The timing belt slipped at 100,000 miles.
A fuse short circuit to the fuel pump because of a exposed wire that led to the rear defroster switch in the dash board at 101,000 miles.
Failure of the electronic controls on the carburetor which is also known as the throttle body at 102,000 miles.
Driver side brake caliper locked up at 103,000 miles.
The thermostat failed at 103,000 miles.
The distributor went bad at 104,000 miles.
The head cracked in the spark plug hole at 120,000 miles.
The catalytic converter failed at 130,000 miles.
The power steering pump started leaking at 150,000 miles.
The muffler rusted out at 155,000 miles.
This car must be highly maintained in order to function properly.
This car runs great when kept up.
Great on fuel use and low on burning oil.
This car does get up and go for a four cylinder.
After 100,000 miles expect problems.
Learn how to work on it yourself or you will be taken to the bank or have more problems getting it back then when you started.
This car always had a problem passing California's smog tests even after a tune-up.
Hi, My Name is Kathy, I have a 1989 Pontiac Lemans Le, 1.6 liter, automatic. My Brother was helping me to replace the head gasket on the car for me, so he had to take off the Timing parts the pulley's and stuff and when he did he forgot to mark down how to reset the timing on my car, and how to line them up again. so if there is anyone out there that could please help me, if they know what the timing setting is, or explain how to line them up again, or has a diagram that shows how to. I would be very Grateful to anyone that can help me with this, if I could leave my email address. which is (kathy_m_b_63@yahoo.com). please send any information to this email. Thank You Sincerely Kathy Balderas.
The car does not get up and go at all. The LeMans (1990) was my first car when I was 16, and I don't remember it having any acceleration at all. Go drive an '04-'07 Subaru Impreza WRX STI (my next car), and you'll see what I mean. I got the LeMans with 65,000 miles and had a lot of problems with it. I dumped it after about 10,000 miles because I was sick of replacing parts.
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