The only real problem I've had with this car is a slow leaking steering rack which has leaked ever since I bought the car. I'd add a few teaspoons every ~3000 miles or so and that didn't really bother me. This week the seal (+70k miles later
) finally let loose.
Every repair I've made to this car to date could be compared to working on a lawn mower.. It's stupid simple. That is until I attempted to remove the steering rack. It's fought me the whole time and after I finally removed the last bolt (so I thought) I realized the rack wouldn't come out. It was hung up on about an inch of subframe. After a search on the web I find that I need to remove the drive shaft, transfer case (which dumps all my transmission fluid) and exhaust to complete this task.
I think for the first time in my life I'm going to have someone else repair a vehicle for me. Too much headache