1995 Chevrolet Caprice

CAR BEGAN TO VIBRATE BADLY AT ELEVEN THOUSAND MILES THOUGHT IT WAS A FRONT END PROBLEM TOOK IT BACK TO BOBBARROWS JUNE 1998 UNDER THE EXPRESS WARRANTY ON THE CAR. SAID TO HAVE BEEN REPAIRED, SAME STORY TWENTY TIMES PLUS OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. REPLACED NEW TRANSMISSION NEW DRIVE SHAFT AND UMPTEEN OTHER PARTS.NEW TRANSMISSION DAMAGED BY THE VIBRATING DRIVE SHAFT HAD TO HAVE REAR SEAL REPLACED.CAR VIBRATES QUITE VIOLENTLY AT SPEEDS FROM 25 TO 55 MILES PER HOUR WORSE IN OVERDRIVE THAN STANDARD DRIVE.BARROWS AND CHEVROLET NOW TELL ME THAT THE PROBLEM IS MINE, THAT THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE CAR AND NEVER HAVE KNOWN WHAT WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. THE VIBRATION IS BECOMING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. IT IS A DANGEROUS CAR TO DRIVE AND IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY BEECAUSE OF THE FREEZING OF THE EXPRESS WARRANTY WHEN THEY FAILED TO REPAIR IT.IN JULY 99 WHEN THEY WERE GIVEN THE ULTIMATUM OF THAT BEING THE LAST CHANCE TO FIX IT.CHEVROLET AND BARROWS HAVE FAILED TO LIVE UP TO THE ORIGINAL WARRANTY ON THIS CAR. BECAUSE IT IS SO NERVEWRACKING TO DRIVE I HAVE ONLY MANAGED TO DRIVE IT 21000 MILES IN FOUR YEARS BETWEEN REAPAIRS AT SOMETHING LIKE TWO WEEKLY INTERVALS. I WINDER HOW MANY MORE THERE ARE OUT THERE LIKE THIS ONE OR WHETHER BARROWS IS JUST INCOMPETENT. THEY HAVE BEEN BACKED UP BY CHEVROLET TECHNICAL SERVICES EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.*AK

ALL 4 EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS SNAPPED OFF CLEAN WITHIN THEIR HOUSINGS. MY ASE MECHANIC (MARK AT MARK'S AUTO IN ROCKY HILL, CT. 860-721-7033) DETERMINED THAT THE BOLTS MUST HAVE BEEN OF INFERIOR QUALITY TO HAVE SNAPPED OFF THE WAY THEY DID. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF METAL SPURS WHICH MIGHT INDICATE THE BOLTS WOULD HAVE BEEN LOOSE WITHIN THEIR HOUSINGS. THIS WAS NOT THE CASE. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT GENERAL MOTORS HAS HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM IN THE PAST. THANK YOU FOR READING MY PROBLEM, AND THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR ANY ASSISTANCE YOU MAY PROVIDE TO ME.

THE FUEL PUMP IN TANK APPEARS TO HAVE OVERHEATED CAUSING THE CONNECTION PLUG TO OVERHEAT AND MELT THE CONNECTOR AND WIRE. THIS VEHICLE IS A POLICE PATROL CAR AND WAS IN BEING DRIVEN IN REGUALR SERVICE WHEN IT BEGAN TO STALL. THE OFFICER RESTARTED THA CAR SVERAL TIMES AS HE DROVE IT BACK TO THE STATION. OUR REPAIR SHOP DROVE THE CAR INTO THE SERVICE BAY AND PERFORMED REGULAR DIAGOSTIC SERVICE. THE FUEL PRESSURE WAS TESTED AT 70 LBS. CHEVROLET SPEC IS 41 TO 47 LBS. WE PULLED THE PUMP AND FOUND THE PUMP POWERE WIRE AND PLUG MELTED. OUR CONCERN IS THAT THIS WIRE BEING SUBMERSED INSIDE THE FUEL TANK COULD HAVE CAUSED AN EXPLOSION IF THE FUEL LEVEL HAD BEEN LOW. THE HEAT GENERATED FROM THIS PROBLEM AREA SHOULD HAVE CAUSED AN INTERUPTION IN POWER TO THE PUMP BEFORE THE WIRE AND CONNECTOR WERE HOT ENOUGH TO MELT. WE ARE CALLING IN ALL CAPRICES TO INSPECT THIS PROBLEM.