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Sedans Pontiac Grand Prix Pontiac Grand Prix Engine fires 3800 series II 1996-2003
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Replying to: jessica9 (Apr 21, 2008 7:58 am)
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Replying to: outdoorlady (Apr 28, 2008 5:47 pm) |
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Replying to: saint3 (Apr 29, 2008 5:07 pm) |
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Hi Mr. Schmitt, I met w/ GM yesterday, 04/30/08 and since you no longer have possession of vehicle, no compensation is being considered. They have denied your claim. Without the vehicle we can not determine if the fire was related to the Recall. SO any of us that sold our cars to scrap as we didnt want a burned up car or those of us that had them repaired are entitled to nothing is GM's case on this.
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| I am interested in a class action also. GM is not doing anything about the people that scrapped their cars. Mine was totally burnt up with everything in it. I had liability so am still paying for the car. I got rid of the car before I got the recall. I have no money, so my son had to get me another car and now he is out $4000.00 which he really couldn't afford either! Among other things I lost a very extensive cd collection that I had been aquiring for years-these can't be replaced. I actually miss them more than the car. This whole thing has just caused me so much grief! Somebody out there should be able to help. | |
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Replying to: msschm22 (May 01, 2008 11:23 am)
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Replying to: cmabry (May 03, 2008 12:35 pm) guess what i found under the old hood a " fuel leak", seams they have had this trouble in the past as well, on the grand ams. where the fuel line "from the tank" conects to the "fuel rail", seems their great plastic conector is to close to the heat, guess where it leaks on "thats right" the very hot intake around the injectors. it just sits there and pools up. what i went on to disscover was that it didn't leak until the engine was turnd off. it didn't leak under pressure. dont know if this is the cause of all the fires,but i think the fuel would ignite faster than the " oil leak".
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Replying to: njbrain (Sep 04, 2006 5:49 pm) seems their pastic connector cant take the heat. how did you fix it? jtmandy  iowatelecom.net
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| Go to this website www.girardgibbs.com Maybe if enough of us get this atty an email he will see there is a large case here and that GM isnt helping anyone out. I say we bombard him with examples and information till we get this started. He has won against GM before so he can do it again. | |
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Replying to: jer9 (May 04, 2008 9:31 pm) well this weekend i did a little maint. to the 2003 pontiac grad prix gt 3800 II . guess what i found under the old hood a " fuel leak", seams they have had this trouble in the past as well, on the grand ams. where the fuel line "from the tank" conects to the "fuel rail", seems their great plastic conector is to close to the heat, guess where it leaks on "thats right" the very hot intake around the injectors. it just sits there and pools up. what i went on to disscover was that it didn't leak until the engine was turnd off. it didn't leak under pressure. dont know if this is the cause of all the fires,but i think the fuel would ignite faster than the " oil leak". quote =============== I hope that what has failed is the O-ring in the connector and not the connector. The connnector is part of the fuel line and then you would have to replace the entire line. I've got a 98 GTP with nylon fuel lines to the rail and metal connectors. Not sure exactly what the 03 GT uses, but the metal and plastic connectors for the 98 are similar and both us an O-ring that should be replaceable. For the metal connector, a special tool is needed to disconnect the lines, the tool is inexpensive and can be purchased at an auto parts store for less than $10. I don't know if the specific O-rings can be bought at an auto parts store or not. I'm planning on replacing the O-rings on my car just as part of general maintenance and will buy them from the dealer. I think this is a good find (I missed the first post on the fuel leak). At least with the metal connector, the O-rings at the connector are subjected to engine vibration and movement which would degrade the seal in addition to heat. Jeff |
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