Faults:

It ticks when I put it into gear I don't know what that is.

The things that hold the hatch up are broke and had the hatch fall on my fingers.

The win shield washer sprayers are broke.

General Comments:

I love this car. I Got this car when I totaled my grand am. This car doesn't need much work done to it. I love the way it handles. It is kinda bad on gas. I find myself filling it up at half a tank because it is so expensive to fill from epmty to full. the heat doesn't work to well, but that's OK it doesn't get to cold here.

Faults:

The only things wrong with the car when I got it was basic maintenance, (tune up, valve covers leaking, needed brakes) like I said just basic maintenance stuff. the car was painted by the previous owner which wasn't too bad of a job so it looks pretty good for the age and the interior is in good shape except for the headliner. basically everything that is/ was wrong with the car was normal for its age.

General Comments:

The car surprises a lot of people with how quick it is for an econo box. I've surprised a few fox body 5.0 mustangs.

For such a small car it has a rather roomy interior. its easy to run in and out of traffic on the highway and in town.

My last car was a shadow with the V6 and a Manual trans. it had 240,000 very rough miles on it when it became so rusted that it really wasn't safe to drive, but the engine and trans got put into a spirit... yup he converted a spirit to a stick. my friends mom got the shadow new, then he had it and then I did. non of us are nice to cars at all.

I expect at least another easy 150k out of my duster based on how exceptionally clean the engine was when we replaced the valve cover gaskets.

Faults:

After I hit a deer with it I have a small chip in the wind shield and the front tires have bald spots from slamming on the brakes and skidding. The grille is also broken. It over heats a lot, but only cause my mom didn't change the oil at all. I took the engine out of it and there are bout 10 oil leaks. One day I was sitting in my kitchen and the tire exploded for no reason at all.

General Comments:

It's a very reliable car and I wouldn't trade it for anything. Any car will go bad if you don't take care of it. The acceleration is the best thing on the car and its worth every penny that I've put into it.

Faults:

The alternator failed, but was the original at 168,000 miles, and the trunk has rotted through.

General Comments:

For the 300 dollars I paid, this car has paid for itself at least 3 times. The gas mileage is wonderful, the car has had no major problems, just normal maintenance issues, and it is comfortable, quick and powerful.

Faults:

Rack and Pinion system went out at about 200k miles. It didn't leave me stranded, just kept getting worse till I decided to fix it.

Around that time, a transmission relay went bad. It was a pain to track down, but cheap to fix, and quite a relief not having to replace the transmission.

Also about then, the starter was going bad and had to eventually be replaced.

At about 210k miles I got a bad batch of gas that clogged my fuel filter and caused the fuel pump to burn out.

At 230k miles the front struts finally wore out to the point of undrivability and I had to have them replaced.

At 240k miles the paint finally started chipping and rust is starting to show.

General Comments:

I got the car from my parents, who bought the car new. They're big on preventative maintenance, so when I got it nothing was wrong with it. The only thing I know of that they replaced was the transmission at about 150k miles (normal for Chrysler's, in my experience), although I'm sure there's more. I'm at just over 246k miles now, and it's still the most reliable car I've ever owned. Someone at Chrysler screwed up the day they made my car, domestic cars aren't supposed to last this long.

The ride isn't really comfortable, doesn't handle bumps well at all, seats are kinda hard, etc, but that's about the only bad thing I can say about the car.

Pickup is nice for being a small car, and it handles well.

The next thing to go will probably be the transmission again, but I imagine it will make it well past the 250k mile mark. When that goes, I'll probably finally get rid of the car.