GM agrees to settle class-action lawsuits
The Associated Press
Published Friday, March 28, 2008 at 12:24 p.m. CDT <mcc story=""> </mcc> KANSAS CITY, Mo. — General Motors Corp. has agreed to settle a series of class-action lawsuits claiming a faulty engine coolant damaged thousands of customer vehicles. <script type="text/javascript">OAS_AD("Middle1");</script><script language="JavaScript1.1"> <!-- var TFSMFlash_VERSION=6; var TFSMFlash_WMODE="window"; var TFSMFlash_OASCLICK="http://ads.cjonline.com/RealMedia/ads/click_lx.ads/www.cjonline.com/news/latest/index.html/967594093/Middle1/MD_Topka/pip_AllenCC_March08-17-30/I000619.html/61356339613262623437396633666630?http://www.allencc.edu/"; var TFSMFlash_SWFCLICKVARIABLE="?clickTAG=http://ads.cjonline.com/RealMedia/ads/click_lx.ads/www.cjonline.com/news/latest/index.html/967594093/Middle1/MD_Topka/pip_AllenCC_March08-17-30/I000619.html/61356339613262623437396633666630?http://www.allencc.edu/"; var TFSMFlash_SWFFILE="http://a248.e.akamai.net/7/800/14845/1205769670/oasc04.247realmedia.com/RealMedia/ads/Creatives/MD_Topka/pip_AllenCC_March08-17-30/AllenAd12final.swf"+TFSMFlash_SWFCLICKVARIABLE; var TFSMFlash_IMAGEALTERNATE="http://a248.e.akamai.net/7/800/14845/1205769670/oasc04.247realmedia.com/RealMedia/ads/Creatives/MD_Topka/pip_AllenCC_March08-17-30/070824pip_AllenCo.gif"; var TFSMFlash_OASALTTEXT="Allen Community College: Enroll Now"; var TFSMFlash_OASTARGET="_blank"; var TFSMFlash_OASPROTOCOL="http://"; var TFSMFlash_OASDIM="WIDTH='300' HEIGHT='250'"; var TFSMFlash_OASADID="ad_banner"; document.write('<scr'+'ipt src="http://a248.e.akamai.net/7/800/14845/1205769670/oasc04.247realmedia.com/RealMedia/ads/Creatives/MD_Topka/pip_AllenCC_March08-17-30/TFSMFlashWrapper201.js"></scr'+'ipt>'); --> </script><script src="http://a248.e.akamai.net/7/800/14845/1205769670/oasc04.247realmedia.com/RealMedia/ads/Creatives/MD_Topka/pip_AllenCC_March08-17-30/TFSMFlashWrapper201.js"></script><object classid="clsid<img src=" images="" smilies="" big-grin.gif="" alt="" title="1grin" smilieid="76" class="inlineimg" border="0"></object>Under the settlement, GM would reimburse class members between $50 and $800 for repairs linked to Dex-Cool, an orange coolant that GM included in cars and trucks beginning in 1995. The total cost to GM will depend on the number of customers claiming damages, but the plaintiffs’ attorneys estimate the settlement could cover up to 20 million initial and secondary buyers of GM vehicles that used Dex-Cool. They also say the price tag could reach the hundreds of millions of dollars. A California state court gave preliminary approval to the settlement last week and a Missouri court plans to consider it today.<object classid="CLSID<img src=" images="" smilies="" big-grin.gif="" alt="" title="1grin" smilieid="76" class="inlineimg" border="0"> </object> |
I had a 1998 Pontiac Transport (Montana) with problems because of this Dexcool crap. Spent at least $3000 to get the whole bottom half of my engine redone due to the damages caused by that stuff. GM can burn in Hell for all I care!! :cuss: So glad I got rid of that headache.
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My intake gaskets need to be replaced as we speak. I was thinking about trading it in, I guess I'll get it done if GM pays part of the bill.
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wtf is dexcool anyway my 1992 beretta gt had regular coolant, none of this dexcool bullsheeeet
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Rexcjake in 3....2......1.....
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Anyhoo, he said that Dex-cool was supposed to be a 100,000 mile antifreeze. The problem is that it is corrosive. Over time, it eats gaskets, hoses, etc. That is what happened to mine. If the intake manifold gasket is breached, the antifreeze gets into your engine oil. That is very, very bad. BTW, before I even knew how much damaged, I had taken the vehicle in to another mechanic I knew. He told me the same thing about Dex-cool. It is corrosive and eats hoses, gaskets, etc. After I had my cousin do the bottom engine rebuild, I had the system power flushed(at my cousin's suggestion) and filled with the old polypropyl (the regular green antifreeze) stuff. |
And the death spiral continues...
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Back then?? Its still that way isnt it??? ROFL |
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Man, I need to find out if I'm going to get paid. I filled out some paperwork awhile back, but I have never heard anything.
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GM screams cheap. |
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What's a little corrosion between friends? |
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