Car's engine caught fire while car was turned off and parked. The car was deemed a total loss.
2002 Pontiac Grand Prix engine complaints
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Tl*the contact owns a 2002 pontiac grand prix. While the vehicle was parked, the engine caught fire. The vehicle had just been driven a short amount of time before the fire occurred. The fire department extinguished the fire and filed a report. The contact discovered that ea07008 was the exact failure that occurred to his vehicle. The manufacturer and dealer have not been notified. The VIN was unknown. The current and failure mileages were 98,000.
My 2002 pontiac grand prix 40th edition engine compartment started on fire on 10/12/07 approximately 10 minutes after parking it in my driveway. The insurance adjuster said the car was totaled.
2002 grand prix gt leaks coolant at upper intake manifold. Vehicle only has 31,000 miles. Upper intake manifold gasket failed thus allowing coolant to leak inside and on top of the engine. The upper intake manifold gasket had to be replaced and the engine cooling system flushed for any contaminants. Gm technician indicated that the gasket was replaced with a newly designed gasket. This is a known problem by general motors (the federal safety agency 10006144) and their solution in 2003 was to add coolant pellets and to change the nuts on throttle body. In my opinion, if there was damage to the gasket before the recall, the coolants pellets would have only prolonged the time it took for the gasket to totally fail. Thus forcing the customer to pay to fix a known defect since the car is was no longer under the manufacturer's warranty.
Tl*the contact owns a 2002 pontiac grand prix. He stated that the vehicle began dieseling when he attempted to start it. Initially after dieseling, the engine would start however; he was currently unable to start the vehicle. There is a safety recall for the fuel system storage tank assembly (the federal safety agency campaign #07e021000). The current and failure mileages was 29,000. The purchase date was unknown. Updated 02-01-08 *bf the consumer stated the vehicle has not been repaired as of yet. Updated 02/01/08
Major window failure, only one window works, and too expensive to fix. My car has 70,000 miles and I have had fuel pump failure, total radiator failure, and two heat exchanger failures resulted in radiator fluid all over passenger side floor due too cheap crimps on heat exchanger which requires a hugh dash dismantle to fix, window failure, dash heat and A/C control failure. The car gets driven 11 miles a day to work and back and we have put $1000's into this piece of crap. Dealer and manufacturer could care less and want this website removed. No one is willing to do a thing. Will be switching brands asap to dodge or chrysler.
Tl* - the contact called regarding a 2002 pointac grand prix. The contact stated he took the vehicle to dealer for a routine oil change and was advised by the repair shop that there was a gasket leak. The gasket was replaced. The failure mileage was 60,902. The contact stated that he believed the antifreeze caused the gasket to be replaced the current mileage was 60,951.*ak updated 04/12/07.
The intake manifold gasket on my 3.8 liter pontiac engine failed, causing antifreeze to leak into the crankcase. The top end of the engine had to be disassembled to install the new "improved" gasket set. My mechanic claimed that this is a common repair on that engine and that he does at least 3 per month. I called pontiac's customer care, they offered no financial assistance.
Intake manifold gasket failure causing loss of antifreeze & mixture with engine oil. Vehicle has less than 71k miles.
Engine caught fire due to intake manifold leaking oil onto exhaust manifold; repaired by gm dealer and back in service 1/4/2006; on 6/3/2006 engine locked up while driving; now dealer reports engine must be replaced and gm is taking no responsibility for either problem & contends they are not related.
I was driving the 2002 pontiac grand prix gtp on a highway with 45-55 MPH speed limit for approx. 45 min. The car shut off 15 sec. After I heard the engine backfire. The speedometer went from 0 all the way up, and back to 0. I pulled into the nearest parking lot and popped the hood. I discovered a fire near the intake and the lower right side of the valve cover. The car was towed to a pontiac dealer. They replaced the fuel injectors, the lower intake, valve cover, spark plug wires, electrical harness and much motor the cost was approx. $5000. After saying it would take 2 weeks, it took the shop 6 or 7 weeks to fix, so my car rental bill was thousands more than insurance would cover the car wasn't nearly as responsive and had trouble going up even the smallest inclines. Also, the shift-park interlink stopped working so the car would not shift out of park after the fire. And my sunroof hasn't worked since. And my fan for the A/C and heater only works with the fan on 5. Also I have noticed a weird sound coming from the speakers on occasion. About a week or two later the car was in the shop because they had not replaced the spark plugs; one of them was cracked and was most likely cracked when I got the car back. The car had about 90,000 miles when it had caught fire. Then on june 3, 2006-after less than 2000 miles, the engine locked up. The dealer said the only option they can do to fix it is put a new engine in--the initial estimate is $5200. Also, I'm going to be out of a car again and will have the burden of rental car costs again. From what I have read, there have been numerous fires involving the gm 3.8. Something needs to be done.
On saturday march 11, 06 my 40 th anniversary edition grand prix 2002 car's engine compartment started on fire while driving down the road and by the time the fire department come to the seen the car was a total loss. My wife, daughter and grandchild just left the car before it went up in flames. After the fire the car was taken to an expert repair mechanic for analyses of what caused the fire. According to the mechanic the fire started by the intake manifold and the cooling fan. All repairs were done by gm certified mechanics and shops before the fire happened. From research done on the cause of the fire it has a relationship to the federal safety agency cases ea02030 and pe02050.
Dt*: the contact stated a puddle had formed under the engine compartment and the vehicle was taken to the dealership. The dealership determined the intake manifold gasket was leaking antifreeze. According to an acquaintance of the contact, there is a recall for this issue, no recall information was available. The manufacturer was contacted and determined there are no recalls for this VIN.
Consumer 2002 pontiac intake plastic gasket leaked. *ts the consumer was told by the dealer her vehicle was leaking anti-freeze.
Faulty intake manifold gasket leak loses coolant fluid.
Leaky intake gaskets. The car has 42,000 on it. Looses engine coolant. Motor will burn up. Nothing done yet.
While driving at 55 MPH consumer heard a loud noise. Vehicle suddenly veered to the left near the shoulder. Then, vehicle stopped, causing the consumer to sustain mouth injuries. Consumer discovered that the cradle for the motor only had one bolt holding it in place. The motor and all of the engine parts had simply fallen to the ground.
While traveling approximately 20 MPH, and making a left turn in traffic,the engine lost power and shut off unexpectedly, all electrical functions continued to operate, this problem occurred approximately six more times intermittently while traveling at various speeds, dealership has examined the vehicle three times, and could not reproduce the problem.*ak consumer also stated the alternator makes a loud humming noise through the radio, there is a rattle noise from the left wheel /suspension area, and there is a hole in the rear interior of the door panel, the front passenger seat has a ripple in the leather.
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