Thread: Common Problems?

hmm any problem left alone too long can lead to further damage. from my years of driving gp's i find that if you fix one problem as soon as you recognize it you'll be fine... my daily driver doesnt give me any headache at all, and ive had it 35k now. i JUST did spark plugs and wires on it the other day and i just keep up on checking the fluids. The cars can be tanks if maintained properly

LIM gaskets, MAF sensors, Crank Sensor, coolant elbows....but this doesnt mean it will be on your car. It all depends on how well it was taken care of before you bought it. Many of these go to 200k or more, but some have problems at 50k. It depends on maintenance, driving style, and many more details. I think almost any car that is 10 yrs old with over 100k could possibly have several issues go within a short period of time, then again it could go 200k with no issues. you can never pinpoint a specific age or mileage on any vehicle.

The 3100 is known for head gasket issues...I'd say if you are ever seeing a small increase in engine temps and low coolant...I'd get them changed

on the 3100 yes head gaskets and the LIM gasket.

i bought my 01 GT in november of 08. i havent even been paying on it for a year, and heres a list of things ive had to replace on it

ABS wiring harness
Upper Intake plenum
rear main seal plate gasket
both CV shafts
both front bearings
new shocks/struts ALL the way around
new brakes all the way around
belt tensioner
power window motor/regulator
control arm bushing

and right now its making a sound that i think is a bad ball joint

those are just some of things that i can think of off the top of my head right now. also, none of those were repalced cuz i "wanted" it done, everyone of those repairs needed to be done. ive put more money worth of repairs in this car then what the car loan is for, and im not even 25% into the loan. personally, ill never be buying one of these piles again

edit: i wanted to add, just to let everyone know, dont buy a car based on a CARFAX report or anything like that. my car has a 100% perfect CARFAX history report. needless to say, it was nowhere near perfect

[QUOTE=Jakegday;244765]i bought my 01 GT in november of 08. i havent even been paying on it for a year, and heres a list of things ive had to replace on it

ABS wiring harness
Upper Intake plenum
rear main seal plate gasket
both CV shafts
both front bearings
new shocks/struts ALL the way around
new brakes all the way around
belt tensioner
power window motor/regulator
control arm bushing

and right now its making a sound that i think is a bad ball joint

those are just some of things that i can think of off the top of my head right now. also, none of those were repalced cuz i "wanted" it done, everyone of those repairs needed to be done. ive put more money worth of repairs in this car then what the car loan is for, and im not even 25% into the loan. personally, ill never be buying one of these piles again

edit: i wanted to add, just to let everyone know, dont buy a car based on a CARFAX report or anything like that. my car has a 100% pe

what?

I dont know what happened there. It did not look like that when I posted it....?
I was saying how you should have looked your car over better before you bought it as I find it hard to believe all of that stuff failed after you bought it. If you didnt know what to look for you should have taken it to someone to look it over with you before you bought it. The guy who owned it before you obviously did not take care of it at all or perform any maintenance on it. I understand a couple of things you could have overlooked but all of that? Plus carfax is onely useful for when people get in reported accidents or have a change in the status of their title from original form. Kind of like dealerships too.....they can only see the info of work done from other GM dealerships. Unless someone takes the car to GM to have the work and maintenance done on it for everything big or small, you will never know the true history of a vehicle.

Originally Posted by Liquifire

I was saying how you should have looked your car over better before you bought it as I find it hard to believe all of that stuff failed after you bought it. If you didnt know what to look for you should have taken it to someone to look it over with you before you bought it.

lol, now what would make you think that? i bought it from a used car lot that i bought my last car from. my last car was pretty much problem free the 4 years i owned it, and ive also heard good things about the place throughout the years. But yes, as you said, i will NEVER buy a used car again without having my shop look at it. not after this

it sucks because they are not going to tell you if there are things wrong most of the time, and they arent going to just replace a bunch of stuff even if they do find it because there goes their profit. Unfortunately they probably didnt look it over that closely either. It is too bad, you can only trust yourself or an independant if you want it done thoroughly or correctly.