2.7
hardly worth mentioning- Crashes / Fires:
- 0 / 0
- Injuries / Deaths:
- 0 / 0
- Average Mileage:
- 55,354 miles
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The issue we ran into last year is where the intake manifold gasket leaked causing coolant to leak into the engine. We took it into our local dealer, pearson Pontiac, gms, olds in sunnyvale, on March 21 2002. Around that time both myself and the dealer, at least that is what I was told, called Oldsmobile customer service asking for assistance since the van was at 41788 miles, 5K miles out of mileage warranty, and the belief on my part that a major engine repair was not reasonable for a van with only 41K miles. Why say the coolant can last 150K miles when it all leaks out at 41K miles? I was turned down for assistance since the vehicle was out of warranty. I believe I talked with justin and the case number was C06614725. The dealer diagnosed the issue as a leaking intake manifold gasket. At the same time he determined the lifters should be replaced along with a leaking water pump. The total cost was $1,709.72. Breakdown was $1,130.84 for labor and the rest for parts and sales tax. The dealer repair order number is 56819. I've never owned or heard of a vehicle which had a intake manifold coolant leak, water pump and lifters fail at 41K miles. My wife and I are not hard on our cars. This cost was high (over 5% of the original purchase price) and something we did not expect to incur.
- Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Transmission failed Dec. 2000. Replaced by dealer. Failed again 1,000 miles later. Repaired by dealer. 8000 miles later engine light came on-dealer said was transmission problem, would not repair -out of warranty. This been a persistent problem, which started on warranty. Contacted Oldsmobile to put me in contact with local factory rep. Told they would not give me the number and that I was out of warranty and on my own.
- Largo, FL, USA
Failure of intake manifold gasket. Was told this is a common GM problem with this V-6 engine. GM denied request for reimbursement.
- Zeeland, MI, USA
- Chandler, IN, USA