The letter we got is not the actual "recall letter"... it's just a
letter announcing that there will eventually be a recall letter.
My car does smell of burning oil after being driven hard, but I've
only
noticed it about 3 times so I didn't figure out that it was after hard
braking (if that's the case).
My sister is borrowing my car for a couple weeks so she made an
appointment at the GM dealer. They will "inspect" the car for free but
the
service manager said they don't have the parts for a repair yet... so I'm
assuming they must be redesigning the gasket or cover or something; rather
than just replacing with an original part?
"Svilen Stoicheff" <svilen@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> 80 Knight wrote:
>> "Svilen Stoicheff" <svilen@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> David Courtney wrote:
>>>> Got a letter from Pontiac saying they were going to recall GTP's
>>>> because oil can drip onto the exhaust during hard braking and start a
>>>> fire.
>>>> I had been trying to figure out why I could smell oil burning
when
>>>> I got out after driving the car hard... now I know. LOL
>>> I got the same letter -- they are notifying all GTP owners. The recall
>>> has not yet been officially announced and I couldn't find the TSB on
>>> Alldata, but from the list of possible questions and suggested answers
I
>>> found on the NHTSA site, it appears the fix will be to replace the
front
>>> valve cover gasket. To me this sounds more like GM doesn't quite know
>>> what the root cause is, but they've got to do something because 267
>>> under-hood fires have been re****ted to NHTSA for the affected models
>>> (supercharched Grand Prix and Buick Regals, 1997-2003.)
>>> From the same list of Q&A I understand that GM didn't know about the
>>> problem because of its low rate of occurrence -- 1:1000. An engine
fire
>>> in one of every 1000 vehicles is pretty high, if you ask me.
>>> I initially dismissed the letter with a smile, but having read the
>>> facts, I'm no longer smiling.
>>> Can anyone offer more insight into the problem?
>>
>> Yeah. If GM sent you a recall letter, take the car to your local
>> dealer****p. That's about the best thing you can do.
> Of course I will, no question about that. But what I'm looking for here
is
> more detail about the root cause of the issue. I know there are
> professional mechanics reading and posting here, so I hope someone might
> know more that what has been officially announced. As I said before, I
> find it hard to believe that a leaky gasket can be the reason for engine
> fires. If that's case, then half the vehicles on US roads should be
> self-igniting and incinerating themselves in random patterns.
> SS
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