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ataniell93 & billroper
ataniell93 & billroperMay. 23rd, 2009
Car Repair
May. 23rd, 2009 02:38 pmA week and a half ago I saw a news story about a car fire that severely damaged an apartment building in Plymouth, MN. The broadcast story I heard mentioned that the owner of the car had known it was recalled for two days.
Wednesday, I got a recall letter for my Pontiac Grand Am - the same recall that the car in the news story was involved in. We got it in to the dealer we bought it from on Friday, and had it back in 25 minutes. The dealer told us that they were doing a lot of that specific fix - it seems that there are a number of apartment complexes telling tenants 'you can't park in your garage until you've had the fix put in'. (Gee, I wonder why!?)
The problem is that a specific oil leak can be directed towards the exhaust manifold by the spark plug wires. Oil + Hot Exhaust Manifold = Fire. This is exacerbated if you brake hard. How many people who buy a Grand Am or a Grand Prix are going to be driving with jack-rabbit starts and brake-at-the-last-second?
Wednesday, I got a recall letter for my Pontiac Grand Am - the same recall that the car in the news story was involved in. We got it in to the dealer we bought it from on Friday, and had it back in 25 minutes. The dealer told us that they were doing a lot of that specific fix - it seems that there are a number of apartment complexes telling tenants 'you can't park in your garage until you've had the fix put in'. (Gee, I wonder why!?)
The problem is that a specific oil leak can be directed towards the exhaust manifold by the spark plug wires. Oil + Hot Exhaust Manifold = Fire. This is exacerbated if you brake hard. How many people who buy a Grand Am or a Grand Prix are going to be driving with jack-rabbit starts and brake-at-the-last-second?
