The timing chain cover still leaks, spraying oil onto the serpentine belt. Look on pages 5-40 thru 5-42 in the service manual. Turned out to be an incorrectly adjusted LSPV (load sensitive proportioning valve). Service manager said there is 'nothing we can do'.

All had nagging factory defects or design problems, some fixed, some not, some I had to fix myself. I have bought 7 new vehicles in my lifetime. Ford admitted to the error in a technical bulletin but would not fix it Haven't owned a Ford since. There was two different kinds of pistons in my 1965 Ford Mustang. The worst vehicle I ever had was my 1972 Jeep Wagoneer. My all time favorite was my 1988 Nissan Stanza Wagon.

Both are rusted out now but I had better keep on driving them. I have a 2000 2.0L Chevrolet Tracker and a 1994 1.6L Geo Tracker, 4x4s. Radios that do not have real knobs for power switch, volume, and tuning I find difficult, distracting, and dangerous to operate while driving. I do not like the radio sticking up out of the dash on the Encore. Both vehicles need a real 2.0L, non-turbocharged engine, not a fragile 1.4L turbocharged weakling. You should be able to pull a 1000 to 1500 pound trailer with them. The temperature gauge is probably part of the computer system on the Buick Encore so it may not be dependable. I like to be able to see that the engine temperature is OK. It is needed to tell you when there is a cooling system problem so you do not ruin the engine. I cannot believe they left the temperature gauge off of the Trax. It is truly interesting and about the right size for me. I have been looking at the Chevrolet Trax. What do you guys think? Might you be swayed to go with the Encore instead of the Trax? The Encore raises that price up to $178 bi-weekly. In Canada the base rate for a bi-weekly payment on a Trax is $134 for a 48 month term. To cap this off, consider the lease price. Both come with the same 1.4L turbo 4-cylinder engine that produces 138 HP and 148 lb-ft of torque. One thing that is the same between the two vehicles is the engine. It is described as quieter than the Trax and also smoother. That's a lot of stuff that the Trax doesn't have.Īnother difference between the Encore and the Trax is the ride of the Encore.

Features available on the Encore and not the Trax include: rain-sensing wipers, a heated steering wheel, a blind spot monitoring system, rear cross-traffic alert, a power passenger seat, chrome wheels, memory settings for the driver's seat, a forward-collision warning system, a lane-departure warning system and dual-zone climate control. The Encore really separates itself from the Trax when it comes to additional features and technology.

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