1992 Oldsmobile Achieva Engine cooling Problems

“When the vehicle came to a stop, strong gas fumes came through the vents. The smell worsened per consumer. The mechanic tightened the ground to the computer, checked for exhaust leaks and found none. There were cracks in the flange at the exhaust manifold which was replaced. There was an intermittent problem with the headlights, the wipers did not work, the automatic door lock were inoperative as well, and noise occurred when the A/C was in use. There were a number of repairs that the vehicle required. …”

“After the purchase of my car, I was issued a recall on the engine for cracked cylinder head and coolant loss. Thomas motor cars did the work on the car and now about 2 years later I am having the same problems with coolant loss and head gaskets. Is there any thing that I can do to help get this problem resolved.”

“I tried to start my car to go to work on 3/12/01 and I immediately noticed a problem. I appeared to work fine the day before. The car did start but immediately it started to poor smoke out the exaust pipe. I also noticed the smell of anti-freeze. I drove it approximately 1/2 mile to my normal service station where it was diagnosed as a blown cylinder head gasket. After receiving this information I contacted the dealer where we purchased the car (regency Oldsmobile) and they told me the car did not meet the critria because of its age. …”

“This venicle has started to overheat after going short distances. I have had it serviced twice with in the last four (4) months. The fisrt time 8/24/99 and the problem was due to engine overheating. I had the valve cover gasket and timing cover replaced fro a total cost of $692.10. The second occurence was due to engine overheating as well. On this ocassion the head had to replaced due to a crack on the alu. Head. The mechanic informed me that it was difficult to find a replacement head because all of the ones he could find all had the same failure in the same general area. …”

“While driving vehicle will stall, and will take about 10 minutes to restart. Cause unknown. Ignition module failed, brake sensor failed, steering wheel broke and will not stay in place, hood cable broke, starter failed, radiator cracked, fuses continue to blow and the gear shift button broke.”