Abandoned Stuff by Saskboy

I have to dig up more information about this faulty part, or else I’m on the hook for a $1000+ repair job. Seems GM settled a lawsuit without admitting fault, recently as March in the USA. Small claims court here I come? They only want to do the repair if it’s under 5 years or under 100,000Km. I’m at 9yr and 200K. Shouldn’t matter much, I maintained the coolant, and this part would have died from the fault anyway!

Gosh darn it!
“Chrysler, Ford, and GM, engine head/intake manifold gaskets—Too many service bulletins in the book to count, plus some important court cases that nailed Ford’s hide to the wall. Symptoms: overheating, windows fog up, and poor gas mileage”

I took my car to a GM dealer in Yorkton years ago for service, and mentioned my windshield fogs up easily. I wonder if it was related. They sure as heck knew there was a risk with this gasket, and never mentioned it to me.

Might be worth searching this page for your vehicle too.

Excuse me while I go blow a gasket.

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UPDATE:
Phoned GM back on Friday, and they are talking with the dealership on Monday morning where I’m having the repairs made. I found the receipt on the weekend that shows I had the coolant system flushed in 2006 like the scheduled maintenance in the manual recommended. Of course, GM didn’t mention at that time that the gasket I had was likely to fail prematurely, or that the dexcool could end up causing rusty sludge.