1992 PONTIAC GRAND AM Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

I HAVE A LETTER FROM PONTIAC DATE NOV, 1995. WHICH STATES THAT 2.3L QUAD OHC ENGINE HAVE A DEFECT OF CRACKING CYLINDER THAT ALLOWS COOLANT TO LEAK FROM THE CYLINDER HEADS. THE LETTER ALSO STATES.. DO NOT BRING YOUR VEHICLE TO THE DEALER UNLESS THIS OCCURS. THE STATED IF THIS CONDITION OCCURS WITHIN SEVEN YEARS OR 100,000 MILES THEY WILL REPLACE THE CYLINDER HEAD FREE OF CHARGE.. MY CAR IS 8 YEARS OLD NOW AND HAS ONLY 79000 MILES ON IT. NEITHER THE DEALER OR PONTIAC CORP. WILL REPAIR THIS FOR ME WITHOUT PAYING FOR ALL CHARGES WHICH ARE APPROX. $1200.00.. PONTIAC ADMITS THAT THIS ENGINE HAS A DEFECT.. BUT REFUSES TO HONOR THE 100,000 MILE LIMIT BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS 8 YEARS OLD. IT IS MY OPINION THAT PONTIAC IS RESPONSIBLE TO FIX THIS VEHICLE AS IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD.. MY VEHICLE HAS THE KNOWN DEFECT.. THE ODOR...

THE HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED ONCE B/C OF A "SPECIAL RECALL" THAT HAD A 7 YR OR 100,000 MILE QUOTA ON IT WELL MY CAR WAS OVER THE QUOTA SO PONTIAC SAID THEY COULDNT DO A THING FOR ME, EVEN THOUGH THAT OBVIOUSLY PROVED THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG W/ THE CAR B/C IT HAD BEEN "RECALLED" BEFORE . PONTIAC WAS SUSPOSED TO CALL ME BACK , NEVER DID I CALLED TWICE AFTER THAT STILL HAVENT RECIEVED A PHONE CALL ITS BEEN 6 MONTHS. CAR COST 1500$ TO REPLACE, AND ITS STILL GIVING ME PROBLEMS. *AK

CRACKED HEAD, COOLANT LEAK, HIGH TEMP, OIL PUMP FAILUREC - 4TH TIME!!

DEFECTIVE HEAD IS CAUSING DAMAGE TO ENGINE DUE TO POOR MANUFACTURING OF HEAD.*AK

HAD CAR LESS THAN YEAR,ENGINE REPLACED TWICE.WATER IN OIL BLOWN HEAD GASKET.PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

HEAD GASKET FAILURE WITH JUST 68,300 MILES CAUSING COOLANT INTO THE ENGINE. ESTIMATE TO REPAIR IS $1700.00. I SEE FROM THE INTERNET THIS HAS BEEN A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. *AK

I RECEIVED NOTICE OF A RECALL ON THIS VECHICLE SEVERAL YEARS AGO INVOLVING CRACKED ENGINE HEADS AT THE TIME OF NOTICE I THOUGHT THAT THE CAR WAS RUNNING HOTTER THAN IT SHOULD. I TOOK IT INTO A DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT IT WAS RUNNING NORMALLY. I HAVEN'T HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT SINCE THAT INCIDENT. I RECENTLY SMELLED ANTIFREEZE IN THE CABIN AND NOTICED STEAM COMING OUT OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I PULLED THE SPARK PLUG COVER OFF AND THIS IS WHEN I NOTICED CRACK. I WAS WONDERING IF THIS WOULD BE COVERED UNDER ORIGINAL RECALL? *AK

*-#WE HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO WHERE WE HAD THE CAR REPAIRED. IT WAS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET, AND WE ARE DEFINITELY NOT PLEASED WITH THIS CAR ,AND THE FACT THAT IT SHOULDN'T HAVE BLOWN A HEAD GASKET WITH THIS FEW OF MILES ON THE ENGINE. WE ARE ALSO GOING TO LET OUR FRIENDS KNOW THAT THEY SHOULD NOT BY ANY MEANS BUY A GRAND AM BECAUSE THIS IS A KNOWN FACTOR THAT ALL GRAND AM HAVE AND THERE HASN'T BEEN A RECALL ON THIS PARTICULAR PART AND THE PONTIAC COMPANY KNOWS OF THIS PROBLEM AND FAILED TO RECALL THESE CARS FOR THIS REASON. ALSO, THAT THE PUBLIC SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY THIS KIND OF MONEY JUST BECAUSE PONTIAC FAILED TO RECALL THIS CAR FOR THIS REASON, AND THEY KNEW OF THE PROBLEM. WE FEEL THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS REPAIR, AND ALSO KNOW...

CYLINDER HEAD IS CRACKED, CAUSING THE COOLANT LOSS AND ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE. YH

CONSUMER REPLACED LEAKING HEAD GASKET WHICH WAS COVERED UNDER FACTORY RECALL #T2140, HOWEVER FAILED AFTER REPAIR CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO ENGINE COMPONENTS DUE TO LEAKAGE. *YC

ENGINE HEAD GASKET IS CRACKED, CAUSING OIL TO LEAK. CAUSE OF DEFECT IS UNKNOWN. MANUFACUTER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

HEAD IS CRACKED, AND THE VEHICLE DOES NOT RUN.THE ANT-IFREEZE AND OTHER FLUIDS HAVE LEAKED OUT OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE CRACK IN THE ENGINE. *AK

MULTIPLE PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED: (1) CIGARETTE LIGHTER FUSE BLOWS CONSTANTLY. (2) ENGINE HAS A CRACKED CYLINDER WHICH ALLOWS COOLANT INTO THE OIL SYSTEM. (3) STARTER COIL FAILED. (4) WINDOW MOTOR/SWITCH FAILED. (5) FRONT PASSENGER SEAT DOESN'T ALWAYS LOCK IN PLACE, AND ALLOWS THE SEAT TO SLIDE FORWARD AND BACKWARD. (6) IN COLD WEATHER THE PLASTIC AROUND THE HORN CONTRACTS AND CAUSES THE HORN TO SOUND CONTINUOUSLY UNTIL THE FUSE IS REMOVED. (7) FRONT BRAKES WEAR QUICKLY DURING NORMAL OPERATION. (8) ALTERNATOR FAILED AT 90,000 MILES. (9) OIL PRESSURE SENSOR FAILED AT 107,000 MILES. (10) SPARK PLUGS NEED TO BE REPLACED EVERY 18 MONTHS DUE TO A RECURRING STUMBLING PROBLEM IN THE ENGINE. ONE SPARK PLUG CANNOT BE REMOVED. (11) THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT HAS BEEN FILLED WITH CONDENSATE FROM THE A/C SYSTEM MULTIPLE TIMES, RUINING ANY PAPERWORK AND THE OWNERS' MANUAL. (12) THE SCREWS ON BOTH INTERIOR DOOR FRAMES HAVE FALLEN OUT...

THERE IS A LEAKAGE COMING FROM THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET IN WHICH THE OIL IS LEAKING ONTO THE ENGINE. *AK

DEALER REPAIRED, THEN TESTED ENGINE. ENGINE SEIZED AT DEALERSHIP.

VEHICLE HAD A COOLANT LEAKAGE. DEALER CONTACTED, AND DIAGNOSED PROBLEM AS A CRACKED ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD. VEHICLE ALSO CONTINUOUSLY RAN HOT. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. REPAIRWORK WOULD BE AT OWNERS EXPENSE, EST. $1,000.00. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.

ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD FAILED. *AK

CYLINDER HEAD GASKET FAILED CAUSING THE ENGINE TO STOP AFTER RELEASING A PUFF OF SMOKE.

ENGINE HEAD/HEAD GASKET DEFECTIVE CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK INTO OIL. CALLED GM THE TOLD ME THEY HAVE A "SPECIAL POLICY" # 57-61-26 TO COVER THE SINGLE CAM QUAD 4 ENGINES BECAUSE OF DEFECT. HOWEVER MY QUAD 4 ENGINE HAS A DUAL CAM THEREFORE THE PROBLEM WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER THE POLICY FOR FREE REPAIR EVEN THOUGH THE FAILURE IS THE SAME AS THE SINGLE CAM ENGINES.

ENGINE HEAD CRACKED AT 82,000 AND WAS REPLACED, CRACKED AGAIN AT 102,000...

I HAVE HAD 2 TIMES WHERE I HAVE HAD WATER IN MY OIL. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS IN 12/97. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD COST ME $1,800.00 DOLLARS TO REPLACE THE HEAD GASKET AND BOLTS IN MY VEHICLE. I REPLACED THE ENTIRE MOTOR BECAUSE IT WAS CHEAPER TO DO IT THIS WAY. IT IS NOW 11/98, AND I HAVE TO REPLACE THE HEAD GASKET AGAIN. I CANNOT GO BACK ON THE PERSON WHO REPAIRED MY CAR, BECAUSE I TOOK HIM TO COURT TO REPAIR IT RIGHT, AND ENDED UP TAKING IT TO SOMEONE ELSE. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO REPLACE THIS AGAIN. IT IS A COSTLY AND TIME CONSUMING JOB, AND I OBJECT. I AM NOT THE FIRST PERSON TO HAVE TO DO THIS WITH A GRAND AM QUAD 4 ENGINE. THEY ARE JUNK AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED AND I WILL NEVER OWN ANOTHER GM...

HEAD GASKET FAILED.

CRACKED ENGINE BLOCK CAUSED WATER TO MIX WITH OIL RESULTED IN LOUD NOISE, SMOKE FROM TAILPIPE AND THE SMELL OF ANTIFREEZE THROUGHTOUT THE CAR.

HEAD GASKET FAILED DUE TO DEFECTIVE SEALS.

ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED. *AK

ENGINE BLOCK FAILED, CAUSING GAS TO MIX WITH OIL AND VEHICLE HESITATION.

THE CYLINDER HEAD GASKET CRACKED, FILLING CYLINDER HEAD WITH COOLANT, CAUSING ENGINE TO SEIZED. TT

THERE IS A CRACK IN HEAD GASKET, LEAKING ANTI-FREEZE. TT

TIMING CHAIN BROKE, CRACKING CYLINDER HEAD. *AW

OIL PAN GASKET LEAKED OIL.

VALVE TRAIN MADE NOISE, REPLACED TIMING CHAIN. TT

REPLACED TIMING CHAIN. *AK

FLUID LEAK FROM HEAD COVER GASKET.

THE HEAD CRACKED ON THE ENGINE. TT