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Have a 1993 Grand Am and had my son replace the serpentine belt did ok for a week and now it is sliding off what is going on now.

it was either off balance or greased up some how or the tensioner isnt working properly.

markgase2000 is right. its proble the tensioner there bad for going out.

Ty for backing me up , although this is the first time ive heard of a tensioner not working properly and that it is a common problem. Id like to hear from people who have had problems with it and what caused it to not too work properly.

I would like to thank both of you and now I will have to find someone to do this lol. This is the first time I have had any real problem with this car except with the transmission over drive.

your welcome its not to hard to do all u have to do is take out the alternater and take out a bolt or to to a bracket then u can get to the nut that holds it on. how u can tell if its bad is buy pulling on it like u were changing the belt and there not a lot of tension there its proble bad and if it sticks it is bad the part cose about $45.00 at auto zone if u need moor help e-mail me

I just needed to replace my tensioner. When I lifted on it to replace my alternator, the whole tensioner slid away from the engine instead of lifting up.

Please , if anyone has problems with belt tensioners , tell me year , model and engine type. I wanna see which ones have the most problems.

It seems that way right now. In an unrelated problem I also had to have two motor mounts replaced

Please , if anyone has problems with belt tensioners , tell me year , model and engine type. I wanna see which ones have the most problems.

95 GT. 3.1L V6

ty.

Well here are some cars I have Been around at work that have needed Tensioners
99 Buick Rivi. 3800 S/c
00 Corvette LS1
95 Cavi 2.2L
97 Vette LS1
98 Saturn 1.9? DOHC
00 Grand Prix 3800 S/C
Just to name a few

those machines are pretty new for having tensioner problems , thats amazing , what could cause this?

It could just be defective from the factory. When I got my 2000 Dodge stratus, (the car I traded in for my GA GT) it had a defective wheel bearing. It happens. When the hot metal is poured to form the parts, sometimes you get weak spots. Or hard spots. Either one can cause early wear. Sometimes, if you get water in the bearings you can get a rusted spot which weakens the metal too.

I had to replace replace my tensioner on a 92 grand am 2.3 and 94 grand am 2.3 and then just the tensioner puly on a 98 grand prix gtp 3800

The tensioner broke on my 1993 grand am (4 cyl) in 2002 @ about 160k miles.