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I've been looking into prices on low mileage, well kept 97-98 Cobras, so I went to autotrader.com the other day. A whole bunch of them, mostly '98s, had new engines. The vehicle descriptions on a lot of them said it was due to a factory defect. Can someone please shed some light on this for me as to whether or not this is a legit concern when considering buying one of these cars? Why was there a defect and what was it? If I run across one that has the original motor still, is it wise to expect it to need a new motor? Thank you for any help.
 

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green67 said:
I've been looking into prices on low mileage, well kept 97-98 Cobras, so I went to autotrader.com the other day. A whole bunch of them, mostly '98s, had new engines. The vehicle descriptions on a lot of them said it was due to a factory defect. Can someone please shed some light on this for me as to whether or not this is a legit concern when considering buying one of these cars? Why was there a defect and what was it? If I run across one that has the original motor still, is it wise to expect it to need a new motor? Thank you for any help.
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I am not aware of any factory defects on the 98 cobras. 96 had problems, and so did 99 that required a recall, but as far as I know there was no major problem with the 98 cobra.
 
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I'm not aware of anything with the '97 either. I've got 76k on the odometer and it is still running strong.
 

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No problems with the engines, just Cobras that have been beaten or abused! Why do you think they're selling their "new engine" cars?

I wouldn't buy a limited production SVT vehicle and not have the original engine?
 
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