Anyone here experienced with working on GrandAms?
06-11-2006, 12:07 PM
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Re: Anyone here experienced with working on GrandAms?
Originally Posted by mhorton
Then it hit 75k and became a money pit.
My mom's Lumina and my aunt's Grand Prix both started breaking down from 75-90k. Just random stupid crap started going
then my mom got a pimpin grand caravan with a 3.8 and my aunt got a dodge ram, no more problems for either of them 
06-11-2006, 12:22 PM
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Re: Anyone here experienced with working on GrandAms?
Originally Posted by mhorton
Its at about 90k now. Great, I guess that will be the next repair I have to do. I hate working on that car. People complaint about Hondas being hard to work on because they're so compact, but everything I've tried to do on this has been twice as hard. Just changing the spark plugs was an ordeal.
She bought this car new long before I met her (or I would have talked her out of it), I think the only problem she had under warranty was the transmission went out. Then it hit 75k and became a money pit. Started leaking tranny fluid, thermostat went bad, window crank stripped, power lock lever sticks, have to fix the AC twice, had a gas leak (injector? can't remember now), lock up solinoid went bad, water pump, motor mount, this is the 3rd round of the no-start problem...
Every time it breaks we have the same conversation... Its cheaper to fix this one problem for $200-300 than to buy another car, but I say thats true until the next thing breaks... But we always do wind up fixing it. When something major goes bad (IE, have to replace motor, tranny, etc) I will refuse to fix it.
She bought this car new long before I met her (or I would have talked her out of it), I think the only problem she had under warranty was the transmission went out. Then it hit 75k and became a money pit. Started leaking tranny fluid, thermostat went bad, window crank stripped, power lock lever sticks, have to fix the AC twice, had a gas leak (injector? can't remember now), lock up solinoid went bad, water pump, motor mount, this is the 3rd round of the no-start problem...
Every time it breaks we have the same conversation... Its cheaper to fix this one problem for $200-300 than to buy another car, but I say thats true until the next thing breaks... But we always do wind up fixing it. When something major goes bad (IE, have to replace motor, tranny, etc) I will refuse to fix it.
06-11-2006, 12:24 PM
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Re: Anyone here experienced with working on GrandAms?
thats some GM ---- for you. my coil packs are goin bad too, just replace the cam sensor and it still sets a code 41 so the coil packs are probalby causing this also when im at a dead stop and i nail the gas sometime the car will just die instantly. my olds has a 3800 with like 210k and still runs strong as hell!
06-11-2006, 12:39 PM
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Re: Anyone here experienced with working on GrandAms?
My pap is retarded with how much MPG he gets in his LeSabre, using A/C going from here to Mansfield Ohio (173 miles), going there and coming back he was still on that one tank and by the time he was done he got 32 mpg. I can't even get 32 mpg with my 1.6 Sentra 
06-11-2006, 12:51 PM
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Re: Anyone here experienced with working on GrandAms?
The 3800 is probably GM's best engine. It's definitely the only V6 that they have made that is worth a ----. The 4.3 is okay, but it's just a small block chey with 2 cylinders lopped off and a different crank.
It's definitely the only V6 that they have made that is worth a ----. The 4.3 is okay, but it's just a small block chey with 2 cylinders lopped off and a different crank.
06-11-2006, 12:53 PM
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Re: Anyone here experienced with working on GrandAms?
Originally Posted by SinisterCRX
My pap is retarded with how much MPG he gets in his LeSabre, using A/C going from here to Mansfield Ohio (173 miles), going there and coming back he was still on that one tank and by the time he was done he got 32 mpg. I can't even get 32 mpg with my 1.6 Sentra
06-11-2006, 12:54 PM
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Re: Anyone here experienced with working on GrandAms?
my gas milegage is ok im not really sure what avg. this is my first domestic car(v6) i get like 220 from a full tank. i just charged the a/c a few days ago and converted to R134 i must say this bitch is like a freezer inside! i never had a/c on any of my dd's so you'll have to excuse me lol
