![]() Two different shops look it over but the fix for this problem is not clear. It will only hold a charge for a couple weeks at most at this point. AGAIN the dealers know about this but not the consumer VERY BAD BUSINESS! They tell me again that it will need to be replaced about once a year at my cost as the replacement parts still have the defect as well!ĥ).At this point we've been dealing also with an annoying air conditioning system that only holds a charge thru most of the summer months, but is now only worsening. Another call to GM and again THEY ALREADY KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, A FAULTY COMPONENT THAT THEY INSTALLED BUT NEVER RECALLED! (shielding from heat for a certain resister located under the dash for the speed controller). Right about this time the #1 speed on the fan blower motor stops working, couple weeks later #2 speed, then #3 until you only had full-on that worked on the fan. So I call GM and complain about this and tell them about the partially melted wires to no effect NONE, as the car is out of warranty! VERY BAD BUSINESS as this was a quality control issue as the car was going down the line! I disassembled the fuel rail, bought a new set of wires and reinstalled them properly using the supplied wire spreader/keepers that were previously left unused for those front 3 wires at my cost and time!Ĥ). ![]() The front 3 spark plug wires are bolted down UNDER THE FRONT FUEL RAIL ASSEMBLY RIGHT AGAINST THE HOT ENGINE BLOCK!. that might be an easy fix), and the problem becomes quite obvious after removal of the top service panel. Before taking it in, I look the engine over for anything obvious (disconnected sensor, vacuum hoses etc. Once again VERY BAD BUSINESS!ģ).Just out of warranty and the car develops intermittent mis on at least 1 or 2 cylinders. No recall or advance notice to the consumer. They did set up a single free lube for me at my dealer. They used an undersized bushing in the inner or secondary steering column! It's loosing all of the lube and will need re-lubing once a year at my cost. Called GM and THEY KNOW ALL ABOUT THIS PROBLEM! It's a known manufacturing defect. Each time it was replaced the dashboard would develop more and more squeaks and rattles! We settled for the final replacement even though all the functions still didn't work properly (the lesser of 2 evils as the dash was already quite loosened up and we were fed up).Ģ).Just out of warranty it starts making load clunk, clunking noise as you turn corners. While it was still within warranty the radio/control unit failed and had to be replaced twice as none of the sensors that tie in to the engine or tires worked properly. VERY BAD BUSINESS!Īnd now for a little history on this vehicle:ġ). Just learned that GM knew all about this problem many years ago and notified their dealers, but not the owners of the vehicles! No warning or recall on this even considered for the consumer. Next time we buy vehicles it will be all Ford, all the time!īought this brand new in 2001 for my wife, wanted a good dependable safe car for her to take to work! Wrong choice! Latest problem is the intake manifold/gasket leaking. The guy at the shop (who is a family friend so he wasn't "hosing" me, pardon the pun) told me that this is a standard problem on all Chevs and GMCs for 2001 to about 2004 and that they have known about it forever but never issued a recall! My husband has also had nothing but problems with his GM pickup for around the same time. There was so much oil in my coolant that it was brown! Every single hose was sweating. About 1/2 an hour later I am shelling out $1050 to have my intake gasket and all of my hoses replaced. We drove to the nearest service station and pulled in. As soon as I got going, you could automatically smell anitfreeze. When I started it up, the temperature automatically jumped to 1/2 which is 1/4 higher than it normally runs. Then yesterday after taking my auntie to the hospital I noticed a pool of antifreeze to the side of my car. Mid-way through winter, my husband had to replace the thermostat because suddenly the temperature gauge was not going about the second mark. Then about a year ago the door sensor started going off for no reason and again just recently all of the sensor lights on my dash started coming on whenever/wherever for no apparent reason. One of the bushings went for no apparent reason and Chevrolet were a bunch of a**holes and told my husband it wasn't covered under power train. The first problem happened about two years after we bought the car. We have had regularly scheduled maintenance and I have lady driven this car.
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