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Sedans Pontiac Grand Prix Pontiac Grand Prix Engine fires 3800 series II 1996-2003
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Replying to: tommy231 (Jan 05, 2008 8:50 pm) I have become another victim of the Pontiac Grand Prix GTP fire. As my wife was picking up my son from high school the other day our 2000 Pontiac GTP went up in flames. The fire department arrived and put the fire out. Unfortunately, the car is totaled. Like the other post on you site I was also unaware of this problem. I have many photos of the car if you would like to see them. I Believe all of us should get some compensation for this problem. There is obviously something wrong. Please send me the address you would like the photos emailed too. Thanks ! Tom Dusart
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| Got a call from my 18 y/o daughter who drives my 1999 Grand Prix 3800. While driving yesterday she noticed the engine starting to smoke as she was pulling into the driveway. Withing minutes of exiting the vehicle she noted flames under the car. Immediatley placed a call to the fire dept but while on the phone the entire car ignited, blowing out all the windows and tires went shooting away from the vehicle. The fire dept. declared it a total loss. As with most who have older model vehicles, only liability insurance was carried, thus it is a total loss! I'm just ever most grateful to know she was not still in the car unaware of the fire brewing below and did not blow up with it!! GM needs to be made fully aware of this life threatning issue! Next time it could be someone's daughter who is lost not just a car!! Keep us posted about the Oprah topic.....we have pics too and would definitely be interested in submitting information. | |
I had a 2002 Grand Prix GTP 40th Anniversary and I took excellent care of it but on 3 Jan 2007 while I went into a store it burnt its own engine. I had bumper to bumper coverage from the dealership that did nothing for me, and after my insurance having my car for five months the offer of book value from GM was just as my insurance. They know there is a problem but if people do not report it to www.NHTSA.dot.gov then they do not have to issue a recall so if this happened to you please take action, and good luck
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Replying to: saint3 (Jan 28, 2008 5:05 pm) |
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Replying to: tommy231 (Dec 03, 2007 8:13 pm) MAK |
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Add me to the list as of last night. My 99 GTP had been sitting in my garage for a couple of days. I drove it about 5 miles in 30 degree weather and parked it. About an hour later, the police came into the school I was at and asked for me. When I went outside, the fire was coming out from under the hood. By the time the firemen put it out, everything had burned except for the trunk. Just glad it happened outside and not while it was in my garage. I took extremely good car of this car but she's gone now. Maybe time for a GXP.
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Replying to: burghuin (Jan 30, 2008 7:24 am)  
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Replying to: mkurz61 (Jan 30, 2008 7:40 am) |
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 I have a 1998 GTP with 260,000Km on it. 2 Days ago we had a huge snow storm. I was trying to get my car unstuck. The car was idling and I was outside digging out the car, and my girlfriend was sitting in the car, she said it was smokey inside. I just thought it was overheating, and it got worse and worse. I finanlly thought, OK this just isnt overheating, so I shut the car off and popped the hood. The whole rear of the engine was on fire. I got the fire out and managed to save the car. About 6 months ago I had a engine light come on and the code said Small EVAP Leak. He said it was my Cold Air Intake and my Gas cap. So I replaced the gas cap and drove around with the engine light on, not knowing that there was a acutal EVAP leak. So it was coincidental that the engine light came on 2 days after I put my Intake on. And also it was coincidental that it happened on the day with all the snow. So my mechanic said, that I did have a pinhole leak, and that the sparks from the Altenator ignighted the vapors. Also the foam underneath the engine cover acted like a spunge sucking in the all fumes and then boom. He said it was an engineering flaw. What can I do about this?
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Replying to: kirk3800 (Feb 09, 2008 12:42 pm) GM ended up buying my car so they could tear it down and study it. 10 year-old cars with 200,000+ miles on them aren’t worth much money except to a person who gets good use out of it, so don’t expect too much. Then again, they really don’t want to lose loyal customers, so maybe they will want to work with you – what have you got to lose? Good luck! MAK
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