Prospective VX Buyer

[VX KAT]

Thanks! That gives me a lot of things to look at when I travel to see this beast. Glad to know these are timing belt motors. My guess is this one will need the belt replaced soon. Owner has only had it a few years and did not mention the t-belt. That's definitely not something I want to leave to chance...

Reading through that list, most of that stuff is standard used car poking and prodding and tire kicking. I've yet to own a new car and I've looked at a ton of used cars before. I was looking more for specific VX problems. For example, a few threads have mentioned that the front bumper reinforcement tube can rust and fall apart. Anything else like that? Any common issues with the TOD? Or the transfer case?

"...looking for specific VX problems" ... did you read thru the entire questionnaire? A very high percentage of that first version of the questionnaire WAS VX SPECIFIC, but you may not have realized it as they may have seemed general, but they're not.

OK, time to get out the big guns....here's the EXPANDED DETAILED VERSION OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE: Many of these are even more VX specific....
http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...4&postcount=24

Based on your questions, I'd suggest you use the SEARCH function a bit more, as the VX is 15 years old now, darn near every possible topic you can think of has been asked and answered, usually in pretty great detail, on this amazing forum. It's an amazing source of information and reference and it's a fantastic group of owners, like no other generally found on the web.

Oh and BTW, you'll find the owner's manual recommends the timing belt be changed at 100k under "normal" use, and 75k under heavy or extreme use. My fellow nutbrother Tom (Tom4Bren) must have a manual I don't have

AND, as Scott (bartmanS4) said, it's definitely a non-interference engine, DESPITE MANY references you may find to the contrary in publications....and you find this confirmed if you search the topic.

Hope you find just the right one soon, you'll love it!