Comments on: GM Recalls 1.5 Million Buick, Chevrolet, Oldsmobile and Pontiac Vehicles

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:07:31 +0000

Well it is about my sons car. He purchased a 2000 Chevy Malibu with the 3.1 engine. Now for the bad news the intake started to leak with only having it only a week. Did I forget He is the poor struggling college student.

THANK YOU GM (GOVERNMENT MOTORS) has a bad product and need to fix it.

By: terri

terri — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:00:22 +0000

my power steering light often comes on. and i cant steer my car. ihave a 2007 chevrolet cobalt. i seen on the internet as march 1 there is a recall. but where i brought the car, they say they did not receive no information on that. i guess i have to wait until something else go wrong with my car.

By: James

James — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:46:25 +0000

I have a 2004 Impala 3400 V6 with 122000 KM on it. The problem is the Dex Cool coolant as it eats away at the Gaskets and other plastic parts within the motor. GM HAS to know this is a HUGE Problem as everyone I have talked to from Mechanics to Oil Change guys all say that the Dex Cool Motors are the worst in terms of Head Gaskets and Intake Manifold Problems. Yet they say all they are going to do is change Spark Plug wires. Seriously is this what they think will fix the problem? They say todays cars are supposed to last longer than the cars of yesterday but yet it appears that they don’t make them like they used. GM needs to recall all cars that use Dex Cool and fix the Leaking problems of there Motors. This is an outrage and they wonder why people are not willing to buy domestic vehicles. i bought my car because it was made in Ontario and I wanted to support my domestic economy but now i have to fork over a huge chunk of money to fix a problem that GM knows about and has KNOWN about and it involves the coolant system and their use of Dex-Cool Coolant. So Small Claims or a North American wide Consumer lawsuit. Car companies need to understand that we are not bottomless pits of money to throw away at repairs that could have been prevented during the design process. If this is a known problem why has there not been a major recall to fix what is essentially a Coolant leak caused not only by the design but by the car manufactures insistence that Dex-cool is the coolant to use.

By: Naader

Naader — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:17:35 +0000

I arrived at work (high school) at 8:15 and no more than 10 minutes later smoke appeared from my car’s hood. I drive a 2002 Buick Regal, by the way. I never received a recall card and never really knew about the recall or this whole problem til searching online this morning.

Flames starting dropping from under the car and then the whole hood burst into flames. The fire burned until the fire department arrived and finally put out the blaze. Needless to say, the entire front end of the car totally burned to a crisp. Now I need to see what I can do about this! I’m not holding out hope that I can hold GM accountable, but I will do what I must.

By: Amberly

Amberly — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:17:36 +0000

I HAD a 2000 Grand Prix GT that I purchaced brand new in 2000. I received a recall on my car for “9047 ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE” which I took the car to BILL DELORD AUTOCENTER in Lebanon OH on 12/18/09 to have what I thought was the recall repaired and check for any other recalls that I was not notified of. So exactly 60 days later my car caught fire in the engine compartment. It was a total loss and because GM doesn’t make a product they will stand behind I have no car and my insurance is now in subrogation with GM. I feel I that the goverment shouldn’t go into debt to save a company that doesn’t even beleive in their own products.

By: Priscilla

Priscilla — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:56:40 +0000

I have the 99 Chevy Lumina with the 3.1 L V6 engine that my grandmother bought new in 1999. It just rolled over to 100,000 miles and I have had nothing but problems with it. It started overheating and I was having to put coolant in it every day in order to be able to drive it. I would have to stop several times on my way to work to allow the car to cool down before adding more coolant in the resevoir and finishing my trip to work (normally a 15 min drive). I have spent a few thousands of dollars changing all the hoses, the thermostat (twice). several radiator flushes and cleanings, finally a complete intake manifold gasket change which meant taking the top of the engine apart to get to the gaskets. The mechanic that did the job informed me that this was not a permanent fix because the problem will come back. He has fixed 100’s of cars with the same engine.

Is the problem caused by Dex-Cool anti-freeze that is suggested for these vehicles???

Is there a class action lawsuit pending for this problem. I did not get a recall notice and I am sure that my grandmother did not get one either, she is deceased….

By: Patricia

Patricia — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:49:19 +0000

We had the recommended recall service done, i.e., having two new spark plug wire retainers installed to our 2003 Impala and had our car catch fire after adding engine oil and accidentally spilling some on the manifold (after “add engine oil” warning light came on)! It appears that this recommended recall service is insufficient, and a car fire still can occur if engine oil gets on the heated manifold. Has anyone else experienced this misfortune as well?

By: james

james — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:55:11 +0000

2000 monte carlo passager door won’t open with or without the key had door panel off played with linkage and nothing don’t think it is elecritial

By: Sharika

Sharika — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:38:47 +0000

my 1 year old daughter had been out of my 2000 grand prix approximately 5 minutes when a neighbor knocked on my door while on the phone with 911 telling me that my car was dripping flames. my car continued to smoke and engulf in flames until the fire department came.

By: Derek

Derek — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:27:58 +0000

I have a 2000 Buick Regal and it caught on fire toady. I received the recall about a month ago and the dealership said that it had to order parts. I parked the car and about 20 mins. later it was starting to catch fire. this was at 4pm and at 11am i had the oil changed. I am wonder what to expect when i try to get either GM or the oil changing company to pay for the car that is now totaled. Thank you