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Pontiac Grand Am Engine And Engine Cooling Exhaust System Manifold/header/muffler/tail Pipe Safety Report | Dec 15, 2003
Reported on Dec 15, 2003
| LOW COOLANT LIGHT WOULD COME ON FOR A FEW SECONDS THEN SHUT OFF. MADE SURE COOLANT WAS FULL, STILL KEPT HAPPENING. STARED OVERHEATING AND NO HEAT. MECHANIC LOOKED SAID THERE WAS AIR IN THE COOLING LINE SO HE FLUSHED AND REFILLED, COULD NOT SEE ANY LEAKS. SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN WITH IN A WEEK. BY THIS TIME MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WENT BACK TO MECHANIC AND HE THEN DID A NUMBER OF TESTS AND FOUND THAT IT WAS THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAKING. AFTER PAYING $700.00 TO HAVE THAT FIXED GOT THE CAR BACK AND ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL ON AND USING ALLOT OF FUEL. SO TOOK IT BACK AGAIN AND AFTER EXTENSIVE TESTING FOUND THAT IT WAS MY PISTON RINGS WERE BAD ON THE 3RD CYLINDER AND THAT IT WOULD BE CHEAPER TO REPLACE THE ENGINE THAN FIX THE PROBLEM. WITH SO MANY CARS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM (NOT JUST A FEW, MOST OF THEM) I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT PONTIAC WILL NOT BACK UP THEIR PRODUCTS. PONTIAC HAS TURNED OUT TO BE A BIG DISAPPOINTMENT.*AK | |
| Make: | Pontiac |
| Model: | Grand Am |
| Manufactured by: | General Motors LLC |
| Year: | 1999 |
| Was a crash reported? | N |
| Was an injury reported? | 0 person(s) were injured. |
| Was a death reported? | 0 person(s) died. |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | LUSBY MD |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 1G2NW12E7XM |
| Mileage: | 76000 miles. |
| Speed: | 0 MPH |
| Number of cylinders: | 6 |
| Vehicle type: | FWD |
| Vehicle fuel: | GAS Fuel injection. |
| Was a police report filed? | N |
| Tire size: | |
| Dealer name and location: | EASTON AUTO EASTON MD |
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