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Old Mar 14, 2009 | 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by SpinMonster
The pulley had a recall for adding in a spacer to allow the bolt to hold without bottoming out.

The hard top delamination issue was common.

The differential was redesigned for the 06 year due to a statistically significant number of cars breaking them with stock power on stock tires. While there are people who will chime in to say they have a million HP and theirs didnt break, it doesnt negate the significant failures....and we count failures in determining issues not 'non-failures'.

My heated seat on the driver's side didnt work out the gate but was repaired 2 weekls after purchase and has worked since (4 years)

The LS2 clutch was weak and was phased out in 2007.

The fuel sender unit had a carry over from the C5's in that it could suddenly drop to zero and back to correct readings from one sec to the next.

The MAF had a patch in the software implimented to circumvent a glitch if its high freq was passed.

A steering column connector would corrode giving a code.

The transmission could get a bit iffy about getting into 1st gear at a traffic light.

I love my 05!
What he said!

I have an '05 - it's VIN was outside the crank issue. I never got to top fixed - hasn't flown off yet, and I have never had DBS or any other problem ...

Oh - the gas cap ... 10$ solved that problem.

No matter what, you always rolling the dice when you buy a car ... but if you want to hedge the probability - well, you know the answer.
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Old Mar 16, 2009 | 07:36 PM
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He didn't buy it. The '05 owner was wanting more than my friend was willing to pay.
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