Faults:

I had a blown engine at 160,000 miles.

The heater core went out shortly before that.

The catalytic converter went out.

General Comments:

This car is great! With my new 3.1 V6 engine, and a performance cam, I am pushing 205 horse power. It runs clean and smooth, and sounds great too.

The car handles surprisingly well in icy conditions, and sticks to all the curves on the road.

The car is set up with comfort in mind, and all of the instruments inside are within hands reach.

Faults:

Need a new oil gasket around 121,000 miles.

The dash is seperating above the radio.

Oxygen Sensor went out at 109000.

Tape player sometimes gets jammed.

Front struts need replaced bad.

The ceiling is falling down.. that cloth that all GM's seem to do.

General Comments:

This car is not exactly fast, but it does zip in reference to all other 4 cylinders.

Seats are very comfortable.

Love the gear shifter being exactly where it's at.

Don't like how the radio cannot be upgraded inexpensively.

It's hard to clean the windshield since it's so angled.

Faults:

This car as proven itself to be extremely reliable.

Though there is a little rust on the bottom of the doors the black paint still shines good.

I had to replace a TCC solenoid. (auto transmission). and a stater. both were at around 123000 miles.

General Comments:

The car has great get up and go. Also, the 3.1 V-6 is very reliable. A friend of mine has 190,000 miles on his 1990 Lumina Euro. and someone else form school has 250,000 on his 1991 Sunbird LE 3.1.

Faults:

Radiator leaked at about 75,000 miles, had to be replaced.

Water pump and coolant reservoir gaskets had to be replaced at 83,000 miles.

Alternator replaced at about 80,000 miles.

General Comments:

Being a 2.0L I4 mated to a 3spd automatic transmission, you'd think this car would be very slow, but this is far from the truth, my little Sunbird zips around with pretty good acceleration for a four cylinder.

Stock stereo system was a little odd when replacing with a DIN sized deck, but with some creativity it worked out very nicely.

Currently my Sunbird is at a little over 83,000 miles and I hope she last for quite a bit longer.

These cars can be had at a very reasonable price if you look around. Mine was purchased for $2000.

Faults:

Jumped time at 100,000 miles. Nothing happened, just had to replace the timing belt.

The head gasket blew at 110,000 miles.

General Comments:

Great car! The head gasket blew, but that was because the fan relay went out.

Cost me $100 dollars to fix and runs great.

I recently drove cross country in it and everything was great. I got about 35 miles to the gallon with the A/C running (which works great by the way).

My first car. I changed all the fluid when I first bought it. Change the oil every 3,000 miles. And changed the coolant again after the head gasket blew.

Not the fastest of cars, but it can hold it's own for being a 4 cylinder automatic.