Note: Body Type: Notchback/Notchback Special, Sport (GM codes: 27, 37, 47, 57, 97)
Plant City: Lansing - North Plant
Plant Company Name: NA-GM Corp
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Michigan
Seat Belts All: Automatic
Series: SE
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
LOW COOLANT LIGHT ON DASHBOARD CAME ON. CONSUMER ADDED DEX SPECIAL COOLANT TWICE, APPROXIMATELY A HALF GALLON OF 50% WATER/50% COOLANT. PREVIOUSLY, EVERY TIME 3,000 MILE OIL CHANGE INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON, CONSUMER NOTICED THAT COOLANT LEVEL WAS LOW. THIS TIME, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP , AND FOUND OUT THAT COOLANT WAS GETTING INTO OIL, CAUSING OIL TO BE A MILKY COLOR. *NOTE: CONSUMER WAS TOLD IT COULD POSSIBLY BE CAUSED BY A DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKET OR MANIFOLD INTAKE. DEALERSHIP IS IN POSSESSION OF VEHICLE.*AK CONSUMER STATES SO FAR THE NEWLY INSTALLED UPPER AND LOWER GASKETS ARE HOLDING, CONSUMER STATES HE HAS SPOKEN TO 3 INDEPENDENT MECHANICS WHO STATE THAT THE PROBLEM IS PROBABLY WITH THE MANIFOLD INTAKE GASKETS AND NOT THE HEAD GASKET, THESE THREE PEOPLE INDICATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO IMPROPER TORQUE OF DEFECTIVE GASKETS. *SLC
1995
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
WHEN DRIVING AT 30 MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, BRAKE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD. ALSO, LOCKS AND THE WINDOWS ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE DON'T WORK. THE LIGHTER WENT OUT. THE VEHICLE USES EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF OIL. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP THREE TIMES AND THE DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK *ML