How many times has your car broke down?

[97lt1]

00

[JohnW]

2 weeks after i got my gsx the timing belt broke. wanted to fix the resulting fuckery myself but that didn't work out. sls got it fixed in the end.

[Jim]

I have broken down more times then you can count. And its not minor shit.

Transmission
Motor (two of them)
Etc Etc Etc

I've been towed prob ten times in two years

[Tad218]

1. broken tie rod
2. broken tranny, had it rebuilt
3. broken timing belt, got a used engine
4. used engine blew, got another used one partially under warranty
5. broken radiator, replaced with new one

many minor things inbetween....my car is slow and i drive it somewhat decent....oh well

[Parker]

lets see.... tranny, tranny,tranny, boost issue, fried ecu..... and oh yeah.... tranny... and thats just on one of my cars, i dont feel like listing off the other shit.

[treimche]

Wow, you guys don't even want me to start on this one........

[7ormore]

I'm glad to see i'm not alone at least, this is becoming a weekly thing for me. I need to buy a bicycle so at least i can get to the auto store haha

[Parker]

in the "tuner" world your never alone.... unless your me.

[HandoEX]

I haven't had a breakdown in 26 months of owning my car....and it has 150,000 miles on it

[YellowEvo]

clutch, tranny and now clutch sorta again

[24valvenotak]

motor, tcase, tranny(3?), axle, hunk of block broken, driveshaft carrier bearings..

[darkelvis]

I'm not even putting the list for my 95 eclipse.

In my 2004 sentra, 1, the fuel pump went out with like 1,000 miles left on the 36K mile warranty. Now i'm 5,000 miles over the warranty and it is starting to go again.

[Guest]

Once

[Afsil80]

Does it count if we bought the car when it wasn't running? Hahahaha!

[dubbsy]

It's never left me stranded...
52,000 miles and I've tried to drive the wheels off of it.
Had a coil pack go out once - developed a miss. Fixed it, new plugs and wires while we were at it, and it was good to go.
Had something in the ignition go out a couple years ago again. In trying to find somewhere to pull the code, I ended up screwing up an injector as well (which nearly doubled the cost to fix it). Had it fixed as I didn't have time to do it, so I may have gotten screwed over in the process of having a shop do it. New coil pack, new injector, and a new plug (plus labor).

spend no more than $500 fixing the car.. (I put tires on it 3 times though)

[KA-T_240]

my jeep 0
my 240 kind of one bought it with blown motor and i finished it off

[2slo50h]

hmmm my mustangs are ridiculous.

Hence the fact my 95' is going to be for sale.
nothing major just little shit on this one, just learning from past mistakes.

coughsREAD ON

My 88' GT is freakin ridiculous. Spent near $4000 just on sensors, running gear, vacum leaks and other worthless check my engine light kind of bullshit. Thing is never running on par. 100,000 miles came and the car just fell apart. Not literaly but damn one thing after another on this thing. Ford has not mad a quality car in years suprised there not the ones filing bankruptcy.

[NickB]

Once, tranny (notorious on 6th Gen Av6's) and main oil seal

[91nbtsi]

2002 S-10: has right around 160k on it now, put on 30k since i got it and nothing has gone wrong, other than maintainance things.

Talon: Well, obviously if you have a car putting out almost 3 times the power it comes from the factory with...it is going to have some problems. Tranny tranny tranny.

Corolla: Bought with blown engine, put different engine in, turboed, and now busted a ring or ring land. Oh well.

As long as my truck keeps running I am happy.

[jlamere74]

my eclipse broke down more times than i could count. replaced the motor then it didnt start most of the winter, and after the amount of money i was going to have to spend on it this winter just so i could drive it for the next year i got rid of it and bought a 01' integra