# 1998 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
> NHTSA complaint `677314` · 2008-07-09 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** Yes
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** PONTIAC
- **Model:** GRAND PRIX
- **Year:** 1998
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
- **Miles at failure:** 130,000
## Narrative
THERE WAS A FIRE UNDER THE HOOD OF MY CAR.    AFTER A ABOUT 6 MONTHS THEY RECALLED MY CAR AND THE FRONT ROCKER COVER GASKET NEEDED REPLACING, AFTER CALL GM  AND TALKING TO 10 DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND 2 MONTHS LATER THEY HAD SOMEONE COME TO LOOK AT MY CAR AND AT THIS POINT THEY OFFERED ME ONLY 3000. FOR IT.    MY PROBLEM IS THAT I KEPT THIS CAR UP I ONLY DROVE IT IN THE SNOW ONCE A YEAR, CHANGED THE OIL WHEN DUE, JUST HAD NEW STRUTS ON IT NEW TIRES AND IT IS IN NEW CONDITION.  I LOOKED UP THE BLUE BOOK VALUE OF THE CAR AND IT WAS 5,600.   I FELL AS THOUGH I SHOULD GET 5,000. FOR MY CAR.  *TR
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