Is a 1995 Eagle Talon a dependable car?

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So far my eagle with a 420a, is very easy to work on.. I've replaced the cylinder head, and belts and idle pulley, .. should go another 100,000 it's at 265,000 now. It's idleing high now and the fans don't work after sitting for over a year.. I'd say the car is a keeper...

The 95 Eagle Talon ranks a 5 on the repair list. On a scale of 1 to 5, while 1 being the easiest to repair, 5 is the hardest. They are great cars but a B*tch to work on...

AnswerIt all depends of how well it was taken care of prior to your owning it. This is the same answer to any car with the same question. AnswerIf you can make repairs yourself. Otherwise, it will cost a lot of money to have a shop replace things like the alternator, starter, timing belt (must be done at least every 60,000 miles) AnswerIt depends on which one you're looking at. a 95 Eagle Talon ESi wont be a car that is too expensive to work on, I've worked on my ESi only a couple of times since I've owned it, and nothing major, just suspension and an alternator belt. The ESi's 420A engine is a common engine so there are a lot of parts at pick and pulls for it.

The TSi however is a car that is usually found as an AWD Turbo, which alone says that it probably has been bagged. It's not that the car itself is unreliable, because it's an amazing car, the 4G63T engine in it is ranked the #1 inline 4 engine in the world along with the SR20DET, it's the same engine in the Mitsubishi Evolution, it's just that these cars have most likely not been taken care of, they've been raced hard, redlined etc, it's hard to find one that hasn't.

If you are looking at a TSi, make sure the person you're buying it from has kept records of when things like the timing belt have been done.