Faults:
90,000 replaced head gasket.
115,000 had to replace the whole engine.
116,000 had to replace the transmission.
These are the major repairs we won't even get into - the water pump, and the brakes issues.
Right now the car has 140,000 miles on it and it hesitates after you start driving it, have had 15 different mechanics look at it, NO SOLUTION YET!
Car has been nothing but a money pit, thank goodness I finally have it paid off and can pass it off to some poor unknowing car buyer.
Would never recommend any kind of Pontiac to anyone! I believe I will go foreign next time. Every mechanic knows that Pontiac has a head gasket problem on the quad four, but yet nobody goes after them, no recall and everybody complains about this same problem, and yet Pontiac says they are not aware of any kind of a problem on this motor. I guess they are happy making their money off all of the replacement parts they are selling.
Probably the least reliable car I have ever owned!
22nd Aug 2001, 16:48
Good luck... my 93 Grand Am SE 2.3 liter was running great... until I hit 100 thousand miles...
I replaced all three motor mounts, totalling about $350, new struts, new cat. converter, now the rotors are torn up and need to be replaced.
Who knows what else is in store for me... oh yeah - new bushings and bearings in the front... not to mention, even after replacing all three mounts - the transmission mount, top motor mount and the strut mount, my engine is STILL flopping around under the hood... that I believe is a bad mechanic problem or mis-diagnosis, but I am warning you - be careful... I loved my GA until it hit 100 thousand miles, and then it all went to hell.