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Pontiac Grand Prix Engine And Engine Cooling Exhaust System Manifold/header/muffler/tail Pipe Safety Report | Dec 07, 2001
Reported on Dec 07, 2001
| ON 10/19/01 CAR DIED. DEALER DETERMINED LEAK IN UPPER MANIFOLD CAUSING WATER TO LEAK INTO ENGINE. WHILE WITHIN 3-MO WARRANTY, THE MILEAGE WAS GREATER THAN 3,000 MI. THEY SAID IT WOULD BE $1,200 TO FIX. MY MECHANIC SAID IT WOULD BE $700. HE FIXED IT FOR $725. HOWEVER, HE SAID THAT HE HAD SPOKEN WITH OTHER MECHANICS INCLUDING PEOPLE IN THE SERVICE DEPT AT CENTURY WHO SAID THAT GM KNOWS THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS PLASTIC PART . ON 12/7/01 THE CAR QUIT. MY MECHANIC INDICATED THAT THERE WAS SHAVING IN THE BOTTOM OF THE ENGINE AND IT HAD BLOWN A ROD. HE SPOKE WITH SEVERAL AREA MECHANICS WHO REPORTED SIMILAR MAJOR ENGINE DAMAGE FOLLOWING PREVIOUS REPAIRS OF THE LEAKS FROM THE MANIFOLD. THE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED AT ENGINE COST OF $3,200 (THUS TOTAL OF CLOSE TO $4,000). THE MECHANIC SAYS THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW IN THE PLASTIC MANIFOLD AND WILL LIKELY HAPPEN AGAIN. HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE HASN'T BEEN A RECALL.*AK | |
| Make: | Pontiac |
| Model: | Grand Prix |
| Manufactured by: | General Motors LLC |
| Year: | 1999 |
| Was a crash reported? | |
| Was an injury reported? | |
| Was a death reported? | |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | PORTAGE MI |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 1G2WP52K7XF |
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| Speed: | 10 MPH |
| Number of cylinders: | |
| Vehicle type: | FWD |
| Vehicle fuel: | GAS N/A. |
| Was a police report filed? | N |
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