Hey guys/gals,

My brother's fiance has a '95 Z34 for sale. It's got 140,000 miles on it, but it is in pretty decent shape. It's white with a black interior, (leather) and that's in good shape too. She wants $1000 for it. Now, onto the bad...

She claims the motor 'stalls' every now and then and she'd have to restart it. Sometimes it wouldn't do this months...other times it would do it a few times a week. (??) The car needs tires badly and brakes. But other than that, it seems to be pretty solid.

Is this a decent buy or no?? I'm leaning more towards no.

 

 

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Reliability Ratings 95 Monte Carlo Z34

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1995 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Reliability Rating

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Engine

Occasional problems on this vehicle are failures of the Fuel Injectors, the EGR Passages and the Timing Belt and Idler Pulleys. Failures of the Fuel Injectors and EGR passages apply to the 3.1L and 3.4L V6 engine. Failures of the Timing Belt and Idler Pulleys apply to the 3.4L V6 engine only. Any of these failures may prevent the vehicle from starting. The cost to repair the Fuel Injectors is estimated at $126.00 each for parts (total of 6) and $136.50 for labor. The cost to clean the EGR Passages is estimated at $10.00 for parts and $65.00 for labor. The cost to repair the Timing Belt and Idler Pulleys is estimated at $225.00 for parts and $487.00 for labor. All prices are estimates based on $65 per flat rate hour and do not include diagnostic time or any applicable sales tax.

Transmission & Driveline

Infrequent problems reported, all with low repair costs.

Steering & Suspension

Infrequent problems reported, all with low repair costs.

Brakes

An occasional problem on this vehicle is failure of the Front Wheel Speed Sensors. Another problem on this system is the motor pack assembly for the ABS. The cost to repair the Front Wheel Speed Sensors is estimated at $39.00 each for parts (total of 2) and $78.00 each for labor. The cost to repair the ABS Motor Pack is $295.60 for parts $134.00 for labor for a 3.1L or 3100 engine. The labor for the 3.4L engine is $266.50. All prices are estimates based on $65.00 per flat rate hour and do not include diagnostic time or any applicable sales tax.

Heating & Air Conditioning

Infrequent problems reported, all with low repair costs.

Starting & Charging

An occasional problem on this vehicle is failure of the Ignition Lock Cylinder. This failure will prevent the vehicle from starting. The cost to repair the Ignition Lock Cylinder is estimated at $50.00 for parts and $97.50 for labor. This price does not include the price of the new key for the lock cylinder which can range in price from $30.00 to $45.00. All prices are estimates based on $65 per flat rate hour and do not include diagnostic time or any applicable sales tax.

Accessories

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I have a 95 Monte
She has 126,000 on her
This car has had no problems at all.
Other then reg. maintenance repairs.
$1,000.00 is not bad even if you have to put brakes and tires on it

 

hey, welcome to the site, for 1000 bucks seems like a good buy to me

you can do brakes on that thing for less than 200 bucks for everything (and thats good quality)
as for the stalling, is the check engine light on on it??

sounds good to me though

 

Thanks for the replies guys. Good info!

 

To me the mileage is kind of high but if the car was taken care of it should last for a while longer.