VehiCross High Mileage

[tom4bren]

That's a hard question to answer.

Pride of ownership tends to outweigh longevity here. The vast majority of the owners here tend to perform preventative maintenance at a much higher level on the VX than they do for their other toys so the VX's seem to be holding up quite well for the most part. Is the longevity because of it being a well built vehicle or because of the TLC???

There have been some seized engines, some trannys go TU, some ABS issues, some EGR issues - but I don't think that they are outside the 'norm'.

[etlsport]

i got my vx at 39k

its now approaching 74k


its been to the dealership exactly once.. for an ABS light and a front bearing repack (which i could have done myself if necessary)

the abs issue was never resolved.. but im feeling motivated today so i may just take care of it today.. the dealership quoted me 3000 to replace the abs module.. i picked up a used module for a hundred bucks and will spend about 20 on brake fluid... time will tell how long it takes to do the install though

other than that.. i have had to replace my fuel pressure regulator, 1 headlight bulbs, 2 fog light bulbs a tail light bulb and 3 pcv valves probably 6 quarts of oil burned between changes

the only other issues ive had came from fixing what wasnt broken until it was broken

[tom4bren]

"the only other issues ive had came from fixing what wasnt broken until it was broken"

& the labor involved with sorting the thousands of pix taken of every turn of the wrench???

[etlsport]

"the only other issues ive had came from fixing what wasnt broken until it was broken"

& the labor involved with sorting the thousands of pix taken of every turn of the wrench???

well..yea... that was a given..

[tom4bren]

It's just been a while since I 'rattled your cage'

[nfpgasmask]

I just rolled 80k. Everything is good, except for burning oil and a dead ABS (which does not bother me in the least). I have a diff seal leak which I am also shamefully ignoring at the moment and another weird issue that has existed since 35k but does not seem to cause any trouble. Other than that, she runs great and I hope to get to 150k myself.

If you are going to buy a VX, I would say you should be ok with one in the 80-90k range, just do not be hasty and maybe try to find once in stock condition. In a year or so there is a really good possibility I will pick up a second VX...I just can't imagine driving anything else really.

Bart

[circmand]

axle seal mine has not required anything major

[Brian Drinks]

I bought mine with 75,000 miles on it in 2001 now iam at 130,00miles with no real problem,so far just the window issue,abs light on egr replacement still love like i just bought it peace.