'New' 2002 Limited, 70k miles, suggested maintenance?

[CREWZIN]

The battery and alternator belt although the belt is hard to see, it's the only belt that would need adjusting by hand. The serpentine belt has an automatic tensioner. Have the battery and charging system looked at for FREE at most of the decent auto stores.

[h100250]

Originally Posted by h100250

I pretty much rebuilt my front end, the only thing different I would of done is probably just bought the lower control arms out right from what I understand it would actually been cheaper since the labor time would of been far less but I did'nt know about until I read it here after the fact.

I still have a minor clunk that that only shows up on low speed bumps its driving the mechanic crazy because it he cannot find it but he has acknowledged it, and double and triple check his work. I think I'm going to let it go since I have a far more important issue due and that's the timing belt. which is going to run me $800+ which from what I understand is not a bad price.

Good luck, while I like the car the suspension is its weak spot

Mechanic found the last clunk, despite his initial inspection of the sway bar bushings he replaced them anyway and now its nice and quiet.
Now the even better part of it is the shop did not charge me for the labor just the parts since it took so much time to diagnose the solution.