1993 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX Steering Problems

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE CANNOT MAKE A LEFT TURN DUE TO RACK AND PINION FAILURE. HE STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID # 02V286000 (STEERING:RACK AND PINION) SHOULD INCLUDE HIS VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT HIS VEHICLE IS NOT COVERED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 145,000.

Mileage: 145,000

FOUND OUT THAT MY MAIN PROBLEM WITH MY STEERING AND SUSPENSION IS THAT THE CRADLE THAT HOLDS THE ENGINE IS CRACKED AND RUSTED OUT READY TO BREAK I REPLACED THE CRADLE IN JUNE 2003 BUT I HAD IT WELDED IN JAN OF 2002 THESE IS SAME DEFECT AS IN GM GEOGRAPHIC RECALL FOR 1991 MODEL

Mileage: 150,000

SEVERAL PROBLEMS AT DIFFERENT TIMES.OLT FELL OUT OF REAR OF ENGINE CRADLE CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING. WENT INTO THE DITCH AND COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUS IF IT HAD HAPPENED AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION. SEVERE OIL LEAK IN ENGINE, ORIGIN UNKNOWN.ILTING MECHANISM IN STEERING COLUMN IS LOOSE WHICH CAUSED BRACKET TO BREAK AND ALLOWS STEERING WHEEL TO MOVE UP AND DOWN. WHILE STEERING WHEEL IS DOWN AND BEING TURNED, THE CAR DIES. SEAT TILT MECHANISM ON FRONT PASSENGER SEAT DOES NOT HOLD SEAT BACK IN UPRIGHT POSITION. WHITE SMOKE COMES OUT OF STEERING COLUMN AFTER THE CAR IS STARTED. REAR BRAKE CALIPERS RUST CAUSING BRAKES TO LOCK UP AND SCORE THE ROTOR. *AK

Mileage: 115,000

WHEN DRIVING 45-50 MPH THERE IS A VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED THE OUTER TIE ROD ENDS WERE FOUND TO BE WORN OUT. THE OUTER TIE ROD ENDS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. THE OLDER TIE RODS COULD NOT BE LUBRICATED, WHICH WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN DRIVING OVER WATER OR WHEN WATER SPLASHES UNDER THE VEHICLE, POWER STEERING IS LOST MOMENTARILY, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

SMOKE APPEARS FROM THE STEERING COLUMN WHEN STARTING THE CAR.PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE WIRES IN THE STEERING COLUMN, CAUSED SMOKE TO COME OUT OF THE STEERING COLUMN. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE WIRES IN THE STEERING COLUMN, CAUSED SMOKE TO COME OUT OF THE STEERING COLUMN. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT OF THE STEERING COLUMN. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

LOSS POWER STEERING IN STANDING WATER OR RAIN.TT CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING THROUGH RAIN PUDDLES LOSS STERING SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY.*JB