolant checked etc. I live in an area where I need a heater that is better with winter temperatures around the -20 degree mark for six months of the year.
My return address is hassell@mackbc.com