 Within the first year of owning the car, both front wheel-bearings went out. Twice each.  Needs an O/D or 6th gear, MPG dwindles at highway speeds.  The interior is rather gray, 'bout four different shades of gray, makes your soul sad.  Have a issue with the driver- side window crank; keep smacking my knee on it, knocking off the knob.  You also can't really sleep in the hatch, bit cramped, and the floors not flat.  As unpleasing, and some times annoying this all may be, it's still a good little car.  Its a grate car to buy new, by the end of the warranty you can just throw it away.  It handles like a go-cart, gets good MPG in town, CHEAP, and they fix almost anything for the life of the car.