1999 Chevrolet Lumina Engine cooling Problems

“My 1999 lumnia, at 28,000 miles developed a coolant leak around the intake gasket and head gasket. Was small but dealer replaced the battery, then a week later the alternator, at 38,000 the coolant leak was very noticeble. $$$ to replace gaskets when I was told the manufactuer knew of the bad gaskets used in its manufactureing.”

“Leaking intake manifold gasket on 3.1 v-6, 1999 Chevrolet Lumina, 54k mileage. Dealer estimates $1000 to repair. Internet sites list many cars with same problem. Gm needs to address this problem. Complete engine failure will be the result if I don't fix it - but why should I pay when Chevrolet didn't do their engineering correct on the gasket and coolant. Ts”

“(1) our '99 Lumina had an intake gasket failure and a water pump failure which I was told is due to a design failure of the gasket (2) thankfully we found the problem soon and the engine wasn't effected (3) the shop replaced the intake gasket set, water pump, replaced coolant and seals at a cost of $795.13.”

“I began having problems with my car overheating. I changed the thermostat and all the radiator hoses in order to fix the problem. Thinking that this corrected the problem because my mechanic could not find a leak I continued to drive the car. It was not until I had to start using the heater in oct 09 when the problem recurred. I then used radiator flush and cleaner and still my mechanic was unable to find the leak. I was having to put antifreeze in the car several times in order to make it to work (usually a 15 min drive). …”

“Gm safety recall complaint: I backed out of my driveway drove about half a block and smelled smoke; returned home, parked and saw smoke coming from under the hood. Raised hood and found engine own fire in small flames. I proceeded to pour a small bucket of water on the fire and it went out. Coincidentally, I had just received safety recall notice 09047 from GM the same day, stating that the car could catch fire starting with the spark plug wires channel and beyond. I contacted the closest dealer robbins Chevrolet and who told me to call GM because the car had already caught on fire. …”