# 2018 Ford Expedition - buying a former Hawaii rental

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2018-ford-expedition-buying-a-former-hawaii-rental/157555>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** expeditionel, ford\
**Created:** [January 30, 2020, 1:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2018-ford-expedition-buying-a-former-hawaii-rental/157555 "2020-01-30T01:12:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![PamelaMuiter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PamelaMuiter](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PamelaMuiter)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 1:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2018-ford-expedition-buying-a-former-hawaii-rental/157555/1 "2020-01-30T01:12:46Z")

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I am interested in buying a car that lived in Hawaii for one year as a rental. How would I know if there is sand in the wheel bearings?

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**Author:** ![TXdealer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/50afbb/32.png) [@TXdealer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TXdealer)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 1:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2018-ford-expedition-buying-a-former-hawaii-rental/157555/2 "2020-01-30T01:49:49Z")

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Rental cars from Hawaii are quite common, as it is a big tourist area. From my experience, they are generally not quite as well maintained as mainland cars, but I have never seen one with any kind of excessive sand or rust issues.

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**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 2:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2018-ford-expedition-buying-a-former-hawaii-rental/157555/3 "2020-01-30T02:08:26Z")

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I wouldn’t worry too much about sand in the wheel bearing. I often encounter sand and have 60K on my truck and 130K on the car, no bearing problems- -yet.