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markov - 22 Jul 2004 05:55 GMT

I just bought a 03 grand Am V6. I have been reading a lot of bad things
about the V6. I don't know what to expect from it. Any ideas.............

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shiden_Kai - 23 Jul 2004 02:58 GMT

> I just bought a 03 grand Am V6. I have been reading a lot of bad
> things about the V6. I don't know what to expect from it. Any
> ideas.............

Always keep a close eye on your coolant level. Change
your oil regularly....at least every 3000 miles or 3 months.
Eventually you will have to change the intake manifold
gasket. I wouldn't worry too much about it as GM has
basically extended the warranty on the intake manifold
gaskets to 5 year/100,000 kilometres in most cases.

Ian

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markov - 25 Jul 2004 17:05 GMT

where do i find more information about the extended warranty

> > I just bought a 03 grand Am V6. I have been reading a lot of bad
> > things about the V6. I don't know what to expect from it. Any
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> Ian

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shiden_Kai - 25 Jul 2004 21:50 GMT

> where do i find more information about the extended warranty

There is not real info on the extended warranty. It's what
you might term one of those "hidden" good will warranties
that GM just does when they finally realize that a particular
product is so defective that they better ante up the money
to fix the thing, even after the warranty is up.

But trust me, it's there.

Ian

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Muhammed Mustafo Goldstein Jr - 03 Dec 2005 20:26 GMT

> I just bought a 03 grand Am V6. I have been reading a lot of bad things
> about the V6. I don't know what to expect from it. Any ideas.............

The 03 Grand Am v6 engine will give you nothing but problems, it will burn
oil, leak water and many end up catching on fire at about 50k miles. Expect
many failures......
Ha haa.ha... I am just kidding, overal its a very dependable engine, the
only problems are the intake gasket failures expected between 50k-100k
miles. I have 97 GA 3.1 probably the most dependable car I have owned except
for the gasket failure. Currently have about 126k miles and running clean
and strong. But that gasket failuere cost about $800 to fix and is just a
bad design that GM has ignored for years making the customer pickup the tab
year end and year out.

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