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Pontiac Grand Am Fuel System, Gasoline Safety Report | Aug 15, 2003
Reported on Aug 15, 2003
| PURCHASED VEHICLE, HEATING DID NOT WORK - AIR WOULD BLOW OUT COLD. DEALER BLEW OUT HEAT CORE AND REPLACED THERMOSTAT. MINIMAL AMOUNT OF HEAT. ENGINE STARTED TO STUTTER AND STALL. FUEL INJECTOR IN 5TH CYLINDER BAD. MECHANIC FLUSHED INJECTED AND GAVE TUNE UP. RAN OK FOR A WEEK AND THEN CONSTANT STUTTER AND SHAKE AT 50 MPH. MECHANIC REPLACED 1 INJECTOR. STUTTER GONE. NO OVERHEATING, BUT ANTIFREEZE LEAK X 1. REPLACED WATER PUMP. 1 WEEK LATER CONSTANT OVERHEATING AND PUDDLE OF ANTIFREEZE AROUND ENGINE BLOCK. THEN THE ENGINE STALLED AND I CHECKED THE OIL TO FIND THE DIPSTICK SHOWED TWICE THE AMOUNT OF OIL AFTER SITTING FOR 8 HOURS. JUST HAD OIL CHANGED 1 WEEK AFTER REPAIRS, I HAD THE OIL CHANGED, THAT IS WHEN THE OIL APPEARED OVERFULL AND THE CAR STAULED. | |
| Make: | Pontiac |
| Model: | Grand Am |
| Manufactured by: | General Motors LLC |
| Year: | 1994 |
| Was a crash reported? | |
| Was an injury reported? | |
| Was a death reported? | |
| Was a fire reported? | |
| Location: | INDIANAPOLIS IN |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 1G2NE55M9RM |
| Mileage: | 108970 miles. |
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