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i bought a 99 grand am with 3.4 and 60,000 miles in 05 from my mom who got it new . she said when i got it from her the the low coolant light comes on once in a while and i just dismissed it as a bad cap. well it got worse until it was taking coolant every 4 days and got fed up with it. well it was the head gasket and 2 bran new aluminum heads and gaskets later(and my wallet being lightened by over 2000 dollars) it was fixed. the mechanic told me that dexcool was **** and refilled it with green mixable. i guess he was right . this was last year that it was fixed so i guess it falls later than the 7 year cut off . story of my life a day late and a dollar short! the reservoir got so gummed up the deteriorating dexcool coolant wouldn't pass through the small ports inside the reservoir to get to the radiator . so when the low coolant light came on you would pour coolant in and it would just sit in the first part if the reservoir. so poor design of the reservoir is to blame also. you cant pour coolant directly into the radiator on the grand am, it takes it in the reservoir