Banchi105,

I feel your pain. I've only got about 113k miles on my '97 Trooper. I know that things wear out, but having grown up with an '85 Mazda 626, '85 Honda Civic, '91 Honda Civic, and '92 Honda Accord, which were all abused, I can say without a doubt that I've had more problems with my Trooper than all of the others combined (with the exception of the '91 Civic, had them for about 130k miles).

This is the first used car that I ever bought. Maybe that's the problem...I have also thought about selling it. My wife who originally bought the car and loves it has been wanting me to sell it for awhile. Unfortunately, I'm still a bit upside-down on it and I really don't want to get into another car loan. The plus side, I've learned a lot about working on cars. I'm getting ready to replace the alternator. I'm hoping that will cure some of the irratic behaviors my Trooper's been having lately. If it works, I'll go ahead and replace the rear seal. Good luck, Taro

PS-At this point, the only vehicles I have any faith in reliability wise are Hondas and Toyotas. With Honda not making any real trucks, that leaves Toyota. Pricing Toyotas has been depressing. Those things just don't seem to depreciate...