Faults:

Just a little through rust in spots on the floorboards, surface rust on bottoms of doors, but the car was previously a beach toy and was full of sand and shows remnants of salt.

Typical wear and tear, rattles and mechanical looseness of a 16 year old car.

Haven't had to repair anything yet; I have only owned it one month.

Was told by the used car dealer that the Tracker was towed behind a motor home, that the rear end was replaced and that the high mileage was mostly tow miles.

General Comments:

Great sporty fun to drive! Nimble, with a tight turning radius. Kidney-buster, not suitable for a soothing cross-country tour.

My $1200 winter toy (to keep my 37 year old Fiat Spider out of the snow and salt!)

Better than the Ford Escort wagon on gas.

Would not let it be my teenager's car because of lack of airbag, slight tendency to rollover and poor crash ratings.

Surprisingly well-made comfortable seats for an otherwise cheap interior.

Fun convertible top. Inconvenient to use back tailgate though because you have to unzip the rear window to swing out the tailgate.

Faults:

I need more space.

General Comments:

Can a receiver hitch be put on this so that a "wheel less trailer" or "cargo trailer" can be place on it?

Faults:

Minor oil leak at distributor when I got it.

Automatic transmission gradually failed at 150,000 miles.

General Comments:

Drives well on-road, much like a regular subcompact car, it's very stable on the highway. Starts right up every time. Drives off-road better than I expected, went up any hill I pointed it at.

Faults:

Rear entry key lock doesn't work.

General Comments:

I can't believe that a 1.6 litre engine only gets around 20 MPG.

The low gears make it tach over 4,000 RPM at freeway speeds, killing the mileage.

Other than the poor mileage, it's a great town car with 4WD!

Does anyone know of a kit that will enclose the "Cab" and make the vehicle a little pick-up truck type unit?

Faults:

The OEM manual locking hubs didn't work when I bought it.

The soft top had shrunk up at the back corners and would no longer latch properly.

Most of the exhaust pipe had holes rusted through it.

Seats have minor tears at the seams.

The key slot for the crankshaft timing sprocket broke out at 140,000 miles.

General Comments:

I bought it used and knew what problems it had in advance.

The first thing I replaced was the air filter with a K&N, gave it a full tune up and oil change.

Next, I replaced the OEM manual hubs with Super-Winch which are made much better and have never slipped out of lock.

I replaced the entire exhaust system with a Calmini 2 inch complete custom exhaust, (Header, high-flow cat, turbo muffler and all necessary exhaust pipe) for a fraction of what just the OEM cat would have cost.

I've also replaced the OEM 5 1/2 inch wide rims with 7 inch and put on all terrain tires.

With these additions, this little SUV can get in and back out of mud holes that larger trucks have problems with.