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Pontiac 6000 Engine problems by year

6 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Pontiac 6000's engine & cooling. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.

Engine complaints by model year

YearEngine complaintsCrashesInjuriesRecalls
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Latest 6000 engine complaints

1991 Pontiac 6000Engine & cooling

While driving vehicle stalled. Consumer restarted the vehicle, and pulled over. Consumer had the vehicle towed to the dealer for inspection, and mechanic could not duplicate the problem. *Ak

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 10076219
1988 Pontiac 6000Engine & cooling

The head gaskets seals will not tighten up so water gets in the oil and now the car will not run. Please describe. Tt

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 968870
1986 Pontiac 6000Engine & coolingFire

Vehicle fire due to engine overheating and leaking anti-freeze onto hot engine. (Ohio state police report). *Ak

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 484827

Source: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) complaints and recalls, checked daily. Complaints are owners' own reports and are not verified. How we use the data

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