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Only regret is having to pay for the bars in the 1st place!
Nick
anybody out there tow with a tracker ?
A friend of mine got a 01 v6 4x4 and had a
hitch put on to tow a 1500 lb trailer.
Owners manual sez 1500 lb max.
She needs extended mirrors . Have seen the ones
that attach on to the factory ones. Any ideas
or where did u get yours. I said try a RV store.
Please post with ideas............Thanks Geo
But that 2000 rebate and GM discount she
couldn't pass it up. And she loves it too.......
She did have a honda..
Nick
Nick
clone will have the extended version next year?
Has Suzuki finally worked out the bugs, or have people stopped buying Trackers?
Seems that Chevy is getting ANOTHER new, small SUV ready, in addition to the Tracker. Possibly based on the new Colorado (S-10) pickup.
What's the new Chevy SUV?
The only problem with this vehicle was a squeeky brake pedal, which the dealer greased. No problem since that time. We have had the Tracker past 95 MPH for 15 minutes at a time and at those speeds it has been quite and a smooth ride. It is choppy over bumps, but it is a SUV built on a frame, not like a car i.e RAV-4 and CRV.
Since this vehicle comes with full body cladding, running boards, chain driven cams, V-6, AT, PW, PL, AC, luggage rack, spare wheel cover, 5 Mag Wheels, and all for a drive out price of $19,300. It is a great value.
So far we have had no problems, but time will tell. There could be a little bias here, but we are happy with it so far. You can't get close it it in price with a Honda or Toyota. Kia is close in price, but not build quality or similiar offerings (I am talking from 2000 and 2001 vehicles). Last year Suzuki sold 1.8 million cars and trucks, so someone is buying them other than me.
After reading this forum and doing a lot of research, i finally bought a brand new 2001 silver CHEVY TRACKER 4x4 LT!! woohoo!! i have put a thousand miles on it already and so far so good. I added ABS and Leather seats to my LT. Its a handsome unit, i must admit (may be with bias, hehehe). Once i get used to the engine and the brakes, i start to get a much better ride. The engine first seems not very powerful to me. But its getting better and better and it definitely has more power than a honda CRV. We havent really tested the 4x4 yet. I am sure i will have a lot of chance to do that in winter. Another good thing about the tracker is of course its price!
Well, about the reliability of the car, only time can tell. But the warranty includes free towing and free loaner car, which make me feel better when i purchased this car. I noticed that from this forum people were having troubles with the 99 models. I hope that they fixed those problems in 2001 models. I did check the Sidekick/Geo tracker reliability ratings and they are ranked average to above average. So far i am happy with my purchase!
Thank you guys for all your input in this forum. I will keep updates every several thousand miles.
Until then, enjoy tracker-ing!!!
Shopped around for sporty cars for her and settled on the Olds ALero. Yesterday took her to the Chevy dealer to look @ the Tracker since she saw a cool one on the road, and we pick ours new black LT (minus Leather) on Monday!
I may stick her w/ the Impala for awhile so I can drive teh 4x4!;>
My daughter has a 96 tracker convertible 4 cyl, a 2000 Jeep 4dr and a 01 Chevy Blazer. When the weather gets really bad and snowy she takes the little Tracker. That should tell us something.
Nick
HOw do you like your Impala?
The tracker was a bit sluggish when we first got it even tho we had a 99 tracker 4dr 4cyl to trade in, and was used to the low power. Somewhere around 1500-2000 miles the 6cyl started to come on strong. I have no complaints about the power at all now at 2400 miles. Gets me around 20 mpg around town. None of my other 4wheel drive vehicles ever got that kind of mpg. I thought about waiting to see if GM would get a version of the Suzuki X-7. But with the extra length, the extra row of seats, and the extra weight, it would the offset the 15hp gain of the 170hp X-7. I think we done the right thing by buying the LT. Its a good looking little thing aint it.
Nick
Nick
I love the little thing - I prefer driving that right now (prob. because it's a bit newer) then my Impala - never drove a 4x4 before! It's VERY nice!:>
Nick
I am looking at buying a new 2001 Tracker LT 4dr 4x4.Sticker price is 21000+/-a few $'s. What is the lowest price I should pay? Thanks for reading this.
Randy
Nick
What do you think??
Nick
put on a stock 93 geo tracker, without problems rubbing
against the suspension and/or body, and without requiring
a body or suspension lift? I'm interested in getting a little
more clearance without any major body/suspension changes.
In going to a larger tire, is anyone familiar with necessary
changes to the speedometer / transmission / transfer case
to compensate for the change?
And maybe for down the road, does anyone have comments
on aftermarket body/suspension lifts? The Calmini products
look interesting...
Thanks for your comments!
Bill
Now my Tracker, 4dr 4WD has had numerous problems since I bought it back in 1999, but recently the transmission, which is manuel by the way, completly messed up. The dealer had to rebuild the thing and then I got it back. After awhile the transmission again messed up, somehow losing a few gears and being almost undriveable. I was quite frustrated by that time and contacted the Better Business Bureau autoline to force Chevy to give me some kind of compensation. Well that plan worked well because I talked with the BBB and GM last week and was offered an extended warranty of a maximum of 72 months and up to 100,000 miles, without any deductable of course.
Do not get me wrong, I really enjoy my vehicle, it drives nice with the modifications I put on it, which are as follows: bigger 225/70/r15 offroad tires, nice 15X10 inch alloy rims, which really help ride quality becausae of the width difference between stock 15X7 and these, a nice spray on liner from the apperance package strips on the sides down to the frame, and other small modifications.
You people with the V6 should not complain so much about having a lack of power, although it would be nice if Chevy offered a manuel transmission with their V6 but oh well. I have the 2.0 four cylinder with the 5-speed and it works rather well, in fact the engine has a lot more power at 33000 miles than it did at 1000 miles. The only thing I did to add power was add a K+N airfilter and mess with the airbox a little to add better flow.
Regarding the last question: I am not sure how much clearance older body styled Trackers have but you can proably safefully use 235/75/r15 tires or maybe even 30/9.5/15, those are my guesses however.
matt
We've been switching off cars lately since I wanted the rear cargo room. We talked today and she'll drive the Impala when I'm not travelling that day and leave me the Tracker. We love the others car!
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE my Impala, but the Tracker we got for her is a DIFFERENT drive then my Impala or my previous Altima, Saturn, Colt Vista, LeBaron, etc. It's very "trucky".
We've got about 800 Miles on the tracker so far and the power isn't like oyu'd find a sports car, but we didn't buy a sports car. It seems to have a lot of power available if we need it (Switch to POWER shifting, turn off overdrive, 4WD High, any/all of the above).
Love 'em both. I'm a GM Convert!
I'm retired now, so I just make sure the wife gets off to work(she's got 7 more years to work)and then I can go play. It's kinda like it was when you were 16 and on summer vacation, except the vacation never ends. It's great!
Nick
Thanks
Nick
Nick
On the whole power issue, I have gotten to the point where it does not matter, I guess maybe its because I am not that old yet, mid twenties, and that I have been in or owned quick vechiles. If I had wanted power I could have kept my 97 1/2 ton Chev truck, except that I live in the Pac Northwest and this area tends to have long winters and rainy falls and springs. Thus I was tired of having 2WD vehicles that still sucked in the snow even using nice studded tires. Its nice to know that I can run my off road tires on the Tracker in every season and still get around fine because I have 4WD.
So I guess its all relative, I took traction in this case over power. If I lived in the Southwest I would probably take the powerful vehicle though.
matt
We have a 1999 Chevy Tracker 4-door 4WD 2.0 L with approx. 50,000 km (30,000 miles) on the odometer. Is it time to replace the OEM fuel filter? If so, where is it located and is this a do-it-yourself project?
TIA
You should pay a shop to do it, because it was a point and time consuming when I changed it.
matt
My 99 tracker never gave me one minutes trouble in 2 years. No smells, no breakdowns, no sqeeks. creaks, or rattles. It was a good vehicle. For every couple hundred good cars or trucks(any make) they make one like yours. They should have dropped yours into the 'crusher', but sometimes the bad slip thru no matter what.
Nick
No problems so far! The "Pickup" on accelleration increased some at 1K miles and BIGTIME at 2K. IT's got some pep!
Nick
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