2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX Steering Problems

WHILE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE DOWN THE ROAD AT 55MPH, THE VEHICLE WILL JUST CUT OFF FOR NO REASON, THEREBY I LOSE CONTROL OF LL THE VEHICLE SAFETY COMPONETS,HAVING TO TRY AND GET OUT OF TRAFFIC. THIS HAPPENS TO A LOT OF GM VEHICLE MADE IN THIS VEHICLE YEAR. THERE ARE MANY ON THE INTERNET WITH THE SAME VEHICLE DEFECT. THIS IS CLEARLY A GM VEHICLE DEFECT. THIS VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE RECALL AS A PUBLIC SAFETY HAZZARD. MYGM REFERENCE NUMBER IS ( 8-3665783770). SO PLEASE DO THE PUBLIC A SERVICE AND HAVE THIS VEHICLE RECALL , BECAUSE THIS PROBLEM IS A PUBLIC SAFETY HAZZARD. NO ONE MECHANIC SEEN TO BE ABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM. THIS HAPPENS AFTER THEY SAY MY VEHICLE, SPENT LOTS OF MONEY ,BUT NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW WHAT CAUSES THIS PROBLEM, INCLUDING GM.

Mileage: 150,000

2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ENGINE FIRE DUE TO OIL LEAKS RECALL (15V701) FIX WAS TO REROUTE SPARK PLUG WIRES. CONSUMER STATES ENGINE FIRES START ON EXHAUST MANIFOLDS AND NOT SPARK PLUGS WIRES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED PLASTIC HEADLIGHT LENSES FOGGED UP TO THE POINT THAT MADE THEM USELESS AND THE POWER STEERING ASSIST AND FAILED. ALSO, THE REAR VALVE COVER WAS LEAKING. *JB

IN 2000 AND I BELIEVE THIS WAS NOT ACCIDENTAL IN ANYWAY-I ASKED FOR MY BROTHER TO COME TO MY HOME IN 1999 BECAUSE OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD NOT GET OUT OF MY HOME IN ANAHEIM-MY TOYOTA CRESSIDA IN 1990 OR SO HAD BEEN HIT WITH SOMETHING IN MY OWN DRIVEWAY WITHOUT ANYONE GETTING THE ANAHEIM POLICE OR GO OVER TO THE NEIGHBORS ON BOTH ENDS-I HAD THEIR KIDS OVER FOR DINNER NUMBEROUS TIMES- OF THE STREET ON WILKEN WAY -W THESE PEOPLE WERE PRACTICING TACKING HOUSES USING PEOPLE THEY KNEW, TO GET MONEY FROM YOUR HOUSE-THEY ALL HAD MY PHONE NUMBER AND NONE OF THEM CALLED TO PROTECT OUR HOUSES.

Mileage: 40,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE POWER STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. ALSO, WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT TO STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 116,000. UPDATED 04/22/2016*LJ *JS

Mileage: 116,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE POWER STEERING SEIZED AND CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO LOCK. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE SPINE AND PELVIS, WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

Mileage: 30,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE RPMS INCREASED AS THE ENGINE ROARED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD AND JERKED. AS A RESULT, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED IN ORDER TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THREE UNKNOWN SENSORS FROM THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING RACK AND PINION BECAME DETACHED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000.

Mileage: 89,000

2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GTP POWER STEERING FAILS IN ONE DIRECTION, INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. HAVE HAD SEVERAL NEAR MISSES WHEN STEERING HAS FAILED WHEN ATTEMPTING A TURN IN TRAFFIC. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

2000 GRAND PRIX GT, NO BRAKE LIGHTS, REPLACED BULBS, TOOK TO LOCAL AUTO REPAIR, FOR $71 DIAGNOSIS, MULTIFUNCTION ELECTRONIC BOX IN STEERING COLUMN, WHAT YOUR BLINKER IS STUCK INTO, $150 PART PLUS 4 HOURS LABOR TOTAL REPAIR $677, THEY HAVE REPAIRED MANY GM SWITCHES THAT'S HOW THEY KNEW WHAT IT WAS. GM NEEDS TO RECALL THESE SWITCHES. *TR UPDATED 02-04-08. *KB UPDATED 02/04/08 *TR

Mileage: 80,000

CAR STARTED MAKING A CLUNCKING NOISE. PARKED CAR TILL SOCIAL SECURITY CHECK CAME IN. TOOK CAR TO GARAGE WHERE I FOUND OUT THAT I NEED A SWAY BAR, CONTROL ARM BUSHING AND TIE ROD (RIGHT SIDE). UPON CALLING FOR PRICES, I FOUND OUT THAT MANY CARS OF THIS MODEL ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I THINK THEY GOT A BAD BATCH OF SWAY BARS. BEING ON DISABILITY, THE COST ARE OUTRAGEOUS AND THE REPAIRS HAVE NOT BEEN MADE AS OF YET, LEAVING DISABLED PEOPLE WITH NO TRANSPORTATION FOR MEDICAL CARE. *NM

Mileage: 100,099

VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED TO CURE A HARD STEERING PROBLEM. VEHICLE WAS HAVING TROUBLES TURNING TO THE RIGHT. REPAIR SHOP FOUND THE STEERING RACK WAS LEAKING. MANY OTHER OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE HAVE ALSO SUBMITTED COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM. GM SHOULD RECALL THIS VEHICLE FOR THIS PROBLEM. *JB

Mileage: 78,018

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN TURNING AT SPEEDS BELOW 15 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD STICK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THE REPAIR SHOP IS FLUSHING THE STEERING SYSTEM AND ADDING A CONDITIONER. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM BEFORE CHANGING THE RACK AND PINION.

Mileage: 54,000

STEERING JUST STARTED TO BE HARD TO TURN TO LEFT AT SLOW SPEEDS, OKAY GOING TO RIGHT. DEALERSHIP SAID THE POWER STEERING RACK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT $765.*AK

Mileage: 76,700

STEERING WHEEL BEGAN POPPING WHEN TURNING, BECAME MORE DIFFICULT TO TURN LEFT, EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AT LOW SPEEDS. ALMOST HIT A RETAINING WALL WHEN TURNING ACROSS A MAJOR INTERSECTION. *JB

Mileage: 50,000

I HAVE A 2000 GRAND PRIX GT. I HAD TROUBLE WITH THE POWER STEERING WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE. WE STARTED NOTICING POPPING NOISES AS I WAS DRIVING AND ON 2/1/05 AFTER MAKING A TURN I AGAIN HEARD A POP AND LOST THE STEERING ALL TOGETHER. I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY PULL INTO A PARKING LOT AND STOP THE CAR AS THE STEERING WHEEL SPUN FREELY IN MY HAND. *AK

STEERING IS HARD TO TURN AT LOW SPEEDS. HAVE HEARD POPPING SOUNDS. POWER STEERING FLUID IS GOOD. WHEN BRAKING CAR PULLS TO THE LEFT, WHEN LETTING OFF THE BRAKE THE STEER WHEEL TURNS. LOST STEERING ALL TOGETHER AFTER POPPING AGAIN OCCURRED; STEERING WHEEL SNAPPED AND SPUN FREELY. LOST ALL CONTROL OF CAR. *AK

Mileage: 150,000

I HAVE A 200 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT ON MONDY DEC 20,2004 I NOTICED THE STEERING ON MY CAR WAS ARMSTRONG POWER STEERING SO I TOOK TO A MECHANIC AND HE SAID THE RACK AND PINION WAS LEAKING, AND SEEMED TO BE THE PROBLEM I ONLY HAVE 32,000 MILES ON THIS AND MY RESEARCH FOUND OUT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. I WAS WONDERING IF PONTIAC HAD A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM.*AK

Mileage: 32,600

THE POWER STEERING SEEMED TO BE OUT WHEN I TURNED THE WHEELS TO THE LEFT, BUT WORKED FINE WHEN TURNING TO THE RIGHT. I TOOK THE CAR IN AND HAD TO HAVE THE POWER RACK REPLACED. I WAS TOLD THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH GRAND PRIXS. UPDATED 07/25/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

WHEN TRAVELING THROUGH STANDING WATER, EVEN AT LOW SPEEDS, WATER SPLASHES ON THE POWER STEERING PULLY RENDERING THE STEERING INOPERATIVE FOR A FEW SECONDS. THE STEERING WHEEN IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN. *AK

Mileage: 62,000

STEERING GAVE OUT WHEN TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN. COME TO FIND OUT THAT IT WAS A RACK AND PINION PRBLEM THAT WAS ALSO RECALLED ON THE 1996 THOUGH 1998 MODELS.*AK

Mileage: 10

WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, CONSUMER EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WHEN TURNING LEFT. THE DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE RACK AND PINION WAS DAMAGED. *LA

Mileage: 54,000

POWER STEERING SEIZES WHEN TRYING TO MAKE LEFT TURNS. COME TO FIND OUT THAT THIS IS DUE TO THE RACK AND PINION HAVING FAULTY BEARINGS WHICH WAS RECALLED BACK IN 1996-1998. THE CAR STILL HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS IN 2000 MODELS. *AK

Mileage: 46,000

AS I WAS TURNING LEFT ONTO A STREET POWER STEERING SEEMED TO GIVE OUT. I HAD TO STRAIGHTEN THE WHEEL OUT AND TURN AGAIN. I TOOK THE CAR HOME TO SEE WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM. WHEN I TURN THE WHEEL TO THE LEFT IT GETS VERY TOUGH, TURNING TO THE RIGHT IS FINE. I TOOK THE CAR TO A MECHANIC AND TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE BOTH SAID THAT THE RACK AND PINION WAS LEAKING. THE CAR ONLY HAS 55,000 MILES ON IT, THERE SHOULD BE NO WAY THAT THIS SHOULD BE HAPPENING. I CONTACTED A GM REPRESENTATIVE, AFTER STRINGING ME A LONG FOR TWO WEEKS, THEY FINALLY TOLD ME THAT SINCE I DID NOT PURCHASE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY THERE IS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO TO HELP. ALSO WHEN CONTACTING THE REPRESENTATIVE, THEY OFTEN DID NOT CALL BACK IN THE TIME FRAME THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO.*AK

POWER STEERING LOCKS UP ON LEFT TURNS. *LA

Mileage: 44,900

STEERING BINDS AT LOW SPEEDS WHEN TURNING LEFT. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THIS WAS A RECALL IN 1996, 1997, 1998 WITH THE CAUSE BEING AN IMPROPERLY INSTALLED RETAINER IN THE LOWER BEARING AREA OF THE PINION.

Mileage: 52,000

THE POWER STEERING WAS STICKING. WHEN I WOULD TURN THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE LEFT THAN TRY TO GO BACK TO THE RIGHT IT WOULD STICK, I HAD TOO USE MORE FORCE TO GET IT BACK TO CENTER. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY FOUND THAT THE RACK AND PINION WAS BAD. IT COST ME $1300.00 TO GET IT FIXED AND I ONLY HAVE 50,000 MILES ON THIS CAR. *AK

Mileage: 50,724

STEERING HANGS WHEN TURNING LEFT POWER STEERING STOPS. *LA

Mileage: 54,000

THE POWER STEERING FAILED. *JB

Mileage: 25,050

IN COLD WEATHER THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS GET STUCK IN AN UPRIGHT RESTING POSITION. ALSO THE STEERING RACK AND PINON HAVE FAULTY BEARINGS CAUSING IT TO FEEL LIKE THE POWER STEERING IS NOT WORKING WHEN YOU TURN A SHARP LEFT.

THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL.*JB

2000 PONTIAC GRANT PRIX GT BOUGHT IN AUGUST 2000, PROBLEMS INCLUDE: 1) 22-JULY-2002, (36,040 MILES), TIE ROD WORN BADLY, HAD EXCESSIVE CLEARANCE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. 2) 30-SEPTEMBER-02, (38,697 MILES), SERPENTINE BELT (I UNDERSTAND GENERAL MAINTENANCE FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM). 3) 21-OCT-2002, (39,181 MILES), REPLACED INTAKE MANIFOLD. IN THE 3 INCIDENTS ABOVE, I UNDERSTAND CHANGING A SERPENTINE BELT WHEN NEEDED, BUT FOR MY TIE ROD TO BE WORN AND REPLACED WITHIN 2 YRS OF OWNING THIS VEHICLE IS NOT A NORMAL MAINTENANCE ITEM FOR A PRACTICALLY BRAND NEW CAR. THE INTAKE MANIFOLD BEING REPLACED AROUND THE SAME TIME IS JUST UNHEARD OF. THE INTAKE MANIFOLD'S FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM THE GM DEALER ARE MADE OF PLASTIC, WHICH THEN I WAS TOLD THAT PLASTIC IS A BETTER "HEAT SINK" THAN METAL IS! I AM AN ENGINEER AND WORK WITH METALS AND PLASTICS ALL THE TIME AND KNOW FOR SURE THAT METAL IS A MUCH BETTER HEAT SINK THAN PLASTIC IS. PLASTIC MELTS WITH HEAT! MY CAR REPEATABLY STALLS AT RED LIGHTS, STOP SIGNS, TURNING CORNERS, AND SOMETIMES JUST STALLS WHEN I'M DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. I REALLY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO KEEP BRINGING MY CAR FOR REPAIRS, IT'S PRACTIALLY BRAND NEW AND I PAY NEARLY $400/MONTH TO HAVE THESE ON GOING PROBLEMS! CURRENTLY MY DRIVER SIDE REAR BRAKE CALIPER IS BENT AND WAS TOLD THAT IT'S GOING TO COST ME $500 TO REPLACE 2 CALIPERS (BECAUSE I GUESS ONE JUST CAN'T BE REPLACED WITHOUT REPLACING THE OTHER BACK ONE) . I TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY CAR, WITH REGULAR CLEANINGS, OIL CHANGES AND GENERAL MAINTENANCE. I'M WEARY OF TAKING MY CAR ON EXTENDED TRIPS OUT OF TOWN FOR THE FEAR THAT IT'S GOING TO LEAVE ME STRANDED. IF THERE IS ANY WAY, I COULD GET A RESPONSE FROM YOU ASAP, IT WOULD BE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. THANKS VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. SINCERELY, ROBERT SWEENEY

Mileage: 39,181

THE PROBLEM(S) ARE WITH BOTH A 1998 AND 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE PROBLEMS WERE AS FOLLOWED: ENGINE COMPONENTS, STEERING, SUSPENSION, BRAKING SYSTEM, BATTERY, FUEL SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION, STRUCTURAL, THE WHEELS WERE NOISY, THERE WERE VISUAL COMPONENT DEFECTS, THE RADIO WAS DEFECTIVE, AND THE INTERIOR LIGHT ON THE DOOR WAS INOPERATIVE. JG SCC

Mileage: 19,513

THE TIE ROD ENDS WERE REPLACED TWICE AND THE ADJUSTER SLEEVE WERE REPLACED. *JG

CONSUMER STATES WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A TURN, VEHICLE WILL LOSE STEERING POWER. UNABLE TO TURN STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED 10 TIMES YET THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST, THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. NLM

REPLACED STEERING RACK, BUT CAR IS STILL MAKING NOISE. CAR BOUGHT AT ADAMS AUTOMORIVE, BUT REPAIRED AT WALKER PONTIAC, BOWIE, MD (301) 249-1000. *AK

POWER STEERING "SEIZES" DURING COLD WEATHER, START-UP CONDITIONS. STEERING WILL NOT TURN WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT FORCE. PUMP AND FLUID LEVELS ARE CORRECT. STEERING FEELS AS THOUGH IT IS BINDING.*AK

THERE IS A RATTLING NOISE IN THE FRONT END OF VEHICLE, AFTER BEING INSPECTED BY DEALER IT WAS DETERMINED THAT INNER TIE RODS WERE LOOSE. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THE REAR DOOR W/STRIPS FAILED, MUD IS COMING UP THROUGH THE DOOR JAM. *YD