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Pontiac Grand Prix Engine And Engine Cooling Exhaust System Manifold/header/muffler/tail Pipe Safety Report | June 18, 2003
Reported on June 18, 2003
| GRAND PRIX ENGINE GOT HOT, RECOVERED, GOT HOT, THEN LOST ENGINE POWER ON THE FREEWAY (I ALSO EXPERIENCED HEAT EXHAUSTION DUE TO BEING BROKE DOWN IN 110-DEGREE F HEAT.) OILY SHEEN AND ORANGE CRUD NOTICED IN RADIATOR, DISCOVERED CREAMY COLORED MOTOR OIL. INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILURE HAS CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO ENGINE. THIS VEHICLE HAD NO PREVIOUS HISTORY OF ENGINE PROBLEMS AND WAS A DREAM TO DRIVE. $4100 FOR LABOR AND ENGINE REPLACEMENT; GM SERVICE WRITER AND MECHANICS ACKNOWLEDGE THEY'VE SEEN THIS PROBLEM MANY TIMES BEFORE AND THAT GM HAS RE-DESIGNED BOTH THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET AND THE MANIFOLD BECAUSE OF KNOWN FAILURES IN BI-METAL ENGINES; HOWEVER THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL. *NLM | |
| Make: | Pontiac |
| Model: | Grand Prix |
| 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: | MESA AZ |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 1G2WJ52M7XF |
| Mileage: | 82174 miles. |
| Speed: | 45 MPH |
| Number of cylinders: | 6 |
| Vehicle type: | FWD |
| Vehicle fuel: | GAS Fuel injection. |
| Was a police report filed? | N |
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