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> Death knell of a Rio, likely the end of its run
bhorste
post Nov 18 2014, 10:22 PM
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Last night we made a family run to the grocery store to get some stuff. When we pulled into the driveway and stopped by the side door to unload, my wife looks over at me (we took her car) and asks "the brake pedal's not supposed to go to the floor, is it?" Well, no, hon... it's not. Unloaded the car, got everything and everyone inside the house and then I pulled the car into the garage for her (and so I can try to figure out what happened). As I'm walking back to the house I notice a puddle on the driveway. You guessed it: brake fluid.

Head back out to the garage, pop the hood and check the master cylinder: bone dry. Not a big surprise. Everything under the hood looks dry, though. No leak up here.

Fire up the compressor and pull off the LF wheel. Nothing looks too bad in here, either. But wait... I think I see a drip back there...

Put the wheel back on, drop it down and take the trouble light farther back. Ah, yes... here we are. The leak. Seems that at least one of the solid lines back to the rear wheels rusted through and finally popped when she stopped last night. I can't tell which one it is, but they're both corroded pretty badly. Certainly more trouble than the car's worth to try and fix it myself.

So now the search is on for a new vehicle. Likely going to be a minivan, what with 2 growing kids and all. That Rio is/was a pretty decent little bucket.


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post Dec 20 2014, 01:52 PM
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Wasn't the Villager based on the Nissan Quest (or vice versa)? Those generations are quite rare in our day and age, at least here in my neck of the woods. It never seemed to me Ford had any real good models to compete with Chrysler's minivans. I guess the Flex might be a decent pick, it's certainly better than anything GM ever built imo, and I've been a loyal bow tie guy for years. In any case, the T&C was undoubtedly a good buy. Share some pics when you get a chance, I'm sure some of us here wanna see the new girl.


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post Dec 20 2014, 02:04 PM
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Wasn't the Villager based on the Nissan Quest (or vice versa)? Those generations are quite rare in our day and age, at least here in my neck of the woods. It never seemed to me Ford had any real good models to compete with Chrysler's minivans. I guess the Flex might be a decent pick, it's certainly better than anything GM ever built imo, and I've been a loyal bow tie guy for years. In any case, the T&C was undoubtedly a good buy. Share some pics when you get a chance, I'm sure some of us here wanna see the new girl.


Yeah, they were the same platform. Ford could've had some great models to compete with Dodge/Chrysler... if they hadn't let the engineers with the designs get away to Chrysler.

I'll try to get some pics of it up at some point.


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- bhorste   Death knell of a Rio   Nov 18 2014, 10:22 PM
- - slowgls   Ben has a new ice racer/ autox car to play with. G...   Nov 18 2014, 10:45 PM
- - RPW00Mirage   yeah - good luck. the lines are terrible. i just...   Nov 19 2014, 09:05 AM
- - Bobzilla   IMO, rust is the only reason these damn things eve...   Nov 19 2014, 01:51 PM
- - bhorste   QUOTE (slowgls @ Nov 18 2014, 10:45 PM) B...   Nov 19 2014, 06:12 PM
- - slowgls   Ben i really would get the car, but it would cost ...   Nov 19 2014, 06:53 PM
- - bhorste   So the Rio has been replaced. Purchased today was...   Nov 21 2014, 08:45 PM
- - RPW00Mirage   damn only 274. :/   Nov 22 2014, 10:10 AM
|- - bhorste   QUOTE (RPW00Mirage @ Nov 22 2014, 10:10 A...   Nov 22 2014, 10:42 AM
- - Blupupher   If your looking for a forum for the Van, I was on ...   Nov 22 2014, 02:26 PM
- - mlumz   Always liked the town and country mini vans. Not s...   Nov 22 2014, 03:21 PM
- - bhorste   So far we're happy with it. I need to sort ou...   Nov 23 2014, 10:05 PM
- - Blupupher   So there is no mirror adjust switch on the drivers...   Nov 23 2014, 10:21 PM
|- - bhorste   QUOTE (Blupupher @ Nov 23 2014, 10:21 PM)...   Nov 24 2014, 05:52 PM
- - slowgls   So how is the new van so far?   Dec 18 2014, 12:47 PM
- - bhorste   She digs it. It goes down the road nicely, and we...   Dec 18 2014, 03:16 PM
|- - popeye   QUOTE (bhorste @ Dec 18 2014, 12:16 PM) N...   Dec 18 2014, 04:29 PM
|- - bhorste   QUOTE (popeye @ Dec 18 2014, 04:29 PM) Th...   Dec 20 2014, 09:44 AM
- - Plain Jane   I come from a family that swore by the Caravan for...   Dec 20 2014, 11:54 AM
|- - bhorste   QUOTE (Plain Jane @ Dec 20 2014, 11:54 AM...   Dec 20 2014, 12:27 PM
- - Plain Jane   Wasn't the Villager based on the Nissan Quest ...   Dec 20 2014, 01:52 PM
- - bhorste   QUOTE (Plain Jane @ Dec 20 2014, 01:52 PM...   Dec 20 2014, 02:04 PM

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