I'm looking at a 94 sedan, are there any big issues with the 94 over 96-97? Timing belt was done in the fall, so that is done. $2500 asking price....and it's a nice looking car no rust.




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Nothing major comes to mind. The 94s had the OBD1 system with the jumper box/LED vs 96+ having OBD2 but beyond that I can't think of too many other differences. 96 introduced the GLT's 2.4 low pressure turbo and the T5R but if you're looking at a 94, its either the NA or T5 (which was pretty much unchanged from 94-97. What model is the 94? Interesting thing about the T5R is that its mostly cosmetic - with a slightly "hotter" ECU tune. You can take a T5R ECU and drop into a T5 car and get the extra HP without any other mods.

 

Here is the vin YV1LS5527R2158717

 

the VIN says its a 4 door 850, engine 55 = B5254F 20 Valve 5-cyl (B = gas, 2.5L, 4 valves/cyl, F means naturally aspirated). R says its was made in 94, 2 says build in Ghent, Belgium, serial # is the last 6. VIN doesn't say what transmission the car has.. I think about 1/5 NAs were manuals.

 

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that said, the NA 850s are pretty reliable. I owned a 95 850T wagon from new until it was retired at 250K miles when my daughter was gifted a car. Worst repair we had to do on the car was when the AC evaporator fails due to corrosion (the drains tend to clog ). Also stay on top of servicing the PCV/flame trap. Brakes on the 850 are easiest on any car ever IMHO. Even if you need to replace the e-brake which uses an interior drum brake in the rear, its still a DIY.

 

Clean carfax, lots of good service records, well maintained car. Canadian car. Odometer discrepancy reported buy looks like a typo in a service record.

 

yeah not easy to find clean one