More GM Truck Quality Problems per State of Calif
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More GM Truck Quality Problems per State of Calif
More bad news for GM.....
The State of California has forced GM to extend the warranty on 3/4 Million "Trouble Prone" 1996-2001 trucks and SUVs. It is expected it will cost GM $100 MILLION dollars.
Ouch, imagine once the other states become involved.
"California requires General Motors warranty extension
February 12, 2003
By DON THOMPSON
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SACRAMENTO -- California regulators said Tuesday they are requiring General Motors Corp. to extend its fuel injector warranty coverage on about 700,000 light- and medium-duty sport utility vehicles, trucks and vans dating from the 1996 model year. " through model year 2001.
"The Air Resources Board described GM's Sequential Central Port Injector (SCPI) fuel system as "trouble-prone," and said malfunctions may prompt "Service Engine Soon" dashboard warning lights, misfires, rough idles, and starting problems. The problems stem from deposit accumulations that may cause poppet valves to stick and fail, the board said. "
"Malfunctioning fuel injection systems can cause significant increases in air pollution," the board's executive officer, Catherine Witherspoon, said in announcing the decision.
The system was installed on GM sport utility vehicles, pickup trucks and vans with 4.3L, 5.0L, and 5.7 liter engines.
GM agreed to extend the warranty in December, but asked that a public announcement be delayed until it corrected a production problem on a new fuel injection system called Multiport Flexible Injection.
The company will clean the fuel injection system the first time there is a problem and replace it with the new system if it fails a second time. It also will reimburse owners who paid for repairs.
The air board put GM's cleaning cost at $115 per vehicle and replacement cost at $350.
The board said GM agreed to extend the original three-year, 50,000 mile warranty four years ago when problems with the fuel injectors were first brought to its attention. At that time, the company agreed to provide cleaning, but not replacement, for 10 years or 100,000 miles.
The State of California has forced GM to extend the warranty on 3/4 Million "Trouble Prone" 1996-2001 trucks and SUVs. It is expected it will cost GM $100 MILLION dollars.
Ouch, imagine once the other states become involved.
"California requires General Motors warranty extension
February 12, 2003
By DON THOMPSON
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SACRAMENTO -- California regulators said Tuesday they are requiring General Motors Corp. to extend its fuel injector warranty coverage on about 700,000 light- and medium-duty sport utility vehicles, trucks and vans dating from the 1996 model year. " through model year 2001.
"The Air Resources Board described GM's Sequential Central Port Injector (SCPI) fuel system as "trouble-prone," and said malfunctions may prompt "Service Engine Soon" dashboard warning lights, misfires, rough idles, and starting problems. The problems stem from deposit accumulations that may cause poppet valves to stick and fail, the board said. "
"Malfunctioning fuel injection systems can cause significant increases in air pollution," the board's executive officer, Catherine Witherspoon, said in announcing the decision.
The system was installed on GM sport utility vehicles, pickup trucks and vans with 4.3L, 5.0L, and 5.7 liter engines.
GM agreed to extend the warranty in December, but asked that a public announcement be delayed until it corrected a production problem on a new fuel injection system called Multiport Flexible Injection.
The company will clean the fuel injection system the first time there is a problem and replace it with the new system if it fails a second time. It also will reimburse owners who paid for repairs.
The air board put GM's cleaning cost at $115 per vehicle and replacement cost at $350.
The board said GM agreed to extend the original three-year, 50,000 mile warranty four years ago when problems with the fuel injectors were first brought to its attention. At that time, the company agreed to provide cleaning, but not replacement, for 10 years or 100,000 miles.
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Sounds like good news for GM truck/SUV owners. Hopefully they'll reinburse the thousands people thats had their vehical repair'd out of warranty over the years. That central port fuel injection system is one of the junkiest fuel injection setup to ever be used!
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Interesting to read this...
I had a 1997 Blazer several years ago and got rid of it due to several reasons... major reasons. One of which was the fuel system...
My Blazer would only read from full to one-half tank on the fuel guage. This, of course, made it difficult to realize exactly how much fuel you actually had in your tank. I began to rely on the odometer for all 'fuel status' worries and ran out of fuel once on the side of a city street.
I took the vehicle to be fixed repeatedly for this problem. The local Chevrolet dealer COULD NOT isolate this problem and never corrected it.
The same vehicle also had 4wd problems. You would be travelling down the highway at 65+ mph and it would randomly, on it's own, fall into 4-HI and/or 4-LO. Talk about freaking out. Pegging the redline became a common habit on this piece of junk. Not to mention, it would nearly throw you through the windshield when it fell into 4wd at 70mph.
Odd that I'm driving a Ford now isn't it?
RP
I had a 1997 Blazer several years ago and got rid of it due to several reasons... major reasons. One of which was the fuel system...
My Blazer would only read from full to one-half tank on the fuel guage. This, of course, made it difficult to realize exactly how much fuel you actually had in your tank. I began to rely on the odometer for all 'fuel status' worries and ran out of fuel once on the side of a city street.
I took the vehicle to be fixed repeatedly for this problem. The local Chevrolet dealer COULD NOT isolate this problem and never corrected it.
The same vehicle also had 4wd problems. You would be travelling down the highway at 65+ mph and it would randomly, on it's own, fall into 4-HI and/or 4-LO. Talk about freaking out. Pegging the redline became a common habit on this piece of junk. Not to mention, it would nearly throw you through the windshield when it fell into 4wd at 70mph.
Odd that I'm driving a Ford now isn't it?
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Issues with the 1997 Chevy Blazer
RockPick,
I know this is a Ford, and not a Chevy board, but since you brought it up, I was wondering if you had any problems wiht your transmission on your Blazer. My dad used to have a 1997 Blazer and went through 4 transmissions with problems starting 2 days before the warranty ran out (because of this Chevy paid all the bills which was good). I heard that Chevy may have put some plastic parts where it should ahve been metal in the tranny's, so this caused some problems with people's blazers. Just wondering if you have had problems with your transmission on yoru blazer.
I know this is a Ford, and not a Chevy board, but since you brought it up, I was wondering if you had any problems wiht your transmission on your Blazer. My dad used to have a 1997 Blazer and went through 4 transmissions with problems starting 2 days before the warranty ran out (because of this Chevy paid all the bills which was good). I heard that Chevy may have put some plastic parts where it should ahve been metal in the tranny's, so this caused some problems with people's blazers. Just wondering if you have had problems with your transmission on yoru blazer.
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Greenbuck,
I never had a tranny go out but, I certainly heard from several people with problems of that nature. I posted a complaint on www.thecomplaintstation.com and, to this day, I get responses from folks with the EXACT SAME problems that I mentioned above.
It's an obvious problem. I contacted GM about the issue on three occasions and I was told that there was no known issue and that they couldn't help me. Hell, if anything, I had two MAJOR safety issues. It's simply amazing that I didn't run out of fuel on more than one occasion not to mention still had a transmission after the numerous times of it falling into 4wd on it's own. That thing was a total lemon. Hence, I only had it for 4 months before trading it in on a 98 Explorer XLT.
RP
I never had a tranny go out but, I certainly heard from several people with problems of that nature. I posted a complaint on www.thecomplaintstation.com and, to this day, I get responses from folks with the EXACT SAME problems that I mentioned above.
It's an obvious problem. I contacted GM about the issue on three occasions and I was told that there was no known issue and that they couldn't help me. Hell, if anything, I had two MAJOR safety issues. It's simply amazing that I didn't run out of fuel on more than one occasion not to mention still had a transmission after the numerous times of it falling into 4wd on it's own. That thing was a total lemon. Hence, I only had it for 4 months before trading it in on a 98 Explorer XLT.
RP