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Pontiac Grand Am Engine And Engine Cooling Safety Report | Jan 27, 2004
Reported on Jan 27, 2004
| MY 2002 GRAND AM SE WAS NOT ACCELERATING. BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER WHO SAID THAT THE TIMING CHAIN HAD JUMPED. DEALER SAID IT WAS MY FAULT DUE TO NOT ENOUGH OIL CHANGES AND SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE. I CALLED PONTIAC FOR ASSISTANCE AND WAS TREATED RUDELY! UPON TAKING THE GRAND AM TO ANOTHER MECHANIC (NON-DEALER) IT WAS FOUND THAT THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER FAILED CAUSING THE TIMING CHAIN TO JUMP. YET THE DEALER DID NOT CATCH THIS. NEW MECHANIC COULD NOT FIND ANY TRACE OF SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE CAUSING THE PROBLEM AS THE DEALER SAID. WHILE IT WAS IN THEIR POSSESSION, THE DEALER CAUSED MORE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE BY STARTING IT WITH A BROKEN TIMING CHAIN.*AK | |
| Make: | Pontiac |
| Model: | Grand Am |
| Manufactured by: | General Motors LLC |
| Year: | 2002 |
| 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: | NOVI MI |
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| Was a police report filed? | N |
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| Dealer name and location: | ART MORAN PONTIAC SOUTHFIELD MI |
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