I recently had to replace my intake manifold for my car in July, and just today I had to take my car to the mechanic because he said that the rear intake manifold was cracked and had to be replaced. He stated that Grand Prix were built with plastic intake manifolds.

- San Diego, CA, USA

Intake manifold leaking.

- Parma, OH, USA

The contact owns a 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix. An hour after the vehicle was parked, it caught fire in the contact's driveway. Prior to the fire, she received an important safety notice stating that a recall was about to be issued to prevent the vehicle from catching fire in the engine compartment. The dealer did not have the parts for the repair and the manufacturer would not assist. The fire department made the contact tow the vehicle from the residence because they believed it could catch fire again. A police report was filed. The failure and current mileages were 110,000.

- Troy, NY, USA

The contact owns a 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix. While being parked in the contact's driveway for two hours, the vehicle burst into flames. The fire originated under the hood and the fire department extinguished the fire. A police report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed and towed to a body shop, but it will not be repaired. The failure mileage was 80,000.

- Great Falls, SC, USA

Recurring burning oil smell and oil leak on my 2002 Pontiac gtp Grand Prix. @ different dealers have had the vehicle to fix it multiple time and at a cost of more then $1600 dollars. Only the have the repair fall under a recall after which they wont refund my money. Additionally the car still have a oil leak and burning oil smell. These are the symptoms for the engine fires that consumers are experiencing with this engine. I cant even sell the car, no one wants it due to the nature of the problem. I'm reading dozens of similar situations even some homes being damaged from fire resulting from the engine fire after you turn the car off.

- Islip, NY, USA

The contact owns a 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix. The contact detected smoke after the vehicle had been parked in the garage for approximately twenty minutes. The front end of the vehicle caught fire. The vehicle and another vehicle were destroyed. The kitchen was also destroyed and smoke filled the house. A fire report was filed. NHTSA closed investigation number PE07006 (engine and engine cooling) was referenced. The current and failure mileages were 75,000. Updated 03/26/08.

- Waterloo, IA, USA

The contact owns a 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix. While the vehicle was parked, the engine caught fire. The vehicle had just been driven a short amount of time before the fire occurred. The fire department extinguished the fire and filed a report. The contact discovered that EA07008 was the exact failure that occurred to his vehicle. The manufacturer and dealer have not been notified. The VIN was unknown. The current and failure mileages were 98,000.

- Louisville, KY, USA

2002 Grand Prix GT leaks coolant at upper intake manifold. Vehicle only has 31,000 miles. Upper intake manifold gasket failed thus allowing coolant to leak inside and on top of the engine. The upper intake manifold gasket had to be replaced and the engine cooling system flushed for any contaminants. GM technician indicated that the gasket was replaced with a newly designed gasket. This is a known problem by General Motors (NHTSA 10006144) and their solution in 2003 was to add coolant pellets and to change the nuts on throttle body. In my opinion, if there was damage to the gasket before the recall, the coolants pellets would have only prolonged the time it took for the gasket to totally fail. Thus forcing the customer to pay to fix a known defect since the car is was no longer under the manufacturer's warranty.

- Albuquerque, NM, USA