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Pontiac Grand Am Engine And Engine Cooling Engine Safety Report | Mar 01, 1999
Reported on Mar 01, 1999
| HAD TO HAVE THE ENGINE REPLACED AFTER ONLY 69,000 MILES DUE TO A PISTON GONE BAD! GM WOULD GIVE NO ASSISTANCE, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE HAD THE CAR WORKED ON AT 15 DIFFERENT TIMES, SO I HAD TO PAY ALMOST $4,000! DEALERSHIP, WHERE TAKEN, WAS NO HELP EITHER, THEY SAID THAT IT WAS DUE TO HAVING THE OIL CHANGED AT JIFFYLUBE OR Q-LUBE OR WAL-MART . THEY SAID THOSE PLACES USE REFINED OIL AND NOT NEW OIL LIKE THE DEALERSHIP DOES. THIS SOUNDS LIKE AN EXCUSE AND NOT A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO ME! LIKE I MENTIONED, SINCE BUYING THE CAR I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE SHOP ON 15 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS FOR WARRANTY & NON-WARRANTY WORK. INDIANA DOES NOT HAVE A LEMON LAW SO I AM NOT SURE WHAT ELSE TO DO TO GET SOME HELP IN THIS MATTER! THE DEALERSHIP EVEN MENTIONED THEY HAVE HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THESE ENGINES! LOOKING FOR SOME HELP! I NOW HAVE TO KEEP THE CAR FOR ATLEAST 3 MORE YEARS TO GET MY MONEY BACK FROM THE NEW ENGINE! | |
| Make: | Pontiac |
| Model: | Grand Am |
| Manufactured by: | General Motors LLC |
| Year: | 1996 |
| Was a crash reported? | |
| Was an injury reported? | 0 person(s) were injured. |
| Was a death reported? | 0 person(s) died. |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | INDIANAPOLIS IN |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 1G2NE12M5TM |
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| Vehicle type: | FWD |
| Vehicle fuel: | GAS N/A. |
| Was a police report filed? | N |
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