![]() You want to visually inspect the cup holders. And to the best of my knowledge while there are plenty of replacement canvas parts available, there are no more top assemblies in stock. ![]() The canvas is $1600 plus installation which at a dealer can run into several hundred dollars. I have seen more than one car that has holes in the top due to this. The rubber feet come off, fail or even twist allowing direct contact between the mounting structure and the top canvas while the top is in the trunk. The top is also susceptible to damage from the hold down feet mounted on the trunk lid. More than a few cars have had problems with the folding mechanism that has damaged the canvas where it folds over the windows and / or damage to the canvas when it rubs against an improperly adjusted side window. You also want to take a hard look at the top. At the very least there will be scrapes on the bottom of the bumper cover that you can use to get a lower price or commitment to repair from a dealer that you probably will not get from a private party seller. Because of the configuration of the car nearly every new owner rams them into curbs one to several times and they get damaged. You also want to take a good look at the bottom front. They are repairable and there are aftermarket replacements available from DDM but you need to know if the fenders are cracked as this can be up to a $1k swinger on the retail price. There are basically no available right side factory fenders anymore and few left side fenders. If there is damage you want to identify it before sale and with a dealer you can push to get them to repair the damage as part of the sale. The front fenders crack frequently due to road vibration and are easily crushed if lifted with a floor jack. ![]() You want to start with the local car because the Sky and Sol are highly susceptible to damage when lifted improperly. Get a GM record pulled to verify the in service date and warranty remaining. The plastic retention balls on the ends can fail and make it impossible to open the trunk normally. There are cables that actuate the trunk release and the buttress releases. Failure to lubricate the side hinges over the windows can result in sticking. Putting the top up without opening the doors or lowering the windows will cause issues over time. Some early cars were built with plastic ball end joints which failed in some cases are resulted in a redesign. Some cars were built without the acoustic liner and are noisier. There have been issues with the tops early on due to improper adjustment of the top mechanism and / or the door windows. It appears that these are related to cam position servo failures that cause the transmission control module to go into protection mode intermittently. Some automatic cars have had hard downshifting issues. There are several threads that cover this information, Kappas have had some water pump failures, beginning as early as 25k miles with a cluster in the 50k region. Should GM Buy Back My Car? - Saturn Sky Forums: Saturn Sky Forum In the end he got taken care of by GM, new engine, partial remanufacturing of his car. One Sky - GS Stage1 on the Sky forum had major issues that resulted in over a year of problems. Again we are talking less than 10?Ī small - very tiny minority have had significant electrical problems that have been traced back to manufacturing errors. The only failures I am aware of were loss of lubrication or just a mechanical failure. I have yet to see a failure resulting from these symptoms. Some cars have rear end wine and some have a "clunk" when making significant throttle changes. There was a recall for all 06 and 07 MY cars that addressed the rear end. Some of the early cars had issues with the differential. The problems are "normal" failures like water pumps, clogged catalytic converters etc. NA cars - that is the 2.4 L normally aspirated cars - are going for 100k, 200k and approaching 300kl miles with few problems. To my knowledge, there have been on the order of 12 owners with major issues, like engine failures or differential failures. And a much smaller minority of that subset have serious problems. The owners take them home, have the dealers do maintenance, put gas into them and drive them until they want something new or the car is damaged beyond economic repair.Ī tiny minority of cars have issues. The vast majority of the deployed fleet of Kappa’s have had little or no issues at all. (although I did edit out the not relevant parts). Here's a little something that I plagiarized from RTE.
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