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Pontiac Grand Am Engine And Engine Cooling Cooling System Safety Report | Apr 05, 2001



Reported on Apr 05, 2001


LOW COOLANT LIGHT ON DASHBOARD CAME ON. CONSUMER ADDED DEX SPECIAL COOLANT TWICE, APPROXIMATELY A HALF GALLON OF 50% WATER/50% COOLANT. PREVIOUSLY, EVERY TIME 3,000 MILE OIL CHANGE INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON, CONSUMER NOTICED THAT COOLANT LEVEL WAS LOW. THIS TIME, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP , AND FOUND OUT THAT COOLANT WAS GETTING INTO OIL, CAUSING OIL TO BE A MILKY COLOR. *NOTE: CONSUMER WAS TOLD IT COULD POSSIBLY BE CAUSED BY A DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKET OR MANIFOLD INTAKE. DEALERSHIP IS IN POSSESSION OF VEHICLE.*AK CONSUMER STATES SO FAR THE NEWLY INSTALLED UPPER AND LOWER GASKETS ARE HOLDING, CONSUMER STATES HE HAS SPOKEN TO 3 INDEPENDENT MECHANICS WHO STATE THAT THE PROBLEM IS PROBABLY WITH THE MANIFOLD INTAKE GASKETS AND NOT THE HEAD GASKET, THESE THREE PEOPLE INDICATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO IMPROPER TORQUE OF DEFECTIVE GASKETS. *SLC
Make: Pontiac
Model: Grand Am
Manufactured by: General Motors LLC
Year: 1999
Was a crash reported? N
Was an injury reported?
Was a death reported?
Was a fire reported? N
Location: WHITE PLAINS NY
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): 1G2NE52E2XM
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Vehicle type: FWD
Vehicle fuel: GAS
Was a police report filed? N
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