Other Engine Info: Name Plate: Chevrolet, Pontiac, Buick
Plant City: Flint
Plant Company Name: NA-GM Corp
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Michigan
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: SE
Valve Train Design: Overhead Valve (OHV)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Windows: 4
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1996
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE ENGINE ON THIS CAR FAILED. IT HAS 115,000 MILES. IT WAS MAINTAINED FROM THE START. WE PURCHASED IT NEW. THE INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILED AND LEAKED ANTIFREEZE THROUGHOUT THE MOTOR. WE HAD THE MANIFOLDS, OXYGEN SENSORS, AND CATALYTIC CONVERTER REPLACED. WE FOUND OUT THERE WAS A TSB ISSUED ON THIS VEHICLE REGARDING THE MANIFOLD PROBLEM. PONTIAC AND THE DEALERSHIP WERE CONTACTED. THEY BOTH TOLD US IT'S A COMMON PROBLEM, BUT THEY'LL DO NOTHING. I'D UNDERSTAND GIVEN THE MILEAGE THAT THIS IS NOT A NEW CAR, HOWEVER, KNOWING THERE'S A TSB ISSUED ON IT, IT SEEMS THEY ARE FAILING TO PROVIDE A GOOD PRODUCT TO THEIR CUSTOMERS.
1999
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN CONSUMER STUCK KEY INTO IGNITION AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. VEHICLE IS A RENTAL BY AVIS 412-472-5200. CONSUMER DOES NOT KNOW IF AIR BAG WAS REPAIRED. *AK *ML