1995 Pontiac Trans Sport

DOOR HANDLE BROKE INSIDE THE DOOR ASSEMBLY. I KNOW OF SEVERAL FRIENDS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THIS SAME TYPE AND YEAR VEHICLE. SOMEWHERE BOTH HANDLES HAVE BROKEN. WHEN I CONTACTED SEVERAL GMC DEALERSHIPS AND SPOKE TO THEIR SERVICE MANAGERS, ALL STATED IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AS THE METAL USED IN THE MANUFACTURING OF THE BROKEN PART IS THE CAUSE. THE REPAIR RANGES FROM $100-150. I FURTHER HAVE READ E-MAILS AND ARTICLES IN THE NEWSPAPER AND WEB SITES(WWW.CARS.COM) OF MANY OTHERS HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM. THIS VEHICLE IS PRIMARILY DRIVEN BY MY WIFE. GMC SHOULD MAKE A RECALL OF THIS CLEARLY OBVIOUS, MANUFACTURER DEFECT IMMEDIATELY. I AM WORRIED THAT THE HANDLE WILL POSSIBLY BREAK NOT ALLOWING HER TO GET INTO HER VEHICLE IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. IN 1995 WE PAID OVER $20,000 FOR THIS VAN AS IT WAS A TOP OF THE LINE VAN. IT IS SIMPLY REDICULOUS THAT A DOOR HANDLE PART DOES NOT LAST BUT 50,000 MILES. FURTHERMORE, SINCE I AM FINDING COUNTLESS OTHERS THAT HAVE AND ARE HAVING THE VERY SAME FAILURES OF ALL GM MAKES AND MODELS OF MINIVANS OF THIS PERIOD. *AK

ADDTL COMMENTS THE SECOND PROBLEM HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE DATE OF PURCHASE AS I BELIEVE THIS VEHICLE CAME WITH A FAULTY MODLED COOLANT HEAD ON IT I HAVE TALKED TO THE DEALERS HERE AND IN ALASKA AND THEY REPLACED OVER 20-30 OF THESE EVERY MONTH AND IT IS EXSPENSIVE JOB THE DANGER IS RELATED TO OVERHEATING IN THE COLD WEATHER THE HAIRLINE CRACK DOES LEAK LIKE A SEIVE, IN THE WARMER WEATHER THE CRACK SEALS ITSELF UNTIL AGAIN IN A COLDER CLIMATE THAN WAMOO OUT OF THE FAULTY HAIRLINE CRAKC IT COMES AGAIN I DISCUSSED THIS WITH THE DEALER WHEN RETURNED FROM ALASK OF COURSE AT THAT TIME IT WAS 100F AND NO LEAK THE DANGER IN THIS IS THAT IT WILL ONE DAY OVERHEAT DUE TO LACK OF COOLANT AND WILL HAVE FAILURE ON THE HWY ON THE TURNPIKES ON THE INTERSTATE ECT ECT AND CREAT LIFE THREATENING TO OCCUPANTS AS WELL AS OTHERS ON THE ROAD. *AK