I have a 1997 Buick Regal and for the past 8 months it has been causing me many problems. First, my car began to shake when I was going under 35 miles per hour.I didn’t think too much of it b/c it wasn’t prohibiting me from driving. Then one day as I was driving, the car shut off. I was so scared that I immediately parked the car for a month. When I got back into my car, I noticed that it was eating gas like crazy! The result of that finding was that I needed a new engine. The last problem I’ve encountered with my car was the radio. When I take the key out of my and open the door, the radio usually turns off. Now the radio stays on for I don’t know how long. It has drained my battery; my car will not turn on. I just want to know if anyone else has experienced these types of complications or if these problems have anything to do with recall.

my 1998 buick regal caught on fire and burned on june 2010 mostly under the hood i had the 3.8 turbo charged engine i sure like this car but not what it did i got the pics if you want to see i got my wife and our bags out the back because we drove to texas from georgia when we were about to go visit her mother and it it started smoking then fire from under the hood.

my 2000 impala caught fire in a parking lot and before the fire dept could put it out it burned beyond repair. GM said they are not responsible even though the defective part could have caused the problem because they are covered under my state’s (NJ)Economic lose rule… Reading all articles i can find on this rule there are loop holes..contacting an attorney tomorrow.

I have a 2001 impala. Had transmission replaced. Drove to work, the whole underhood caught on fire as well in june of 09.. I got a notice in the mail a couple days earlier from GM about a recall for a underhood fire relating to the oil pan and what not. Got it towed to gm, they said they will take care of by having an inspector come down to check it and contact me. Months later they said I owe $3000+ for daily storage fess that they didn’t initially inform me of and that they were going to auction my car off! My mom went down there and they withdrew that. Gm is in bankruptcy and now they wipe there hands clean by giving the problem to motors liquidation co… hundreds.. thousands of other people going through the same crap. Motors liq. Saying it could take another year for the claim to be paid (to me) meanwhile selman chevrolet (where its stored and I bought it from initially) wants it gone. I have no where to store it! What should I do? Sell it as is? Get a lawyer? I think we might have a class action lawsuit!!!

I have a 2003 chevy impala. I bought it at a local dealership in my area. The intake gaskets had to be replace shortly after I bought it. The dealership supposely replced them. I’ve had to replace them again just this year. Now my air conditioner system is not working properly, my mechanic says he can’t figure out what’s the problem with it. He has placed it on a machine to pin-point the problem, he still can’t find what’s wrong. He just replace a new radiator, fan system. I have a family with children, what do I suppose to do?

I, too, am trying to find out if there are any class action suits against GM for the engine fire issue, or if not, I want to start one. My car was/is a 1998 Intrigue, and I had it serviced when the recall notice came out. But just recently I had an engine fire that was caused by the exact sort of thing mentioned here and in the recall information, ad was in the same exact area of the engine, etc. I believe I have a cause, though mine is not as severe as some of those mentioned here. My engine caught on fire while I was driving, and I was fortunately ablle to pull over to the side of the road. The fire department came rather quickly and put it out, but there is still extensive damage to that part of the engine. My mechanic says it may be repairable, but costly. Not sure if its worth it, but if GM is at fault for this because they made such a bad product, I truly feel they should be held accountable. Those that are on here asking about class action suits or those who are interested in starting one or getting people together who want to, let us figure out a way to move forward on this. How should we contact one another?

my 1998 buick regal caught fire last summer and let me tell you all they iwill find any loophole possible to get out of paying you. Mine was in the state I am in if the car is over 5 years old they are not held liable! So basically I got screwed and you will too I imagine GOOD LUCK!!!

Chevy will not do anything if youyr car catches fire. My 2000 Chevy Impala caught on fire parked in a parking lot.

I have a 2003 Alero. I have put alot of money into it, only to finally discover that it may have been the passlock sensor all along. After doing alot of internet research it looks like this has been a MAJOR problem in ALOT of GM’s. Would love for a class action suit to address this!

My buick caught fire on us on Christmas EVE on the way to my mothers. I had my 20 month old twins in the vehicle and my husband was driving… we were 30 mins from home and 30 mins from my mothers in the middle of nowhere! unfixable and no other vehicle. it’s hard enough getting by! we had a rough christmas and go the letter in the mail about a week ago now…

I have a 2001 Monte Carlo SS. I have been told that I have a bad oil leak around the valve covers and should check the recall notices. Obviously, from the comments, there is no recall for this, only a recall to replace spark plug wire retainers? So far, my car has not caught on fire, but after reading the above, I am afraid to drive it.

Our car caught on fire last night in my driveway, about 15 minutes after my husband returned home from the store. It was a 2001 Buick Regal. I never received a recall notice. I noticed the flames when I went to check on my toddlers who were sleeping an upstairs bedroom and I saw flames and smoke right outside their window. I thought the front of my house was on fire, but it was the Buick. My bushes also burned down but thankfully, not my home. My whole neighborhood was outside watching, not a nice way to meet the neighbors.

Just received the 9047 recall slip here in Ontario, Canada on my 1999 Olds Intrigue 3.8 V6. Anyone have the technical details on this.. so far I have heard it’s a spark plug wire replacement and or a heat shield replacement…..

i have a 2002 chev impala. i have only had it for 10 months and it has 170,000,00 miles. and just one day it starts to overheat and i smell something burning also start hearing a loud knocking noise like it was bout to shutdown on me. so i took it to the shop and now they sayin i need a new motor switch will cost me 1900.00

I have a 2000 Impala. I got the card out of my mail this morning at 9:00am. I went to pick my car up, I didnt feel like driving home last night. My friend went to start the car and I heard a loud boom and ran outside. I saw smoke, that black plastic thing is cracked. Now what do I do????

I have a 2003 SS Monte Carlo and I just had a new transmission installed because it was defected and i also have many electrical problems. I hope gm will at least cover my other car problems since i already put money out of my own pocket to fix a problem i did not cause.

i have had major problems with my 2003 SS Monte Carlo. I just had a new transmission installed because it was defected and i also have many electrical problems. I hope gm will at least cover my electrical problems since i already put money out of my own pocket to fix a problem i did not cause.

I too had this recently happen to me. I bought a 1998 Intrigue with the 3.8 V6 engine in it. Me and my wife had the car for about 3 months and had it looked at by a mechanic and eveything. The cars body and engine were flawless. So we were driving to get some food one day. We drove about 15 minutes approximately and when we went inside to eat, we heard someone on the intercom saying,”someone with a white intrigue outside, your car is on fire.” So we went to go check it out and sure enough, it was on fire and the fire dept was trying to put it out. I guess they caught it real fast but what the hell?! We were inside for 5 minutes and it catches fire. I called the mechanics where I took it to get it looked at before it caught fire and they said there’s nothing they can do. So I called the BBB and filed a claim and they instructed me to the Oldsmobile customer service rep. He then gave me a case number and took a whole report of the whole story and my info. He then said a GM parts consultant will contact me within 2 days to let me know if they can fix it. When I asked the rep what usually happens when someones car is damaged as a result of a recall? he said he didn’t know. I then told him,”shouldn’t you guys cover it because its a result of your recall?” He said he’s not sure because my car has more damage to it than just the engine. It burnt up a corner of my engine compartment and the cables that open the hood, the tires are now locked up, and the fire dept had to break the hood open because it was melted shut. I am waiting for the callback from Oldsmobile, they said should be no more than 2 days. I wanted to know if there’s a way I can sue them for the damages and the cost of a cab/bus since I have no car now.

I just had my car catch on fire today! I have 2003 Monte Carlo SS with the 3800 motor in it. I was putting oil into the engine, and the car wasn’t even running, and POOF, it caught on fire, luckily I caught it before it went too far, and it made it’s way down to the battery line and burned part of that up. It’s literally at the auto shop now, awaiting I don’t know how much money in repairs now……I didn’t even KNOW this recall had taken place, or I would have gone in to have it done. Is there any way I can get GM to reimburse the cost? Sad I never got a card, since I’m the original owner of the vehicle!!!!!!!

I know this is for the fire recall but can anyone heip with the POS passlock system. My 2003 Monte Carlo wont start. Problem started months ago. Last month while driving on a major highway with my children in the car my lights started going off and on. Not only did this scare us but it also caused several cars around us to pull off to the emergency lane. It was dusk and could have killed us. Im fed up. Took to local dealer and was told nothing showed up when hooked up to their computer. I want to by pass the security system. I dont care what the chances are of causing other problems, it wont start now. Chevorlet should step up and offer this information before someone gets killed. If anyone knows of a way to fix this cheap I would appreciate the information.I would take the POS to the junk yard but I still owe on the car and have a family to support. Thanks

AM LOOKING FOR ANY AND ALL OWNERS WHO HAVE HAD A TOTAL LOSS DUE TO ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE . INVOLVING CARS RECALL #09047 ASKING FOR ANY INFORMATION ON CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT AGAINST GENERAL MOTORS.

I AM LOOKING FOR ANY AND ALL OWNERS WHO HAVE HAD A TOTAL LOSS DUE TO ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE . INVOLVING CARS RECALL #09047 ASKING FOR ANY INFORMATION ON CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT AGAINST GENERAL MOTORS

i owned a 2001 Pontiac grand prix gtp that caught on fire in my garage . I lost everything in the garage and most of my belonging in the house. i have been searching for someone who knows what can be done about it. The kicker is i recieved a recall notice a week and a half after the fact!

I own a 2003 Chevy Impala, the air and heat do not work for the second time had it repaired before, but this time I’m going to do some research first. Also the vehicle shifts hard from 1st to 2nd and the accelaration is bad, but if I turn off the car and start driving again it runs pretty smooth until I stop at a light or something. I’m starting to notice a smell like the engine is overheating or something,but there are no indicators that the engine IS overheating.

I own a 2000 Chevy Impala that was listed under the latest recall for “Engine Compartment Fire”. The recall came out April 14, 2009. A few weeks prior to this recall my engine started missing. On April 12th I took my car to the dealership. After running a diagnostic test, they found I had a burnt plug wire towards the back next to the exhaust manifold. They put a new set of plug wires on and handed me a bill for $280.23. Just recently I submitted a re-imbursement claim to Chevrolet which was denied because they said this would be normal wear and tear due to the mileage of the vehicle. Now, if you read the cause of the recall and the solution to fix it, it does not add up. The cause being drops of oil upon hard breaking causing a fire and the solution to be ADDING ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS TO THE PLUG WIRES BRINGING THE WIRES OFF THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. The problem I had was a DIRECT cause of the solution that they are proposing.

Oh I forgot, the fan in the front of the engine, doesn’t shut off, it runs for 10 mins after I turn off my engine.

wow, there are alot of us with probs. I have a 2001 Monte Carlo SS. 3.8 liter 6 cylinder. I too have had engine and electrical probs. starting with the converter melting and replaced, to unusual electrical probs, such as lights working or not whenever they felt. power windows failing to function. AC again working or not. the heated seats are hotter some days than others. I am sure this vehicle is as they used to say “made on a Monday.” or it has a personality and hates life! perhaps some prozac is in order.

Well it is about my sons car. He purchased a 2000 Chevy Malibu with the 3.1 engine. Now for the bad news the intake started to leak with only having it only a week. Did I forget He is the poor struggling college student. THANK YOU GM (GOVERNMENT MOTORS) has a bad product and need to fix it.

my power steering light often comes on. and i cant steer my car. ihave a 2007 chevrolet cobalt. i seen on the internet as march 1 there is a recall. but where i brought the car, they say they did not receive no information on that. i guess i have to wait until something else go wrong with my car.

I have a 2004 Impala 3400 V6 with 122000 KM on it. The problem is the Dex Cool coolant as it eats away at the Gaskets and other plastic parts within the motor. GM HAS to know this is a HUGE Problem as everyone I have talked to from Mechanics to Oil Change guys all say that the Dex Cool Motors are the worst in terms of Head Gaskets and Intake Manifold Problems. Yet they say all they are going to do is change Spark Plug wires. Seriously is this what they think will fix the problem? They say todays cars are supposed to last longer than the cars of yesterday but yet it appears that they don’t make them like they used. GM needs to recall all cars that use Dex Cool and fix the Leaking problems of there Motors. This is an outrage and they wonder why people are not willing to buy domestic vehicles. i bought my car because it was made in Ontario and I wanted to support my domestic economy but now i have to fork over a huge chunk of money to fix a problem that GM knows about and has KNOWN about and it involves the coolant system and their use of Dex-Cool Coolant. So Small Claims or a North American wide Consumer lawsuit. Car companies need to understand that we are not bottomless pits of money to throw away at repairs that could have been prevented during the design process. If this is a known problem why has there not been a major recall to fix what is essentially a Coolant leak caused not only by the design but by the car manufactures insistence that Dex-cool is the coolant to use.

I arrived at work (high school) at 8:15 and no more than 10 minutes later smoke appeared from my car’s hood. I drive a 2002 Buick Regal, by the way. I never received a recall card and never really knew about the recall or this whole problem til searching online this morning. Flames starting dropping from under the car and then the whole hood burst into flames. The fire burned until the fire department arrived and finally put out the blaze. Needless to say, the entire front end of the car totally burned to a crisp. Now I need to see what I can do about this! I’m not holding out hope that I can hold GM accountable, but I will do what I must.

I HAD a 2000 Grand Prix GT that I purchaced brand new in 2000. I received a recall on my car for “9047 ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE” which I took the car to BILL DELORD AUTOCENTER in Lebanon OH on 12/18/09 to have what I thought was the recall repaired and check for any other recalls that I was not notified of. So exactly 60 days later my car caught fire in the engine compartment. It was a total loss and because GM doesn’t make a product they will stand behind I have no car and my insurance is now in subrogation with GM. I feel I that the goverment shouldn’t go into debt to save a company that doesn’t even beleive in their own products.

I have the 99 Chevy Lumina with the 3.1 L V6 engine that my grandmother bought new in 1999. It just rolled over to 100,000 miles and I have had nothing but problems with it. It started overheating and I was having to put coolant in it every day in order to be able to drive it. I would have to stop several times on my way to work to allow the car to cool down before adding more coolant in the resevoir and finishing my trip to work (normally a 15 min drive). I have spent a few thousands of dollars changing all the hoses, the thermostat (twice). several radiator flushes and cleanings, finally a complete intake manifold gasket change which meant taking the top of the engine apart to get to the gaskets. The mechanic that did the job informed me that this was not a permanent fix because the problem will come back. He has fixed 100’s of cars with the same engine. Is the problem caused by Dex-Cool anti-freeze that is suggested for these vehicles??? Is there a class action lawsuit pending for this problem. I did not get a recall notice and I am sure that my grandmother did not get one either, she is deceased….

We had the recommended recall service done, i.e., having two new spark plug wire retainers installed to our 2003 Impala and had our car catch fire after adding engine oil and accidentally spilling some on the manifold (after “add engine oil” warning light came on)! It appears that this recommended recall service is insufficient, and a car fire still can occur if engine oil gets on the heated manifold. Has anyone else experienced this misfortune as well?

2000 monte carlo passager door won’t open with or without the key had door panel off played with linkage and nothing don’t think it is elecritial

my 1 year old daughter had been out of my 2000 grand prix approximately 5 minutes when a neighbor knocked on my door while on the phone with 911 telling me that my car was dripping flames. my car continued to smoke and engulf in flames until the fire department came.

I have a 2000 Buick Regal and it caught on fire toady. I received the recall about a month ago and the dealership said that it had to order parts. I parked the car and about 20 mins. later it was starting to catch fire. this was at 4pm and at 11am i had the oil changed. I am wonder what to expect when i try to get either GM or the oil changing company to pay for the car that is now totaled. Thank you

i have a 2000 grand prix i had the recall fixed in july on sept 28 my car caught on fire.i keep getting its going to a different office even though the dealer came out to see my car took pics and said it was clearly the recall. still waiting.anyone get anything fixed after a fire?

I bought my 2002 Impala in 2002 and within a year I took it back more than 5 times for a starter grinding noise, the power window switch, the turn signals and my brakes would and still squeak even after replacing rotors and dics. about 6 months later my car started shaking really bad like it was going to stall, it had no power and the check engine came on.The coolant leaked out with no signs or anything of any leak and it got into the spark plugs and the manifold.The dealer said the the coolant flush was under warranty but i needed a motor flush, spark plugs replaced. a tune up and that is my responsibility to pay. I needed my car and I paid about $400 but i questioned the fact that it was coolant who caused the other problems but tjey would hear it. I have done the coolant flushes more than 6 times now, replaced the radiator, hoses, thermostat, sensor, and it still leaks. I have also replace the the steering shaft 3 times within the past 2 years, the fuel regulator, the water pump, fuel pump,harmonic balancer. Right now I have a small oil leak somewhere, a coolant again, amd just the other day my pressure hose for the power steering is leaking. My motor has a rough shift from 1 st to 2 nd randomely, motor does not have power when accelerating, my steering crankshft is rattling again, my lights dim and flash at random, sometimes it does not start up at the first try, my fana make a grinding noise when my ac turns on. If anyone can give me their input, any input on what I should do because I never received no recall card on any of the recalls that have been posted and I am the sole owner of this car( paid off last year).

Follow up to Charles W post…Get your Passlock fixed ASAP this happened on my 2003 Pontiac Grand Am, and it just locked out starting the car, I got stranded and had to tow it to a dealership. (The local garage couldn’t fix it.)

My mother bought a 1998 Olsmobile Intrigue, in 2005 it had 117,000 miles on it running in good condition and I say two years right after she finished paying for the vehicle the head gaskets were blown. Prior to this we had just went to get the vehicle serviced and everything was fine. A week later going down the road we heard a ticking noise and the car shut off, so we pulled on side of the road and then smoke begin to filled the inside of the car and I said, “Mom get out the car is onfire!” So we stood back on side of the road waiting for the smoke to die down and I pop the hood and I could smell oil, antifreeze, and a burning smell. The tow truck man came and he told us that head gaskets were blown. When they got the car to the shop and they began to inspect the engine they find that the spark plugs had melted inside the engine. They repaired the engine, they had to regrind spark plug holes because they were completely destroyed. So the car run greats for a year and it happens again so the engine was replaced with a warranty for six months. This car has done great so far up until now. Two weeks ago I decided not to drive my car because money was getting low and I am a College Student, so I get in the car to go to church, I start to look at all my gages and I noticed that my thermostat hand began to rise above it’s normal level so i started to get scared, like aw man not again, so I made it to church and let the car cool down. I got back in and looked at the temperature gage begin to go up this it was almost to the red, so I parked the vehicle for one more day and today 9/22/9 just to see what it was going to do I took a spin around the block and the car begin to smoke really bad from the engine. Now I need some answers from somebody because I have spent alomst $4000.00 on engine repairs, that almost the cost of the car of what my mom paid for.

I have a 2003 Impala. I bought this car new and started having problems with it when it was about a year old. I have had yhe manifold gasket replaced, the head gasket repalced about a year ago. My gas gauge does not work. This quit working about 6 months ago. My work has an Impala as a company car and they have had numerous problems with it including the speedometer not working. I think that these cars need recalled for several reasons. Again my wonderful chevy is overheating again. So I have to wonder how much will this cost me!!!!!! I will fix this problem again and trade it off for something other than a GM product. I was raised with Chevy vehicles but I am sorry I have to wonder why GM is in bankruptcy if everyone else is having these kind of problems why would we purchase thier products they want to blame the foreign car manufacturers but they need to look in the mirror and lay the blame!!!

I have a 2008 malibu has been in the shop 10 times in 2months chevy just resets codes everytime I go there and when I leave the parking lot the problem starts over again it has caused me vacation, ball games with my kids and time I don’t have to keep going to the chevy dealership. Can I give the car back???

I recently had an accident in my trailblazer I felt as if the brakes failed. Has anyone else had the same problem. After looking around I found there was a recall for a brake pipe. I am wondering if that may have caused the problem?

My 1998 Pontiac Grand Prix caught fire about 3 weeks after receiving the recall on July 21, 2009. I actually had planned to call the following Monday to schedule the appointment to remedy the the spark plug wire channel or retainers as stated in the recall. ESIS, the GM claims division, denied the claim stating that there is a 2 year statute of limitations from the date of original purchase, which was in 1997. This after 3 weeks of jumping through hoops they held before me.

i had a 1997 buick regal i found out about he recall and i went to the local gm dealer and they told me that they did not have the parts and they took down my telephone number and that they would call me back when the part came in this all took place in april. the never called me back. on july 24 that night my car caught on fire. i went thru calling gm and they sent me through different people. i called them back today which is august the 18th and they stated the statue of limitations had expired

I have a 2003 Impala that has majors problems with overheating. Last April I had the Intake Manifold Gasket repaired that cost $1015.00, but my car continues to over heat. The check ingine stay on and my car also stall out. My car won’t pass the emissions test so what am I suppose to do. GM needs to issue a recall!

my grand prix caught fire in the garage just minutes after my daughter and grand daughter got home from a funeral.. car, garage, and half the house burnt …. this all happened 4-5 days before the re-call was posted on yahoo.. now after all this bullshit allstate sent me a letter saying they would try and get my deductible back when they go after gm. for damages … ok that was 250.00 ..WOW G thanks thats awesome for me my wife and 4 kids to go through pure hell until my house gets put back together… but no hard fellings.. i replaced that grand prix with another g.m malibu they have the best cars!! just very unfortinant that somebody at gm tried to save cost and put a plastic spark plug holder in … instead of metal… see what trying to save money got them huh???

I received a letter from GM about the recall the only problem is my 2001 Monte is sitting in the backyard with the total front end burnt to a crisp. i guess they are a “day late and a dollar short” of fixing my issue. I am still waiting on feedback from my insurance agent who is supposedly trying to file claim against them. My car caught fire in the middle of 5 o’clock traffic one day after work in April a couple of days after I received a call from a family member asking me if I watched the news saying something about a GM recall including my car. I have been searching the internet since then trying to find out if I have any rights/claims against GM. My question is ,why did it take this long for them to report a recall that could be fatal to anyone who owns these model cars? In this tough economy somebody like me is being forced to purchase a new car and start all over again and lose out on all the money I have invested in the car such as a 2100.00 transmission job that was done 2 months before the fire. Should’nt they be held accountable for any of this.

Is anyone having problems with the air condition in their 2008 G6. There is an awful odor that smells when I have the vent open or ac on……… I’ved sprayed Lysol as instructed but no luck………… HELP>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>