Faults:

Rear wheel wells rotted badly.

Engine leaked oil from 20,000 +.

CV joints needed to be replaced.

Radio died, first the display, then the tape player, then the speakers.

Overheats after about an hour of driving.

Transmission sometimes won't move in drive, just revs the engine.

Paint sun bleached away.

Stalls all the time, even more if you don't put that expensive Premium gas in it.

Transmission doesn't like to shift.

Car will "Red line" at about 70mph on the highway; and vibrates horribly.

Floors all rotted out.

Generally the whole car rotted.

Suspension sags.

Pulls to the right really bad, did this from about 50k on, alignment didn't fix it.

I could go on and on...

General Comments:

The car was so slow to accelerate.

Gas mileage was horrible for a little car with a little engine.

Don't expect to live in an accident.

Ask most Tempo owners, these things suck!

Faults:

Got it with a very slight oil leak in the front seal, which is still there, but manageable thru today.

Fuel pump at around 95,000 miles.

A/C at around 100,000 miles.

Fuel relay at 110,000 miles.

General Comments:

Got it when I was 16 as a first car. It has power locks, cruise, A/C, tilt steering and intermittent wipers.

The last time I checked was getting about 27mpg on the highway.

It has a Knight Rider light.

It doesn't have much at all in the way of acceleration, but tops out surprisingly fast. (Around 115)

It's been a great first car, and I'll probably keep it around another year.

Faults:

The only thing that had ever gone wrong on this car was the tail pipe that fell off due to some rust.

General Comments:

This was my first car and it was an absolutely great car. I would love to still have had this car, but some jerk t-boned it. It stayed in great shape compared to the other man's Grand AM, which smashed into a little ball. This car took a lot of beating in that accident, but barely showed the damage. The one thing I didn't like about this car was the seat belts; the reason was that they were the automatic kind, which came up when the door was shut and only came undone when the door opened, so when the guy hit me he had hit the door so it wouldn't open. The seat belt did its job very well though.

Faults:

Transmission started going bad this year and I got a new one put in.

General Comments:

This car has gotten me though it all, It's great car even though it's pretty old and not so good looking.

Faults:

I must admit, to drive this car for as long as I have, with as many miles, and with as many deer strikes (I've hit three deer... they seem to like Tempos!) I have had to do some work on my car.

I've replaced the tranny, CV joints, tie rods, and alternator, but don't get me wrong, not all this happens at once.

This car is a work horse and if you take care of it, it will perform. Besides those replacements, oil changes, brakes, and belts come when needed and are not hard to do by yourself.

General Comments:

Please don't listen to people when they say Tempos are junk. Just because they are too stupid to have a car checked out by a mechanic before buying it doesn't mean the car is a lemon. My family has two Tempos and they run great. This is a great basic car. It may not have the speed, it may not be the flashiest thing on the road. But this baby packs on the miles and gets you to where you want to be.