Faults:

I had to have the engine removed in order to get to a wire that kept causing my engine light to go on 25 days after I purchased it.

I have had a recall notice twice on it for two different things in the last year.

General Comments:

Gas mileage is horrible for such a little car.

However, because it is small, it makes for moving through traffic easy.

It's really loud in the cabin when traveling at high speeds.

The car seems like a bargain at its price, but when one has to keep using the warranty, the price doesn't matter anymore. It's a waste of time!

Faults:

It's on it's third transmission, door handles have broken off, squeaks because the window seals are faulty, seats have worn horribly, and the radio has gone out.

General Comments:

The car was my dads before he gave it to me. He used it to drive to work, 60 miles one way, 120 round trip, everyday. The transmission first went out at about 40,000, then again at 86,000, then one day I was driving it and it would only drive in high gear. It also wouldn't shift into reverse, so I had to push myself out of the Radio Shack parking lot and the transmission had to be replaced again.

Also, door handles fell off early on because they are made of cheap plastic, door seals leak, and you can see the wood and metal in the driver's seat because it has worn so badly. My friends at work and I have taken to calling it the Korean Death- mobile.

Faults:

It shimmers when you drive down the road, but when I took it in the dealer found nothing wrong with it. I just got use to it.

Seats are about as comfortable as sitting on broken glass.

Engine light seems to always come on. Spark plugs burned up quick, changed them and still runs like crap. Went to change wires, but soon found out you can only buy plug wires from the dealership. So instead of $25 - $30 bucks, I am looking at a whopping $70.00!!

General Comments:

Guess I got what I paid for. Well that and they were the only ones that would finance me. Course the bad thing is, that cheap $9,000 car, will end up costing me around 17,000 due to their finance company and add-ons. UHG!!

The one good thing I can say about the car is I can drop $10 bucks into the tank and drive 275-300 miles. Bet your SUV can't do that. I can say that the car always starts and runs for me, even if its only running on 3 cylinders! Plus I just had to buy new tires and I live on a farm with gravel roads. That's a lot of mileage on those cheap tires.

Faults:

The clutch keeps going out. First at 7,000, then at 14,000 and it is now going out again.

General Comments:

The dealer (a Ford dealer) made me fix it the first time. The second time (after notifying better business bureau) the dealer fixed it at no cost. They had the car two weeks. The third time I took it in, they said there is a problem and held it two days, then they said it was fine. Waiting for end of warranty.