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Sedans Pontiac Grand Prix Pontiac Grand Prix Engine fires 3800 series II 1996-2003
317 messages, Last post on Nov 11, 2009 at 3:42 PM
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| My 97 GTP caught on fire on April 27, 2007. I just had gotten to work about 5 minutes and someone came running in telling me my car was smoking. The car was burning and smoking for at least 2 hours. The fire marshal said that the fire was most likely electrical due to the amount of smoke. The body of the car is still in tacked but the engine is toast. I heard that GM was going to stop the investigation and either do the recall or not by April 20. Lets cross our fingers. | |
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At this point, a recall would do those of us who lost cars no good,since there is nothing left to recall. Hopefully, at least maybe it will help someone else. 
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Last Saturday i drove my car home, went in and took a shower and went to leave again and my car was in flames. If anybody knows who i can call about this hit me up.
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MY CAR BURNED TODAY! IS THERE NOTHING GM IS DOING ABOUT ALL OF US WHO HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN!? GM DONT KNOW WHO THEY ARE MESSING WITH! HAS ANYONE HAD ANY LUCK GETING ANYWHERE? 
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Replying to: allietubb (Jun 06, 2007 12:40 pm)
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Replying to: tommy231 (Jun 06, 2007 6:38 pm) |
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I have done a few things to help protect my GTP from fire damage. I have posted the details of one such modification for the sake of others looking for a possible fix, in advance of any official declaration from GM or NHTSA. Click on "tommy231" above and then go to "Visit my Carspace page" and checkout my photo album where I show the before and after photos of the modification I performed on my car. This modification should only be performed by a skilled Technician. If you choose to do this to your car, you do so at your own risk. This is probably not the single fix we've all been waiting for, but it does address an actual issue I found on my car. I am not saying your GTP has this issue too, but it might, and I am interested in knowing if it does. It is fairly easy to check if you know your way around an engine bay. It is a little more difficult to actually fix if it has the problem. The symptom I found was that there were two wires stuck to the side of the starter solenoid, which is under the front exhaust manifold. These wires connect directly to the battery without any fuse. They weren't completely melted through yet, but they looked to me like they might be on their way to failing. GM has been notified of this issue and they claim they are looking at this as one of many possible concerns. It does not seem likely that this is the primary problem as it would seemingly exhibit symptoms prior to failure, such as blinking lamps on the instrument panel, or brake related concerns. However, nobody that has had a GTP fire complained of any prior symptoms such as this.... or have they? Stay tuned...
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Replying to: ecfgm3800 (Aug 11, 2006 1:54 am)  hotmail.com
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