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Pontiac Grand Am Engine And Engine Cooling Exhaust System Manifold/header/muffler/tail Pipe Safety Report | Oct 10, 2004
Reported on Oct 10, 2004
| DEFECTIVE INTAKE GASKET. SEE COMPLAIN #'S 79007,10086421,10065717. LOW COOLANT LIGHT STARTED COMING ON EVERY WEEK AND A HALF OR SO, STARTING BACK IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR (2004). IT CAME ON EVERY COUPLE WEEKS SO I JUST KEPT FILLING IT WITH COOLANT AND HAD MY THERMOSTAT REPLACED. PROBLEM STILL KEPT HAPPENING. FINALLY MY CAR OVERHEATED ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK ON THE INTERSTATE SO I HAD TO PULL OVER. I PUT IT IN THE SHOP ON 3/7/05 AND WAS JUST TOLD THAT I NEEDED MY INTAKE GASKET REPLACED COSTING ME $800.00. MECHANIC SAYS THIS IS IA COMMON PROBLEM DUE TO DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT. DID SOME RESEARCH AND DUE TO THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS SAME PROBLEM, PONITAC NEEDS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS. *AK | |
| Make: | Pontiac |
| Model: | Grand Am |
| Manufactured by: | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| Year: | 2001 |
| Was a crash reported? | N |
| Was an injury reported? | |
| Was a death reported? | |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | COLLINSVILLE IL |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 1G2NW52E71C |
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| Number of cylinders: | 4 |
| Vehicle type: | U |
| Vehicle fuel: | GAS Fuel injection. |
| Was a police report filed? | N |
| Tire size: | |
| Dealer name and location: | LAURA BUICK PONTIAC GMC COLLINSVILLE IL 62234 |
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