1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX Problems & Recalls

1999 PONTIAC GRAN PRIX. CONSUMER WRITES SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT FOR VEHICLE REPAIRS MADE RELATED TO NHTSA SAFETY RECALL.

valve covers leaks oil on to the exhaust and started a lil fire

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND PARKED, IT CAUGHT FIRE. THE CONTACT NOTICED BLACK SMOKE UNDER THE HOOD AND AN ABNORMAL FUEL ODOR INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE ...

Mileage: 200,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 08V118000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING), HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR...

CAR STARTED ON FIRE TWICE CAUSING OTHER DAMAGES BESIDES RECALL DEFECT. I WAS DRIVING THE CAR WHEN THESE FIRES HAPPENED. ALSO I DO NOT KNOW IF THE AIR BAGS IN THIS CAR ARE TAKATA OR NOT. I DON'T NEED THESE AIR BAGS TO CAUSE PROBLEMS. THE GM DEALER SEEMS TO BE HARASSING ME ABOUT FIXING THIS RECALL.

Mileage: 280,000

HOVER HEATING, SAYS LOW COOLANT WHEN I FIRST DRIVE IT. I ADDED COOLANT BUT AT TIMES IT SAYS LOW COOLANT. SPILLING COOLANT.

HOVER HEATING, SAYS LOW COOLANT WHEN I FIRST DRIVE IT. I ADDED COOLANT BUT AT TIMES IT SAYS LOW COOLANT. SPILLING COOLANT.

HOVER HEATING, SAYS LOW COOLANT WHEN I FIRST DRIVE IT. I ADDED COOLANT BUT AT TIMES IT SAYS LOW COOLANT. SPILLING COOLANT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN A PARKING SPACE IN A LOT, IT ERUPTED INTO FLAMES UNDER THE HOOD NEAR THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOW...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY HAD BECOME LOOSELY CONNECTED FROM THE IGNITION AND FELL OUT OF THE IGNITION SEVERAL TIMES. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE STALLED SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT NOTICED THE FAILURE AFTER THE DEALER REPLACED A HARMO...

THE CARS HEADLIGHTS WILL RANDOMLY SHUT OFF OR ONLY HIGH BEAMS WILL WORK, THE 3800 MOTOR HAS MANY ISSUES WITH PARTS MALFUNCTIONING OVER AND OVER NO MATTER WHAT MANUFACTURER THAT'S USED TO SUPPLY THE PARTS OEM OR AFTERMARKET, I'VE REPLACED MANY MAF, TPS, IAC, CPS SENSORS OVER THE BRIEF AMOUNT OF TIME ...

THE CARS HEADLIGHTS WILL RANDOMLY SHUT OFF OR ONLY HIGH BEAMS WILL WORK, THE 3800 MOTOR HAS MANY ISSUES WITH PARTS MALFUNCTIONING OVER AND OVER NO MATTER WHAT MANUFACTURER THAT'S USED TO SUPPLY THE PARTS OEM OR AFTERMARKET, I'VE REPLACED MANY MAF, TPS, IAC, CPS SENSORS OVER THE BRIEF AMOUNT OF TIME ...

THE CARS HEADLIGHTS WILL RANDOMLY SHUT OFF OR ONLY HIGH BEAMS WILL WORK, THE 3800 MOTOR HAS MANY ISSUES WITH PARTS MALFUNCTIONING OVER AND OVER NO MATTER WHAT MANUFACTURER THAT'S USED TO SUPPLY THE PARTS OEM OR AFTERMARKET, I'VE REPLACED MANY MAF, TPS, IAC, CPS SENSORS OVER THE BRIEF AMOUNT OF TIME ...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V116000 (ENGINE) TWO DAYS BEFORE THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. AFTER DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT OBSERVED AN ABNORMAL ODOR AND BLACK SMOKE EMITTED FROM THE HOOD WITHOUT WARNING. WHE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, IT CAUGHT FIRE. THE WITNESS STATED THAT THE FIRE STARTED UNDERNEATH THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED....

Mileage: 160,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, IT CAUGHT FIRE. THE WITNESS STATED THAT THE FIRE STARTED UNDERNEATH THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED....

Mileage: 160,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE PARKED IN THE GARAGE, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND FILED A REPORT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO A TOW LOT. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V116000 (ENGI...

Mileage: 160,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V116000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SMOKE FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AFTER BEING PULLED OVER TO THE S...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A POLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. NEITHER A FIRE NOR A POLICE REPORT WERE FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO...

Mileage: 205,496

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, BLACK SMOKE APPEARED FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE TO STOP THE SMOKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS UNDETERMINED;...

Mileage: 125,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, BLACK SMOKE APPEARED FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE TO STOP THE SMOKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS UNDETERMINED;...

Mileage: 125,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WITHOUT WARNING. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MI...

Mileage: 154,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V701000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO PERFORM THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE REC...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AND NOTICED THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE ROSE ABNORMALLY. THE CONTACT ALSO OBSERVED SMOKE AND FLAMES FROM THE FRONT END AND EVAC...

Mileage: 125,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V701000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING ENGINE OIL. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V701000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILA...

1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE FIRE AND EXHAUST MANIFOLD RECALL NOTICE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HE NO LONGER OWNS THE VEHICLE, SINCE THE FIRE OCCURRED A YEAR AGO. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, FLAMES IGNITED FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO PARK AND EXITED THE VEHICLE WITH THE REAR SEAT OCCUPANT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. A POLICE REPORT...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT NOTICED OIL DRIPPING UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V701000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEED...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THIRTY MINUTES AFTER DRIVING BACK TO HIS HOUSE, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THERE WAS NO WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT OPENED THE HOOD AND THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE BURST INTO FLAMES. WITH THE HELP OF H...

Mileage: 130,000

TAKATA RECALL / MY CAR HAD A GM RECALL 15757. IT INVOLVED THE REPLACEMENT OF MY ENGINE FRONT VALVE COVER AND FRONT VALVE COVER GASKET. I TOOK IT TO THE GATEWAY BUICK GMC ON 3/5/2016. AFTER THE JOB WAS FINISHED I FOUND OUT MY ENGINE PLASTIC BEAUTY COVER WAS MISSING. I WAS TOLD IT DIDNT FIT BECAUS...

Mileage: 170,919

TRANSMISSION ERROR CODE, SOLENOID STUCK OPEN

Mileage: 45

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE IT CAUGHT FIRE. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. A POLICE REPORT W...

Mileage: 160,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE IT CAUGHT FIRE. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. A POLICE REPORT W...

Mileage: 160,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V701000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. ...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING OIL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V701000 (ENGINE, ENGINE COOLING) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONT...

Mileage: 139,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. THE CONTACT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THERE WAS NO FIRE REPORT FILED AND NO INJURIES SUSTAINED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V701000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING); HOWEVER, TH...

Mileage: 175,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS FUEL LEAKING UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V701000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFAC...

Mileage: 88,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING FLUID UNDER THE ENGINE BLOCK. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V701000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT...

Mileage: 167,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000.

Mileage: 93,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V701000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. T...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTAIC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V701000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECAL...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND UNOCCUPIED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS PRESENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A NOTIFICATION FOR NHT...

Mileage: 180,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE PARKED, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V701000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING); HOW...

Mileage: 170,000

1N 2012 THIS CAR WAS DESTROYED BY AN ENGINE FIRE. THIS WEEK I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE SAYING THIS MAKE AND MODEL CAR WAS BEING RECALLED DUE TO OIL DROPS THAT CAN CAUSE AN ENGINE FIRE. I CALLED THE GM CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE LINE AND WAS TOLD GM HAS NO REMEDY FOR THE PROBLEM AND THEY WOULD NOT HELP ...

Mileage: 190,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. AFTER DRIVING HOME AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF A POLICE OFFICER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTUR...

Mileage: 170,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED SMOKE WAS COMING INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE COMPARTMENT AND UNDER THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC BUT THE FAILURE WAS UNDETERMINE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, HEAVY SMOKE EMITTED FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND EXITED THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT ON ANOTHER OCCASION, HEAVY FUMES OF SMOKE WAS NOTICED COMING...

Mileage: 138,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE NEAR THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. NO FURTHER DETAILS WERE AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

W AS DRIVING CAR AND IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. FIRE STARTED UNDERNEATH NEAR THE MANIFOLD AND IT BURNT ALL THE WIRING AND EVERYTHING AROUND IT. I GOT THE FIRE OUT MYSELF WITH FIRE EXTENGISHER. I ONLY CARRIED LIABILITY SO I DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY TO FIX IT, AND IT WENT TO A JUNK YARD. APPRASIAL VALUE WOULD H...

Mileage: 180,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE VENTS WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AND UPON FURTHER INSPECTION NOTICED THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE WAS DISTINGUISHED BY THE LOCAL ...

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, SMOKE STARTED TO EMIT OUT OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT ALL OF THE OIL HAD LEAKED OUT OF THE ENGINE. AS A RESULT, THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT STARTED TO CAT...

Mileage: 120,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, HE NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT OPENED THE HOOD AND DISCOVERED THAT THE ENGINE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED. A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED AND NO INJURIES...

Mileage: 169,000

BRAKE LINE FAILURE OCCURRED 3 TIMES OVER A PERIOD OF 3 YEARS.THE PROBLEM CAUSED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR WITH LITTLE OR NO BRAKING CONTROL.

Mileage: 104,000

ON OCTOBER 9TH AFTER PARKING THE CAR IN PARKING GARAGE AND TURNING OFF THE ENGINE, SMELLED AND SEEN SMOKE, OPENED THE HOOD AND THERE WAS A FIRE ON TOP OF THE ENGINE. MANAGED TO GET FIRE PUT OUT BUT MANY PLASTIC PARTS WERE MELTED. HAD CAR TOWED TO REPAIR FACILITY AND TOTAL OF REPAIRS WAS $1458.25. I ...

Mileage: 124,262

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND REQUIRED EXCESSIVE FORCE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE ALIGNMENT OF THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE WAS OFF. THE CONTACT THEN DISCOVERED THAT THE RACK AND PINION HOUSING...

Mileage: 197,000

I WAS DRIVING ON SH 249 AND I WAS GOING 50 MPH WHEN MY CAR HAD SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF MY CAR. I PULLED OFF TO THE SHOULDER AND RAISED THE HOOD AND I SAW A FIRE AS LONG AS MY ARM COMING FROM THE SPARK PLUG WIRE RETENTION CHANNEL ON THE FRONT OF MY ENGINE. I TOOK MY CAR TO PARKWAY CHEVROL...

Mileage: 138,000

WHEN I FIRST GOT MY CAR IN 2012, HAD TO TAKE IT BACK TO PLACE, BECAUSE IT CUT OFF/ STALLED. BOUGHT AS IS. HAD WARRANTY FOR 3 MONTHS. THEY DID NOT HONOR IT. IT HAS BEEN ONE PROBLEM, AFTER ANOTHER. WITH THIS CAR. SINCE THE DAY I BOUGHT IT. *TR

Mileage: 9,700,000

WHEN I FIRST GOT MY CAR IN 2012, HAD TO TAKE IT BACK TO PLACE, BECAUSE IT CUT OFF/ STALLED. BOUGHT AS IS. HAD WARRANTY FOR 3 MONTHS. THEY DID NOT HONOR IT. IT HAS BEEN ONE PROBLEM, AFTER ANOTHER. WITH THIS CAR. SINCE THE DAY I BOUGHT IT. *TR

Mileage: 9,700,000

WHEN I FIRST GOT MY CAR IN 2012, HAD TO TAKE IT BACK TO PLACE, BECAUSE IT CUT OFF/ STALLED. BOUGHT AS IS. HAD WARRANTY FOR 3 MONTHS. THEY DID NOT HONOR IT. IT HAS BEEN ONE PROBLEM, AFTER ANOTHER. WITH THIS CAR. SINCE THE DAY I BOUGHT IT. *TR

Mileage: 9,700,000

WHEN I FIRST GOT MY CAR IN 2012, HAD TO TAKE IT BACK TO PLACE, BECAUSE IT CUT OFF/ STALLED. BOUGHT AS IS. HAD WARRANTY FOR 3 MONTHS. THEY DID NOT HONOR IT. IT HAS BEEN ONE PROBLEM, AFTER ANOTHER. WITH THIS CAR. SINCE THE DAY I BOUGHT IT. *TR

Mileage: 9,700,000

STARTED TO MAKING STRANGE NOISES, SO I WENT TO GET CHECKED OUT. AND IT HAD AT FIVE THINGS WRONG.. *TR

Mileage: 123,057

I'VE HAD THE CAR FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND WITHIN A YEAR I'VE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH A SUCH AS POWER STEERING THE KEYS AND THE SHIFTER LOCKING UP RIGHT NOW UNLESS I HIT THE SAFETY THING FOR THE SHIFTER IT WON'T GO INTO GEAR IN MY KEY IS STUCK IN THE IGNITION IN THE POSITION I CANNOT TAKE IT OUT THE P...

I'VE HAD THE CAR FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND WITHIN A YEAR I'VE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH A SUCH AS POWER STEERING THE KEYS AND THE SHIFTER LOCKING UP RIGHT NOW UNLESS I HIT THE SAFETY THING FOR THE SHIFTER IT WON'T GO INTO GEAR IN MY KEY IS STUCK IN THE IGNITION IN THE POSITION I CANNOT TAKE IT OUT THE P...

I'VE HAD THE CAR FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND WITHIN A YEAR I'VE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH A SUCH AS POWER STEERING THE KEYS AND THE SHIFTER LOCKING UP RIGHT NOW UNLESS I HIT THE SAFETY THING FOR THE SHIFTER IT WON'T GO INTO GEAR IN MY KEY IS STUCK IN THE IGNITION IN THE POSITION I CANNOT TAKE IT OUT THE P...

CAR WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY AFTER DRIVING TO TOWN AND BACK. ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER MY BOYFRIEND HEARD A POP SOUND FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE. WHEN HE LOOKED OUTSIDE THE CAR WAS ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO HELP PUT OUT THE FIRE. CAR WAS COMPLETELY BURNED UNDER THE HOOD, TIRES/...

Mileage: 240,000

CAR WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY AFTER DRIVING TO TOWN AND BACK. ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER MY BOYFRIEND HEARD A POP SOUND FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE. WHEN HE LOOKED OUTSIDE THE CAR WAS ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO HELP PUT OUT THE FIRE. CAR WAS COMPLETELY BURNED UNDER THE HOOD, TIRES/...

Mileage: 240,000

CAR WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY AFTER DRIVING TO TOWN AND BACK. ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER MY BOYFRIEND HEARD A POP SOUND FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE. WHEN HE LOOKED OUTSIDE THE CAR WAS ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO HELP PUT OUT THE FIRE. CAR WAS COMPLETELY BURNED UNDER THE HOOD, TIRES/...

Mileage: 240,000

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE WHEN IT QUIT PROPERLY ACCELERATING. SHE BRAKE AND PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. WHEN SHE CALLED TO TELL ME SHE HAD BROKEN DOWN, SHE NOTICED FLAMES COMING FROM THE GOOD. SHE EXITED THE VEHICLE AND CALLED 911. THE ENTIRE ENGINE WAS ENGULFED ...

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE WHEN IT QUIT PROPERLY ACCELERATING. SHE BRAKE AND PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. WHEN SHE CALLED TO TELL ME SHE HAD BROKEN DOWN, SHE NOTICED FLAMES COMING FROM THE GOOD. SHE EXITED THE VEHICLE AND CALLED 911. THE ENTIRE ENGINE WAS ENGULFED ...

I LEFT MY HOUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT DAY WENT THREE BLOCKS STOP FOR THE STOP SIGN IT WENT IN FLAMES FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE MOTOR ALL THE WAY IN MY BACKSEAT I WAS DRIVING PROBABLY 5 MINUTES DOING THE SPEED LIMIT AN COMING TO A STOP SIGN AN I STOPPED THEN IN FLAMES I CALLED 911 AND THEY PUT THE...

Mileage: 250,000

A FAULTY CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR CAUSED THE LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKING ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS UNTIL THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED. THE SAME CONDITIONS AS A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH. YET THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR IS COMMON ON ALL AUTOS. THUS ALL AUTOS THAT USE A CRANKSHAFT SENSOR ARE UNSAFE.[XXX] ...

Mileage: 10,000

A FAULTY CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR CAUSED THE LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKING ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS UNTIL THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED. THE SAME CONDITIONS AS A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH. YET THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR IS COMMON ON ALL AUTOS. THUS ALL AUTOS THAT USE A CRANKSHAFT SENSOR ARE UNSAFE.[XXX] ...

Mileage: 10,000

A FAULTY CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR CAUSED THE LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKING ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS UNTIL THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED. THE SAME CONDITIONS AS A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH. YET THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR IS COMMON ON ALL AUTOS. THUS ALL AUTOS THAT USE A CRANKSHAFT SENSOR ARE UNSAFE.[XXX] ...

Mileage: 10,000

SINCE THE BEGINNING OF JUNE, THE CAR HAS SHUT OFF WHILE MY SON HAS BEEN DRIVING IT SIX TIMES. HE HAS BEEN ON THE INTERSTATE, ON OUR LOCAL ROADS, ETC. THE CAR WILL START RIGHT BACK UP. IT IS SCARY FOR A NEWER DRIVER OR ANYONE FOR THAT MATTER TO BE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAR JUST SHUT OFF. ...

Mileage: 110,000

SINCE THE BEGINNING OF JUNE, THE CAR HAS SHUT OFF WHILE MY SON HAS BEEN DRIVING IT SIX TIMES. HE HAS BEEN ON THE INTERSTATE, ON OUR LOCAL ROADS, ETC. THE CAR WILL START RIGHT BACK UP. IT IS SCARY FOR A NEWER DRIVER OR ANYONE FOR THAT MATTER TO BE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAR JUST SHUT OFF. ...

Mileage: 110,000

ACCORDING TO WITNESSES CAR WENT STRAIGHT WHEN HIGHWAY CURVED. AIR BAGS NEVER WENT OFF, HAD TWO FOBS AND MULTIPLE KEYS. THERE WAS DIP IN ROAD JUST BEFORE CURVE. IGNITION SWITCH? THE CONSUMER'S SON WAS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT. THE ACCIDENT WAS CLASSIFIED AS AN UNKNOWN CAUSE. UPDATED 10/27/14. *JB......

Mileage: 95,000

ACCORDING TO WITNESSES CAR WENT STRAIGHT WHEN HIGHWAY CURVED. AIR BAGS NEVER WENT OFF, HAD TWO FOBS AND MULTIPLE KEYS. THERE WAS DIP IN ROAD JUST BEFORE CURVE. IGNITION SWITCH? THE CONSUMER'S SON WAS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT. THE ACCIDENT WAS CLASSIFIED AS AN UNKNOWN CAUSE. UPDATED 10/27/14. *JB......

Mileage: 95,000

ACCORDING TO WITNESSES CAR WENT STRAIGHT WHEN HIGHWAY CURVED. AIR BAGS NEVER WENT OFF, HAD TWO FOBS AND MULTIPLE KEYS. THERE WAS DIP IN ROAD JUST BEFORE CURVE. IGNITION SWITCH? THE CONSUMER'S SON WAS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT. THE ACCIDENT WAS CLASSIFIED AS AN UNKNOWN CAUSE. UPDATED 10/27/14. *JB......

Mileage: 95,000

THERE WAS A LOUD BOOM AND FLAMES CAME TO THE WINDSHIELD FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I PULLED THE CAR OVER AND JUMPED OUT TO SAFETY. THE ENGINE BURNED AND THE FRONT OF THE CAR WAS DESTROYED. EVERYTHING UNDER THE HOOD WAS DESTROYED. THE BRAKES WERE ALSO DESTROYED. THE IGNITION DIDN'T WORK BUT I WAS ABLE TO G...

Mileage: 102,000

THERE WAS A LOUD BOOM AND FLAMES CAME TO THE WINDSHIELD FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I PULLED THE CAR OVER AND JUMPED OUT TO SAFETY. THE ENGINE BURNED AND THE FRONT OF THE CAR WAS DESTROYED. EVERYTHING UNDER THE HOOD WAS DESTROYED. THE BRAKES WERE ALSO DESTROYED. THE IGNITION DIDN'T WORK BUT I WAS ABLE TO G...

Mileage: 102,000

THERE WAS A LOUD BOOM AND FLAMES CAME TO THE WINDSHIELD FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I PULLED THE CAR OVER AND JUMPED OUT TO SAFETY. THE ENGINE BURNED AND THE FRONT OF THE CAR WAS DESTROYED. EVERYTHING UNDER THE HOOD WAS DESTROYED. THE BRAKES WERE ALSO DESTROYED. THE IGNITION DIDN'T WORK BUT I WAS ABLE TO G...

Mileage: 102,000

RECEIVED NOTICE ON RECALL FOR MY MAKE AND MODEL CAR. *TR

Mileage: 208,000

SOME TIMES KEY CANT BE REMOVED,AFTER A WHILE THERE WILL BE A CLICK AND THEN KEY CAN BE REMOVED,WHILE THE KEY REMAINS IN COLLUM THE SHIFT INDICATOR IN DASH STAYS LIGHTED.SIGH. *TR

SOME TIMES KEY CANT BE REMOVED,AFTER A WHILE THERE WILL BE A CLICK AND THEN KEY CAN BE REMOVED,WHILE THE KEY REMAINS IN COLLUM THE SHIFT INDICATOR IN DASH STAYS LIGHTED.SIGH. *TR

AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATES FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 SECONDS AFTER BLOWING THE HORN THEN GOES OFF. DTC B0026 IS STORED IN HISTORY. THE VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT NOR HAS ANY WORK BEEN DONE INSIDE THE STEERING COLUMN. VEHICLE IS METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED. ORIGINAL OWNER. *TR

Mileage: 152,000

AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATES FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 SECONDS AFTER BLOWING THE HORN THEN GOES OFF. DTC B0026 IS STORED IN HISTORY. THE VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT NOR HAS ANY WORK BEEN DONE INSIDE THE STEERING COLUMN. VEHICLE IS METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED. ORIGINAL OWNER. *TR

Mileage: 152,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC TO HAVE AN ALIGNMENT PERFORMED. IN THE PROCESS OF THE ALIGNMENT, THE MECHANIC DISCOVERED THAT THE STEER KNUCKLE WAS BENT AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE C...

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC TO HAVE AN ALIGNMENT PERFORMED. IN THE PROCESS OF THE ALIGNMENT, THE MECHANIC DISCOVERED THAT THE STEER KNUCKLE WAS BENT AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE C...

Mileage: 100,000

THE CAR WAS PARKED IN A PARKING LOT. IT CAUGHT FIRE 30 MIN AFTER IT WAS PARKED AND BURNED THE ENTIRE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE FORE DEPARTMENT STOPPED THE FIRE BEFORE IT SPREAD TO THE REST OF THE CAR. IT WAS A GOOD CAR PREVIOUS TO THIS INSTANCE. WE MAINTAINED THE CAR WELL AND HAD IT LOOKED OVER BY A M...

Mileage: 178,348

THE CAR WAS PARKED IN A PARKING LOT. IT CAUGHT FIRE 30 MIN AFTER IT WAS PARKED AND BURNED THE ENTIRE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE FORE DEPARTMENT STOPPED THE FIRE BEFORE IT SPREAD TO THE REST OF THE CAR. IT WAS A GOOD CAR PREVIOUS TO THIS INSTANCE. WE MAINTAINED THE CAR WELL AND HAD IT LOOKED OVER BY A M...

Mileage: 178,348

JUST GOT DONE DRIVING THE CAR. PARKED THE CAR IN THE DRIVEWAY. WITHIN 10 MINUTES OF THE CAR BEING PARKED THE ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE LEADING TO A TOTAL LOSS. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO PUT OUT THE FIRE. THIS ALL HAPPENED AFTER RECALL #09047 PERFORMED. THIS RECALL WAS SUPPOSED TO PREVENT THIS...

Mileage: 146,915

MY WIFE USED MY CAR ON 5/17/2013 WHEN SHE ARRIVED HOME AND TURNED THE CAR OFF SHE WAS UNABLE TO REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION I READ ON GOOGLE THAT THIS IS AN ON GOING PROBLEM WHERE SOME MODEL CAN NOT BE RESTARTED ONCE THIS OCCURES I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF ANY COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ABOUT T...

Mileage: 112,709

THE NEIGHBOR KNOCKED ON OUR DOOR AND TOLD MY HUSBAND THE CAR WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE APPEARED TO START UNDER THE HOOD. THE WHOLE FRONT OF THE CAR, INCLUDING THE WINSHIELD WAS BURNED. *TR

Mileage: 126,000

THE NEIGHBOR KNOCKED ON OUR DOOR AND TOLD MY HUSBAND THE CAR WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE APPEARED TO START UNDER THE HOOD. THE WHOLE FRONT OF THE CAR, INCLUDING THE WINSHIELD WAS BURNED. *TR

Mileage: 126,000

THE NEIGHBOR KNOCKED ON OUR DOOR AND TOLD MY HUSBAND THE CAR WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE APPEARED TO START UNDER THE HOOD. THE WHOLE FRONT OF THE CAR, INCLUDING THE WINSHIELD WAS BURNED. *TR

Mileage: 126,000

AFTER OWNING THIS VEHICLE FOR A VERY SHORT TIME, IT HAD SOME MINOR BODY WORK DONE AND COMPLETELY REPAINTED. I HAD NEW HEADLIGHTS AND TAILLIGHTS INSTALLED DUE TO THE POOR CONDITION OF THE EXISTING LIGHTS. THE SECOND DAY I DROVE THE CAR TO WORK, I RETURNED HOME, PARKED IT IN THE ATTACHED GARAGE AND ...

Mileage: 185,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TURN SIGNALS WOULD FAIL INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE VEHICLE ...

Mileage: 84,000

ON APRIL 30, 2012, I TOOK MY CAR TO BE INSPECTED AND I WAS TOLD THE SWAY BAR WAS CRACKED AND NEEDED REPLACED. AFTER CALLING MANY JUNK YARDS TO LOOK FOR A USED ONE, I AM FINDING OUT THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AMONG THESE VEHICLES. I HAVE CALLED JUST ABOUT EVERY JUNK YARD WITHIN 30 MILES OF ME AND ...

CAR WAS DRIVEN LESS THAN 2 MILES. PARKED AND WHEN RETURNED 15 MINUTES LATER TROY NY FIRE DEPT HAD HOOD UP AND PUT OUT A SMALL FIRE UNDER ENGINE COVER. THEY SAID IT APPEARED TO BE ELECTRICAL IN NATURE. THIS CAR HAD A RECALL ISSUED AND WORK COMPLETED TO CORRECT A ENGINE FIRE ISSUE ON 9/24/2010 AT 1...

Mileage: 174,621

CAR WAS DRIVEN LESS THAN 2 MILES. PARKED AND WHEN RETURNED 15 MINUTES LATER TROY NY FIRE DEPT HAD HOOD UP AND PUT OUT A SMALL FIRE UNDER ENGINE COVER. THEY SAID IT APPEARED TO BE ELECTRICAL IN NATURE. THIS CAR HAD A RECALL ISSUED AND WORK COMPLETED TO CORRECT A ENGINE FIRE ISSUE ON 9/24/2010 AT 1...

Mileage: 174,621

THE CAR DAMAGED THE PLENUM THREE TIMES, THIS CAUSE MULTIPLE MISSFIRE UNTIL THE CAR WONT START; THERE IS CORROSION ON SPARK CABLES, DAMAGED THE COILS. ALL POWER WINDOW MACHINERY AND/OR MOTORS ALSO DAMAGED. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

THE CAR DAMAGED THE PLENUM THREE TIMES, THIS CAUSE MULTIPLE MISSFIRE UNTIL THE CAR WONT START; THERE IS CORROSION ON SPARK CABLES, DAMAGED THE COILS. ALL POWER WINDOW MACHINERY AND/OR MOTORS ALSO DAMAGED. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THE CONTACT OPENED THE HOOD AND NOTICED FLAMES. THE CONTACT USED WATER TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT TH...

Mileage: 118,000

ENGINE FIRE, APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES AFTER CAR WAS PARKED. FIRE COMPANY CALLED TO EXTINGUISH FIRE. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND SHUT OFF FOR A FEW MINUTES WHEN IT ENGULFED INTO FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT APPEARED ON THE SCENE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THE FAILUR...

VEHICLE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. THEN IMMEDIATELY LOST POWER STEERING AND STALLED. THE ENGINE DIED FOLLOWED BY FLAMES FROM UNDER BOTH SIDES OF THE HOOD. NO SMOKE WAS SEEN BEFORE THE FIRE BEGAN. NO LIGHTS CAME ON TO INDICATE A PROBLEM. IN NO TIME, THE ENTIRE VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE CAR WAS A T...

Mileage: 188,000

VEHICLE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. THEN IMMEDIATELY LOST POWER STEERING AND STALLED. THE ENGINE DIED FOLLOWED BY FLAMES FROM UNDER BOTH SIDES OF THE HOOD. NO SMOKE WAS SEEN BEFORE THE FIRE BEGAN. NO LIGHTS CAME ON TO INDICATE A PROBLEM. IN NO TIME, THE ENTIRE VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE CAR WAS A T...

Mileage: 188,000

COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE OCCURRED AT A HIGH-VOLUME INTERSECTION AT LOGAN AVE., AND RT.20 IN BELVEDERE IL. WHILE APPROACHING INTERSECTION ON A YELLOW LIGHT, WITH NO ONE IN FRONT OF ME, I APPLIED THE BRAKES, HEARD A POPPING SOUND AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR BOARD. I HAD ENOUGH...

Mileage: 34,292

ON SUNDAY MORNING JULY 3, 2011 I DROVE MY WIFE'S 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX 13.57 MILE FROM MY HOME TO GET SOME LAB WORK DONE. AFTERWARDS I DOVE 12.77 MILE TO THE GAS STATION AND FILLED THE CAR UP WITH GAS $49.50 TO BE EXACT, THEN DROVE HOME 1.80 MILES TOTAL TRIP 28.14 MILES. I PARKED THE CAR IN FRONT ...

Mileage: 160,000

THE ABS SYSTEMS ENGAGES WHILE DRIVING AND NOT PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. YOU CAN HEAR THE ABS SYSTEMS TRYING TO ENGAGE AND THEN THE ABS AND TRAC OFF LIGHTS COME ON IN THE DASH. THIS IS DEACTIVATING MY ABS SYSTEM. I HAVE HAD A FAULTY ABS SENSOR REPLACED AND IT FIXED THE PROBLEM FOR ABOUT THREE MONTHS....

Mileage: 145,000

DRIVING TO WORK AS NORMAL AND TOOK OFF FROM A FULL STOP WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR WAS GOING NUTS TRYING TO CATCH A GEAR. SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT BLINKED THAN STAYED ON AND NOW WHEN DRIVING BETWEEN 1ST AND 3RD GEAR CAR SPUTTERS, SHAKES, SLAMS INTO GEAR HARD AND I NEED TO KEEP GIVING IT GAS TO GET IT ...

Mileage: 158,000

DRIVING TO WORK AS NORMAL AND TOOK OFF FROM A FULL STOP WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR WAS GOING NUTS TRYING TO CATCH A GEAR. SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT BLINKED THAN STAYED ON AND NOW WHEN DRIVING BETWEEN 1ST AND 3RD GEAR CAR SPUTTERS, SHAKES, SLAMS INTO GEAR HARD AND I NEED TO KEEP GIVING IT GAS TO GET IT ...

Mileage: 158,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL SLOWLY TRAVELED TO THE FLOOR UPON ENGAGEMENT, WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE BRAKE WARNING INDICATOR. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO REDUCE SPEED AFTER NUMEROUS AT...

Mileage: 64,000

EARLY MONDAY MORNING GOT INTO CAR AS NORMAL TO GO TO WORK, TURNED THE KEY TO START AND IMMEDIATLY THERE WAS A LOUD THUMP THEN SMOKE STARTED POURING OUT OF HOOD AREA, I OPENED THE HOOD AND THE ENGINE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES, THE NOISE WAS SO LOUD IT WOKE MY FAMILY IN WHICH THEY CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTM...

Mileage: 161,813

EARLY MONDAY MORNING GOT INTO CAR AS NORMAL TO GO TO WORK, TURNED THE KEY TO START AND IMMEDIATLY THERE WAS A LOUD THUMP THEN SMOKE STARTED POURING OUT OF HOOD AREA, I OPENED THE HOOD AND THE ENGINE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES, THE NOISE WAS SO LOUD IT WOKE MY FAMILY IN WHICH THEY CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTM...

Mileage: 161,813

EARLY MONDAY MORNING GOT INTO CAR AS NORMAL TO GO TO WORK, TURNED THE KEY TO START AND IMMEDIATLY THERE WAS A LOUD THUMP THEN SMOKE STARTED POURING OUT OF HOOD AREA, I OPENED THE HOOD AND THE ENGINE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES, THE NOISE WAS SO LOUD IT WOKE MY FAMILY IN WHICH THEY CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTM...

Mileage: 161,813

THIS IS THE SAME CAR AS ON THIS REPORT FILED EARLIER AND I AM THE SAME COMPLAINANT AND STILL HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANY RELIEF. HAD UPPER MANIFOLD PLENUM AND GASKET REPLACED, ALONG WITH NEW PLUGS AND WIRES. CAR RAN OK FOR APPROX. 6 MONTHS AND HAD PROBLEMS AGAIN. TOOK CAR TO A MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THAT THE...

Mileage: 98,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRX. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH AND APPROACHING A TRAFFIC STOP WHEN THE ENGINE EXHIBITED AN ABNORMAL INCREASE IN RPMS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS OR INSPECTION. ON A SEPARATE OCCASION, THE EXACT SAME FAILURE OCCUR...

Mileage: 131,752

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE HEARD AN ABNORMAL POPPING NOISE FROM INSIDE HER RESIDENCE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE FIRE ORIGINATED FROM THE ENGINE. A FI...

Mileage: 130,000

1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. ATTORNEY SENT LETTER ON BEHALF OF CONSUMER STATING CONSUMER IS SEEKING PROPERTY DAMAGE FOR LOSS OF VEHICLE WHICH CAUGHT FIRE PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT A RECALL WAS ISSUED IN MAY 2010. *TGW

1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX, WHILE DRIVING FRONT LEFT TIRE BLEW AND FORCED VEHICLE TO THE SHOULDER. *BF THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE FRONT TIRE, WHEEL HOUSING AND LEFT FRONT FENDER. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0246-89) *JB UPDATED 08/06/10 *BF

I WAS DRIVING MY 99 GRANDPRIX GTP THAT I BOUGHT ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO FROM A CAR DEALER. I WAS DRIVING AROUND AND BRAKING PRETTY HARD WITH LOTS OF STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. I THEN LATER WENT HOME AND PARKED THE CAR IN THE DRIVE WAY. WELL I MOVED IT OUT OF THE DRIVE WAY TO IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE. ABOUT 10 MINS...

Mileage: 124,000

MY 1999 GRAND PRIX GTP DRIVES FINE, THEN IT WILL CUT OFF SPORADICALLY. THE MOST RECENT, I WAS DRIVING 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, CUTS OFF, BATTERY LIGHT ON, AND OIL LIGHT ON, LOSES POWER STEERING AND BRAKING. GO TO THE SHOULDER. PUT THE CAR IN PARK, TURN THE IGNITION OFF. A MINUTE LATER STARTS BACK, ...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR FIVE MINUTES AND WHEN HE RETURNED, SMOKE WAS EMITTING FROM THE HOOD. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND FILED A REPORT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THE REPAIRS FOR RECALL 09V116000 (ENGINE AND E...

Mileage: 170,520

1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT. TURN ON BLOWER MOTOR TO POSITIONS 1-4 AND HEADLIGHTS GO OUT AND BLOWER MOTOR DOES NOT RUN. TURN TO POSITION 5 AND BLOWER MOTOR RUNS AND LIGHTS COME ON. I HAVE REPLACED THE BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR AND THE RESULTS HAVE NOT CHANGED. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DISCUSSION GROUPS A...

Mileage: 173,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN SMOKING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACT PULLED INTO A LOCAL GAS STATION AND WHEN OPENING THE HOOD, FOUND THAT THE ENGINE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY THREE OFF-DUTY FIREFIGHTERS. THE CON...

Mileage: 150,000

1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX CAUGHT ON FIRE. *DT THE CONSUMER STATED SHE NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL IN THE MAIL. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN HE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS NO POLICE REPORT. *JB

Mileage: 162,483

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN IT SUDDENLY CAUGHT FIRE FROM IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE CONTACT REFERENCED RECALL 08V118000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) WHICH SHE BELIEVED TO BE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE FAILURE. A POLICE AND FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEH...

Mileage: 80,000

ON 10/21/2009 AS I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM PICKING MY SON UP FROM SCHOOL, MY 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT CAUGHT ON FIRE. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON THE CAR STARTED TO HESITATE LIKE A SPARK PLUG HAD FOULED OUT AND THE SMOKE STARTED COMING THROUGH THE VENTS INSIDE THE CA...

Mileage: 177,000

ON 10/21/2009 AS I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM PICKING MY SON UP FROM SCHOOL, MY 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT CAUGHT ON FIRE. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON THE CAR STARTED TO HESITATE LIKE A SPARK PLUG HAD FOULED OUT AND THE SMOKE STARTED COMING THROUGH THE VENTS INSIDE THE CA...

Mileage: 177,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH AND MAKING A LEFT TURN THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL; HOWEVER, IT FUNCTIONED NORMALLY WHEN THE CONTACT MADE A RIGHT TURN. THE WHEEL BEARINGS AND RACK AND PINION FELL OFF OF THE VEHICLE WHILE IT WAS PARKED. THE CONT...

Mileage: 150,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH AND MAKING A LEFT TURN THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL; HOWEVER, IT FUNCTIONED NORMALLY WHEN THE CONTACT MADE A RIGHT TURN. THE WHEEL BEARINGS AND RACK AND PINION FELL OFF OF THE VEHICLE WHILE IT WAS PARKED. THE CONT...

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT PURCHASED IN 2001. WHILE PARKED IN A STORE PARKING LOT, THE VEHICLE BEGAN SMOKING UNDER THE HOOD. THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE . THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. HOWEVER THE FLAMES RESURFACED. THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLE...

Mileage: 150,000

WHEN I TURNED THE IGNITION KEY TO START MY VEHICLE THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, SHATTERING THE PLENUM, BREAKING THE GUARD COVER AND DISABLING THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. *TR

Mileage: 55,000

WHEN I TURNED THE IGNITION KEY TO START MY VEHICLE THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, SHATTERING THE PLENUM, BREAKING THE GUARD COVER AND DISABLING THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. *TR

Mileage: 55,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH SHE SAW SMOKE UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION SHE NOTICED AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE. THE DRIVER EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES WITH A WATER HOSE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THERE WERE NO PERSONAL INJU...

Mileage: 160,000

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE USED ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO AND LAST WEEK MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE CAR WHEN IT OVERHEATED AND DAMAGED MY ENTIRE MOTOR I TOOK IT TO A AUTO PLACE TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE CAR OVERHEATED CAUSING THE MOTOR TO LOCK UP. THIS WAS DUE TO THE RECALL THAT...

TWO MANIFOLD GASKET FAILURES ON 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. CAR HAS LESS THAN 70,000 MILES ON IT. FIRST GASKET REPLACED WHILE STILL UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY. TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR OIL CHANGE AND DECREASED FUEL EFFICIENCY. I WAS NOTIFIED THAT GASKET WAS FAILING AGAIN. GASKET APPARENTLY NOT ABLE TO LAST ...

Mileage: 68,800

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX PURCHASED IN 2007. TWENTY MINUTES AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IT CAUGHT FIRE. THERE WAS HEAVY BLACK SMOKE UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER OPENING THE HOOD, THE VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE...

Mileage: 122,000

TRANSMISSION SLIP'S REAL BAD. THE CAR ROCKS BACK AND FORTH WHEN SLOWLY ACCELERATING. WHAT WILL BE DONE ABOUT THIS? THIS MY ONLY FORM OF TRANSPORTATION. *TR

Mileage: 125,000

CAR OVER HEATS IN STALLED TRAFFIC. I HAVE REVIEWED THE OVERHEATING AND CAR FIRE COMPLAINTS IN THE "DEFECTS DATA BASE" AND BELIEVE THE MAIN PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED: 'THE COMPUTER WILL NOT CALL FOR FULL FAN POWER' UNLESS THE A/C IIS RUNNING.. DRIVING THE CAR WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN ON A WARM D...

Mileage: 1

CAR OVER HEATS IN STALLED TRAFFIC. I HAVE REVIEWED THE OVERHEATING AND CAR FIRE COMPLAINTS IN THE "DEFECTS DATA BASE" AND BELIEVE THE MAIN PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED: 'THE COMPUTER WILL NOT CALL FOR FULL FAN POWER' UNLESS THE A/C IIS RUNNING.. DRIVING THE CAR WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN ON A WARM D...

Mileage: 1

PLASTIC LENSES THAT PROTECT THE HEAD LIGHT BULBS HAVE BECOME LESS TRANSLUCENT WITH AGE. THIS REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF LIGHT TRANSMISSION MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT TO READ ROAD SIGNS WHICH IS A DISTRACTION TO 'SAFE DRIVING'. I HAVE AN OLDER CHRYSLER AND IT DOES NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM. A MAXIMUM OPACI...

Mileage: 100,000

PLASTIC LENSES THAT PROTECT THE HEAD LIGHT BULBS HAVE BECOME LESS TRANSLUCENT WITH AGE. THIS REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF LIGHT TRANSMISSION MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT TO READ ROAD SIGNS WHICH IS A DISTRACTION TO 'SAFE DRIVING'. I HAVE AN OLDER CHRYSLER AND IT DOES NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM. A MAXIMUM OPACI...

Mileage: 100,000

I EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE IN MY 1999 GRAND PRIX GT. *TR

Mileage: 127,254

RIGHT REAR SPRING BROKE. NO LOAD IN VEHICLE AND NO RUST ON SPRING. STARTED RATTLING, FIRST WEEK IN JUNE, THOUGHT IT WAS THE STABILIZER LINKS WHICH HAD BEEN REPLACED ON THE FRONT ABOUT ONE YEAR AGO. THE RATTLE WAS THE BOTTOM COIL OF THE SPRING. IT COULD HAVE THE TIRE, SO I INSTALLED THE COMPACT SPAR...

Mileage: 152,000

MY 1999 GRAND PRIX GTP WHEN IT GET A LITTLE HOT SHUT OFF WITH NO WARNING. *TR

Mileage: 125,000

MY 1999 GRAND PRIX GTP WHEN IT GET A LITTLE HOT SHUT OFF WITH NO WARNING. *TR

Mileage: 125,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 09V116000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). SEVERAL WEEKS AFTER THE REPAIR, THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING FOR TWO MINUTES WHEN FLAMES APPEARED UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACT HAD TO USE BUCKETS OF WATER ...

Mileage: 145,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE CONTACT'S DRIVEWAY, HE NOTICED SMOKE AND FLAMES UNDER THE HOOD. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND STATED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS IN THE ENGINE CAUSED THE FAILURE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE INCIDEN...

Mileage: 200,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT OIL WAS LEAKING ONTO THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD ON HIS VEHICLE. THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY A FAULTY GASKET AND COVER. THE DEALER WILL REPAIR THE VEHICLE ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 09V116000 AND GM RECALL NUMBER 90047 (ENGI...

Mileage: 143,500

I RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL #09047 FROM GM YESTERDAY ON MY 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT. I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED TO KNOW THAT MY CAR ALREADY CAUGHT FIRE ON FEBRUARY 17 THIS YEAR AND THE INSURANCE COMPANY DEEMED IT A COMPLETE LOSS. IN ADDITION, IT CAUSED NEARLY $7000 IN DAMAGE TO MY HOME WHI...

Mileage: 131,000

02/08 CAR WAS SITTING IN DRIVE-WAY, SHUT OFF, WHEN WE SAW FLAMES COMING FROM THE ENGINE . BY THE TIME THE FIRE DEPARTMENT GOT THERE IT WAS GONE-IT WENT QUICK. I HAD THE CAR FOR 1 YEAR AND NEVER HAD ANY TROUBLE . I AM STILL PAYING FOR THIS CAR AS I ONLY HAD LIABILITY. I GOT THE RECALL A MONTH LATER....

Mileage: 75,000

CAR WAS TOTALED DUE TO ENGINE FIRE CAUSED BY OIL HITTING EXHAUST. THE CAR BURNED COMPLETELY. IT CAUGHT FIRE WHILE DRIVING AND BURNED IN MY DRIVEWAY. *TR

Mileage: 124,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKE LINE FAILED. THE CONTACT PULLED INTO HER DRIVEWAY AND NOTICED THAT SHE WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO BRAKE. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE SALES DEALER AND THEY REPAIRED THE FAILURE, ALTHOUGH SHE NOTICE...

Mileage: 135,533

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKE LINE FAILED. THE CONTACT PULLED INTO HER DRIVEWAY AND NOTICED THAT SHE WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO BRAKE. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE SALES DEALER AND THEY REPAIRED THE FAILURE, ALTHOUGH SHE NOTICE...

Mileage: 135,533

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKE LINE FAILED. THE CONTACT PULLED INTO HER DRIVEWAY AND NOTICED THAT SHE WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO BRAKE. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE SALES DEALER AND THEY REPAIRED THE FAILURE, ALTHOUGH SHE NOTICE...

Mileage: 135,533

MY SON DROVE HOME FROM SCHOOL, PARKED THE 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX IN OUR FRONT YARD, WENT INSIDE FOR A FEW MINUTES BEFORE COMING OUT AGAIN TO FEED OUR ANIMALS AND NOTICED THAT SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. TRIED TO LIFT HOOD, BUT THEN NOTICED SMALL FLAMES AND DID NOT CONTINUE TO OPEN, B...

Mileage: 176,800

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT PARKED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. WHEN HE LIFTED THE HOOD FLAMES WERE SHOOTING UP FROM THE TOP OF THE MOTOR. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY PARKED AND ...

Mileage: 145,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN; HOWEVER, THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWE...

Mileage: 51,000

THE FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE WHILE MY CAR WAS PARKED OUTSIDE OF MY OFFICE ON 09/17/2008. IT HAPPENED ABOUT 10 MINUTES AFTER I PARKED IT AND WENT INTO THE BUILDING. CAR IS TOTALED... THERE IS ONLY TRUNK LEFT. *TR

Mileage: 160,000

1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX HAD A DEFECTIVE GASKET. CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL FOR THE GASKET AFTER HE HAD THE REPAIRS DONE. HE WANTS TO BE REIMBURSED FOR ALL COST. *NJ THE CONSUMER STATED PRIOR TO THE RECALL, HE HAD PROBLEMS WITH OIL LEAKAGE. IN 2007 THE CONSUMER HAD MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE...

Mileage: 95,619

1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX HAD A DEFECTIVE GASKET. CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL FOR THE GASKET AFTER HE HAD THE REPAIRS DONE. HE WANTS TO BE REIMBURSED FOR ALL COST. *NJ THE CONSUMER STATED PRIOR TO THE RECALL, HE HAD PROBLEMS WITH OIL LEAKAGE. IN 2007 THE CONSUMER HAD MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE...

Mileage: 95,619

I BROUGHT THE CAR BRAND NEW . I HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH MY CAR EXCEPT MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I HAD AN ASE CERTIFIED MECHANIC CHECK THE CAR. HE CHECKED OVER MY CAR AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE. HE USED A COMPUTER. AND THE CODE CAME BACK CLOGGED CATALYTIC CONVERTER. I CALLED GM TWICE AND THEY S...

Mileage: 94,370

I BROUGHT THE CAR BRAND NEW . I HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH MY CAR EXCEPT MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I HAD AN ASE CERTIFIED MECHANIC CHECK THE CAR. HE CHECKED OVER MY CAR AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE. HE USED A COMPUTER. AND THE CODE CAME BACK CLOGGED CATALYTIC CONVERTER. I CALLED GM TWICE AND THEY S...

Mileage: 94,370

1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX HAD ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE RECALL WORK COMPLETED 8-14-08 . CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHILE SETTING IN DRIVEWAY AFTER 10MIN DRIVE ON 8-25-08. *TR

Mileage: 94,107

CATALYTIC CONVERTER HAD TO BE REPLACED, AFTER REPLACING, COULD NOT DRIVE CAR BECAUSE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT TO 260 DEGREES IN 6 OR 7 MINUTES OF DRIVING. NEVER HAD THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM OR ANY IDEA OF A PROBLEM UNTIL A WEEK AGO WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC, CAR WAS SLUGGISH AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ...

Mileage: 94,300

CATALYTIC CONVERTER HAD TO BE REPLACED, AFTER REPLACING, COULD NOT DRIVE CAR BECAUSE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT TO 260 DEGREES IN 6 OR 7 MINUTES OF DRIVING. NEVER HAD THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM OR ANY IDEA OF A PROBLEM UNTIL A WEEK AGO WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC, CAR WAS SLUGGISH AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ...

Mileage: 94,300

OUR INSURED, JOHN VERMEULIN'S 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX CAUGHT ON FIRE. *TR

Mileage: 179,985

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE COVER GASKET ON THE VEHICLE. HE CALLED THE DEALER AND SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE DEFECT REPAIRED. HE ARRIVED AT THE DEALER, BUT THEY DID NOT HAVE THE PARTS AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT THE ...

Mileage: 75,000

1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE AFTER BEING PARKED 5-15 MINUTES. CAR DAMAGE - WAS TOTALED. DISCOVERED ON THE INTERNET THAT MANY OTHERS SUFFERED SIMILAR DESTRUCTIVE NON-COLLISION FIRES AND THAT NHTSA # EA07008 HAS A RECALL # 08V118000, BUT... GM NEVER CONTACTED ME. INVESTIGATION CLOS...

Mileage: 179,000

RECALL ON MY 1999 GRAND PRIX WAS LATE, AND MY COMPLAINTS TO THE DEALERS RESULTED IN NOTHING BUT A HASSLE. FIRE UNDER HOOD, I COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHY THE DEALER WAS NO HELP, I COULD NOT AFFORD THERE REBUILDING THE ENGINE (THERE RECOMMENDATION) THE ENGINE STILL RAN BUT I WAS NOT ABOUT TO ALLOW MY FAM...

Mileage: 93,000

1999 GRAND PRIX GT CAUGHT ON FIRE IN FRONT OF HOUSE LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES OF ARRIVING HOME FROM A TEN MINUTE TRIP. HOUSE WAS ALSO DAMAGED IN FIRE. THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS CAR WITH THE SUPER CHARGE, BUT NOT THE GT MODEL. SERIOUS COINCIDENCE THAT THIS ALSO HAPPENED WITH THE GT MODEL AS WELL. PICT...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE NUMBER 07035 IN APRIL OF 2008 AND HAD THE VEHICLE REPAIRED WITHIN THE SAME MONTH. HE PAID FOR THE PARTS FOR THE RECALL REPAIR DUE TO THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED. AT THE TIME OF THE REPAIR, THE DEALER DID NOT HAVE THE...

Mileage: 14,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SMOKE UNDER THE HOOD AND CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS A DEFECT IN THE MOTOR. THE FAILURE IS RELATED TO CAMPAIGN NUMBER 08V118000. A FIRE REPORT...

Mileage: 177,000

I OWNED A C1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT 2 DOOR MODEL, AND ONE DAY THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE. I SEE ON HERE THAT IT A RECALL ON THE GRAND PRIX FOR ENGINE FIRES. HOW DO I GO ABOUT GETTING MY CAR FIX OR REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 182,000

I HAVE A 99 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GTP THAT HAS LEAKS IN BOTH VALVE COVER GASKETS AND THE LOWER AND UPPER INTAKE GASKETS. I UNDERSTAND THAT THEIR HAS BEEN A RECALL ON THE VALVE COVERS BECAUSE THEY WERE CAUSING FIRES FROM OIL LEAKING ON THE MANIFOLD FROM HARD BREAKING. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE HAS BE...

Mileage: 80,000

I HAVE A 99 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GTP THAT HAS LEAKS IN BOTH VALVE COVER GASKETS AND THE LOWER AND UPPER INTAKE GASKETS. I UNDERSTAND THAT THEIR HAS BEEN A RECALL ON THE VALVE COVERS BECAUSE THEY WERE CAUSING FIRES FROM OIL LEAKING ON THE MANIFOLD FROM HARD BREAKING. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE HAS BE...

Mileage: 80,000

CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

I PREVIOUSLY OWNED A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. I BEGAN TO NOTICE AN ENGINE ODOR. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE IT CHECKED. BEFORE I COULD HAVE IT CHECKED OUT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE ABOUT 10 MINUTES AFTER I HAD PARKED THE VEHICLE AT WORK. IT WAS A TOTAL LOSS. THEY COULD NOT TELL ME WHY IT HAD CAUGHT ...

Mileage: 139,827

1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX CAUGHT FIRE. CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY SHE NOTICED SMOKE COMING THREW THE VENTS. WHEN SHE PULLED OVER THE ENGINE WAS ON FIRE. *KB POSSIBLY RELATED TO RECALL 08V118000. THE CONSUMER NO LONGER OWNS THE VEHICLE. *JB

1999 PONTIAC GTP CAUGHT FIRE ,THESE CARS SHOULD BE PULLED OFF THE ROAD. GM DOES NOT WANT TO DO ANY THING, SO I WILL REPORT TO THE MEDIA AND ANY OTHER WAY I THANKS MIKE T, FOR THE SAFETY OF THE OTHER DRIVERS. MY 1999 PONTIAC CAUGHT FIRE THESE CARS SHOULD BE PULLED OFF THE ROAD CAN YOU HELP ME. ...

Mileage: 98,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE OIL VALVE COVER LEAKED AND CAUSED THE SPARK PLUGS TO CATCH FIRE. THE CONTACT HAD TO USE A FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO DOUSE THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER; HOWEVER, A MECHANIC REPLACED THE PLUG WIRES. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWO WEEKS L...

Mileage: 108,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING EVERY TIME SHE STARTED THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF, SHE NOTICED SMOKE UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT BOTH INTAKE VALVE COVER GASKETS WERE LE...

Mileage: 91,788

I DRIVE A 2002 TOYOTA CAMRY. MY CAR WAS PARKED NEXT TO A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE GRAND PRIX CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD SPREADING TO MY CAR. MY CAR AND THE GRAND PRIX TOTAL LOSS. READING ON THE INTERNET SEEMS THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THE PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WONDERING WHY THIS PROBLEM NOT ADD...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. APPROXIMATELY TWO MINUTES AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AT THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE IN TWENTY MINUTES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT HAS PICTURES OF THE VEHICLE. ...

Mileage: 63,000

WAS DRIVING HOME FROM A TRIP, AND SHORTLY AFTER FILLING MY CAR UP WITH GAS, I HEARD A 'BANG', AND THE ENGINE BAY BURST INTO FLAMES. AFTER THIS HAPPENED, I PULLED OVER, AND BY THE TIME I ACTUALLY STOPPED THE CAR, THE FIRE WAS ALREADY ENTERING THE INSIDE OF THE CAR. BY THE TIME I EXITED THE CAR, THE F...

Mileage: 115,000

OUR 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GTP HAS RUN FINE SINCE OUR PURCHASE IN JUNE OF 2006. IT WAS IN EXTREMELY GOOD CONDITION, 1 OWNER CAR. MY SON DROVE IT TO WORK ON 2/25/08 AND 15 MINUTES LATER IT WAS ENGULFED WITH FLAMES IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENTALIZE NO RED LIGHT INDICATION OR NO SMELL OR ORDER. JUST PA...

Mileage: 97,988

20 MINUTES AFTER VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND TURNED OFF, ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE. DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO ENGINE COMPARTMENT. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. PAINT SHOWED MORE DAMAGE ON DRIVERS SIDE OF VEHICLE. LOCATION OR CAUSE OF FIRE UNKNOWN. 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GTP. STREAMWOOD IL POLICE REPORT NUMBER 08016...

Mileage: 108,300

THE CAR HAD BEEN SITTING IN MY GARAGE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. I DROVE IT ABOUT FIVE MILES TO PICK UP MY BROTHER AND GO PLAY BASKETBALL. THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE WAS IN THE 30'S AND I PARKED THE CAR IN AN ASPHALT PARKING LOT. ABOUT AN HOUR LATER, THE POLICE CAME INTO THE GYM AND TOLD ME MY CAR WAS ON...

Mileage: 151,000

I HAD BEEN HOME FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES AFTER ABOUT A 45 MINUTE DRIVE WHEN I HEARD A LOUD POP OUTSIDE FOLLOWED BY A LOUD BOOM. I LOOKED OUT WINDOW A SAW THAT MY CAR WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO PUT OUT THE FIRE. I BOUGHT THIS CAR IN AUGUST OF 2007 FROM FRIENDS AND I HAVE NOT HA...

Mileage: 135,000

I HAD BEEN HOME FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES AFTER ABOUT A 45 MINUTE DRIVE WHEN I HEARD A LOUD POP OUTSIDE FOLLOWED BY A LOUD BOOM. I LOOKED OUT WINDOW A SAW THAT MY CAR WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO PUT OUT THE FIRE. I BOUGHT THIS CAR IN AUGUST OF 2007 FROM FRIENDS AND I HAVE NOT HA...

Mileage: 135,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. TEN MINUTES AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, IT BURST INTO FLAMES. THE INSURANCE COMPANY HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED AND THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. THE FIRE ORIGINATED FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THE C...

Mileage: 43,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. TEN MINUTES AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, IT BURST INTO FLAMES. THE INSURANCE COMPANY HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED AND THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. THE FIRE ORIGINATED FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THE C...

Mileage: 43,000

THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG WITH MY CAR! I ALWAYS DID REGULAR MAINTENANCE. AFTER PARKING THE CAR, WITHIN 5 MINUTES IT CAUGHT FIRE AND COMPLETELY BURNED THE WHOLE FRONT OF MY CAR. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

WIFE AND 3 CHILDREN STOPPED AT LIGHT AND ENGINE IN 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GTP BURST INTO FLAMES. CAR WAS BOUGHT 7 MONTHS AGO AND WAS STATE INSPECTED AND WELL MAINTAINED TILL THE FIRE. CAR DID NOT LEAK ANY FLUIDS AND THE ENGINE AND ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS SPOTLESS OF ANY OIL OR DEBRIS. THE EAST WINDS...

Mileage: 125,000

DRIVING ON US 85 NORTH AT MILE MARKER 82 IN NC AT 6:00 PM. ENGINE STARTS MISFIRING THEN WITHIN A FEW SECONDS RACING AND LOSS OF BRAKE POWER. PULL OVER TO SHOULDER IMMEDIATELY AND TURN OFF CAR. OPEN HOOD AND SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER ENGINE COVER AND EMBERS VISIBLE. CAR TOWED FOR 96 MILES TO AUTO P...

Mileage: 114,500

I PARKED MY CAR IN THE PARKING LOT AT WORK, I WENT INTO THE BUILDING AND WAS THERE MAYBE 10 MINUTE AND RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM THE SWITCHBOARD THAT MY CAR WAS ON FIRE. A WITNESS STATED THAT IT HAPPENED IN A MATTER OF SECONDS. FIRST THERE WAS A GUST OF SMOKE AND THEN FLAMES STARTING SHOOTING FROM...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT 3800. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED FOR TEN MINUTES WHEN THE CONTACT NOTICED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHING A FIRE IN HIS VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SMASHED THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WINDOW, OPENED THE HOOD LATCH, AND HOSED DOWN THE VEHICLE. THE VEH...

Mileage: 139,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT 3800. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED FOR TEN MINUTES WHEN THE CONTACT NOTICED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHING A FIRE IN HIS VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SMASHED THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WINDOW, OPENED THE HOOD LATCH, AND HOSED DOWN THE VEHICLE. THE VEH...

Mileage: 139,000

A/C LEAKS ON PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR. ALSO A/C BLOWER MOTOR DOES NOT WORK. WHEEL RIMS ARE CORRODED AND PITTED. AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON AND STAYS ON. *JB

Mileage: 78,000

A/C LEAKS ON PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR. ALSO A/C BLOWER MOTOR DOES NOT WORK. WHEEL RIMS ARE CORRODED AND PITTED. AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON AND STAYS ON. *JB

Mileage: 78,000

A/C LEAKS ON PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR. ALSO A/C BLOWER MOTOR DOES NOT WORK. WHEEL RIMS ARE CORRODED AND PITTED. AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON AND STAYS ON. *JB

Mileage: 78,000

A/C LEAKS ON PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR. ALSO A/C BLOWER MOTOR DOES NOT WORK. WHEEL RIMS ARE CORRODED AND PITTED. AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON AND STAYS ON. *JB

Mileage: 78,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD OVERHEAT AND THE ENGINE REMAINED RUNNING WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS ACTIVATED. THE FAILURE HINDERS THE WHEELS ON THE VEHICLE FROM TURNING PROPERLY WHILE DRIVING. ...

Mileage: 121,099

I HAVE OR SHOULD I SAY HAD A 1999 GRAND PRIX GTP SUPERCHARGE. WELL MY WIFE WENT TO THE MALL ON 9/16/07 PARKED THE CAR AND WENT SHOPPING WITH 2 OF MY CHILDREN WHEN SHE RECEIVED A PAGE IN THE MALL TO GO TO THE PARKING LOT. WHEN SHE ARRIVED THERE SHE REALIZED THAT THE CAR WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTME...

Mileage: 113,110

WHILE MAKING A TURN, HEARD LOUD CLUNKING NOISE. TOOK CAR TO MECHANIC, DISCOVERED OUTER END OF SWAY BAR ON PASSENGER SIDE BROKE CLEAN THROUGH, JUST BEFORE BOLT. CAR ONLY HAD 45,500 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 45,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. HE STATED THAT THE FRONT OF HIS VEHICLE, INCLUDING THE ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 168,000. UPDATED 02-01-08 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED TOTAL REPAIR DAMAGES WERE IN THE AMOUNT OF $700. UPDATED 02/01/08 *T...

Mileage: 168,000

I WAS HEADING HOME AND WHILE I WAS DRIVING MY 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT CAUGHT FIRE. WHEN I PULLED OVER, AND SHUT THE CAR OFF, NONE OF THE LOCKS UNLOCKED AND NONE OF THE WINDOWS ROLLED DOWN, BY THE TIME I FOUND THE LOCKS ON THE DOOR, THERE WAS SO MUCH SMOKE INSIDE THE CAR I COULD NOT SEE THE STEERI...

Mileage: 104,000

ON MAY 30TH, 2007 I RETURNED HOME FROM WORK AT AROUND 3:30 PM EASTERN. TIME AND PARKED MY 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GTP IN THE GARAGE AND WENT IN THE HOUSE. PRIOR TO PARKING AND TURNING OFF THE CAR IT HAD BEEN DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES IN AROUND 35 MINUTES. AFTER ABOUT 20 MINUTES MY WIFE AND I B...

Mileage: 105,262

WE LEFT HOME AND DROVE ABOUT 8 MILES TO MEET SOME RELATIVES FOR DINNER. WHEN WE ARRIVED AT OUR DESTINATION, THERE WAS NO SMOKE, NOISE OR EVEN A SMELL COMING FROM THE CAR. ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER, A MAN CAME RUNNING INTO THE RESTAURANT YELLING "SOMEBODY'S CAR IS ON FIRE!" ONE OF THE RESTAURANT EMP...

Mileage: 157,850

AUTOMOBILE CAUGHT ON FIRE AT WORK. NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT. TOTALED VEHICLE ALONG WITH DAMAGE TO TWO OTHERS SITTING NEXT TO IT. *JB

Mileage: 162,000

DATE OF INCIDENT: 03/22/2006 I DROVE MY 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GTP TO A DEPARTMENT STORE OVER MY LUNCH HOUR. I PARKED THE CAR AND WENT INSIDE. I CAME OUTSIDE LESS THAN 10 MINUTES LATER AND MY VEHICLE WAS IN FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND PUT THE FIRE OUT AND MY VEHICLE WAS TOWED. AFT...

I OWNED A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GTP AND I WAS DRIVING APPROX. 80MPH DOWN A INTERSTATE AND SHORTLY AFTER I EXITED THE INTERSTATE AND PARKED MY VEHICLE, APPROX. 5 - 10 MINITUES, MY VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE UNDERHOOD THE ONLY. THE VEHICLE HAD REGULAR MAINTANCE DONE ON IT AND WAS VERY WELL MAINTAINTED. *J...

Mileage: 130,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 GRAND PRIX GT. THE CONTACT PARKED THE VEHICLE AND AFTER 10 MINUTES, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE PARKING LOT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 132,000. PRIOR TO THE FIRE THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS OF ANY ENGINE PROBLEMS. THE FIRE WAS PRESENT UNDERNEATH THE HOOD OF THE VEH...

Mileage: 132,000

MY 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GTP HAD BEEN PARKED ON MY MOTHER'S CARPORT APPROX. 10 MINUTES WHEN I LOOKED OUT TO SEE SMOKE. RUSHING OUTSIDE THE ENTIRE HOOD AREA OF THE CAR WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. HAD THE LOCAL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT NOT HAVE RESPONDED WITHIN 10 MINUTES, HER HOME WOULD HAVE BEEN DEST...

Mileage: 134,000

THE CAR HAD BEEN SETTING FOR 10 DAYS OR SO, WHEN I TRIED TO START IT I HEARD A LOUD BANG AND I SAW SMOKE. THE INTAKE MANIFOLD EXPLODED AND CAUGHT THE ENGINE ON FIRE. MY WIFE CALLED 911 BUT I GOT THE FIRE PUT OUT BEFORE THE FIREMEN GOT HERE. *JB

Mileage: 92,000

THE CAR HAD BEEN SETTING FOR 10 DAYS OR SO, WHEN I TRIED TO START IT I HEARD A LOUD BANG AND I SAW SMOKE. THE INTAKE MANIFOLD EXPLODED AND CAUGHT THE ENGINE ON FIRE. MY WIFE CALLED 911 BUT I GOT THE FIRE PUT OUT BEFORE THE FIREMEN GOT HERE. *JB

Mileage: 92,000

VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AFTER PARKED. INVESTIGATION DETERMINED ORIGIN B/T FUEL LINES AND SUPERCHARGER. *JB

VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AFTER PARKED. INVESTIGATION DETERMINED ORIGIN B/T FUEL LINES AND SUPERCHARGER. *JB

I HAVE A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GTP SUPER CHARGED V6 THAT CAUGHT FIRE ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2006. AFTER DRIVING BACK TO WORK ON A SATURDAY EVENING, I PARKED THE CAR JUST OUTSIDE OUR ENTRANCE. MY FIANCE AND I SAT DOWN TO EAT DINNER NEAR THE ENTRANCE, AND WITHIN 10 MINUTES NOTICED A FOG DRIFT...

Mileage: 160,159

ON THE EVENING OF 10-16-06 MY 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT CAUGHT FIRE IN MY GARAGE. THE ENGINE HAD BEEN TURNED OFF FOR ABOUT 3 1/2 TO 4 MINUTES BEFORE THE FIRE STARTED. THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM. NO INFO CAME ON THE DRIVERS PANEL THERE WAS NO UNUSUAL SMELL OR SOUND FROM THE...

Mileage: 87,000

I WAS THE OWNER OF A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT. ON THE EVENING OF 10-16-06 AFTER PARKING THE CAR IN MY GARAGE IT CAUGHT FIRE ABOUT 4 MINUTES AFTER TURNING THE IGNITION OFF. THE FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD. THE CAR WAS TOTALED AS A RESULT. I WAS THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE VEHICLE. THIS VEHICLE W...

Mileage: 87,000

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER DRIVING THE 1999 88 OLDSMOBILE GTP AT 15 MPH THE CONTACT WENT INTO THE STORE FOR NOT MORE THAT 5 MINUTES WHEN SHE NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME, OPENED THE HOOD, AND THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE F...

Mileage: 82,500

1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GTP DESTROYED BY ENGINE FIRE 10 MINUTES AFTER IT WAS PARKED. *NM

Mileage: 55,000

MY 1999 GRAND PRIX GTP ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT FIRE AFTER IT WAS PARKED IN MY GARAGE FOR APPROXIMATELY 5-7 MINUTES. THE FIRE TOTALED THE CAR, AND CAUSED A GREAT DEAL OF DAMAGE TO THE GARAGE. *JB

Mileage: 134,000

THE CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE MY DAUGHTER WAS BUYING BOOKS FOR SCHOOL. THE FIRE DEPT WAS CALLED AND NOW THE CAR IS TOTALED. *NM

Mileage: 894,000

THE EVENT LEADING UP THE FAILURE WAS I DROVE IT. THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG HERE. WHEN 25+ CARS BURN DOWN FOR NO REASON. WHAT DOES IT TAKE FOR PONTIAC / GM / GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO ACKNOWLEDGE A PROBLEM AND REIMBURSE PEOPLE FOR THEIR LOSS? DEATH? THERE HAVE BEEN TOO MANY PONTIAC - GRAND PRIX -GM 3800...

Mileage: 65,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THERE WAS A CLUNKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. A WARNING LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD ILLUMINATED CONSTANTLY. THERE WAS GREY SMOKE EMANATING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE REPAIR SHOP, WHERE THE ENGINE STALLE...

Mileage: 44,632

THE FOLLOWING OCCURRED ON A 1999 GRAND PRIX THAT HAS 52,300 +/- MILES ON IT, LOCATED IN SOUTHEASTERN PA AND NOT GARAGED. I WENT TO START MY CAR AFTER A MEETING AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION IN THE MEETING LOCATION PARKING LOT SHOWED THAT BRAKE FLUID WAS PUMPING OU...

Mileage: 50,300

ELECTRICAL FIRE IN THE DASH OF A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. IT APPEARS TO BE CAUSED BY AN OVERHEATED SENSOR INDICATOR. *JB

Mileage: 133,000

CAR SUDDENLY STARTED RUNNING VERY POOR. SKIPPING, NO POWER. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD. COST ME $1200. APPROXIMATELY 75,000 MILES. IN SEARCHING THE WEB FOR OTHERS HAVING THIS PROBLEM, I CONCLUDE THAT THERE IS A DESIGN PROBLEM AND GM SHOULD STAND BEHIND IT. I R...

Mileage: 75,000

1999 GRAND PRIX RIGHT FRONT TIRE CAME TO REST ON THE UNDERCARRIAGE AND SUSPENSION. *TS 5 LUG STUDS SNAPPED OFF. *JB

THE STEERING GETS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT WHEN TURNING TO THE LEFT. IT'S AS IF THERE IS NO POWER STEERING. IT IS INTERMITTENT, WHICH MAKES IT VERY UNSAFE TO TURN THE CAR, NOT KNOWING WHEN IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. I HAVE NOT TAKEN STEPS TO CORRECT THE FAILURE YET, WAITING FOR GM TO REPAIR UNDER A RECALL ...

Mileage: 47,000

1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. POWER STEERING FAILURE LEFT TURN ONLY AND IS INTERMITTENT. INCIDENTS STARTED DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR. SEVERAL TIMES IT HAS PUT ME IN THE POINT OF DANGER MAKING LEFT TURNS AND NOT KNOWING WHEN IT WILL BE EXTREMELY HARD TO TURN AND WHEN IT WILL BE NORMAL. SEVERAL TIMES DURING A ...

Mileage: 76,000

MY 1999 GM PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GTP WENT UP IN FLAMES ON ITS OWN IN OUR GARAGE, AT NIGHT. IT WAS TERRIFYING, SCARY AND WE'RE LUCKY THAT WE DIDN'T LOSE THE HOUSE. MY HUSBAND AND FATHER IN LAW WERE ABLE TO DRAG THE CAR OUT OF THE GARAGE BEFORE THE HOUSE WENT UP. FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED ON SCENE AT THA...

Mileage: 81,000

HAD 1999 GRAND PRIX FOR SEVEN MONTHS ALREADY HAD PROBLEMS WITH DRIVERS WINDOW NOT WINDING DOWN. A PART OF THE PASSENGER DOOR PANEL STARTED TO COME OFF. NOW DRIVERS SEAT BELT WON'T LATCH, AND IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP FOR BROKEN VALVE SPRING AND DAMAGE TO THE HEAD GASKET AS A RESULT FROM THE BROKEN ...

Mileage: 99,000

HAD 1999 GRAND PRIX FOR SEVEN MONTHS ALREADY HAD PROBLEMS WITH DRIVERS WINDOW NOT WINDING DOWN. A PART OF THE PASSENGER DOOR PANEL STARTED TO COME OFF. NOW DRIVERS SEAT BELT WON'T LATCH, AND IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP FOR BROKEN VALVE SPRING AND DAMAGE TO THE HEAD GASKET AS A RESULT FROM THE BROKEN ...

Mileage: 99,000

HAD 1999 GRAND PRIX FOR SEVEN MONTHS ALREADY HAD PROBLEMS WITH DRIVERS WINDOW NOT WINDING DOWN. A PART OF THE PASSENGER DOOR PANEL STARTED TO COME OFF. NOW DRIVERS SEAT BELT WON'T LATCH, AND IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP FOR BROKEN VALVE SPRING AND DAMAGE TO THE HEAD GASKET AS A RESULT FROM THE BROKEN ...

Mileage: 99,000

HAD 1999 GRAND PRIX FOR SEVEN MONTHS ALREADY HAD PROBLEMS WITH DRIVERS WINDOW NOT WINDING DOWN. A PART OF THE PASSENGER DOOR PANEL STARTED TO COME OFF. NOW DRIVERS SEAT BELT WON'T LATCH, AND IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP FOR BROKEN VALVE SPRING AND DAMAGE TO THE HEAD GASKET AS A RESULT FROM THE BROKEN ...

Mileage: 99,000

HAD 1999 GRAND PRIX FOR SEVEN MONTHS ALREADY HAD PROBLEMS WITH DRIVERS WINDOW NOT WINDING DOWN. A PART OF THE PASSENGER DOOR PANEL STARTED TO COME OFF. NOW DRIVERS SEAT BELT WON'T LATCH, AND IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP FOR BROKEN VALVE SPRING AND DAMAGE TO THE HEAD GASKET AS A RESULT FROM THE BROKEN ...

Mileage: 99,000

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY MY 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX DEVELOPED A LOW HUM IN THE FRONT END WHICH FAIRLY QUICKLY - WITHIN 30 MILES - ESCALATED TO A SUBSTANTIAL RUMBLE/ROAR. I THEN EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN AND PRONOUNCED WOBBLE. I PULLED INTO THE BREAKDOWN AND EVENTUALLY FOUND THAT 4 OF THE 5 STUDS HOLDIN...

Mileage: 95,000

DT: THE CONTACT STATED ALL OF THE POWER WINDOWS EXCEPT THE FRONT DRIVER'S WINDOW FAILED TO OPERATE. THE WINDOWS WERE NOT USED OFTEN. THE POWER WINDOWS WERE STUCK IN THE UP POSITION AND WOULD NOT MOVE. WHEN PRESSING THE BUTTONS THERE WAS NO NOISE COMING FROM THE POWER WINDOW MOTORS. THE INDEPEN...

Mileage: 40,000

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE POWER WINDOW ON THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WOULD NOT OPERATE. THIS WINDOW WAS NOT USED OFTEN. THE WINDOW WAS STUCK IN THE UPWARD POSITION AND WOULD NOT MOVE. WHEN PRESSING THE BUTTON. THERE WAS NO NOISE COMING FROM THE POWER WINDOW MOTOR. THE MOTOR HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED....

Mileage: 40,000

AT 54,000 MILES, THE STEERING RACK ON MY 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE IT BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO MAKE A LEFT TURN AS THE STEERING WHEEL REQUIRED HIGH FORCE TO MOVE TO THE LEFT. *NM

Mileage: 54,210

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A TURN THERE WAS A POPPING NOISE THAT CAME FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. HE PULLED THE VEHICLE INTO GARAGE AND INSPECTED UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. HE DISCOVERED THE SWAY BAR BROKE. HE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE IN THE ...

Mileage: 101,000

(1) POWER LOSS AND LOSS OF COOLANT (2) INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILURE, 3 MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY AND ONLY 67000 MILES. HAD TO HAVE VEHICLE TOWED TO NEAREST GARAGE FOR REPAIR. (3) REPLACED INTAKE MANIFOLD,THERMOSTAT, AND HOSES. FLUSH A FILL COOLING SYSTEM. CHANGED OIL AND FILTER. *NM

Mileage: 67,000

DT: CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AND TURNING TO THE LEFT THE STEERING FELT LIKE IT STUCK. THE VEHICLE WAS CHECKED, AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE DEFECT WAS RACK AND PINION STEERING. *AK

Mileage: 65,000

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. HE FOUND RECALL 02V2860000 CONCERNING RACK AND PINION STEERING ON THE 1998 GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEM AS DESCRIBED IN THE RECALL BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. WHEN HE ...

Mileage: 55,000

GRAND PRIX GTP 1999 HAS A RACK AND PINION PROBLEM THE STEERING WOULD ACT LIKE THERE WAS NO POWER TO IT WHEN TURNING LEFT- RIGHT TURN WORKED OK. THERE WAS A RECALL ON 1998 GRAND PRIX THAT DID THE EXACT SAME THING. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE FOR WOMEN DRIVERS ESPECIALLY. THEY WOULD NOT EXPECT TO SUDDENLY...

DT: 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX THE INTAKE WAS DEFECTIVE AND LOCKED THE UP THE ENGINE. THE CONSUMER SPOKE WITH THE DEALERSHIP, THEY HAVE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS BUT NO RECALLS AS OF NOW. WHERE THE WATER COMES IN, THE PLASTIC HOUSING INTAKE IS CRACKING AND DETERIORATING AND WATER ENTERED THE CYLINDERS W...

Mileage: 93,500

DT: THE CAR IS DYING WITHOUT WARNING. THERE ARE NO LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD THAT LIGHT UP WHEN THIS HAPPENS. AFTER THE VEHICLE DIES, THE BATTERY LIGHT IS COMING ON. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR OVER A YEAR. THE CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP OVER 15 TIMES FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM. THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN FIXED AT...

FRONT DRIVER SIDE NOISE COMING FROM SUSPENSION. TOOK CAR TO MIDAS, PROBLEM FOUND LEFT FRONT SWAY BAR MOUNT HAD BROKEN AND WAS NO LONGER ATTACHED TO THE FRAME. REPLACED FRONT SWAY BAR, COST $400 PARTS AND LABOR.

Mileage: 121,000

DT: CAR WAS PARKED AND CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THE CAR WAS DESTROYED, THE WHOLE ENGINE DEPARTMENT WAS CONSUMED. FIRE DEPT CAME. GM SENT ENGINEER OUT TO INSPECT DAMAGE. CONTACTED GM, AND THEY DID NOT SHARE RESULTS OF THAT REPORT, STATED NOTHING WAS WRONG,-NO DEFECT FOUND. *...

Mileage: 101,000

ON MAY 24, 2005, MY CARE (1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX) HAD A HARD TIME STARTING. IT SEEMED AS IF THE CAR DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH POWER. I IMMEDIATELY SUSPECTED THE BATTERY. I DROVE THE CAR AROUND TO SEE IF IT WOULD RECHARGE ITSELF. AFTER DRIVING THE CAR, I LET IT SIT FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND TRIED IT AGAIN....

Mileage: 43,173

STEERING IN MY 1999 GRAND PRIX GT FAILED IN THAT IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN TO THE LEFT (SUCH AS WITH NO POWER STEERING) AND APPEARS TO TURN NORMALLY OR POWER ASSISTED TO THE RIGHT. THIS PROBLEM APPEARED SUDDENELY AND HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE IT FIRST APPEARED. A TALK WITH A LOCAL PONTIAC SERVI...

Mileage: 89,000

THE INTAKE ON MY CAR HAS CRACKED AND BEEN REPLACED TWICE IN TWO YEARS. THE CAUSE IS STILL UKNOWN.

Mileage: 50,000

DT: WHEN THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES, A METAL SOUND WAS HEARD. THE DEALER SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG, WHEN THE CAR BROKE DOWN IT WAS TOWED TO MEINKE MUFFLER SHOP AND THEY SAW THE PROBLEM RIGHT AWAY. THEY SAVED THE DEFECTIVE PARTS. WHEN POINTED OUT TO DEALER THEY SAW THE PROBLEM. ...

Mileage: 56,000

STEERING WHEEL LOCKED ONLY WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN. DEALER STATED THE RACK AND PINION STEERING WAS DEFECTIVE. *AK *JB

Mileage: 55,000

VEHICLE WAS IDLING ROUGH ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE, ALL FUEL INJECTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, ONE OF THEM TWICE. VEHICLE STILL IDLES ROUGH ON OCCASION.*AK

Mileage: 32,000

LEAKS ANT FREEZE INTO THE BLOCK SAID IT WAS THE UPPER AND LOWER INTAKE GASKETS. NEED A RECALL ON THAT. *JB

Mileage: 88,000

THERE WAS A LEAK OF RADIATOR FLUID INTO THE PISTONS. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE PLASTIC LINE IN THE ENGINE WAS DEFECTIVE, AND THEN WAS REPLACED.*AK *TC

Mileage: 65,000

POWER STEERING IS VERY HARD TO TURN WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN. CONSUMER STATED THAT A RECALL WAS ISSUED ON THE 1997 AND 1998 PONTIAC, GRAND PRIX. TOOK VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, WHO DETERMINED THAT CONSUMER NEEDED A RACK AND PINION, WHICH WOULD COST CONSUMER ABOUT $800.00.*AK

DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE FOR APPROX 100 MILES, ENGINE TEMPERATURE SUDDENLY OVERHEATED. SON AND WIFE IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND SHUT MOTOR OFF. THEY WAITED APPROX 30 MINUTES FOR ENGINE TO COOL OFF. THEY TRIED TO RESTART THE ENGINE, BUT IT DIDN'T SOUND RIGHT SO THEY STOPPED. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO THE D...

Mileage: 79,500

1999 GRAND PRIX PURCHASED USED IN 2002. IN FALL 2003, ONE POWER WINDOW FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. IN AUGUST 2004, A SECOND POWER WINDOW FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. IN SEPTEMBER 2004, A THIRD POWER WINDOW FAILED. IT IS STUCK IN THE UP POSITION AND HAS NOT YET BEEN REPLACED.*AK

Mileage: 36,900

THE FRONT HEADLIGHT LENS, AFTER 5 YEARS, HAS BECOME EXTREMELY CLOUDY AND LETS LESS THAN 50% LIGHT THRU IT, CAUSING THE ROAD TO BARELY BE LIT UP AT NIGHT. I HAVE TALKED TO A PONTIAC DEALER AND A CAR REPAIR COMPANY AND BOTH SAY THAT THIS IS NOW COMMON SINCE CHANGING FROM GLASS TO PLASTIC. THIS IS A ...

Mileage: 73,800

WHEN THE CONSUMER STARTED UP THE VEHICLE, SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD AREA. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO GET OUT AND CALLED THE FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED. NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND TOTALED OUT BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. ...

THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT AND COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON. THE COOLANT IN THE CONTAINER WAS BOILING. THE INTAKE VALVE WAS DEFECTIVE, AND THE COOLANT WAS GOING INTO THE OIL.*AK

Mileage: 71,820

WE HAVE A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX WITH A LITTLE OVER 100,000 MILES ON IT. IN THE PAST MONTH, IT BECAME MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT TO REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION. FINALLY, WE WERE UNABLE TO REMOVE THE KEY AT ALL. WE HAD THE CAR CHECKED OUT BY A LOCAL PONTIAC DEALER AND WE WERE TOLD THAT THE CAR ...

Mileage: 104,000

VEHICLE STALLED INTERMITTENTLY. IT CAN OCCUR AT ANY SPEED WHILE DRIVING OR AT A STOP POSITION. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

Mileage: 81,000

WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON AS VEHICLE STARTED TO ACCELERATE AND THEN SPUTTER AND MISFIRE, ALMOST CAUSING A MULTIPLE CAR ACCIDENT. VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. AFTER TOWING THE CAR TO THE DEALER(CLOSE TO CLOSING TIME), THEY DETERMINED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THE ENGINE HYDRO-ST...

Mileage: 96,000

VEHICLE'S INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED AND ENGINE COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE ENGINE. *MR THE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED AND COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE CYLINDERS AND SEIZED THE BEARINGS. ON ANOTHER OCCASION THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE ENGINE WAS DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR. *SC ...

Mileage: 80,104

PROBLEMS WITH CAR FAILURE ON 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. *MR (STALLING PROBLEM) THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *SC *JB

AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW AND LEFT REAR WINDOW "FALL" DOWN AND AND WILL NOT GO BACK UP. HAVE TO TAPE EACH WINDOW UP MAKING THEN INOPERATIVE..TECH REMOVED DOOR PANEL ON REAR DOOR AND SAYS THE PROMLEM IS NOT THE SWITCH OR MOTOR BUT A BROKEN WOODEN PULLEY(MADE IN MEXICO) THAT ALLOWS THE ...

Mileage: 22,000

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER NOTICE DCOOLANT INDICATOR FLASHED. CONSUMER ADDED ANTI FREEZE, BUT COOLANT KEPT FLOWING. THEN, VEHICLE ENGINE STALLED. DEALERSHIP SERVICED VEHICLE AND REPLACED THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. *AK

CONSUMER HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE, AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE SWAY BAR BROKE IN HALF. *AK

Mileage: 85,000

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN, RESULTING IN A REAR END COLLISION. *AK

MY CAR STARTED OUT RUNNING HOT ON A REGULAR BASIS. MY REPAIRMAN ASKED ME TO CHECK WITH THE DEALERSHIP FOR RECALLS ON THE INTAKE MANIFOLD AND THERE WERENT ANY. NOW THE DEALERSHIP IS PLANNING ON CHARGING ME OVER 700.00 FOR THE REPAIR IN QUESTION. AND I DONT BELIVE THIS PART IS WARRANTED. I'M GOING T...

Mileage: 100,000

TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 65,000 MILES. TRANNMISSION COOLER APPARENTLY BLEW A LINE PUTTIN ANTI FREEZE THROUGH THE THE TRANSMISSION. ACCORDING TO MY SERVICE MAN A RECURRING PROBLEM WTH PONTIAC GRAND PRIXS OF THE 1999 BODY STYLE.

Mileage: 65,000

IN SEPTEMBER 2003, INTAKE PLENIUM FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE NOT TO RUN; THERE IS NO PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE TO KEEP THIS SITUATION FROM HAPPENING; I WAS INFORMED THAT SINCE A PONTIAC DEALERSHIP DID NOT INSPECT/REPAIR THE DAMAGE THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ASSIST IN THIS SITUATION EVEN THOUGH DURING MY...

Mileage: 72,000

WHILE DRIVING DOWN 20-MPH CONSUMER HEARD LOUD NOISE COMING THROUGH THE ENGINE, SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING VEHICLE STALLED AND DIED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO INDEPENDENT SHOP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT INTAKE MANIFOLD. FAILED. *AK

Mileage: 122,000

1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX RACK AND PINION PROBLEMS. STEERING LOCKING UP IN BOTH DIRECTIONS DURING SLOWER SPEEDS AND SHARP STEERING. THE GM RECALL NEEDS TO BE EXTENDED UNTIL ALL YEAR MODELS AFFECTED ARE IDENTIFIED. *JB

Mileage: 72,000

INTAKE MANIFOLD KEEPS CRACKING. RD TIME I HAVE BEEN LEFT STRANDED. *JB

Mileage: 65,000

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND ENGINE CHECK LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO GASKET BL...

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A POWER WINDOW PROBLEM. THE MOTOR REGULATOR WAS REPLACED ONCE. HOWEVER, IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. WARRANTY EXPIRED. *AK

Mileage: 87,000

MY CAR HAS AN INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAK. I FOUND ORANGE CRUD IN MY RADIATOR. MY HEATER KEEPS BLOWING COLD AIR OUT. IT KEEPS LOSSING ANTIFREEZE FROM INTAKE MANIFOLD. MY TEMPRATURE GAGE FLUXES BETWEEN DRIVING AND STOPING. THEY NEED TO MAKE A RECALL ON THIS THERE'S TO MANY PEOPLE GETTING BURNED ON IT. OR MA...

Mileage: 50,000

RACK AND PINION ASSEMBLY CAME APART AT 60,000 MILES. COULD NOT TURN LEFT. SAME PROBLEM AS OTHER RECALLED GM CARS (97 LUMINA).

Mileage: 59,000

I HAVE A VERY HARD TIME SEEING AT NIGHT DUE TO THE CONDENSATION BUILD UP INSIDE BOTH OF MY HEADLIGHTS. WHEN ASKING THE DEALER TO HAVE THEM REPLACED, I WAS INFORMED THAT THIS WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER MY WARRANTY AND THAT IT WOULD COST NEARLY $300 DOLLARS PER LIGHT. THEY ALSO SAID THAT REPLACING T...

Mileage: 55,000

CONSUMER LOST POWER STEERING WHEN MAKING LEFT TURNS. *PH VEHICLE'S RACK AND PINION IS FAILING CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING.*MR

1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX- HAVING TO REPLACE RACK AND PINION AND POWER STEERING PUMP. COST.....1500 DOLLARS. GM HAS ISSUED RECALLS FOR 1997 AND 1998 MODELS, BUT NOT 1999. PARTS ARE THE SAME. *JB

Mileage: 82,000

AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE FOR TEN MINUTES, A FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD ON THE DRIVER SIDE. *JB

Mileage: 27,000

MY 1999 PONTIAC GRAN PRIX GT LOOSES THE POWER STEERING WHEN TURNING LEFT, RIGHT IS OK. AT A STANDSTILL, IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN LEFT SO THE CAR HAS TO BE IN MOTION TO TURN. IT IS NOT SMOOTH, BUT JERKY AND THE FORCE VARIES THRU THE TURN. IT IS DEFINETLY A HANDFUL ON A WINDY DAY, WHEN MORE EF...

Mileage: 60,000

MY 1999 PONTIAC GRAN PRIX GT LOOSES THE POWER STEERING WHEN TURNING LEFT, RIGHT IS OK. AT A STANDSTILL, IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN LEFT SO THE CAR HAS TO BE IN MOTION TO TURN. IT IS NOT SMOOTH, BUT JERKY AND THE FORCE VARIES THRU THE TURN. IT IS DEFINETLY A HANDFUL ON A WINDY DAY, WHEN MORE EF...

Mileage: 60,000

MY 1999 PONTIAC HAS A VERY WEAK RETRACT SPRING ON THE LEFT SIDE FRONT SEAT BELT, I MUST BE VERY CAREFUL TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SEAT BELT IS INSIDE THE CAR WHEN I CLOSE THE DOOR. THE SEAT BELT CAN GET CAUGHT IN THE DOOR PREVENTING THE DOOR FROM PROPERLY CLOSING AND LOCKING WHEN THE CAR IS PARKED, DAMA...

WAS UNABLE TO TURN LEFT AT LOW SPEEDS ALMOST CAUSING ACCIDENT WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC AS I TURNED INTO MY STREET. THOUGHT IT WAS TEMPORARY, BUT FOUND I HAD TO MUSCLE THE CAR JUST TO TURN LEFT EXCEPT OVER 35 OR SO MPH. I BECAME SCARED TO DRIVE THE CAR AND BROUGHT IT TO THE DEAL. THEY SAID IT WAS THE...

Mileage: 52,000

MY AIRCONDITIONER FAN SWITCH HAS NOW GONE ONCE AGAIN AND IS IN NEED OF "ANOTHER NEW ONE, THIS WILL BE 3. THE PAINT ON MY HOOD IS STARTING TO CRACK A BIT AND WILL BE PEELING SHORTLY. THIS CAR WAS VERY WELL MAINTAINED AND GARAGED AND THERE WAS NO REASON FOR THIS! THE POWER WINDOWS WENT ABOUT 3 D...

Mileage: 200

MY AIRCONDITIONER FAN SWITCH HAS NOW GONE ONCE AGAIN AND IS IN NEED OF "ANOTHER NEW ONE, THIS WILL BE 3. THE PAINT ON MY HOOD IS STARTING TO CRACK A BIT AND WILL BE PEELING SHORTLY. THIS CAR WAS VERY WELL MAINTAINED AND GARAGED AND THERE WAS NO REASON FOR THIS! THE POWER WINDOWS WENT ABOUT 3 D...

Mileage: 200

MY AIRCONDITIONER FAN SWITCH HAS NOW GONE ONCE AGAIN AND IS IN NEED OF "ANOTHER NEW ONE, THIS WILL BE 3. THE PAINT ON MY HOOD IS STARTING TO CRACK A BIT AND WILL BE PEELING SHORTLY. THIS CAR WAS VERY WELL MAINTAINED AND GARAGED AND THERE WAS NO REASON FOR THIS! THE POWER WINDOWS WENT ABOUT 3 D...

Mileage: 200

MY AIRCONDITIONER FAN SWITCH HAS NOW GONE ONCE AGAIN AND IS IN NEED OF "ANOTHER NEW ONE, THIS WILL BE 3. THE PAINT ON MY HOOD IS STARTING TO CRACK A BIT AND WILL BE PEELING SHORTLY. THIS CAR WAS VERY WELL MAINTAINED AND GARAGED AND THERE WAS NO REASON FOR THIS! THE POWER WINDOWS WENT ABOUT 3 D...

Mileage: 200

MY AIRCONDITIONER FAN SWITCH HAS NOW GONE ONCE AGAIN AND IS IN NEED OF "ANOTHER NEW ONE, THIS WILL BE 3. THE PAINT ON MY HOOD IS STARTING TO CRACK A BIT AND WILL BE PEELING SHORTLY. THIS CAR WAS VERY WELL MAINTAINED AND GARAGED AND THERE WAS NO REASON FOR THIS! THE POWER WINDOWS WENT ABOUT 3 D...

Mileage: 200

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE'S LOST POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING. WHEN THIS OCCURRED STEERING WHEEL BECAME TIGHT, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO STEER. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THIS WAS DUE TO AN INTERNAL GEAR BOX LEAK, AND THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED. THE CAUSE OF THE LEAK WAS UNDETERMINED.*AK

Mileage: 66,446

MULTIPLE REPAIR PROBLEMS--AIR PLATE WAS REPAIRED--NEW ENGINE INSTALLED AFTER HAVING ONLY 54,000 MILES WITH REGULAR OIL CHANGES--ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITH RADIO DISPLAY--NOW BACK PASSENGER TIRE/POSSIBLE AXLE, STRUT; SOUNDS LIKE BACK TIRE IS ABOUT TO FALL OFF UPON HITTING BUMPS IN THE ROAD/DRIVEWAYS OR...

MULTIPLE REPAIR PROBLEMS--AIR PLATE WAS REPAIRED--NEW ENGINE INSTALLED AFTER HAVING ONLY 54,000 MILES WITH REGULAR OIL CHANGES--ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITH RADIO DISPLAY--NOW BACK PASSENGER TIRE/POSSIBLE AXLE, STRUT; SOUNDS LIKE BACK TIRE IS ABOUT TO FALL OFF UPON HITTING BUMPS IN THE ROAD/DRIVEWAYS OR...

MULTIPLE REPAIR PROBLEMS--AIR PLATE WAS REPAIRED--NEW ENGINE INSTALLED AFTER HAVING ONLY 54,000 MILES WITH REGULAR OIL CHANGES--ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITH RADIO DISPLAY--NOW BACK PASSENGER TIRE/POSSIBLE AXLE, STRUT; SOUNDS LIKE BACK TIRE IS ABOUT TO FALL OFF UPON HITTING BUMPS IN THE ROAD/DRIVEWAYS OR...

CONSUMER INDICATED WHILE DRIVING SHE WENT TO TURN VEHICLE AROUND AND HEARD A POP. TIE ROD DISENGAGED, CAUSING A TIRE TO SEPARATE FROM VEHICLE. *AK

Mileage: 43,000

1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX HAS SAME STEERING PROBLEM RECALLED IN THE 1998 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX.*AK

Mileage: 55,000

UPON STARTING VEHICLE ENGINE BACK FIRED INTO THE INTAKE MANIFOLD, AND BLEW IT APART. THIS RESULTED IN AN ENGINE FIRE. CONSUMER SUSTAINED BURNS UPON PUTTING THE FIRE OUT. *AK

Mileage: 100,000

A HOLE FORMED INSIDE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD ALLOWING ANTIFREEZE TO BE CONSUMED BY THE ENGINE, RESULTING IN POOR RUNNING AND A $456.62 REPAIR BILL.*AK

Mileage: 70,218

PASSENGER'S WINDOW WORKS INTERMITTENTLY, NOT ROLLING UP OR DOWN. *AK

WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 65 - 70 MPH ENGINE STARTED MISSING, THEN VEHICLE STALLED. THIS WAS CAUSED BY THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD BURNING THROUGH WHICH ALLOWED ANTI FREEZE TO FLOW INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. AS A RESULT THE ENGINE , STARTER AND SPARK PLUGS WERE DAMAGED. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE DAMAGE...

Mileage: 89,000

LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET CRACKED RESULTING IN COOLANT LEAK INTO ENGINE. REPAIR COST OVER $700. CAR ONLY HAS 40,000 MILES. MECHANIC STATED THAT THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT IN THIS ENGINE AND DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHY GM HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL. *AK

Mileage: 41,000

MY 1999 GRAND PRIX GT STARTED TO RUN ROUGH THE QUIT RUNNING. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD MELTED. THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR. GM CAME OUT WITH A THICKER PLASTIC PART AS A REPLACEMENT, WHY HAVE THEY NOT MAKE A RECALL TO REFLECT THEIR ...

Mileage: 42,000

ENGINE RUNS ROUGH, LOSS OF POWER, ENGINE SEIZES UP - THIS OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY SEPT 2002. INITIAL DIAGNOSIS: BLOWN HEAD GASKET OR HEADERS. INITIAL ESTIMATES TO FIX: APPROXIMATELY $4000-4500. INITIAL CALLS TO PONTIAC/GM WERE FRUITLESS. RESULT: REPLACED ENGINE OCT 2003 (APPROXIMATELY $3500 W/WARRANT...

FAULTY INTAKE AND/OR INTAKE GASKET CAUSED ANTI-FREEZE TO LEAK INTO THE ENGINE RESULTING IN ENGINE FAILURE. REPAIR BILL WAS $1600. GM HAS ISSUED RECALLS ON 2000 AND 2001 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX MODELS WITH THE SAME ISSUE, BUT WILL NOT ADMIT TO SAME PROBLEM WITH 1999 MODEL. *LA

Mileage: 57,400

THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS REPLACED A YEAR AGO AND MAY HAVE CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE. *AK THE ROD BEARINGS FAILED. THE HEAT GAUGE WAS NOTICED WARMER THAN USUAL AND EVENTUALLY OVERHEATED AND SHUT OFF. GM DEALERS AGREED THE CAUSE WAS DUE TO THE FAILED PLENTUM. *SCC *JB

Mileage: 66,246

RPMS JUMP 100 - 200 RPMS IN THE MATTER OF A SECOND OR TWO WHILE CAR IS ACCELERATING AND THE CAR "SURGES" OR "BUCKS" WHILE RPMS JUMP UP AND DOWN. TCC SOLENOID IN TRANSMISSION THOUGHT TO BE PROBLEM.*AK

Mileage: 28,000

RPMS JUMP 100 - 200 RPMS IN THE MATTER OF A SECOND OR TWO WHILE CAR IS ACCELERATING AND THE CAR "SURGES" OR "BUCKS" WHILE RPMS JUMP UP AND DOWN. TCC SOLENOID IN TRANSMISSION THOUGHT TO BE PROBLEM.*AK

Mileage: 28,000

1999 GRAND PRIX WAS LEAKING ANTIFREEZE INTO THE MOTOR. A KNOWN FAULTY DESIGN. THE 2000 AND 2001 MODELS ALL HAVE RECALLS FOR THE SAME DESIGN/PROBLEM. CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND THIS MODEL WAS NOT COVERED BY THE RECALL. *LA

Mileage: 76,000

INTERMITTENT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. SEEMS TO OCCUR MORE WHEN THE CAR IS HOT. TRANSMISSION "SLAMS" WHEN UPSHIFTING INTO ANY GEAR. *LA

Mileage: 49,000

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS OVER THE LAST 6 WEEKS THE CAR HAS STOPPED/TURNED OFF/STALLED. SOMETIMES IT RESTARTS EASILY AND SOMETIMES IT WON'T RESTART. CAR HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES AND THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE/DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. HAPPENED 3 TIMES ONE NIGHT WHEN IT WAS RAINING. *LA

Mileage: 49,982

FACTORY CD RADIO DISPLAY WORKS INPROPERLY. AT TIMES WHEN RADIO IS ON THE DISPLAY WILL NOT WORK AT ALL. AT OTHER TIMES WHAT IS DISPLAYED ON THE RADIO HEADS DISPLAY IS FROZEN OR UNREADABLE. RADIO HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES NOW BY THE DEALERSHIP AND IT CONTINUES TO DO THE SAME THING.

Mileage: 34,568

COOLING SYSTEM.. INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAK. IT WAS GOING ON FOR OVER A YEAR AND A HALF AND PEPBOYS DID NOTHING BUT CHANGE THE THERMOSTAT AND THEN IT WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN. THEN ONE DAY THEY DECIDED THAT THE GASKET WAS LEAKING AND WANTED TO CHARGE ME $600.00 TO FIX. *JB

MY FIANCE AND I BOTH HAVE THE SAME 1999 GRAND PRIX AND WE HAVE BOTH HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AT DIFFERENT TIMES WITH THE AIR CONDITIONING LEAKING ALL OVER THE PASSENGER FLOOR. THE ENTIRE FLOOR IS SOAKED. THE BELT SQUEALS EXTREMELY LOUD IN BOTH CARS STILL WHEN THE FAN IS ON WHETHER IT IS THE HEAT, AIR CO...

Mileage: 88,500

ENGINE/COOLING SYSTEM ANTI-FREEZE DEX-COOL LEAKS INTO THE ENGINE AND I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE HEADS ON THE ENGINE TWICE COSTING ME OVER 2,000 AND CONSUMER REPORTS ON CHANNEL 3 REPORTED THAT OVER TIME THE ANTI-FREEZE THAT ONLY NEWER GM MODELS USE IS BAD FOR THE ENGINE EVENTUALLY WEARING DOWN THE PAR...

Mileage: 85,000

CONSUMER STATED THAT A RECALL LETTER CAME FOR A 2000 GRAND PRIX THAT WAS LEAKING ANTI FREEZE IN TO THE MOTOR. CONSUMER OWNED A 1999 GRAND PRIX THAT WAS DOING THE EXACT SAME THING, BUT MANUFACTURER INDICATED THAT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED BY THE RECALL.*AK

Mileage: 98,000

MY CAR HAS BEEN IN 2 ACCIDENTS WHERE THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I HIT A MAN FROM BEHIND IN THE FIRST ONE, AND DID OVER $5,000.00 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO MY CAR, AND NO AIR BAG. THE LAST ONE MY SON WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND HYDROPLANED, HIT THE GUARDRAIL DOING ATLEAST 40 MILES A HOUR BOUNCED OFF THE GUA...

Mileage: 107,000

THE INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED WHILE DRIVING. *AK *TS *JB

DRIVER'S SIDE WINDSHIELD WIPER QUITS MOVING AND THE PASSENGER SIDE WIPER KEEPS GOING, THUS, RUNNING INTO AND BENDING THE DRIVER'S SIDE WIPER. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES DESPITE TAKING IT TO A DEALER FOR REPAIR. TIGHTENING THE NUT THAT HOLDS THE WIPER ARM ON APPEARS TO BE AN EFFECTIVE TEMPORARY ...

UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD STARTS TO ROT OUT IN COOLENT PASSAGE. THIS WILL BE A REAL PROBLEM FOR GM ALL OF THE ONES THAT I FOUND IN JUNK YARD HAD OR WERE ABOUT TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM. *AK

STEERING: RACK AND PINION, CURRENTLY OWN A 1999 GRAND PRIX, AND HAD TO HAVE THE STEERING RACK ASSEMBLY REPLACED, THE PROBLEM THAT OCCURED IS THE SAME PROBLEM THAT WAS RECALLED IN THE 1997, AND 1998 MODEL GRAND PRIXS NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 02V286000.*AK SUMMARY: CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES AND ...

Mileage: 50,155

DRIVER AND REAR PASSENGER WINDOWS REGULATOR BROKE, MANUFACTURER INSTALLED A PLASTIC ROLLER WITH METAL CABLE. *AK

RIGHT FRONT POWER WINDOW FAILURE. *AK

Mileage: 2,771

LEFT FRONT POWER WINDOW INOPERATIVE (FAILURE), LEFT REAR POWER WINDOW INOPERATIVE (FAILURE). *AK

Mileage: 21,128

RIGHT REAR POWER WINOW IS INOPERATIVE (FAILURE). *AK

Mileage: 21,734

ENGINE HESTITATES UPON ACCELERATION. *AK

Mileage: 20,232

WATER LEAKING INTO CAR, FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. *AK

Mileage: 33,304

RIGHT REAR POWER WINDOW IS INOPERATIVE (FAILURE). REPLACED WINDOW REGULATOR FOR THE 2ND TIME. *AK

Mileage: 41,395

VEHICLE IDLES ROUGH, COOLANT IS LEAKING FROM TOP OF MOTOR, REPLACE INTAKE PLENUM AND GASKET, REPLACE SPARK PLUGS, FUEL INJECTION SERVICE. *AK

Mileage: 37,165

VEHICLE IDLES ROUGH, COOLANT IS LEAKING FROM TOP OF MOTOR, REPLACE INTAKE PLENUM AND GASKET, REPLACE SPARK PLUGS, FUEL INJECTION SERVICE. *AK

Mileage: 37,165

FRONT DRIVER SIDE POWER WINDOW INOPERATIVE ( FAILURE) MOTOR/REGULATOR REPLACED FOR THE 2ND TIME. *AK

Mileage: 39,348

FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, THE STEERING IN MY 99 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX HAS BEEN FAILLING WHILE TURNING LEFT AT LOW SPEEDS. SUPRISE, SUPRISE!! TODAY, 7/13/03 I HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE WHILE PULLING INTO A CAR WASH WHEN I LOST LEFT TURN POWER STEERING AND COULD NOT AVOID HIS CAR. I WAS TURNING OFF OF A BUSY STREET A...

Mileage: 74,963

FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, THE STEERING IN MY 99 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX HAS BEEN FAILLING WHILE TURNING LEFT AT LOW SPEEDS. SUPRISE, SUPRISE!! TODAY, 7/13/03 I HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE WHILE PULLING INTO A CAR WASH WHEN I LOST LEFT TURN POWER STEERING AND COULD NOT AVOID HIS CAR. I WAS TURNING OFF OF A BUSY STREET A...

Mileage: 74,963

WHILE DRIVING ,THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN AND ALMOST CAUSED AND ACCIDENT. *NLM *CB *JB

RACK AND PINION STEERING ON 1999 GRAND PRIX SHOWING EVIDENCE OF FAILURE / BINDING CONSISTANT WITH THAT OF 1997-1998 GRAND PRIX.*AK

BOUGHT THIS CAR USED AT A DEALERSHIP. AFTER IT WAS DISCOVERED LEAKING OIL, I TOOK TO A GOOD AUTO SHOP AND FOUND OUT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD IS LEAKING OIL. THE REPAIR WILL COST $1000.00. AUTO SHOP SAID THAT THERE ARE MANY CARS WITH THIS SIZE ENGINE (3800) THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. IT WAS SUGGESTED I G...

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT COMES ON WHILE DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

A/C DRAINS WATER INSIDE OF CAR ON PASSENGER FLOOR. HAD CAR SERVICED 9/20/02 AND WAS TOLD IT THE A/C DRAIN WAS PLUGGED. PROBLEM IS HAPPENING AGAIN 9 MONTHS LATER. *NLM

Mileage: 18

GRAND PRIX ENGINE GOT HOT, RECOVERED, GOT HOT, THEN LOST ENGINE POWER ON THE FREEWAY (I ALSO EXPERIENCED HEAT EXHAUSTION DUE TO BEING BROKE DOWN IN 110-DEGREE F HEAT.) OILY SHEEN AND ORANGE CRUD NOTICED IN RADIATOR, DISCOVERED CREAMY COLORED MOTOR OIL. INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILURE HAS CAUSED EXTE...

Mileage: 82,174

DEALER REPLACED THE ENGINE ON SEPTEMBER 2002. VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN FOR TWO WEEKS AGAIN, ENGINE WAS REPLACED. ON JANUARY 2003, ENGINE WAS REPLACED FOR THE THIRD TIME. CONSUMER STATED THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACE AGAIN. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHEN TURNING LEFT AT VERY LOW SPEEDS. *MR PH

RACK AND PINION STEERING WENT OUT. CONSUMER INDICATED THAT STEERING WAS OKAY WHEN TURNING RIGHT BUT WHEN TURNING LEFT CONSUMER LOST POWER STEERING. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE MECHANIC, AND THE MECHANIC FOUND THE RACK AND PINION STEERING HAD FAILED. *AK

FIRE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *MR THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE DRIVING DURING A REGULAR COMMUTE. *SCC

BOTH ELECTRIC WINDOWS STOPPED WORKING (CAR IS 2-DOOR) AND REQUIRE REPLACEMENT. PASS. WINDOW STOPPED WORKING 2 MONTHS AGO; DRIVER'S WINDOW STOPPED WORKING LAST WEEK. REPLACEMENT IS GOING TO COST ME OVER $600 (PARTS & LABOR).

MY VEHICLE, A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT, LOSES POWER STEERING WHEN TURNING LEFT (ONLY LEFT TURNS - NOT RIGHT TURNS). IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN. I NEED TO PULL HARD WITH BOTH HANDS TO GET MY STEERING WHEEL TO TURN. SOMETIMES WHEN THE STEERING DOES NOT RESPOND, I AM FORCED...

Mileage: 64,000

WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD MELTED AND CAUSED FLUID TO LEAK ONTO THE WIRES. *NLM

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH THE VEHICLE'S PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD OVERHEATED AND DROPPED WATER INSIDE THE ENGINE. *NLM

THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING, WHICH CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO PULL OVER ABRUPTLY. *JB

THE TECHNICIAN FOUND THE FRONT LEFT RIM CRACKED. *NLM

THE RIMS CRACKED, PEELED, WARPED AND CORRODED. *NLM

NEED TO REPAIR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ON VEHICLE THAT IS 4 YEARS OLD AND HAS 49000 MILES. *JB

Mileage: 48,860

THE ENGINE RAN HOT AND CAUSED THE STARTER AND OTHER ITEMS UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE TO FAIL. *NLM

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS AS STATED IN RECALL # 99 V 348 000, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *JB

FAULTY PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD/ GASKET ON A PONTIAC GRAND PRIX (1999) CAUSED COOLANT LEAKAGE INTO OIL AND CYLINDERS. CAUSED MY CAR TO QUIT ON A BUSY HIGHWAY (ALMOST CAUSED ACCIDENT) *JB

Mileage: 69,048

THE POWER STEERING FAILED WHEN A LEFT TURN WAS MADE, THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THE ISSUE, HOWEVER THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE YEAR WAS NOT INCLUDED. *TS *JB

Mileage: 29,510

I LOST POWER ASSIST STEERING WHEN MAKING RIGHT-HAND TURNS. FORTUNATELY THIS OCCURRED AT A LOW ENOUGH SPEED WHERE I WAS ABLE TO AVIOD AN ACCIDENT. THIS IS A SAFTEY HAZARD BECAUSE IT BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO COMPLETE A RIGHT HANDED TURN. A DEALER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A FAILED RACK AND PINION AS...

Mileage: 87,664

I HAVE A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX THAT HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM LISTED IN YOUR CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 02V286000. PONTIAC NEEDS TO EXTEND THIS RECALL TO THE 1999 MODELS BEFORE SOMEONE GET INJURED. THE STEERING WENT OUT WHEN MY WIFE (WHO AT THE TIME WAS 9 MONTHS PREGNANT) WAS HEADING TO A DOCTORS APPOINT...

Mileage: 38,468

REPEATED FAILURE OF POWER WINDOW MOTORS. *JB

Mileage: 46,488

COOLANT LEAKED ONTO THE ENGINE AND MIXED WITH THE OIL, ALSO CONSUMER HEARD A SCREECHING NOISE COMING FROM BELTS UNDER THE HOOD. THE WERE BELTS REPLACED, HOWEVER THE NOISE WAS STILL THERE.*JB

DROVE 10 MINUTES TO WORK, 10 MINUTES LATER, SOMEONE YELLED "THERE IS A CAR ON FIRE!" I FOUND OUT IT WAS MINE. FLAMES WERE SHOWING UNDER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. GM BLAMED THE FIRE ON THE DEALER INSTALLED ALARM SYSTEM. THERE WAS NO WARNING OF ANYKIND. THE FIRE SPREADED QUIC...

Mileage: 43,000

THE POWER STEERING WAS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY WHEN MAKING RIGHT OR LEFT TURNS AT SLOW SPEEDS. TOOK TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS BAD.*JB

Mileage: 29,000

CONSUMER WAS INFORMED, NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE REGARDING THE RECALL ON THE RACK AND PINION.*JB

1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT, ENGINE LOCKED UP AFTER 57,816 MILES DUE TO DEFECTIVE UPPER PLENUM MADE OF INFERIOR MATERIAL, THEREFORE CAUSING THE WATER, GAS, AND OIL TO MIX LOCKING DOWN THE ENGINE. GIVING THE SAME SYMTOMS AS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET.

Mileage: 57,816

WE HAD TO HAVE A NEW TRANSMISSION PUT INTO THE VEHICLE TOWARDS THE END OF OUR WARRANTY PERIOD. AFTER THE NEW TRANSMISSION WAS PUT IN, WE STARTED HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AGAIN. THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE IS THAT THE CAR IS SHUTTERING DURING ACCELERATION. YOU CAN WATCH THE TACHOMETER AND SEE IT BOUN...

WHEN MY PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GTP SHIFTS INTO 3RD OR 4TH GEAR UNDER LIGHT ACCELERATION, I EXPERIENCE SURGING. MANY PEOPLE WHO I SPEAK WITH SAY THAT IT COULD BE THE TCC SOLENOID. I BELONG TO CLUBGP.COM. THERE ARE PLENTY OF US ON CLUBGP WHO ARE COMPLAINING OF THIS SAME ISSUE. GOING WIDE OPEN THROTTLE...

Mileage: 70,000

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN THEY TURNED THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON, THE WIPERS FLEW OFF THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

CONSUMER NOTICED EVERY DAY A LOW PRESSURE ON THE LEFT TIRE. TOOK VEHICLE TO GOOD TIRE SHOP AND TECHNICIAN FOUND A HAIR LINE CRACK ON THE WHEEL. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED NOTHING THEY CAN DO WARRANTY IS OVER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS *TR

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE IS HARD TO STEER LEFT, VEHICLE STEERS TO THE RIGHT. TOOK TO DEALER AND DEALER STATES THE RACK AND PINION NEEDED REPLACING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

CRACKED INTAKE MANIFOLD...BLOWN HEAD GASKET.

Mileage: 68,150

CONSUMER STATES WHILE TURNING LEFT THE VEHICLE LOSES POWER STEERING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. TS

THE AIR CONDITIONER LEAKED FREON, WHICH CAUSED ALL OF THE OCUPANTS TO BECOME ILL. TS *JB

Mileage: 32,000

THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED WHICH RESULTED IN A COOLANT LEAK. *TS *NLM

Mileage: 52,452

BECAUSE THE VEHICLE HAD ONLY 26,550 MILES ON IT, OWNER HAD NO REASON TO BELIEVE THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHOULD FAIL. THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED NO SYMPTOMS OF TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION UNTIL THE TRIP IN WHICH THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. ON THE TRIP WHERE THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE CAR MADE AN UNUSUAL ...

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND MAKE LEFT TURN STEERING WILL MAKE HARD TO DO IT. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON SIMILAR MAKES AND MODELS. HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDE DO TO THE YEAR... NHTSA 15336-02-V-286-000: POWER STEERING ASSEMBLY LOWER PINION BEARING IN THE POWER RACK AND PI...

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE LOCKING PLATE IS NOT LOCKING CORRECTLY WHEN THE CONSUMER IS DRIVING. CONTACTED DEALER. TS THE CONSUMER ALSO STATES THAT THE BUCKLE ENGAGES INTO FIXED RECESS/SOCKET, BUT EASILY SLIPS OUT OF LATCHING MECHANISM IN THE FIXED SOCKET. *SCC *NLM

Mileage: 86,000

WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL IN EITHER DIRECTION THERE IS A CLICKING SOUND. CONSUMER CAN ALSO FEEL THIS CLICKING ON STEERING WHEEL. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN FOR REPAIRS 9 TIMES. DEALER REPLACED THE STRUTS AND SUPPORTS, THE RACK AND BEARINGS. HAS NOT REMEDIED THE PROBLEM.*JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE SUNROOF ON THE VEHICLE SHATTERED WHILE THE DRIVING, THERE IS NOTHING THAT HIT THE ROOF. CONTACTED DEALER AND THE DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*JB

ALSO, BESIDES (2) POWER WINDOW MOTORS FAILING, (2) BLOWER (AIR) MOTORS HAVE FAILED. *AKI

THE STEERING MAKES A LOUD CREAKING NOISE WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED LEFT OR RIGHT. THE CRECKING NOISE IS LOUDER WHEN THE CAR IS DRIVEN FURTHER OTHERWISE THE NOISE IS INTERMITTENT.

BLACK MOLD HAS DEVELOPED IN VEHICLE THROUGH VENTS FROM USING VENTILATION SYSTEM. . THIS MOLD IS MAKES FAMILY MEMBERS SICK. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION OF 30 MPH, AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIODE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

RACK AND PINION STEERING FAILED WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN AT 10 MPH OR LESS. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THEIR WAS A BLACK MOLD IN THE AIR CONDITION UNIT AND THE AIR THAT CAME OUT THE VENTS MADE THE FAMILY SICK.

STEERING MECHANISM IS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. VEHICLE HAS VARIABLE STEERING WHICH IS LOOSE FOR CITY DRIVING AND STURDY FOR HIGHWAY DRIVING. MECHANISM IS WORKING THE OPPOSITE, AND IS VERY DANGEROUS WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE CHECKED BY DEALER, WHO ADVISED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE VARIABLE...

WHILE DRIVING APPROX 55-60MPH VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH AN EMBANKMENT WALL AND FLEW IN THE AIR. UPON IMPACT,DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER WAS BADLY INJURED.*AK

ENGINE SUDDENLY MISSES AND SOMETIMES DIES WHILE MOVING AND AT THE SAME TIME, THE TACHOMETER QUITS AND THE 'TRACTION CONTROL OFF' SWITCH-LIGHT COMES ON. THE ENGINE SOMETIMES RESTARTS IMMEDIATELY AND/OR THE ENGINE SMOOTHS OUT, BUT THE TACHOMETER REMAINS INOPERATIVE AND THE TRACTION CONTROL OFF LIGHT ...

ENGINE SUDDENLY MISSES AND SOMETIMES DIES WHILE MOVING AND AT THE SAME TIME, THE TACHOMETER QUITS AND THE 'TRACTION CONTROL OFF' SWITCH-LIGHT COMES ON. THE ENGINE SOMETIMES RESTARTS IMMEDIATELY AND/OR THE ENGINE SMOOTHS OUT, BUT THE TACHOMETER REMAINS INOPERATIVE AND THE TRACTION CONTROL OFF LIGHT ...

ENGINE SUDDENLY MISSES AND SOMETIMES DIES WHILE MOVING AND AT THE SAME TIME, THE TACHOMETER QUITS AND THE 'TRACTION CONTROL OFF' SWITCH-LIGHT COMES ON. THE ENGINE SOMETIMES RESTARTS IMMEDIATELY AND/OR THE ENGINE SMOOTHS OUT, BUT THE TACHOMETER REMAINS INOPERATIVE AND THE TRACTION CONTROL OFF LIGHT ...

VEHICLE WOULD STALL OUT WHILE DRIVING AT MULTIPLE SPEED. VEHICLE BEEN TO DEALER ON FOUR OCCASIONS, AND DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT SHIFTING CORRECTLY DUE TO DEFECTIVE PC SOLENOID. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPAIRED BY THE DEALER BUT THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS STILL NOT CORRECTED. *YH

AFTER RUNNING FOR A PERIOD OF TIME VEHICLE WILL NOT RESTART; HAPPENED 3 DIFFERENT TIMES IN HOT WEATHER IN PAST 4 MONTHS AND WILL RESTART AFTER SEVEARL HOURS ON IT'S OWN. PONTIAC DEALERS CANNOT "RECREATE " PROBLEM THEREFORE, WILL NOT CHECK WHY NO FUEL IS GETTING TO INJECTORS. WHEN ROADSIDE ASSIST...

WHILE DRIVING UNDER 30MPH ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON AS VEHICLE STARTED TO ACCELERATE. ENGINE STARTED TO SPUTTER AND MISFIRE, CAUSING CONSUMER TO TAKE VEHICLE BACK HOME. VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART DUE TO ENGINE LOCKING UP, AND CAUSING STARTER TO COMPLETELY FAIL. DEALER DETERMINED THAT INTAKE ...

WHILE DRIVING UNDER 30MPH ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON AS VEHICLE STARTED TO ACCELERATE. ENGINE STARTED TO SPUTTER AND MISFIRE, CAUSING CONSUMER TO TAKE VEHICLE BACK HOME. VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART DUE TO ENGINE LOCKING UP, AND CAUSING STARTER TO COMPLETELY FAIL. DEALER DETERMINED THAT INTAKE ...

WHILE DRIVING UNDER 30MPH ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON AS VEHICLE STARTED TO ACCELERATE. ENGINE STARTED TO SPUTTER AND MISFIRE, CAUSING CONSUMER TO TAKE VEHICLE BACK HOME. VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART DUE TO ENGINE LOCKING UP, AND CAUSING STARTER TO COMPLETELY FAIL. DEALER DETERMINED THAT INTAKE ...

WHILE DRIVING UNDER 30MPH ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON AS VEHICLE STARTED TO ACCELERATE. ENGINE STARTED TO SPUTTER AND MISFIRE, CAUSING CONSUMER TO TAKE VEHICLE BACK HOME. VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART DUE TO ENGINE LOCKING UP, AND CAUSING STARTER TO COMPLETELY FAIL. DEALER DETERMINED THAT INTAKE ...

VEHICLE DRIVES WELL UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR AT LEAST 10-15 MINUTES. AFTER VEHICLE IS DRIVEN FOR A WHILE IT JERKS INTO GEARS. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AS PROBLEM PERSISTED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

WHEN TURNING TO THE LEFT, THE STEERING WHEEL STIFFENS/LOCKS INTO A CERTAIN POSTION. THIS USUALLY HAPPENS AT LOW SPEEDS. I FEEL THAT THIS PRESENTS A SAFETY HAZARD DUE TO THE FACT THAT I CANT COMPLETE A TURN IN THE MANNER I NEED. THIS HAS BEEN A NOTED PROBLEM IN THE '97 TO '99 MODEL YEAR GRAND PRIX...

AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROL AIR TEMPERATURE IS REGULATED BASED ON AMBIENT TEMPERATURE (I.E.: IF EXTERIOR TEMPERATURE IS 75 DEGREES AND CLIMATE CONTROL IS SET TO 70 - THE AIR CONDITIONER WILL ENGAGE.) THE EXTERIOR TEMPERATURE GAUGE ON THE AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROL REGULARLY DISPLAYS AN INACCURATE EXTER...

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END FRONTAL COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE AND NEITHER AIR BAGS DEPOLYED. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

AFTER DRIVING IN THE RAIN BRAKES WILL NOT WORK EFFECTIVELY FOR 2-3 SECONDS AFTER APPLICATION. HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE NEW. WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT THIS WAS NORMAL. IT IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION TO BE EXITING AN EXPRESSWAY AFTER A 10 MILE DRIVE AND HAVE THIS OCCUR IN LIGHT RAIN. *AK

VEHICLE WONT TURN IN REVERSE, CAUSE STEERING RACK BINDING INTERNALLY, GEAR ASSEMBLY AND POWER STEERING SHORT REPLACE.

FRONTAL SIDE POWER WINDOWS WOULD NOT ROLL UP PROPERLY DUE TO A KINK IN CABLE. DEALER NOTIFED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

ON 10/19/01 CAR DIED. DEALER DETERMINED LEAK IN UPPER MANIFOLD CAUSING WATER TO LEAK INTO ENGINE. WHILE WITHIN 3-MO WARRANTY, THE MILEAGE WAS GREATER THAN 3,000 MI. THEY SAID IT WOULD BE $1,200 TO FIX. MY MECHANIC SAID IT WOULD BE $700. HE FIXED IT FOR $725. HOWEVER, HE SAID THAT HE HAD SPOKEN...

ENGINE STALLS WHEN PULLING OUT IN TRAFFIC, USUALLY TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT TO PULL INTO A LANE OF TRAFFIC. AFTER PULLING TO A STOP THE ENGINE RESTARTS QUICKLY. NO ENGINE TROUBLE LIGHTS ARE SET. THIS HAS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES (APPROXIMATELY 10) AND IS VERY DANGEROUS (PULLING INTO TRAFFIC AND HA...

TROUBLE TURNING TO THE RIGHT, RESULTING IN CONTROL LOST OVER THE RIGHT HAND TURNS, MECHANIC SAID THE RACK AND PINION STEERING IS NOT WORKING

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY DURING OPERATION, VEHICLE HAS BEEN INTO DEALER SHOP ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING.*AK CONSUMER STATED DURING A SNOW STORM THE DRIVER SIDE WIPERS FLIPPED 5 TIMES THEN THE WIPER HIT THE OTHER WIPER BENDING IT, CONSUMER STATED THIS IS THE THIR...

TRAILING ARM BROKE IN HALF FOR NO REASON. LOOKS LIKE METAL JUST RIPPED IN HALF. I HAVE THE PART THAT WAS TAKEN OFF THE CAR AND REPLACED BY THE DEALER UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. I WAS FORCED TO PAY FOR AN ALIGNMENT EVEN THOUGH THE ONLY REASON THE CAR NEEDED ONE WAS BECAUSE THE TRAILING ARM FAILED. I HA...

HAD JUST PARKED VEHICLE AND WALKED AWAY, AND ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL INFORMED OWNER VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. PASSENGER HAD POPPED HOOD AND HOSED DOWN INSIDE, AND PUT FLAMES OUT. FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED. NO INDICATION OF CAUSE. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. MECHANIC INDICATED WIRING HARNESS WAS LIKELY ...

VEHICLE TRUNK WILL OPEN AND INTERIOR INSTUMENT PANEL WILL SHOW TRUNK AJAR WHILE TRAVELING HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND NOTHING HAS BEEN PROMPTED TO OPEN TRUNK. INSIDE INSERT TO TRUNK, WILL FALL OPEN DURING SUDDEN STOP, EVEN THOUGH IT IS IN LOCKED POSITION. BOTH, IMMEDIATELY DISTRACTING THE DRIVER TO PULL OVER...

VEHICLE TRUNK WILL OPEN AND INTERIOR INSTUMENT PANEL WILL SHOW TRUNK AJAR WHILE TRAVELING HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND NOTHING HAS BEEN PROMPTED TO OPEN TRUNK. INSIDE INSERT TO TRUNK, WILL FALL OPEN DURING SUDDEN STOP, EVEN THOUGH IT IS IN LOCKED POSITION. BOTH, IMMEDIATELY DISTRACTING THE DRIVER TO PULL OVER...

VEHICLE STALLED OUT AND DIED WITHOUT WARNING, VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED,AND FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED, HOWEVER PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK *YH

VEHICLE WAS HESITATING AND SLUGGISH. DEALER ADVISED CONSUMER NOT TO DRIVE VEHICLE. DEALER FOUND COOLANT LEAKING IN ENGINE.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WIOULD STALL OUT AND DIE WITHOUT WARRING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR CORRECT PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

A CLUNK IS FELT IN THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN MAKING A RIGHT TURN. IN REPEATED TRIPS TO THE DEALER, THEY CAN FIND NOTHING WRONG. THE RIGHT SIDE OUTER RIGHT TIE ROD HAS BEEN REPLACED BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. THE DEALER NOW CLAIMS THIS CLUNK IS NORMAL.*AK

WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, IT WOULD STALL OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. VEHCLE CAN BE RESTARTED AFTER BEING SHUT DOWN FOR AWHILE. HAS HAPPENED 3 DIFFERENT TIMES. HAD TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP AND MECHANIC TEST DROVE VEHCLE, BUT IT DID NOT STALL. PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT. *AK

AFTER VEHICLE IS DRIVEN OVER 40 MINUTES STEERING WHEEL WILL LOCK UP COMPLETELY. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, AND HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE OR CORRECT PROBLEM. VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. *AK GEAR ASSEMBLY AND POWER STEERING HAVE BEEN REPLACED, DEALE...

AFTER VEHICLE IS DRIVEN OVER 40 MINUTES STEERING WHEEL WILL LOCK UP COMPLETELY. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, AND HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE OR CORRECT PROBLEM. VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. *AK GEAR ASSEMBLY AND POWER STEERING HAVE BEEN REPLACED, DEALE...

AFTER VEHICLE IS DRIVEN OVER 40 MINUTES STEERING WHEEL WILL LOCK UP COMPLETELY. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, AND HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE OR CORRECT PROBLEM. VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. *AK GEAR ASSEMBLY AND POWER STEERING HAVE BEEN REPLACED, DEALE...

I AM A TECHNICIAN AT A PONTIAC DEALER IN THE BOSTON MASS. AREA. OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS I HAVE PERSONALLY REPLACED THE RIGHTHAND HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY ON MULTIPLE 1997-2000 MODEL YEAR PONTIAC GRAND PRIXS. IN ALL INSTANCES THE CLEAR LENS HAS SEPARATED FROM THE HEADLAMP BODY RESULTING IN A LAMP FAILURE. A...

MY GRANDSON, AGE 5 WAS RUN OVER BY MY VEHICLE WHILE IT WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY. ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, WITH THE GEARSHIFT PLACED IN PARK, AND THE KEYS IN MY POCKET, HE WAS ABLE TO TAKE THE CAR OUT OF GEAR. I WAS IN THE GARAGE, A FEW FEET AWAY WHEN I HEARD HIM CRYING. I TURNED AROUND A...

MY TIRE CAUGHT A CHUCK HOLE AND PULLED ME DOWN INTO A GULLY AND I HIT TREES HEAD ON. I WORE MY SEAT BELT BUT HAVE INJURIES TO MY LEFT SIDE. MY AIR BAG NEVER DEPLOYED. MY SPEED WAS 35 MPH. *AK

MY TIRE CAUGHT A CHUCK HOLE AND PULLED ME DOWN INTO A GULLY AND I HIT TREES HEAD ON. I WORE MY SEAT BELT BUT HAVE INJURIES TO MY LEFT SIDE. MY AIR BAG NEVER DEPLOYED. MY SPEED WAS 35 MPH. *AK

ENGINE WILL STALL, ESPECIALLY WHEN PULLING OUT IN TRAFFIC. IT USUALLY HAPPEN WHEN ACCELERATING AFTER COMING TO A STOP (BETWEEN 0-15 MPH) AND MAKES THE CAR EXTREMELY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE CAR WILL RESTART AND NO LIGHTS COME ON, THEREFORE THE DEALER CANNOT FIND WHERE ANY "CODES" HAVE BEEN SET IN THE EN...

SUDDEN ACCELERATION AFTER MAKING A LEFT TURN, CAUSED VEHICLE TO LOSE CONTROL, AND VEHICLE HIT A GUARDRAIL. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINED ON WHILE DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFOMED CONSUMER THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL, AND VEHICLE WAS OUT OF ITS WARRANTY. *AK THE DEALER PUT THE VEHICLE ON SCAPE MODE AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS OFF. HOWEVER, THE CONSUMER WAS NOT SURE IF THE AIR B...

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE WOULD NOT STAY LATCHED. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REPAIRS WERE BEING MADE. . *AK

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE USED TO GET 324 MILES TO A FULL TANK OF GAS, NOW IT ONLY GETS 207 MILES, THE DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER WILL NOT REGISTER DIGITALLY OVER 279 MILES, DEALERSHIP IS OFFERING LITTLE OR NO ASSISTANCE, VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER EVERY OTHER DAY FOR 2 MONTHS. NLM

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE USED TO GET 324 MILES TO A FULL TANK OF GAS, NOW IT ONLY GETS 207 MILES, THE DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER WILL NOT REGISTER DIGITALLY OVER 279 MILES, DEALERSHIP IS OFFERING LITTLE OR NO ASSISTANCE, VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER EVERY OTHER DAY FOR 2 MONTHS. NLM

SUDDEN ENGINE FAILURE WHILE MERGING ON HIGHWAY NEARLY CAUSED MAJOR ACCIDENT DEALER DETECTED FAILED EGR VALVE AND REPLACED. *AK

VEHICLE BECAME FULL OF SMOKE WHILE BEING STARTED IN GARAGE. ALSO LOCKING CONSUMER WITHIN VEHICLE, AND UNABLE TO GET OU.; NEIGHBOR WAS ABLE TO GET CONSUMER OUT OF CAR BEFORE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED ON LOCATION. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

THIS COMPLAINT IS NOT NECESSARILY CONCERNING THE ABSOLUTE FAILURE OF A COMPONENT, BUT RATHER THE REPEATED NEED TO REPLACE, WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE, A CRITICAL SAFETY RELATED COMPONENT. FIRST OF ALL THE NEED TO REPLACE THE FRONT ROTORS PRIOR TO TAKING DELIVERY OF THE VEHICLE IN MARCH '99, AND THEN THE ...

I AM REPORTING A PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT. IT HAS HAD A ACCEIERATION PROBLEM SINCE I STARTED DRIVING IT. I HAD IT SENT TO A PONTIAC DEALERSHIP TO BE LOOKED AT FOR SEVERAL WEEKS AND THEY SAY THE PROBLEM CANNOT BE FIXED BECAUSE OF THE SOFTWERE BEING BAD IN THAT MODEL.I CONTACTED GENERAL M OTORS ABOUT THE...

ENGINE IS SURGING BETWEEN 50-60 PLUS MILES PER HOUR RANGE, PONTIAC DEALER RECOMMENDS TRANSMISSION CHANGE EVEN THOUGH CAR ONLY HAS 60,000 MILES ON IT. TYPICALLY NOTHING SHOULD BE DONE ON CAR TILL OVER 100,000 MILES. BOUGHT AS USED CAR AND DEALER STATES I SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT EXTENDED WARRANTY EVEN TH...

ENGINE IS SURGING BETWEEN 50-60 PLUS MILES PER HOUR RANGE, PONTIAC DEALER RECOMMENDS TRANSMISSION CHANGE EVEN THOUGH CAR ONLY HAS 60,000 MILES ON IT. TYPICALLY NOTHING SHOULD BE DONE ON CAR TILL OVER 100,000 MILES. BOUGHT AS USED CAR AND DEALER STATES I SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT EXTENDED WARRANTY EVEN TH...

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

PROBLEM WITH RIGHT WHEEL STUDS BREAKING OFF. PROBLEM OCCURRED ON TWO OCCASIONS, REPAIR MADE AT DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR WHEN OPENED DOOR BECOMES ENTANGLED WITH THE METAL PART AND HINGES. DEALERSHIP WASN'T AWARE.*AK

VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG RESULTED IN SEVERE IMJURY TO FACE AND ARM DURING HEAD ON COLLISION. NLM

WHILE MAKING A SLOW TURN VEHICLE SHOWED NO POWER STEERING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

BOTH FRONT HEADLIGHTS HAVE BECOME SCRATCHED/CLOUDY. LIGHT OUTPUT IS REDUCED. I BELIEVE THAT THESE HEADLIGHT LENSES ARE EASILT SCRATCHED WHEN CLEANING DEBRIS AND DIRT. THIS HAS NOT HAPPENED ON CARS THAT I HAVE OWNED THAT WERE EQUIPPED WITH GLASS HEADLIGHT LENSES. IN ADDITION, I BELIEVE THAT LIGHT OUT...

CAR STALLS ON ACCEL,TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD IN TO 2ND GEAR

CAR STALLS ON ACCEL,TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD IN TO 2ND GEAR

THE INSIDE BRAKE PAD ON BOTH FRONT BRAKING SYSTEMS ARE WEARING VERY UNEVEN, THIS UNEVEN WEAR IS CAUSING THE INSIDE PADS TO DISINTEGRATE AND CAUSING METAL TO METAL CONTACT, FOR LACK OF BRAKE PAD MATERIAL. THIS UNEVEN WEAR PATTERN ALLOWED THE OUTSIDE PAD TO BE ABOUT 90% OF NEW AND THE INSIDE PAD TO BE...

DRIVER SEAT BELT WILL NOT LATCH OR WORK, AND HAD BEEN REPLACE ONCE. CURRENTLY, HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS ON AND TRANSMISSION PAWL WAS IN PARK, PAWL JUMPED FROM PARK TO DRIVE ON A FLAT SURFACE WHERE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A TREE. *AK

I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE FAILURES OF THE WINDOWS BEING STUCK DOWN(BOTH AT DIFF. TIMES) THIS IS NOT AN ISSOLATED INCIDENT. IT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR BETWEEN 1997 AND 1999. ALTHOUGH IT MAY NOT SEEM TO BE DIRECTLY A HAZARDOUS PROBLEM, IT CAN BE IF IN AN ACCIDENT(ROLL OVER)AS AN ARM, OR ENTIR...

AIR CONDITIONER CYCLES OFF AND ON IN HOT WEATHER ABOUT 10 - 15 MINUTES AFTER STARTING. THE CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 3 TIMES AND THE MECHANICS CANNOT REPEAT THE PROBLEM (EVEN THOUGH IT HAPPENS TO ME DAILY) NOR DETERMINE WHAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM.

INTERIOR SUNROOF MOLDING IS WRAPED. YH

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE STALLS OUT AND DIES. ALSO, WHILE DRIVER APPLIES BRAKES AND DEPRESSES ACCELERATOR SLIGHTLY, VEHICLE SURGES FORWARD UNEXPECTEDLY. THE DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK *ML

DISC BRAKES ARE GRINDING - METAL TO METAL. THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE DISC BRAKE SYSTEM. IT IS HANGING UP ON THE INSIDE OF THE DISC BRAKES. IT IS CAUSING THE BACK SIDE OF THE DISC ON ALL FOUR WHEELS TO "GROOVE" THE ROTOR, WITH THE WORST BEING IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

THE REAR WHEEL SPEED SENSOR WIRE BUNDLES (LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE) RIDE THE EDGE OF SHARP METAL CUTOUTS AS THE WIRING PASSES OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE FEEDTHRU GROMMETS. *AK

REAR DOOR COURTESY/WARNING LIGHTS DO NOT LIGHT OR REFLECT. THE VIEW OF THE FRONT DOOR WARNING LIGHTS IS ALSO BLOCKED WHEN THE REAR DOOR IS OPEN. THE LIGHT ASSEMBLIES DO NOT REFLECT AS THE MANUFACTURE CLAIMS. THIS IS A HAZARD WHEN SMALL CHILDREN POP THE REAR DOOR OPEN AT NIGHT. *AK

THE LEFT DRIVESHAFT SEAL HAS BEEN REPLACED TWO TIMES (A WEAR PROBLEM) IT IS NOW LEAKING AGAIN. INFRARED ANALYSIS OF THE TRANSMISSION OIL REVEALS FLUID SIMILAR TO DIESEL FUEL MIXED WITH IT. *AK

HEADLIGHTS DISPLAY "MPH" READOUT TUMBLES DOWN THEN RECOVERS (SCRAMBLES) WITH VERY LIGHT ROAD VIBRATION. 4 ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR AND NOT FIXED. *AK

TRUNK AJAR WARNING INTERMITTENTLY DOES NOT LIGHT. LATCH ASSEMBLE REPLACED ONCE, IT STILL FAILS. HAZARDOUS WHEN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND THE TRUNK LID IS FOUND TO BE ACCIDENTALLY LEFT UNLATCHED. *AK

LEFT REAR STRUT SHOCK LEAKING BAD. *AK

THE STEERING HAS HUNG UP (LACK OF POWER ASSIST) TURNING LEFT AT SLOW SPEEDS (3) TIMES. WORKED O.K. AFTER IT POPPED. IT HAS POPPED (3) OTHER TIMES WHEN VEHICLE HAS BEEN STARTED WITH LITTLE OR NO MOVEMENT OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

BOTH ENGINE VALVE COVERS LEAK. OIL SEEPAGE HAS REACHED THE BOTTOM OF THE ENGINE BLOCK AT 22000 MILES.*AK

THERE IS A SMELL COMING FROM AIR CONDITIONER'S VENTS. DEALERSHIP TOLD CONSUMER THAT SHE HAD MILDEW INSIDE OF AIR CONDITIONER. MECHANIC SPRAYED SOME SPRAY TO GET RID OF THE SMELL. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

FRONT BRAKES KEEP GOING OUT AND LOCK UP. *AK

WHEN TRAVELING ON SNOW PAVEMENT SURFACE AND UPON DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL, REAR BRAKES LOCKED UP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO GO INTO A SKID, RESULTING IN VEHICLE ROLLING DOWN INTO A DITCH AND HITTING A TREE. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED ALSO THERE WAS AN E...

WHEN TRAVELING ON SNOW PAVEMENT SURFACE AND UPON DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL, REAR BRAKES LOCKED UP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO GO INTO A SKID, RESULTING IN VEHICLE ROLLING DOWN INTO A DITCH AND HITTING A TREE. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED ALSO THERE WAS AN E...

ENGINE IS SURGING IN OVERDRIVE BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH, UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE. *MJS

WHILE DRIVING THE ABS LIGHT ON THE INSTERMENT PANEL LIT AND REMAINED ON (NOT FLASHING). LATER WHEN THE CAR WAS RESTARTED THE LIGHT WAS OFF. AFTER DRIVING A FEW MILES THE LIGHT AGAIN LIGHT AND REMAINED ON. I NOTIFIED THE DEALER SERVICE DEPT. OF THE PROBLEM AND AN APPOINTMENT WAS MADE. THE DEALER INFO...

CAR WILL DIE. SOMETIMES WHEN PULLING OUT IN INTERSECTION, AT ABOUT 10MPH. YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN . IT HAS DONE IT 11 TIMES IN ABOUT 5MO. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS , BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN . YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WITH NO POWER. *AK

EXCESSIVELY LOUD HIGH PITCH WHINE FROM POWER STEERING PUMP WHILE TURNING STEERING WHEEL. *AK

DESIGN OF DASHBOARD CAUSES POOR VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING. DEALER FINDS NO PROBLEM. AREA SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE WILL NOT INSPECT VEHICLE. *AK *YC

THE CAR PROBLEM IS THAT WHEN MAKING A COMPLETE STOP, THE CAR WILL TAKE OFF AND THEN WHEN THE CAR IS MOVING THE MOTOR WILL SHUT OFF. I WAS ALMOST HIT IN 3 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, THE CAR WILL JUST GO OFF WITHOUT ANY WARNING, AND AFTER SHUTTING OFF, I HAVE TO RESTART THE CAR FAST. GMC IS AWARE OF THE ...

AXLE BEARING WENT OUT, CAUSING A REAL LOUD NOISE. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM. ALSO, ALTERNATOR WENT OUT, AND WAS ALSO MAKING A NOISE. TOOK TO DEA LER AND THEY REPLACED POWER STEERING PUMP AND ALTENATOR. REAR WINDOW SWITCH ALSO WENT BAD AND STOPPED WORKING, TOOK TO DEALER WHO REPLA...

AXLE BEARING WENT OUT, CAUSING A REAL LOUD NOISE. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM. ALSO, ALTERNATOR WENT OUT, AND WAS ALSO MAKING A NOISE. TOOK TO DEA LER AND THEY REPLACED POWER STEERING PUMP AND ALTENATOR. REAR WINDOW SWITCH ALSO WENT BAD AND STOPPED WORKING, TOOK TO DEALER WHO REPLA...

AXLE BEARING WENT OUT, CAUSING A REAL LOUD NOISE. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM. ALSO, ALTERNATOR WENT OUT, AND WAS ALSO MAKING A NOISE. TOOK TO DEA LER AND THEY REPLACED POWER STEERING PUMP AND ALTENATOR. REAR WINDOW SWITCH ALSO WENT BAD AND STOPPED WORKING, TOOK TO DEALER WHO REPLA...

AXLE BEARING WENT OUT, CAUSING A REAL LOUD NOISE. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM. ALSO, ALTERNATOR WENT OUT, AND WAS ALSO MAKING A NOISE. TOOK TO DEA LER AND THEY REPLACED POWER STEERING PUMP AND ALTENATOR. REAR WINDOW SWITCH ALSO WENT BAD AND STOPPED WORKING, TOOK TO DEALER WHO REPLA...

ENGINE DIES WHEN PULLING OUT ON ONCOMING TRAFFIC

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE STALLING FROM A STOP POSITION. WHENEVER VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP AND DRIVER PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL VEHICLE WOULD STALL. DEALER NOTIFIED ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND VEHICLE STILL IN REPAIR SHOP. PROBLEM IS STILL UNRESOLVED. VEHICLE NOW RETURNED TO DEALER FOUR TIMES; PR...

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON STATE HIGHWAY 64 ,GOING WEST IN HURRICANE RAIN, AND DRIVERS SIDE WINDSHIELD WIPER STOPPED WORKING. PASSENGER'S SIDE KEPT WORKING, WAS GETTING TANGLED UP. *AK

WHILE ACCELERATING FROM PARKED POSITION, ENGINE DIED AND THE ABS BRAKE LIGHT COME ON. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND PROBLEM WAS NOT FOUND. VEHICLE STILL EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROPLEM. *AK

WHILE ACCELERATING FROM PARKED POSITION, ENGINE DIED AND THE ABS BRAKE LIGHT COME ON. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND PROBLEM WAS NOT FOUND. VEHICLE STILL EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROPLEM. *AK

BLOWER IS SUCKING ITEMS, SUCH AS ENVELOPES/NAPKINS FROM GLOVE BOX INTO BLOWER, AND OUT OF VENT INTO DRIVER'S FACE UNEXPECTEDLY, DISTRACTING DRIVER.DEALER CLAIMS THIS IS NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC. *AK

ON JULY 30, 1999, I EXPERIENCED TOTAL FAILURE OF HEADLIGHTS (HIGH AND LOW BEAM AS WELL AS "DRIVING LIGHTS" MODE). CAR WAS TAKEN TO GALAXAY DEALERSHIP THE SAME DAY. SERVICE DETERMINED THE PROBLEM WAS FAILURE OF THE "LIGHT MODULE". A COMPONENT WAS TAKEN OFF OF ANOTHER NEW VEHICLE ON THE LOT AND PLA...

WHILE DRIVING AT 3 MPH AND PULLING OUT FROM A STOP SIGN ANOTHER VEHICLE STOPPED IN FRONT OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES, AND BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, CAUSING THE SUN ROOF TO BLOW OUT. AIR BAG ON DRIVER'S SIDE BROKE THE WINDSHIELD ON THE PASSAGER'S SIDE. *AK

ENGINE DIES WITHOUT WARNING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. TAKEN TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.

MASSIVE FUEL LEAK ON DAY OF TAKING OWNERSHIP AND DRIVING 8 MILES; SEAL REPLACED/REPOSITIONED. *AK

REAR BRAKE PADS WORN CAUSING A METAL TO METAL NOISE.

RIGHT DOOR SPEAKER AND DASHBOARD MAKING RATTLING NOISE.

RIGHT DOOR SPEAKER AND DASHBOARD MAKING RATTLING NOISE.

LUGS:NUTS AND BOLTS SHEARED OFF THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE, CAUSING FRONT RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE CAR TO FALL DOWN ON PAVEMENT. THE WHEEL ROLLE DFORWARD AND STRUCK ANOTHER CAR. *AK