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HLS@nospam.nix - 21 Jun 2005 00:52 GMT

At least they are not Consumers Guile (or are they?)....

http://www.jdpower.com/cc/auto/ratings/vehicles/FindJdAwards.jsp

Allows you to pull up max 4 cars and see what others think about them.

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James C. Reeves - 21 Jun 2005 03:05 GMT

> At least they are not Consumers Guile (or are they?)....
>
> http://www.jdpower.com/cc/auto/ratings/vehicles/FindJdAwards.jsp
>
> Allows you to pull up max 4 cars and see what others think about them.

The 2003 Malibu was their top rated car for the class...I bought
one...biggest POS I ever owned. Dumped it after 9 months. So, I bought the
lowest rated model in the class (the Chrysler Sebring). Had it now almost 2
years and not a single warranty problem (or any problem) so far. Love the
car. So my advise is to take these award entities with a grain of salt and
a fair amount of skepticism.

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Daniel J. Stern - 21 Jun 2005 04:51 GMT

[JD Power]

> The 2003 Malibu was their top rated car for the class...I bought
> one...biggest POS I ever owned. Dumped it after 9 months. So, I bought
> the lowest rated model in the class (the Chrysler Sebring). Had it now
> almost 2 years and not a single warranty problem (or any problem) so
> far. Love the car.

Sounds a lot like my experience with Consumer Reports.

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HLS@nospam.nix - 21 Jun 2005 12:09 GMT

> The 2003 Malibu was their top rated car for the class...I bought
> one...biggest POS I ever owned. Dumped it after 9 months. So, I bought the
> lowest rated model in the class (the Chrysler Sebring). Had it now almost 2
> years and not a single warranty problem (or any problem) so far. Love the
> car. So my advise is to take these award entities with a grain of salt and
> a fair amount of skepticism.

Unfortunate, but not totally unexpected.

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TheClassic - 28 Nov 2006 22:30 GMT

I just wanted to follow up to my post from a few months back. (Camshaft
Position Sensor code -- 98 Lumina)

I found replacing the sensor to be quite easy and it did solve the
problem.

The reason for removing the serpentine belt is so that you can remove
the water pump.The factory service manual left out a necessary step to
remove the camshaft position sensor. I realized that when I was reading
ahead at the steps after putting the new sensor in and it said to
reattach the water pump.

On Mar 25, 5:15 pm, "Andrew Sasak" <andrew.sa...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry for cross-posting, not sure the best place to post this type of
> repair question. Sorry for such a long post, just want to give as much
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>
> Thank you in advance for any replies! I really appreciate it.

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