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2000 Pontiac Firebird Engine problems

Owners have filed 7 complaints about the 2000 Pontiac Firebird's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 18% of all its complaints, most recently on November 17, 2007. They describe 0 crashes, 2 fires and 0 injuries. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.

Complaints
7
Recalls
0
Crashes
0
Fires
2
Injuries
0
Deaths
0

Engine complaints

Engine & coolingFire

The supercharger in my 2000 pontiac grand prix gtp caught fire caused an engine fire while I was driving in slow, heavy traffic. *Tr

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 10209239
Engine & coolingFire

Tl*the contact owns a 2000 pontiac grand prix. While driving 10 mph, the contact noticed smoke rising from underneath the hood. He managed to pull over and exit the vehicle before it burst into flames. There were no warning indicator lights present and no previous failures. The vehicle was driven for thirty minutes before the fire began. The vehicle was towed and has not been inspected by the dealer. The purchase date was unknown. The current and failure mileages were 77,284.

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 10197632
Engine & cooling

2000 Pontiac firebird had a faulty intake manifold gasket. *Kb the consumer stated he had to pay for 3 separate repairs. *Jb

Filed Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 10164748
Engine & cooling

Low coolant light keeps coming on at different times. I have had the coolant system flushed on 2-26-05 and sensors cleaned, and was told by the service center that the dexcool poses a problem in the gm cars. They said that it makes the sensors stick and result in the light coming on for no reason. Just this week the low coolant light is back on. Gm will not recall this, and I was told by the dealership that the dexcool may leak into the engine and cause the engine to have to be replaced due to the engine blowing up. *Ak

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 10116838
Engine & cooling

Recently my low coolant light has been coming on in my 2000 grand am gt (3.4 Liter). I added coolant to the tank because it was low, but was curious as to why I haven't seen any puddles forming underneath my car. All was fine till a few weeks later my low coolant light came on again. I looked at the tank and it was low again, but no signs of where the coolant was going. So, I went online to see if anyone else had a similar problem. As it turns out, many people have had their intake manifold gaskets go bad at fairly...

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low mileage, resulting in coolant leaking into the oil. Sure enough I took off the oil cap and discovered a milky residue inside where the oil was. Even my coolant tank had some of this in it. I had just changed the oil a month prior and saw no signs of it, so it obviously just occurred. I'm just shocked that my car has around 50,000 miles on it and something like this is happening to where it could literally destroy my engine. I am taking it in for repairs in a few days before it gets worse, estimated around $500. Pretty much the gasket is going to have to be replaced, along with flushing the coolant system and cleaning the oil. I'm just amazed at how many complaints I've seen online and that gm hasn't issued a recall for it.*Ak

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 10103978
Engine & cooling

My wife (donna)on her way to work (5:30 am), while driving up a mountain road at 35 mph, the engine just quit with no indications. My wife called me at my work # and I told her to start the car (if it would start) and drive slowly to the dealer 60 miles away. At about 6:10 am she called me again because the car just quit again and she was able to guide the car off the freeway hwy 58 and park. She was very upset and scared by now and she called the gm roadside emergency # on the car window and waited. The tow...

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service towed the car to rally chevrolet the dealer where we bought car. The dealer kept the car for 2 days and was unable to find what caused the car to quit. They replaced the gas line filter in hopes this would cure the problem. I think the problem is still in the cars computer control module. We are both afraid to drive the car because it may quit again while driving the freeways or trying to pass on a 2 lane road or any circumstances. *Ak

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 753977
Engine & cooling

Vehicle experiencing a problem with stalling from 45 -75 mp. Always while driving. Vehicle been in / out of dealer shop on three occasions and problem still reoccurring. Please feel free to provide any further details. *Ak

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 869294

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