I was recently driving my 06 2.2l balt lt (auto) around town and heard a water sloshing noise from behind my glove box. There is no leak inside the car!! When I took it to the dealer they told me it might be an air bubble in the radiator, well they tried for days to try and fix it but it was still there. They then realized that my head gasket was blown!!! My balt has just 12,056 miles on it, can this happen already? I do drive it hard, but should that happen so quickly? I did notice one day a few months ago, that the engine coolant level was at 300. Drove on that temp for 'bout ten minutes, could that have started this???(Had to have radiator replaced)

 

you drove it with engine coolant at 300? .... yah.. that could cause some problems.

 

300?


Ouch.

 

wow 300 degree coolant temps. warranty ftw. just dont say anything about driving for 10 minutes with coolant temps at 300 degrees

 

it is down at the dealer now, I think they want insurance to do it for them???

The 300 was from the radiator being hit on a rock or something at night, i should have stopped, but kept driving then noticed coolant

 

300!?!??! did any type of warning come up to tell you it was scorching hot!?!?

and yea, warranty FTW!

 

no warning, car was screwed though.... needed a lot of work.....very expensive

 

unless this was the result of an accident (possible reason for radiator replacement) this is going to labeled as a warranty issue or a case of dealership claiming owner abuse. No insurance company will pay for a head gasket for no good reason

 

has been at the dealer since last tuesday...... they have been giving me alignments every week for last 6 weeks........it goes to the left all of the time????? i do have aftermarket wheels and tires they blame them, but i am going to put my original ones on it and make them fix it right.........

my dealer hates me, i am there at least one time a week to get something fixed though....... my car is a lemon, i know!!

 

i dont see why they wont fix it over tires, and they still havent figured out the problem with it hitting 300*F?

 

my dealer swears i hate my car, but i don't this month.

i want my balt back!!!

btw. they had to replace my rear main seal on june 2, 2008. it was leaking oil; and two weeks before, my engine and tranny oil pans were leaking too.

 

wow! If i personally was fixing a car at my dealership with these issues at such low mileage i would be begging the service manager to condemn it as a lemon. Both to save your ass and mine because warranty work sux soo hard!

 

i was talking to gm about it being a lemon, they would not fix the bumper to be straight across along the bottom of the hood (i am picky i know but 1/3 inch, please), but i had the radiator problem and then i told them to close the case because they magically fixed my bumper properly by bringing it to their body shop instead of adjusting the hood. Never screw with me on things like this, I KNOW THINGS!!!!! btw. do some dealers hire people off of the street?????? i believe mine does.....https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/images/icons/icon10.gif

 

where are you at in florida btw?

 

i did have an accident of sorts though that helped my car along. lol. read above about the rock? that made contact with my radiator

daytona beach. i go to jon hall chevrolet "the only dealer you will ever need" (The only dealer i will never buy from again)

 

As far as hiring people off of the streets...not so much as they did in the past. It seems that in the last 5 yrs high schools are pushing everyone to become mechanics for whatever reason. We are currently flooded with applications and sadly there isn't a place that can hire them even after they spent $18,000+ on college education. But as far as getting a good technician working on your vehicle when you bring it in, no matter where you go there will be the good and the bad.

 

for me always the bad they leave my car greasy all of the time

 

LOL OMFG if i did that in my place i get written up/suspended!

 

this thread is starting to get off topic, but does anyone want my car???? 2 door, LT, blue granite metallic with 17" Enkei PKR rims (also have original 15") and black halo projectors(have originals), and pioneer head unit with iPod & sirius satellite radio(have original head too)? 12,000 miles and price

I wish that people like you worked down here. They are the worst service I have ever had. Can I go to my Pontiac dealer to have my car serviced since they are both owned by the same company here??? They are great there that is also the GMC dealer and my mom's envoy was serviced there and again, they are great!!!????