NHTSA Complaint #10821701 — 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX

CAR WAS PREVIOUSLY RECALLED FOR VALVE COVER LEAK WHICH COULD RESULT IN AN ENGINE FIRE. I RECEIVED ANOTHER NOTICE TO FIX THE SAME VALVE COVER...THE RECALL NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED TO BOTH VALVE COVERS. THE FRONT COVER WAS FIXED BUT THEY DID NOT FIX THE REAR VALVE COVER WHICH ALSO LEAKS OIL ONTO THE MANIFOLD AND THE MAIN EXHAUST PIPE. I HAD THE CAR IN FOR A REPAIR A FEW YEARS AGO AND THE DEALER TOLD ME THE REAR VALVE COVER WAS LEAKING AND NOT TO PARK IT IN THE GARAGE UNTIL I HAD IT FIXED, I ASKED IF IT WAS TO BE FIXED UNDER THE RECALL AND HE SAID NO ONLY THE FRONT ONE. WELL THE FRONT ONE IS NOT CAUSING THE FIRE HAZARD, IT IS THE REAR ONE. I HAVE HAD A SMALL FIRE IN THE REAR OF THE FIREWALL AS A RESULT AND CLEAN THIS AREA TO KEEP THE OIL FROM BUILDING UP.HOW DO I GET THIS RECALL EXPANDED TO INCLUDE "VALVE COVERS" INSTEAD OF JUST THE FRONT ONE?. THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW AS I DID RECEIVE A NOTICE THEY WERE HAVING TO DESIGN AND THEN MAKE NEW FRONT VALVE COVERS AND REMOVE THE COVER OVER THE TOP OF THE ENGINE. MY CONCERN IS THEY ARE ONLY FIXING 1/2 THE PROBLEM AS THERE ARE 2 VALVE COVERS, AND THE ONE THEY HAVE THE RECALL ON IS NOT THE ONE LEAKING OIL ONTO THE EXHAUST. I HAVE BEEN PARKING OUTSIDE AND THEIR IS OIL SPOTS WHERE THIS GRAND PRIX IS PARKED.