2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX Problems & Recalls
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This defect can affect the safe operation of the airbag system. Until this recall is performed, customers should remove all items from their key rings, leaving only the ignition key. The key fob (if...
The contact owns a 2005 Pontiac Grand Prix. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 14V400000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). The contact stated that while attempting to start the vehicle, the vehicle failed to start. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact asked his daughter ...
Mileage: 130,000
The contact owns a 2005 Pontiac Grand Prix. The contact stated that it was difficult to shift the vehicle into gear. There was an abnormal banging sound coming from the vehicle. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where the transmission fluid wa...
Mileage: 100,000
Other unknown motor vehicles are in the same area and and different times of day monitoring my vehicle. I get car washed and park I return I have spray on the sides, hood, and directly in front of glass.
The contact owned a 2005 Pontiac Grand Prix. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 14V400000 (Electrical System) and would like to be removed from the recall distribution list as she does no longer own the vehicle. There was no further information provided.
THE CAR WILL NOT ALWAYS START. HAVE TO TURN THE KEY MANY TIMES AND THEN IT FINALLY STARTS. SOMETIMES IT STARTS RIGHT UP AND THEN SOMETIMES I HAVE TO TURN THE KEY MANY TIMES TO START.
THE CAR WILL NOT ALWAYS START. HAVE TO TURN THE KEY MANY TIMES AND THEN IT FINALLY STARTS. SOMETIMES IT STARTS RIGHT UP AND THEN SOMETIMES I HAVE TO TURN THE KEY MANY TIMES TO START.
WHEN DRIVING 30 MPH UP TO 70 MPH ALL OF A SUDDEN THE REDUCED RNGINE LIGHT VOMES ON AND THE CAR STARTS DECELERATING TO 5 MPH AND SOMETIMES CUTS OFF CAUSING POWER STEERING TO NOT WORK. THIS STARTED AFTER THE WORKED ON YHE IGNITION RECALL. I ASKED ABOUT IT AND WAS CHARGED $75 FIR THEM TO PUT IT ON THE ...
Mileage: 200,000
WHEN DRIVING 30 MPH UP TO 70 MPH ALL OF A SUDDEN THE REDUCED RNGINE LIGHT VOMES ON AND THE CAR STARTS DECELERATING TO 5 MPH AND SOMETIMES CUTS OFF CAUSING POWER STEERING TO NOT WORK. THIS STARTED AFTER THE WORKED ON YHE IGNITION RECALL. I ASKED ABOUT IT AND WAS CHARGED $75 FIR THEM TO PUT IT ON THE ...
Mileage: 200,000
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN MY ENGINE STARTED SMOKING I PULLED OVER ADD A FRIEND WHO WAS IS MAYOR OF THE NEXT TOWN OVER TO LET IT COOL DOWN SO THAT I COULD LOOK TO SEE WHAT IT WAS WHEN I WALK TO THE GARAGE I TURNED AROUND AND LOOKED AND THERE WAS FLAMES SHOOTING UP FROM UNDER MY HOOD
Mileage: 168,000
CAR SHUT OFF AND LOCKED STEERING WHEEL WHILE DRIVING
Mileage: 70,500
CAR SHUT OFF AND LOCKED STEERING WHEEL WHILE DRIVING
Mileage: 70,500
"TAKATA RECALL" MY VEHICLE WILL NOT GO IN DRIVE AS I WAS MOMMY WAY HOME IT WAS STUCK ON A CITY STREET FOR 2 MONTHS DUE TO TRANSMISSION SLIPPED. ALSO MY MY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS GIVING OUT MY CAR WILL NOT PICK UP SPEED FULLY IT JERKS AND SHAKES AS WELL IF I LAY MY FOOT ON THE GAS. MY BRAKES TOUCHES T...
Mileage: 112,078
"TAKATA RECALL" MY VEHICLE WILL NOT GO IN DRIVE AS I WAS MOMMY WAY HOME IT WAS STUCK ON A CITY STREET FOR 2 MONTHS DUE TO TRANSMISSION SLIPPED. ALSO MY MY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS GIVING OUT MY CAR WILL NOT PICK UP SPEED FULLY IT JERKS AND SHAKES AS WELL IF I LAY MY FOOT ON THE GAS. MY BRAKES TOUCHES T...
Mileage: 112,078
"TAKATA RECALL" MY VEHICLE WILL NOT GO IN DRIVE AS I WAS MOMMY WAY HOME IT WAS STUCK ON A CITY STREET FOR 2 MONTHS DUE TO TRANSMISSION SLIPPED. ALSO MY MY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS GIVING OUT MY CAR WILL NOT PICK UP SPEED FULLY IT JERKS AND SHAKES AS WELL IF I LAY MY FOOT ON THE GAS. MY BRAKES TOUCHES T...
Mileage: 112,078
I'VE READ ONLINE THAT THE VEHICLE YEAR MODEL AND MAKE IS SET FOR RECALL BECAUSE OF FAULTY AIRBAGS. AIRBAGS THAT CAN DEPLOY SHARP OBJECTS CAUSING SERVER DAMAGE OR POSSIBLY DEATH. I NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS INFORMATION.
PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED REPORT FROM JEFFREY WINGFIELD, P.E. DESCRIBING A VALVE COVER GASKET LEAK THAT CAUSED A FIRE.
Mileage: 150,000
DURING HARD BRAKING, ENGINE OIL DRIPS ONTO THE ENGINE EXHAUST MANIFOLDS. THERE IS A STRONG SMELL OF BURNING OIL WHEN PARKING THE CAR AFTER DRIVING. THE VIN WAS ORIGINALLY LISTED AS BEING ELIGIBLE FOR NHTSA RECALL # 15V201, BUT A RECENT SEARCH DOES NOT LIST IT ANY LONGER EVEN THOUGH IT EXHIBITS THE C...
Mileage: 171,850
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR LOST POWER AND SAID "REDUCED ENGINE POWER" I WAS PRESSING THE GAS GOING 55 MPH AND IT SUDDENLY LOST ALL RPMS AND SPEED DROPPED. I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING BEHIND ME. I WAS VERY UPSET ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH MY SON...
Mileage: 134,300
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR LOST POWER AND SAID "REDUCED ENGINE POWER" I WAS PRESSING THE GAS GOING 55 MPH AND IT SUDDENLY LOST ALL RPMS AND SPEED DROPPED. I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING BEHIND ME. I WAS VERY UPSET ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH MY SON...
Mileage: 134,300
LEFT FRONT LOWER FRONT CONTROL ARM STARTED TO COLLAPSE DUE TO SEVERE RUST THROUGH. THERE WAS NO WARNING, ONLY A SUDDEN CREAKING AND GROANING NOISE AND SONE DIFFICULTY TURNING THE WHEELS WHILE DRIVING HOME ON COUNTRY ROADS. EARLIER IN THE DAY, WE HAD BEEN ON THE INTERSTATE TRAVELING AT 65 MPH. IF ...
Mileage: 26,363
THE TRACTION CONTROL FEATURE IS UNSAFE. WHEN IT COMES ON IT CAUSES THE WHEELS TO LOCK, PREVENTS BRAKING, AND PROPER STEERING. THIS ALWAYS HAPPENS IN THE RAIN. IT HAS IN THE SNOW AND EVEN WHEN IT IS DRY. ONCE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE THE WHEELS LOCKED CAUSING ME TO SLIDE INTO THE VEHICLE PARKE...
Mileage: 130,000
THE TRACTION CONTROL FEATURE IS UNSAFE. WHEN IT COMES ON IT CAUSES THE WHEELS TO LOCK, PREVENTS BRAKING, AND PROPER STEERING. THIS ALWAYS HAPPENS IN THE RAIN. IT HAS IN THE SNOW AND EVEN WHEN IT IS DRY. ONCE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE THE WHEELS LOCKED CAUSING ME TO SLIDE INTO THE VEHICLE PARKE...
Mileage: 130,000
THE TRACTION CONTROL FEATURE IS UNSAFE. WHEN IT COMES ON IT CAUSES THE WHEELS TO LOCK, PREVENTS BRAKING, AND PROPER STEERING. THIS ALWAYS HAPPENS IN THE RAIN. IT HAS IN THE SNOW AND EVEN WHEN IT IS DRY. ONCE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE THE WHEELS LOCKED CAUSING ME TO SLIDE INTO THE VEHICLE PARKE...
Mileage: 130,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE UNDER CONTROL AND THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A DITCH. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THERE WAS NO POLICE REPORT FILED AND NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOW...
Mileage: 150,000
I AM HAVING AN ISSUE WHERE I AM GETTING A MESSAGE THAT SAYS REDUCE ENGINE POWER. TOOK IT TO DEALER THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS WRONG. MANY OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE AND NO RECALL? CAR COMPLETELY DIES NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE. I HAPPEN TO BE DOING 50 MPH ON THE FREEWAY WITH THREE CHILDREN IN...
Mileage: 150,000
TAKATA RECALL.... KEEP GETTING A MESSAGE SAYING REDUCE ENGINE POWER. TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND DEALER AND CLAIM THEY DON'T KNOW. CAR LOSES POWER AFTER REDUCE ENGINE POWER DISPLAYS ON VECHILE. WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 50 MPH WITH MY THREE CHILDREN WHEN MESSAGE DISPLAYED AND CAR SHUT OFF. VERY DANGE...
TAKATA RECALL.... KEEP GETTING A MESSAGE SAYING REDUCE ENGINE POWER. TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND DEALER AND CLAIM THEY DON'T KNOW. CAR LOSES POWER AFTER REDUCE ENGINE POWER DISPLAYS ON VECHILE. WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 50 MPH WITH MY THREE CHILDREN WHEN MESSAGE DISPLAYED AND CAR SHUT OFF. VERY DANGE...
TAKATA RECALL.... KEEP GETTING A MESSAGE SAYING REDUCE ENGINE POWER. TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND DEALER AND CLAIM THEY DON'T KNOW. CAR LOSES POWER AFTER REDUCE ENGINE POWER DISPLAYS ON VECHILE. WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 50 MPH WITH MY THREE CHILDREN WHEN MESSAGE DISPLAYED AND CAR SHUT OFF. VERY DANGE...
PASSENGER SIDE REAR SUSPENSION STRUT (SPRING/SHOCK ASSEMBLY) SUDDENLY COLLAPSED DOWNWARD BECAUSE LOWER SPRING RETAINER RING RUSTED AWAY, ALLOWING SUSPENSION SPRING TO PUSH DOWNWARD AND UP AGAINST REAR TIRE. HAPPENED WHEN WE WERE PULLING OUT OF DRIVEWAY, FIRST HEARD A THUMP, FOLLOWED BY A DRAGGING S...
Mileage: 25,597
I WAS BROADSIDED BY DRIVER WHO RAN A RED LIGHT AND MY AIR BAGS DID NOT WORK DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DIDN'T I WAS TRAVELING W/B LANCASTER BLVD AND WAS COMING SOUTH BOUND ON A RED LIGHT THERE IS A TRAFFIC COLLISION REPORT IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO. *JS
Mileage: 35
VANDALISM (BROKEN DRIVER SIDE WINDOW AND ALARM DID NOT SOUND OFF)
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR LEVER SHIFTED FROM PARK TO DRIVE WITHOUT THE BRAKE PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 148,000.
Mileage: 148,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A SCHEDULED TRANSMISSION FLUSH. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID UTILIZED BY THE VEHICLE WAS DEXRON 3, BUT THE DEALER UTILIZED DEXRON 6, WHICH HAD A DIFFERENT VISCOSITY....
Mileage: 85,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAIL...
Mileage: 150,000
GENERAL MOTORS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR PEOPLE THAT WERE STUPID ENOUGH TO PUT MORE THAN 2 KEYS INTO THE IGNITION. ANY NORMAL PERSON WOULD KNOW THAT A LOT OF WEIGHT ON THE IGNITION KEY WOULD EITHER TURN THE CAR OFF OR EVENTUALLY, HURT THE UNIT. OUR CAR IS FROM 2005 AND MILLLIONS OF CARS HAVE ...
RACK AND PINION BAD!
Mileage: 85,600
MY CAR STARTED HAVING VERY ERRATIC SHIFTING, AND REVVING.
Mileage: 118,000
MY CAR STARTED HAVING VERY ERRATIC SHIFTING, AND REVVING.
Mileage: 118,000
MY CAR HAS BEEN ACTING UP FOR A WHILE. IT STARTED WITH GAUGES AND INFO CENTER FLICKERING WHILE GOING DOWN THE ROAD LIKE IT WAS LOSING POWER INTERMITTENTLY. THAN STARTED DOING THIS THING WHEN YOU START IT AND LET OFF ON THE KEY IT CONTINUES TO TURN ENGINE OVER. I RECEIVED THE LETTER FOR THE RECALL AN...
Mileage: 123,000
MY CAR HAS BEEN ACTING UP FOR A WHILE. IT STARTED WITH GAUGES AND INFO CENTER FLICKERING WHILE GOING DOWN THE ROAD LIKE IT WAS LOSING POWER INTERMITTENTLY. THAN STARTED DOING THIS THING WHEN YOU START IT AND LET OFF ON THE KEY IT CONTINUES TO TURN ENGINE OVER. I RECEIVED THE LETTER FOR THE RECALL AN...
Mileage: 123,000
MY CAR HAS BEEN ACTING UP FOR A WHILE. IT STARTED WITH GAUGES AND INFO CENTER FLICKERING WHILE GOING DOWN THE ROAD LIKE IT WAS LOSING POWER INTERMITTENTLY. THAN STARTED DOING THIS THING WHEN YOU START IT AND LET OFF ON THE KEY IT CONTINUES TO TURN ENGINE OVER. I RECEIVED THE LETTER FOR THE RECALL AN...
Mileage: 123,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTICE OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V400000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE RECALL REMEDY WOULD ONLY COVER THE REPAIR OF THE KEY AND NOT THE IGNITION SOURCE. T...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE COIL PACK WAS MELTING AND THE CONTACT HAD TO USE EXCESSIVE FORCE TO REMO...
Mileage: 76,927
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V40000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE ...
Mileage: 136,457
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS APPLIED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO ...
Mileage: 120,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS APPLIED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO ...
Mileage: 120,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V400000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE PART NEEDED WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT...
IA ]XXX]AND I AM ON SSI AND NEED HELP TO GET MY CAR FIXED, IT IS THE ONLY THING I HAVE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Mileage: 15,000
IA ]XXX]AND I AM ON SSI AND NEED HELP TO GET MY CAR FIXED, IT IS THE ONLY THING I HAVE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Mileage: 15,000
IA ]XXX]AND I AM ON SSI AND NEED HELP TO GET MY CAR FIXED, IT IS THE ONLY THING I HAVE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Mileage: 15,000
COMING TO A STOP AROUND 5-10 MPH AND BRAKE PEDDLE WILL DEPRESS TO THE FLOOR LIKE IT'S LOSING PRESSURE AND MAKE A SOUND LIKE THE ABS KICKING IN AND IT'S RANDOM WHEN IT DOES IT. *TR
Mileage: 140,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FOR RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V400000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V400000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE APPROACHING A STOP, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE SEIZED CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO THE REAR OF THREE VEHICLES. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED BRUISIN...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE APPROACHING A STOP, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE SEIZED CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO THE REAR OF THREE VEHICLES. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED BRUISIN...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE APPROACHING A STOP, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE SEIZED CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO THE REAR OF THREE VEHICLES. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED BRUISIN...
ON 9/26/14 I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR A RECALL FOR UNINTENTIONAL IGNITION KEY ROTATION. THE VEHICLE WAS SUPPOSEDLY REPAIRED. BUT WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO PULL OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AT BILL RAPP PONTIAC SERVICE THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN AGAIN. IT SAID IN THE INFORMATION DATA THAT "START UP FAILURE DUE TO ELECTRI...
Mileage: 58,885
ON 9/26/14 I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR A RECALL FOR UNINTENTIONAL IGNITION KEY ROTATION. THE VEHICLE WAS SUPPOSEDLY REPAIRED. BUT WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO PULL OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AT BILL RAPP PONTIAC SERVICE THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN AGAIN. IT SAID IN THE INFORMATION DATA THAT "START UP FAILURE DUE TO ELECTRI...
Mileage: 58,885
ON 9/26/14 I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR A RECALL FOR UNINTENTIONAL IGNITION KEY ROTATION. THE VEHICLE WAS SUPPOSEDLY REPAIRED. BUT WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO PULL OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AT BILL RAPP PONTIAC SERVICE THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN AGAIN. IT SAID IN THE INFORMATION DATA THAT "START UP FAILURE DUE TO ELECTRI...
Mileage: 58,885
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V400000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE R...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V400000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE R...
LEASE VEHICLE FROM DRIVETIME TEMPLE TEXAS , COMPLAINED SEVERAL TIMES AS CAR STALLED WHILE IN DRIVE PUTTING MY LIFE IN DANGER AS CAR WOULDN'T STOP AND IT ROLLED ONCE INTO TRAFFIC AS A SEMI TRUCK SWERVED TO MISS ME , AND ONCE OFF THE HIGHWAY COMING TO A STOP LIGHT I HAD TO TURN VEHICLE WITH ALL MY MIG...
THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR SUSPENSION TRAILING ARM, WHICH ATTACHES TO THE FRAME AND REAR WHEEL ASSEMBLY SUDDENLY SHEARED AWAY DUE TO RUST THROUGH. THE PURPOSE OF THE TRAILING ARM IS TO KEEP THE REAR WHEEL RIDGED AND PREVENT IT FROM MOVING BACKWARDS OR FORWARDS. EVEN IF THE TRAILING ARM DID NOT DROP TO...
Mileage: 24,012
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER GAUGE FLUCTUATED. THE VEHICLE JERKED VIOLENTLY, ACCELERATED, AND DECELERATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WA...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE MERGING ONTO AN EXIT RAMP, THE BRAKES FAILED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO HYDROPLANE, SPIN AROUND, AND CRASH INTO A POLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 179,000.
Mileage: 179,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE IDLING AT A STOP LIGHT, THE CONTACT'S CHILD OPENED THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR ALTHOUGH IT WAS LOCKED. THE ISSUE OCCURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR REPAIR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS N...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE IDLING AT A STOP LIGHT, THE CONTACT'S CHILD OPENED THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR ALTHOUGH IT WAS LOCKED. THE ISSUE OCCURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR REPAIR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS N...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHEN THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE, THE KEY BECAME STUCK IN THE START MODE. THE CONTACT HAD TO REPEATEDLY MOVE THE KEY SLOWLY OUT OF THE RUN POSITION IN ORDER TO GET THE VEHICLE TO OPERATE PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VEHI...
Mileage: 98,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FOR RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN 14V40000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO REMEDY THE RECALL WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
I PURCHASE MIC 73391 DEFENDER TIRES AND THEY ARE CRACKING ON THE SIDES, I WAS TOLD THEY COULD GET A BLOW OUT. IS THERE A RECALL ON THIS TIRES. I PURCHASED THEM JAN 2013 AT TIRE CHOICE AUTO CAR CARE. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT THE STEERING KNUCKLE ON MY 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. *TR
Mileage: 89,075
I PURCHASE MIC 73391 DEFENDER TIRES AND THEY ARE CRACKING ON THE SIDES, I WAS TOLD THEY COULD GET A BLOW OUT. IS THERE A RECALL ON THIS TIRES. I PURCHASED THEM JAN 2013 AT TIRE CHOICE AUTO CAR CARE. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT THE STEERING KNUCKLE ON MY 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. *TR
Mileage: 89,075
I PURCHASE MIC 73391 DEFENDER TIRES AND THEY ARE CRACKING ON THE SIDES, I WAS TOLD THEY COULD GET A BLOW OUT. IS THERE A RECALL ON THIS TIRES. I PURCHASED THEM JAN 2013 AT TIRE CHOICE AUTO CAR CARE. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT THE STEERING KNUCKLE ON MY 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. *TR
Mileage: 89,075
PURCHASED MIC DEFENDER TIRES JAN 3, 2013 AND THEY ARE CRACKED ON THE SIDES THEY TELL ME THEY MITE BLOW OUT ON THE ROAD. *TR
Mileage: 100,122
SINCE WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN DECEMBER 2013 THERE HAS BEEN FOUR INCIDENTS WHERE THE ENGINE TOTALLY SHUT DOWN WHILE IN TRAFFIC WITHOUT WARNING. THE FIRST TWO INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING WHILE AWAY AT COLLEGE WITH THIS VEHICLE. ON APPROXIMATELY 5/17/14, WHILE ON INTERSTATE 287...
Mileage: 57,005
SINCE WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN DECEMBER 2013 THERE HAS BEEN FOUR INCIDENTS WHERE THE ENGINE TOTALLY SHUT DOWN WHILE IN TRAFFIC WITHOUT WARNING. THE FIRST TWO INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING WHILE AWAY AT COLLEGE WITH THIS VEHICLE. ON APPROXIMATELY 5/17/14, WHILE ON INTERSTATE 287...
Mileage: 57,005
SINCE WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN DECEMBER 2013 THERE HAS BEEN FOUR INCIDENTS WHERE THE ENGINE TOTALLY SHUT DOWN WHILE IN TRAFFIC WITHOUT WARNING. THE FIRST TWO INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING WHILE AWAY AT COLLEGE WITH THIS VEHICLE. ON APPROXIMATELY 5/17/14, WHILE ON INTERSTATE 287...
Mileage: 57,005
WE RETURNED HOME FROM GROCERY SHOPPING AND AS WE WERE BRINGING GROCERIES IN, MY WIFE COULD SMELL SOMETHING BURNING. SHE THOUGHT AT FIRST IT WAS THE NEIGHBORS BURNING TRASH BUT THEN NOTICED THAT THE SMELL WAS COMING FROM THE GARAGE. SHE SEEN SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. SHE OPENED THE HOOD AND S...
Mileage: 155,000
WE RETURNED HOME FROM GROCERY SHOPPING AND AS WE WERE BRINGING GROCERIES IN, MY WIFE COULD SMELL SOMETHING BURNING. SHE THOUGHT AT FIRST IT WAS THE NEIGHBORS BURNING TRASH BUT THEN NOTICED THAT THE SMELL WAS COMING FROM THE GARAGE. SHE SEEN SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. SHE OPENED THE HOOD AND S...
Mileage: 155,000
SHORTLY AFTER I GOT ONTO I 270 DUBLIN, OHIO, SUDDENLY THE CAR STARTED SWIRLING AND WENT FROM THE 5TH LANE ENDED UP IN THE DITCH. THE CRASH WAS VERY HARD BUT THE AIR BAG DID NOT COME OUT. THE AXLE WAS DAMAGED AND THE CAR WAS A TOTAL DAMAGE. NO ONE COULD FIGURE WHY THIS HAPPENED OR HOW. I DID NOT GET ...
Mileage: 105
SHORTLY AFTER I GOT ONTO I 270 DUBLIN, OHIO, SUDDENLY THE CAR STARTED SWIRLING AND WENT FROM THE 5TH LANE ENDED UP IN THE DITCH. THE CRASH WAS VERY HARD BUT THE AIR BAG DID NOT COME OUT. THE AXLE WAS DAMAGED AND THE CAR WAS A TOTAL DAMAGE. NO ONE COULD FIGURE WHY THIS HAPPENED OR HOW. I DID NOT GET ...
Mileage: 105
SHORTLY AFTER I GOT ONTO I 270 DUBLIN, OHIO, SUDDENLY THE CAR STARTED SWIRLING AND WENT FROM THE 5TH LANE ENDED UP IN THE DITCH. THE CRASH WAS VERY HARD BUT THE AIR BAG DID NOT COME OUT. THE AXLE WAS DAMAGED AND THE CAR WAS A TOTAL DAMAGE. NO ONE COULD FIGURE WHY THIS HAPPENED OR HOW. I DID NOT GET ...
Mileage: 105
ABS TRACTION CONTROL,ANTI -SKID LIGHTS COME ON FROM TIME TO TIME .THAN I REPLACED PADS (FRONT AND BACK) REPLACED CALIPER, LIGHTS COMES ON ALL THE TIME AND FRONT MAKES NOISE ,FELLS LIKE BRAKES ARE GRABBING AS IF THEY WANT TO LOCK UP. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V400000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND STATED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT CALLED THREE DIFFERENT DEALERS AND WAS NOT ABLE TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE D...
ACCELERATING ON THE EXPRESSWAY IN TRAFFIC UP 40 MPH, DRY CONDITIONS. VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME STOPPED QUICKLY. WHEN I DEPRESSED THE BRAKE HARD, I HAD NO ABS ASSIST. UPON IMPACT, THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A HIGH ENERGY IMPACT. THE VEHICLE DAMAGE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO BE SCRAPPED...
Mileage: 115,000
ACCELERATING ON THE EXPRESSWAY IN TRAFFIC UP 40 MPH, DRY CONDITIONS. VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME STOPPED QUICKLY. WHEN I DEPRESSED THE BRAKE HARD, I HAD NO ABS ASSIST. UPON IMPACT, THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A HIGH ENERGY IMPACT. THE VEHICLE DAMAGE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO BE SCRAPPED...
Mileage: 115,000
ACCELERATING ON THE EXPRESSWAY IN TRAFFIC UP 40 MPH, DRY CONDITIONS. VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME STOPPED QUICKLY. WHEN I DEPRESSED THE BRAKE HARD, I HAD NO ABS ASSIST. UPON IMPACT, THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A HIGH ENERGY IMPACT. THE VEHICLE DAMAGE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO BE SCRAPPED...
Mileage: 115,000
DRIVING IN TOWN AT @30 MPH AND THE CAR LOST POWER, LUCKILY THERE WAS A BUSINESS CLOSE BY THAT WHEN I LOST POWER I WAS ABLE TO MUSCLE THE STEERING WHEEL TO GET MY CAR OFF THE STREET. IGNITION WAS NO LONGER IN THE RUN POSITION. CAR WAS ABLE TO START BACK UP AND I WAS ABLE TO CARRY ON MY WAY. I USE ...
Mileage: 60,200
WHY IS MY 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX VIN NOT IN THE RECALL. THE IGNITION IS MESSED UP. PONTIAC IS PAYING FOR POTENTIAL VEHICLES TO BE REPAIR BUT NOT VEHICLES WHICH ALREADY HAS A DEFAULT IGNITION. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY BECAME LODGED IN THE IGNITION. THE CONTACT MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS AND WAS NOT ABLE TO REMOVE THE KEY. AS A RESULT, THE KEY WAS LEFT IN THE IGNITION AND A SECOND KEY HAD TO BE USED IN ORDER TO ENTER THE VEHICLE. THE CONTAC...
Mileage: 72,000
I APOLOGIZE AS THE DATE OF MY FIRST INCIDENT IS ONLY APPROXIMATED. HOWEVER, I HAVE HAD SEVERAL SINCE THEN. WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN, MY WIPERS BEGAN TO STALL FREQUENTLY AND CONTINUE TO DO SO. THEN, MY DASH LIGHTS BECAME I UNCHARACTERISTICALLY DIM FOLLOWED BY INTERMITTENT STOPPING OF MY AIR BLOWER. ...
I APOLOGIZE AS THE DATE OF MY FIRST INCIDENT IS ONLY APPROXIMATED. HOWEVER, I HAVE HAD SEVERAL SINCE THEN. WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN, MY WIPERS BEGAN TO STALL FREQUENTLY AND CONTINUE TO DO SO. THEN, MY DASH LIGHTS BECAME I UNCHARACTERISTICALLY DIM FOLLOWED BY INTERMITTENT STOPPING OF MY AIR BLOWER. ...
I APOLOGIZE AS THE DATE OF MY FIRST INCIDENT IS ONLY APPROXIMATED. HOWEVER, I HAVE HAD SEVERAL SINCE THEN. WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN, MY WIPERS BEGAN TO STALL FREQUENTLY AND CONTINUE TO DO SO. THEN, MY DASH LIGHTS BECAME I UNCHARACTERISTICALLY DIM FOLLOWED BY INTERMITTENT STOPPING OF MY AIR BLOWER. ...
I HAVE AN IGNITION PROBLEM WHICH I FEEL SHOULD BE IN THE RECALL. MY MAKE MODEL AND YEAR MEETS THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE GM IGNITION RECALL YET MY VIN DOES NOT MEET THAT REQUIREMENT. THE IGNITION HAS BEEN MESSED UP FOR A FEW MONTHS AS TO WHERE THE KEY WILL ONLY GO HALF WAY INTO THE IGNITION. AFTER...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, THE KEY WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN AND DIFFICULT TO SHIFT INTO ANOTHER GEAR. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING, THE KEY WOULD...
Mileage: 80,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, THE KEY WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN AND DIFFICULT TO SHIFT INTO ANOTHER GEAR. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING, THE KEY WOULD...
Mileage: 80,000
EVERY SINCE I HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE OFF AND ON I'VE HAD THIS PROBLEM, I WOULD TRY UNLOCK MY CAR DOOR WITH THE KEY AND IT DIDN'T OPEN I WAS AT THE PARK WITH MY GRANDDAUGHTER AND THERE WAS A DOG CHASING ME AND I HAD MY GRANDDAUGHTER WITH ME BUT I COULDN'T GET IN SO I CLIMBED ON THE CAR THAT'S WHEN I F...
Mileage: 98,000
EVERY SINCE I HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE OFF AND ON I'VE HAD THIS PROBLEM, I WOULD TRY UNLOCK MY CAR DOOR WITH THE KEY AND IT DIDN'T OPEN I WAS AT THE PARK WITH MY GRANDDAUGHTER AND THERE WAS A DOG CHASING ME AND I HAD MY GRANDDAUGHTER WITH ME BUT I COULDN'T GET IN SO I CLIMBED ON THE CAR THAT'S WHEN I F...
Mileage: 98,000
EVERY SINCE I HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE OFF AND ON I'VE HAD THIS PROBLEM, I WOULD TRY UNLOCK MY CAR DOOR WITH THE KEY AND IT DIDN'T OPEN I WAS AT THE PARK WITH MY GRANDDAUGHTER AND THERE WAS A DOG CHASING ME AND I HAD MY GRANDDAUGHTER WITH ME BUT I COULDN'T GET IN SO I CLIMBED ON THE CAR THAT'S WHEN I F...
Mileage: 98,000
VEHICLE STARTED DISENGAGING CRUISE CONTROL AND TRACTION CONTROL , VEHICLE THEN STARTED JERKING/SHIFTING HARD AND OVERHEATING, FOLLOWED BY VEHICLE SHIFTING FROM ONE SET POSITION OF DRIVE TO NEUTRAL, TOOK INTO SHOP TO LOOK AT TRANSMISSION WAS TOLD JUST A DIRTY SENSOR , HAD SENSOR CLEANED , ABOUT A MO...
Mileage: 140,000
VEHICLE STARTED DISENGAGING CRUISE CONTROL AND TRACTION CONTROL , VEHICLE THEN STARTED JERKING/SHIFTING HARD AND OVERHEATING, FOLLOWED BY VEHICLE SHIFTING FROM ONE SET POSITION OF DRIVE TO NEUTRAL, TOOK INTO SHOP TO LOOK AT TRANSMISSION WAS TOLD JUST A DIRTY SENSOR , HAD SENSOR CLEANED , ABOUT A MO...
Mileage: 140,000
VEHICLE STARTED DISENGAGING CRUISE CONTROL AND TRACTION CONTROL , VEHICLE THEN STARTED JERKING/SHIFTING HARD AND OVERHEATING, FOLLOWED BY VEHICLE SHIFTING FROM ONE SET POSITION OF DRIVE TO NEUTRAL, TOOK INTO SHOP TO LOOK AT TRANSMISSION WAS TOLD JUST A DIRTY SENSOR , HAD SENSOR CLEANED , ABOUT A MO...
Mileage: 140,000
VEHICLE STARTED DISENGAGING CRUISE CONTROL AND TRACTION CONTROL , VEHICLE THEN STARTED JERKING/SHIFTING HARD AND OVERHEATING, FOLLOWED BY VEHICLE SHIFTING FROM ONE SET POSITION OF DRIVE TO NEUTRAL, TOOK INTO SHOP TO LOOK AT TRANSMISSION WAS TOLD JUST A DIRTY SENSOR , HAD SENSOR CLEANED , ABOUT A MO...
Mileage: 140,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY WAS UNABLE TO BE REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN W...
Mileage: 85,000
GM RECENT ADMISSION AND THE NHTSA CONFIRMATION OF ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS CAUSE BY IGNITION SWITCH TURNING OFF IN GENERAL MOTOR VEHICLES IS ALSO APPLICABLE TO PONTIACS TOO WHICH WAS NOT MENTIONED. I HAVE A 2005 PONTIAC GRAN PRIX IN WHICH I HAD THIS HAPPENED TWICE TO ME. THE SECOND TIME ALMOST CAUSI...
Mileage: 93,000
I LEASED MY 05 GRAND PRIX GT NEW IN 2005 AND PURCHASED IT IN 2008 AFTER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE I TOO NOTICED THE CHANGE IN SHIFTING GEARS LOSS OF POWER OR NO MOVEMENT THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE TRANSMISSION WOULD POP INTO GEAR WHEN THE VEHICLE HAD APPROX 68K MILES. I HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO SEVER...
Mileage: 68,300
I BOUGHT THIS CAR FROM AN OLDER MAN WHO RARELY DROVE THIS GRAND PRIX KEPT IT IN GREAT SHAPE AFTER A YEAR WHEN I BOUGHT IT I NOTICED THE TRANSMISSION WOULD GO UP TO 212 DEGREES AND IT WOULD SHIFT VERY HARD OUT OF FIRST AND OUT OF SECOND THEN IT STARTED DOING IT AT 180 DEGREES I TOOK IT TO A GM DEALE...
Mileage: 79,000
I WAS COMING UP THE STREET AND COULD NOT SEE THE LIGHT DUE TO POOR VISIBILITY. THE SUN WAS IN MY EYES. I DIDN'T NOT SEE THE RED LIGHT AND RAN THROUGH IT HITTING AN OLDER JEEP. I WAS GOING BETWEEN 35-45 MPH AND MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY EVER THOUGH IT WAS A HEAD ON COLLISION. THE CAR NEEDS THE WHOLE...
Mileage: 117,350
I WAS COMING UP THE STREET AND COULD NOT SEE THE LIGHT DUE TO POOR VISIBILITY. THE SUN WAS IN MY EYES. I DIDN'T NOT SEE THE RED LIGHT AND RAN THROUGH IT HITTING AN OLDER JEEP. I WAS GOING BETWEEN 35-45 MPH AND MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY EVER THOUGH IT WAS A HEAD ON COLLISION. THE CAR NEEDS THE WHOLE...
Mileage: 117,350
I WAS COMING UP THE STREET AND COULD NOT SEE THE LIGHT DUE TO POOR VISIBILITY. THE SUN WAS IN MY EYES. I DIDN'T NOT SEE THE RED LIGHT AND RAN THROUGH IT HITTING AN OLDER JEEP. I WAS GOING BETWEEN 35-45 MPH AND MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY EVER THOUGH IT WAS A HEAD ON COLLISION. THE CAR NEEDS THE WHOLE...
Mileage: 117,350
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS CONFIRMED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.
Mileage: 130,000
THE CAR WAS ABOUT TO ENTER THE MASS PIKE WHEN ALL FORWARD MOTION STOPPED. THE TRANSMISSION WAS IN 'DRIVE' BUT IT ACTED AS THOUGH IT HAD SLIPPED INTO NEUTRAL. THE CAR WAS DEAD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND THERE WERE A NUMBER A NEAR MISS COLLISIONS BEFORE THE EMERGENCY VEHICLE ARRIVED. THE CAR IS ...
Mileage: 78,600
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF ACCELERATION POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE...
Mileage: 36,000
THE ISSUE THAT MY PONTIAC GRAND PRIX IS HAVING IS THAT ITS THE ABS/ TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM STAYS ON AND IS HAZARD WHEN IT IS WORKING. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO BE SERVICED TO CHECK THE HUB BEARING AND SYSTEM THE BEARINGS WERE CHANGED AND THE SERVICE LIGHT TURNED OFF. WHEN THE SERVICE LIGHT IS OFF...
Mileage: 85,000
THE ISSUE THAT MY PONTIAC GRAND PRIX IS HAVING IS THAT ITS THE ABS/ TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM STAYS ON AND IS HAZARD WHEN IT IS WORKING. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO BE SERVICED TO CHECK THE HUB BEARING AND SYSTEM THE BEARINGS WERE CHANGED AND THE SERVICE LIGHT TURNED OFF. WHEN THE SERVICE LIGHT IS OFF...
Mileage: 85,000
I HAD MY TRANSMISSION REBUILT ON 8/17/12 AFTER IT BLOW ON ME WITH 128,900 MILES. I HAD IT REBUILT BY AAMCO. I TOOK IT BACK TO AAMCO AFTER IT SEEN LIKE I WAS HAVING PROBLEMS ON 12/28/12. GOT IT BACK ON 1/5/13 AFTER THEY SAID THERE WAS NO PROBLEMS IT WAS THE OIL IN MY CAR. SO I SAID OK BUT STILL DIDN'...
Mileage: 140,000
WHILE TRYING TO CROSS AN INTERSECTION MY CAR WOULD NOT TAKE OFF FROM STOP, TRANSMISSION THEN GRABBED AND JERKED INTO FIRST GEAR. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR A WHILE, IT ALSO JERKS INTO SECOND AND THIRD GEAR. SEEMS TO ONLY DO IT WHEN TRANSMISSION IS HOT. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS...
Mileage: 75,000
MY 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GXP WOULD OFTEN LOSE SPEED IN CURVES, CLIMBING HILLS, OR AT HIGH RATES OF SPEED. I TOOK IT TO A GM DEALER AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. I WAS QUOTED ONE PRICE FOR TRANSMISSION, LABOR, AND RADIATOR REPLACEMENTS, BUT ENDED UP PAYING OVER $4000. GWATNEY IN NO...
MY 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GXP WOULD OFTEN LOSE SPEED IN CURVES, CLIMBING HILLS, OR AT HIGH RATES OF SPEED. I TOOK IT TO A GM DEALER AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. I WAS QUOTED ONE PRICE FOR TRANSMISSION, LABOR, AND RADIATOR REPLACEMENTS, BUT ENDED UP PAYING OVER $4000. GWATNEY IN NO...
MY 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GXP TRANSMISSION JUST STOPPED WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I HAVE READ HOW ABOUT 225 PEOPLE HAVE DOCUMENTED ON A WEBSITE OF THEIR TRANSMISSION ISSUES WITH THIS SAME MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE HERE HTTP://WWW.GMLS4.COM/INDEX.PHP/TOPIC,33.0.HTML WITH MY CAR ONLY HAVING AROUND 80,000 ...
Mileage: 80,000
2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GXP TRANSMISSION FAILED ON THE FREEWAY AND THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED THERE IS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING DEFECTIVE ON THE CAR FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. *TR
WHEN TURNING AT LOW SPEED SUCH AS INTO A PARKING SPACE THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES ACTIVATE THEN THE SERVICE BRAKES INDICATOR GOES ON. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND I HAVE HAD IT CHECK TWICE OUT OF THE NUMEROUS 50+ TIMES IT HAS OCCURRED AND THE SERVICE TECH'S HAVE FOUND NOTHING...
Mileage: 87,000
TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED CAUSING ABRUPT STOP IN ACCELERATION WHILE MERGING ON EXPRESSWAY. THE DAMAGE TO THE TORQUE CONVERTER ALSO CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION AS WELL. *TR
Mileage: 64,000
I PURCHASED THIS USED CAR FROM A GO DEALER IN LITTLETON COLORADO. THEY SOLD ME A DEFECTIVE VEHICLE, KNOWING THE TORQUE CONVERTOR/ TRANSMISSION HAD SEVERE PROBLEMS. I COMPLAINED ABOUT IT WITHIN 24 HRS. I HAD A EXTENDED SERVICE CONTRACT ON THIS VEHICLE IT WAS IN THEIR SHOP. 3 TIMES . THEY MADE ME ...
Mileage: 98,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT LITTLE PIECES OF METAL WERE SCATTERED AS A RESULT. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. A LOCAL MECHANIC REPLACED THE TRANSMISSIO...
Mileage: 70,000
I HAVE A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GXP WITH RECURRING TRANSMISSION TROUBLE. THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED BY GM AT 50% COST AND THE SAME SYMPTOMS ARE OCCURRING AGAIN. FAILURE IS EMINENT. I HAVE WHAT MOST ARE CALLING THE REV AND CLUNK SYNDROME IN MY CURRENT TRANSMISSION. MY 50,000 MILE WARRANT...
Mileage: 52,000
ON 1/23/12, WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE ON A LEVEL LOT, MY 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX LUNGED FORWARD. I IMMEDIATELY HIT THE BRAKE. THE CAR WAS IN REVERSE NOT DRIVE! I ATTEMPTED TO BACK OUT AGAIN AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED! THE SECOND TIME IT LUNGED FORWARD SO QUICKLY I WAS AFRAID THE CAR W...
Mileage: 93,580
ON 1/23/12, WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE ON A LEVEL LOT, MY 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX LUNGED FORWARD. I IMMEDIATELY HIT THE BRAKE. THE CAR WAS IN REVERSE NOT DRIVE! I ATTEMPTED TO BACK OUT AGAIN AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED! THE SECOND TIME IT LUNGED FORWARD SO QUICKLY I WAS AFRAID THE CAR W...
Mileage: 93,580
ON 1/23/12, WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE ON A LEVEL LOT, MY 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX LUNGED FORWARD. I IMMEDIATELY HIT THE BRAKE. THE CAR WAS IN REVERSE NOT DRIVE! I ATTEMPTED TO BACK OUT AGAIN AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED! THE SECOND TIME IT LUNGED FORWARD SO QUICKLY I WAS AFRAID THE CAR W...
Mileage: 93,580
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHEN THE CONSUMER EXITED THE VEHICLE, IT ROLLED BACKWARDS AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING BUT THE TECHNICIANS WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000. ...
Mileage: 5,000
I HAVE A 2005 GRAND PRIX GXP IN WHICH THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED. I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE LAST YEAR BECAUSE IT WOULD HESITATE FROM A STOP AND SLAM VIOLENTLY INTO FIRST GEAR. AT THE TIME THE DEALER COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE CONCERN AND TOLD ME TO BRING IT BACK WHEN IT GOT WORSE. MY EXTENDED ...
Mileage: 74,000
I HAVE A 2005 GRAND PRIX GXP IN WHICH THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED. I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE LAST YEAR BECAUSE IT WOULD HESITATE FROM A STOP AND SLAM VIOLENTLY INTO FIRST GEAR. AT THE TIME THE DEALER COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE CONCERN AND TOLD ME TO BRING IT BACK WHEN IT GOT WORSE. MY EXTENDED ...
Mileage: 74,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH WITH THE HEATER ACTIVATED, A STRONG BURNING ODOR AND A MASSIVE AMOUNT OFF WHITE SMOKE SUDDENLY EMITTED THROUGHOUT THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DROVE TO A NEARBY SERVICE STATION, WHERE THE FIRE DEPA...
Mileage: 83,300
TRANSMISSION SLIPS OR SHUTTERS FROM A STOP, THEN SLAMS INTO GEAR. SHIFT FROM 1ST TO 2ND IS SLOW. SHIFTING MANUALLY WORKS OK. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE GM 5.4L ENGINE 4T65E-HD COMBINATION AND HAS BEEN HAPPENING NEARLY EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE CAR. LOCAL TRANSMISSION DEALER SAYS HE SEES THIS ...
TRANSMISSION SHOWING SIGNS OF FAILURE DESPITE USING THE BEST SYNTHETIC TRANNY OIL AND REGULAR TRANNY OIL CHANGES. THE CAR HAS ONLY 117 000 KMS AND SLAMS INTO GEAR AFTER A SLOW START. ALSO SHUDDERS SOMETIMES BEFORE A GEAR LOCKS IN. APPARENTLY THESE ARE COMMON PROBLEMS THAT OCCUR JUST BEFORE COMPLETE ...
TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING FOR SEVERAL SECONDS, THEN CATCHING WITH A SUDDEN "THUNK". APPARENTLY THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR GM CARS (PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GXP, CHEVY IMPALA SS & CHEVY MONTE CARLO SS) EQUIPPED WITH AN LS4 ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION AS IT COMES AND GOES WITHOU...
Mileage: 60,000
TRANSMISSION ON MY 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GXP FAILED ON 11/23/09 AT 94,622 MILES. CAR WAS BROUGHT TO DAVE SINCLAIR BUICK/PONTIAC/GMC AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. THE SECOND TRANSMISSION STARTED BUCKING WHILE GOING UP HILLS AT 120,000 MILES. TOOK THE CAR IN AT 120,703 TO THE ...
Mileage: 120,703
1. EVENTS LEADING UP TO FAILURE = REGULAR DAY-TO-DAY VEHICLE USE. 2. FAILURE = TRANSMISSION, WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO SLIP AND THEN SLAM INTO GEAR. ALSO, OCCASIONAL HARD SLAM INTO 2ND HEAR UNDER PART THROTTLE. 3. WHAT WAS DONE TO CORRECT FAILURE = REPAIR SHOP INSPECTIO...
Mileage: 37,000
TRANSMISSION FALIURE. *TR
Mileage: 34,046
MY CAR AT ONLY 54K MILES, TRANSMISSION FAILED, CAUSING TO LOOSE POWER IN TRAFFIC. I HAD THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT ($2400), 8 MONTHS LATER IT FAILED AGAIN ($1200), 2 MONTHS LATER, FAILED AGAIN ($0-WARRANTY). MECHANIC FINALLY FIGURED OUT IT WAS SOME PRESSURE RELIEVE VALVE ON THE TRANSMISSION, CAUSING P...
Mileage: 54,000
MY TRANSMISSION HAS BLOWN ONCE, AND THE REPLACEMENT (FACTORY WARRANTY) IS ACTING UP AND GETTING READY TO GO AGAIN. (EXCESSIVE SLIPPAGE, GRABBING, AND FAIL TO ENGAGE). I AM NOT AN AGGRESSIVE OR SPIRITED DRIVER, SO THERE IS NO REASON TO HAVE TRANSMISSIONS FAIL THIS OFTEN. IN RESEARCHING ONLINE, IT APP...
Mileage: 33,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIG. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED SHE TURNED ON THE HEAT AND IT FAILED TO FUNCTION. SHE STATED HAD AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROL ON THE VEHICLE AND WHEN SHE TURNED THE HEATER ON NO MATTER WHAT TEMPERATURE IT WAS SET TO THE HEAT WAS MINIMAL AND LUKE WARM. THE VE...
Mileage: 81,648
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GTP. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5-10 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN TO THE LEFT. THE CONTACT STATED THE FAILURE HAD BEEN ON GOING SINCE FRIDAY JANUARY 14, 2011. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. H...
Mileage: 58,200
I OWN A 2005 GRAND PRIX GXP LS4 V8 WITH 60KMI. THE TRANSMISSION HAS SHUDDERED ON THE 1-2 SHIFT AND SOMETIMES DELAYED ON THE 2-3 SHIFT SINCE 40KMI. EVERY TIME I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR IN OUT OF WARRANTY, AND EVEN WHILE IT WAS IN WARRANTY, THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE REPLICATED. I KNOW THE 4T65E-HD TRANSMISS...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD ONE LOCK FOR ENTERING AND EXITING THE VEHICLE WHICH HAD FAILED. THE REMOTE KEY FOB WAS PREVIOUSLY REPLACED THREE TIMES FOR THE EXACT SAME FAILURE BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THE KEY FOB WAS POOR...
Mileage: 63,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE RADIO AND LIGHTS FUNCTIONED BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START WHEN ATTEMPTED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE ...
Mileage: 113,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD ONE LOCK TO GET IN AND OUT THE VEHICLE WHICH DID NOT WORK. SHE HAD THE REMOTE KEY FOB REPLACED TWICE SINCE 2008 BUT THE FAILURE OCCURRED AGAIN. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE CUR...
Mileage: 63,000
RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW ON MY 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX CAUSING ME TO LOSE COMPLETE CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE ON A HIGHWAY, CROSS OVER THE CENTER LINE AND SLAM HEAD ON INTO AN 8 FOOT DEEP DITCH. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *TR
Mileage: 75,000
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND MY GAUGES IN MY DISPLAY STOPPED WORKING. I HIT A BUMP IN THE HIGHWAY AND THEY CAME BACK ON AGAIN. THE NEXT DAY WHEN I TURNED MY CAR BACK ON THE GAUGES WERE NOT WORKING. I HIT MY DASH AND MY GAUGES STARTED WORKING AGAIN. THE GAUGES ARE CURRENTLY NOT WORKING RIGHT NO...
Mileage: 102,364
DRAIN HOLES IN TOP OF CAR GOT PLUGGED CAUSING INTERIOR DAMAGE. HEAD LINER HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST TO MYSELF FOR $1100. GM WOULD NOT BACK ORIGINAL WARRANTY. WAS TOLD TO HAVE DRAIN HOLES "BLOWN OUT" 2X YEARLY. FIRST LEAK OCCURRED WITHIN FIRST YEAR OF OWNERSHIP. MECHANIC ADMITTED THIS WAS A "...
Mileage: 16,424
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE DRIVING THE STEERING COLUMN, AND ACCELERATOR AND BRAKE PEDAL MAKES A CLICKING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY AND A TECHNICIAN CONCLUDED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE...
Mileage: 46,000
2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT. BRAKING ISSUE; WHILE APPLING BRAKE AND GOING OVER BUMPY GROUND THE PADS LOOSE CONTACT WITH DISK, PEDDLE SOFTENS MORE PRESSURE HAS TOBE APPLIED. HAS THIS SYMTOM BEEN REPORTED BEFORE? *TR
2005 GRAND PRIX 11,000 MILES CAR STARTED TO HAVE SEVERE HESITATIONS AND STUMBLING PROBLEMS, TOOK CAR IN SEVERAL TIMES BETWEEN TWO DEALERS AND STILL THE CAR IS NOT RIGHT, I HAVE SPENT CLOSE TO 3,000 DOLLARS AND MY SECONDARY WARRANTY HAS PUT ABOUT 4500.00 DOLLARS ALL IN REPAIRS AND THE CAR NOW ONLY HA...
Mileage: 11,000
2005 GRAND PRIX 11,000 MILES CAR STARTED TO HAVE SEVERE HESITATIONS AND STUMBLING PROBLEMS, TOOK CAR IN SEVERAL TIMES BETWEEN TWO DEALERS AND STILL THE CAR IS NOT RIGHT, I HAVE SPENT CLOSE TO 3,000 DOLLARS AND MY SECONDARY WARRANTY HAS PUT ABOUT 4500.00 DOLLARS ALL IN REPAIRS AND THE CAR NOW ONLY HA...
Mileage: 11,000
MY 2005 GRAND PRIX HAS AN ISSUE WITH POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKING WHICH LED TO A LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSISTANCE. I'VE HAD THE STEERING GEAR REPLACED ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO, AND NOW THE RETURN LINE WAS REPLACED. AFTER ALL OF THIS IT IS LEAKING AGAIN. *TR
Mileage: 111,000
MY 2005 GRAND PRIX HAS AN ISSUE WITH POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKING WHICH LED TO A LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSISTANCE. I'VE HAD THE STEERING GEAR REPLACED ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO, AND NOW THE RETURN LINE WAS REPLACED. AFTER ALL OF THIS IT IS LEAKING AGAIN. *TR
Mileage: 111,000
I PURCHASED A 2005 GRAND PRIX GT, ON APRIL 28, 2009. IT WAS A USED VEHICLE AND HAD 28,000 WHEN PURCHASED FROM USED CAR DEALER. WHEN I TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE I NOTICED A KNOCK WITH THE STEERING SYSTEM. THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS A PROBLEM AND THE DEALERS WERE AWARE OF. THEY SAID THEY WOULD FIX IT ONCE ...
Mileage: 31,000
STEERING WHEEL MAKING SQUEAKY NOISE, AS WELL AS SOMETHING IN THE CAR MAKING GURGLING WATER SOUND IN THE DASHBOARD. *TR
Mileage: 80,903
ABS, TRACTION CONTROL, VARIABLE STEERING EFFORT WARNINGS CAME ON ALL AT ONCE. TURNED OUT TO BE A BAD WHEEL HUB/BEARING. HAVE REPLACED TWO WHEEL HUBS, ONE AT 40K MILES AND THE OTHER AT 61K MILES. THE CAR IS A GRAND PRIX GTP, FOR THE MONEY PAID FOR THE VEHICLE, IT SHOULD HAVE HELD UP BETTER....
Mileage: 40,000
ABS, TRACTION CONTROL, VARIABLE EFFORT STEERING ERROR LIGHTS ON AT SAME TIME. *TR
Mileage: 90,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE AT THE COST OF $160.68. SHE WILL CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,...
Mileage: 54,499
ME AND MY PARTNER WERE DRIVING ON HWY 1-20 WHEN A CAR THAT WAS IN FRONT OF US (WE WERE IN THE FAR LEFT LANE BY THE MEDIAN) IN THE 3 WAY LANE HWY HIT US HEAD ON. MY AIRBAG IN MY VEHICLE DID NOT COME OUT. *TR
Mileage: 110,000
POWER STEERING PUMP IS LOSING FLUID,THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE NOW. CAR WAS TAKEN INTO DEALER AND NO LEAKS,OR FLUID WAS FOUND UNDER CAR. ALL THEY WOULD DO IS FILL UP PUMP WITH MORE FLUID.THE FLUID MUST BE GOING SOMEWHERE? MY CAR MAKES A VERY HIGH WHINING SOUND WHEN IT GETS LOW ON FLUID. I WAS TOLD THIS...
2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT 3.8 L V6 ENGINE: THE RACK AND PINION STEERING SYSTEM FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, THE POWER STEERING FUNCTION UNEXPECTEDLY FAILED, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE IN TIME TO AVOID RUNNING OFF OF THE ROAD. ALSO, I...
Mileage: 72,775
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HIS HORN WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THEY NEEDED TO DIAGNOSE THE STEERING COLUMN IN ORDER TO LOCATE THE FAILURE CODE. WITHOUT IT, THEY WOULD BE UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHY THE HORN...
Mileage: 33,000
I HAVE A GENERAL MOTORS 2005 GRAND PRIX. IT HAS DEVELOPED A 'KNOCKING' SOUND WHEN DRIVING. THE SAME NOISE CORRESPONDS WITH BUMPS YOU CAN FEEL IN THE STEERING WHEEL. I TOOK THE CAR TO A GOODYEAR SERVICE CENTER. THEY PUT THE CAR ON THE LIFT, REMOVED THE FRONT TIRES AND DID A COMPLETE EXAMINATION O...
Mileage: 66,290
ON 8/5/08 I WAS MAKING A RIGHT TURN WHEN THE CAR ACCELERATED AND I LOST CONTROL HITTING AN EMBANKMENT ON THE LEFT-THE CAR BECAME AIRBORNE CROSSED THE ROAD AND HIT A TREE. THE FRONT LEFT OF THE CAR WAS DESTROYED AND LEFT FRONT WHEEL SHEERED OFF. THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *TR
Mileage: 69,000
ON 8/5/08 I WAS MAKING A RIGHT TURN WHEN THE CAR ACCELERATED AND I LOST CONTROL HITTING AN EMBANKMENT ON THE LEFT-THE CAR BECAME AIRBORNE CROSSED THE ROAD AND HIT A TREE. THE FRONT LEFT OF THE CAR WAS DESTROYED AND LEFT FRONT WHEEL SHEERED OFF. THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *TR
Mileage: 69,000
WIPER MOTOR, WHEN THE BLOWER IS ON HIGH AND THE WIPERS ARE ACTIVATED THE BLOWER STOPS FOR A MINUTE AND STARTS AGAIN, THIS OCCURRED FOR 6 MONTHS NOW THE WIPER MOTOR JUST STOPPED WORKING ALL TOGETHER. WAITING ON A PART FOR REPAIRS WHICH TELLS ME THIS IS HAPPENING A LOT. $250.00 FOR REPAIRS. *TR
Mileage: 52,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL MAKES A CLICKING NOISE WHEN IT IS TURNED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN METAL WAS FAILING AND THE STEERING COLUMN ROD WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER ACKNOWLEDGED THE STEERING FAILURE...
Mileage: 30,000
TIE ROD FAILURE DRIVERS SIDE THEN LEAK IN TIE-ROD RACK AND PINION DRIVER'S SIDE AS A RESULT OF REPAIR. NOTIFIED DEALER WHILE UNDER WARRANTY THAT POWER STEERING FLUID WAS LOW AND THEY DID NOT ASSIST IN A CHECK. I HAD TO PAY AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRATION FOR REPAIR. FUEL TANK BAND LOOSE HAD TO BE RETIED...
Mileage: 25,300
TIE ROD FAILURE DRIVERS SIDE THEN LEAK IN TIE-ROD RACK AND PINION DRIVER'S SIDE AS A RESULT OF REPAIR. NOTIFIED DEALER WHILE UNDER WARRANTY THAT POWER STEERING FLUID WAS LOW AND THEY DID NOT ASSIST IN A CHECK. I HAD TO PAY AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRATION FOR REPAIR. FUEL TANK BAND LOOSE HAD TO BE RETIED...
Mileage: 25,300
TIE ROD FAILURE DRIVERS SIDE THEN LEAK IN TIE-ROD RACK AND PINION DRIVER'S SIDE AS A RESULT OF REPAIR. NOTIFIED DEALER WHILE UNDER WARRANTY THAT POWER STEERING FLUID WAS LOW AND THEY DID NOT ASSIST IN A CHECK. I HAD TO PAY AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRATION FOR REPAIR. FUEL TANK BAND LOOSE HAD TO BE RETIED...
Mileage: 25,300
TIE ROD FAILURE DRIVERS SIDE THEN LEAK IN TIE-ROD RACK AND PINION DRIVER'S SIDE AS A RESULT OF REPAIR. NOTIFIED DEALER WHILE UNDER WARRANTY THAT POWER STEERING FLUID WAS LOW AND THEY DID NOT ASSIST IN A CHECK. I HAD TO PAY AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRATION FOR REPAIR. FUEL TANK BAND LOOSE HAD TO BE RETIED...
Mileage: 25,300
I ALMOST CRASHED MORE THAN ONCE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES AT FULL THROTTLE ON IT'S OWN. PERSISTENT ISSUE. WHEN DRIVING ON THE EXPRESS WAY WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED, THE VEHICLE ABRUPTLY ACCELERATES AT FULL THROTTLE, RPMS SHOOT TO THE RED LINE, AND AT TIMES THE CRUISE CANCELS THEN RESUMES...
Mileage: 25,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING TRANSMISSION FAILURE SINCE JUNE OF 2007. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKS INTO GEAR AND SURGES UNEXPECTEDLY, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS BECAUSE THEY C...
Mileage: 23,000
KEY STUCK IN IGNITION. *TR
Mileage: 33,000
MY HORN HAS FAILED ON 5 OCCASSIONS. PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN TO FIX THIS INTERMISSION HORN FAILURE, BUT THE FIX DOES NOT WORK. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS WHERE OTHER MOTORISTS HAVE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME AND I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO WARN THEM, AS THE HORN FAILED. I HOPE THIS IS...
Mileage: 12,000
MY HORN HAS FAILED ON 5 OCCASSIONS. PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN TO FIX THIS INTERMISSION HORN FAILURE, BUT THE FIX DOES NOT WORK. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS WHERE OTHER MOTORISTS HAVE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME AND I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO WARN THEM, AS THE HORN FAILED. I HOPE THIS IS...
Mileage: 12,000
I HAVE A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX SOMETIMES WHEN I PRESS ON THE PEDAL THE CAR HESITATES. THERE IS ALSO A WHINING NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE CAR. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT NEEDED A TUNE UP SO I HAD THE SPARK PLUGS CHANGED. I THOUGHT THIS WOULD CORRECT THE PROBLEM, BUT THE CAR CONTINUES TO STALL. JUST...
Mileage: 70,580
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHEN THE WINDOW DEFOGGER IS ACTIVATED AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE ENGAGED, THE VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLS AND LOSES POWER. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE O-RING WAS MISSING, WHICH CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER DUE...
Mileage: 35,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHEN THE WINDOW DEFOGGER IS ACTIVATED AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE ENGAGED, THE VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLS AND LOSES POWER. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE O-RING WAS MISSING, WHICH CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER DUE...
Mileage: 35,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHEN THE WINDOW DEFOGGER IS ACTIVATED AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE ENGAGED, THE VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLS AND LOSES POWER. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE O-RING WAS MISSING, WHICH CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER DUE...
Mileage: 35,000
MY PONTIAC 2005 GRAND PRIX CAME WITH GOODYEAR TIRES, TWO OF WHICH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AFTER 18,317 MILES. THE TIRES WERE REGULARLY ROTATED, BALANCED, AND ALIGNED PRIOR TO THIS.*TR
Mileage: 18,200
DURING THE SECOND WEEK OF APRIL 2007, I NOTICED MY 2005 GRAND PRIX GT WAS MAKING A SORT OF "WHIZZING" NOISE WHEN I ACCELERATED. I NOTICED THIS NOISE WAS PARTICULARLY PRONOUNCED WHEN I TURNED. ON APRIL 13, 2007, I CHECKED THE POWER STEERING FLUID LEVEL. I WAS ALARMED TO FIND THAT THERE WAS LITTLE ...
Mileage: 62,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,000, AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 36,150. A VERY LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HAD COMPONENTS OF THE COLUMN REPLACED, SUCH AS THE RACK, PUMP AND HOSES. THE PROBLEM STILL EX...
Mileage: 33,000
MARCH 2006- DRIVING HOME FROM WORK IN SCHOOL TRAFFIC, RUNNING SPEED LIMIT, OBD FAILED, CAR CUT OFF AND LOCKED UP AFTER GUIDING IT TO SHOULDER OF ROADWAY. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO LOCAL DEALERSHIP. OBD REPLACED.VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY WILL RESET PASSENGER COMPARTMENT TEMPERATURES ON CLIMATE CONTROLS, CLOC...
BAD GOODYEAR EAGLE LS TIRES ON BOTH FRONT TIRES. JUST REPLACED L FRONT TIRE WITH ONLY 1 LOW PRESSURE SIGNAL - TIRES WENT BAD IN ONE WEEK. NOW THE R FRONT TIRE HAS COME UP WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THERE IS ONLY 28,000 PLUS MILES ON THE CAR AND THE TIRES ARE RATED FOR 50 TO 60 THOUSAND MILES. *NM
ON 2/3/2007 CAR STALLED ON FREEWAY AND STEERING WHEEL LOCK UP ROLLED TO THE SIDE OF FREEWAY. COULD NOT ACCELERATE CAR. WAITED A WHILE PLACED CAR INTO PARK TURNED ON IGNITION SWITCH CAR STARTED BACK UP BUT ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON THIS TIME MY 2ND TIME COMPLAINING ABOUT CAR STALLING OUT ON THE HIGHWAY . ...
Mileage: 50,000
I TOOK MY CAR IN TO AN CERTIFIED AUTOMOTIVE CENTER TO RECEIVE A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK BECAUSE THE CAR HAD COMPLETELY STOPPED ON THE BAY BRIDGE AND I COULD NOT ACCELERATE. THANK GOD I WAS COMPLETELY OVER INTO THE LEFT HAND LANE BECAUSE THE STEERING WHEEL HAD COMPLETELY LOCKED. THE AUTOMOTIVE CENTER COULD ...
Mileage: 69,381
I TOOK MY CAR IN TO AN CERTIFIED AUTOMOTIVE CENTER TO RECEIVE A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK BECAUSE THE CAR HAD COMPLETELY STOPPED ON THE BAY BRIDGE AND I COULD NOT ACCELERATE. THANK GOD I WAS COMPLETELY OVER INTO THE LEFT HAND LANE BECAUSE THE STEERING WHEEL HAD COMPLETELY LOCKED. THE AUTOMOTIVE CENTER COULD ...
Mileage: 69,381
I TOOK MY CAR IN TO AN CERTIFIED AUTOMOTIVE CENTER TO RECEIVE A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK BECAUSE THE CAR HAD COMPLETELY STOPPED ON THE BAY BRIDGE AND I COULD NOT ACCELERATE. THANK GOD I WAS COMPLETELY OVER INTO THE LEFT HAND LANE BECAUSE THE STEERING WHEEL HAD COMPLETELY LOCKED. THE AUTOMOTIVE CENTER COULD ...
Mileage: 69,381
I TOOK MY CAR IN TO AN CERTIFIED AUTOMOTIVE CENTER TO RECEIVE A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK BECAUSE THE CAR HAD COMPLETELY STOPPED ON THE BAY BRIDGE AND I COULD NOT ACCELERATE. THANK GOD I WAS COMPLETELY OVER INTO THE LEFT HAND LANE BECAUSE THE STEERING WHEEL HAD COMPLETELY LOCKED. THE AUTOMOTIVE CENTER COULD ...
Mileage: 69,381
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AFTER ACCELERATING TO 65 MPH TO CHANGE LANES, THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTINUED TO INCREASE AFTER THE FOOT OF THE CONTACT WAS REMOVED FROM THE ACCELERATOR AND BEGAN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE TIRES CONTINUED TO SPIN IN A FORWARD MOTION. THE TRANSMISSION WAS PLACED INTO NEUTR...
Mileage: 32,400
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AFTER ACCELERATING TO 65 MPH TO CHANGE LANES, THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTINUED TO INCREASE AFTER THE FOOT OF THE CONTACT WAS REMOVED FROM THE ACCELERATOR AND BEGAN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE TIRES CONTINUED TO SPIN IN A FORWARD MOTION. THE TRANSMISSION WAS PLACED INTO NEUTR...
Mileage: 32,400
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THERE WAS A LONG LAG IN THE VEHICLE ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED TO SHOULDER, SHUT OFF, AND RESTARTED. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO GEAR, IT WAS NOT ABLE TO BE MOVED IN ANY DIRECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A SERVICE DEALER WHO WAS UNA...
Mileage: 40,342
HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM. WHEN TRYING TO COME TO A STOP REAL FAST THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT BRAKES. THE BRAKES WORK FINE WHEN COMING TO A SLOWER STOP. I TOOK VEHICLE TO JAMES RIVARD PONTIAC IN TAMPA, FLORIDA. THIS WAS LOOKED AT BY DEALER BUT DEALER WAS NOT HELP...
Mileage: 33,851
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN VEHICLE WAS TURNED IN EITHER DIRECTION THERE WAS A CHOCKING NOISE. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THAT THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT WAS DEFECTIVE. BUT HE DEALERSHIP OFFERED ONLY A TEMPORARY SOLUTION, THE COULD LUBRICATE THE SHAFT SO THAT THE CHOCKING NOISE WILL NOT BE H...
Mileage: 30,000
I HAD ORIGINALLY ENTERED THIS COMPLAINT UNDER 2005 PONTIAC GRAND AM BUT THE CAR IS ACTUALLY A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. SEE ORIGINAL COMPLAINT AND PLEASE RELIST IT CORRECTLY UNDER STEERING COMPLAINTS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER COMPONENT: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 10051...
Mileage: 25,011
DT*: THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEFROSTER DOES NOT COMPLETELY DEFROST THE WINDSHIELD. THIS CAUSES THE WINDSHIELD TO FORM ICE AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO FREEZE. THE AREA THAT DOES NOT DEFROST IS APPROXIMATELY ONE AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES FROM THE BOTTOM AND APPROXIMATELY 14-16 INCHES FROM THE ENDS....
Mileage: 9,100
ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2005 AT 7:30 PM I WAS DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MILES AN HOUR (IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE). I FELT A TIRE GOING FLAT. I PULLED OFF THE MAIN HIGHWAY GOT OUT AN SAW THAT MY RIGHT FRONT TIRE WAS FLAT. A TOW TRUCK WAS CALLED, THE SPARE WAS PUT ON AND THE FLAT ...
Mileage: 24,975
I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2005 GRAND PRIX (GP), I VERY QUICKLY NOTICED THAT THE BAKES WERE RUBBING MAKING A LOUD NOISE WHEN PRESSING THE BRAKES IN A HURRY, WELL AS A RESULT TO THIS IT HAS NEARLY CAUSED ACCIDENTS,AFTER TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE PONTIAC DEALER, THEY TEST DROVE MY CAR AND SAID THEY WERE R...
Mileage: 26,000
DT: WHEN THE CONSUMER FIRST BOUGHT THE VEHICLE THERE WAS A BRAKE GRINDING NOISE. THE DEALER NOTED THERE WAS HEAT STRESS FRACTURES ON THE BRAKE ROTOR. THIS WAS A NEW VEHICLE. THEY REPLACED THE ROTORS. THE NEXT DAY, THE BRAKE NOISE RETURNED, THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER AGAIN. ...
Mileage: 1,000
DT: CONSUMER PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN SEPTEMBER 2004. HE NOTICED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS SHOOK WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT WHICH CUT DOWN ON VISIBILITY. CONSUMER HAS HAD VEHICLE TO DEALER THREE TIMES, AND DEALER STATED THAT ALL THAT TYPE VEHICLES WERE THE SAME. CONSUMER WENT TO ANOTHER DEALER AND FOUND TH...
Mileage: 14
ENGINE WOULD NOT START IN THE INITIAL TRY BUT WOULD START ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT. FUEL PUMP WAS NOT PRODUCING THE NECESSARY PRESSURE. FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED.
Mileage: 500
2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT SEDAN VIN #[XXX] PURCHASED 12/16/2004. INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE STALLS/ LOSS OF POWER IN THE ENGINE. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT WILL SUDDENLY JUST LOSES POWER. YOU CONTINUE TO PRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THEN THE ENGINE WILL SUDDENLY TAKE BACK OFF AT A GREAT SPEED. ...
Mileage: 4,200
2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT SEDAN VIN #[XXX] PURCHASED 12/16/2004. INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE STALLS/ LOSS OF POWER IN THE ENGINE. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT WILL SUDDENLY JUST LOSES POWER. YOU CONTINUE TO PRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THEN THE ENGINE WILL SUDDENLY TAKE BACK OFF AT A GREAT SPEED. ...
Mileage: 4,200
2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT SEDAN VIN #[XXX] PURCHASED 12/16/2004. INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE STALLS/ LOSS OF POWER IN THE ENGINE. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT WILL SUDDENLY JUST LOSES POWER. YOU CONTINUE TO PRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THEN THE ENGINE WILL SUDDENLY TAKE BACK OFF AT A GREAT SPEED. ...
Mileage: 4,200
"CHARGING SYSTEM FAILURE" HAS APPEARED AT LEAST 12 TIMES ON THE DRIVER'S MESSAGE CONSOLE THAT I HAVE DOCUMENTED. IT IS ALSO ACCOMPANIED BY THE FAN BLOWER REPEATEDLY CUTTING IN AND OUT WHEN TURNED ON. THIS HAS HAPPENED JUST ABOUT EVERY TIME THE FAN IS TURNED ON. HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN TO HAVE THE ...
Mileage: 2,100
"CHARGING SYSTEM FAILURE" HAS APPEARED AT LEAST 12 TIMES ON THE DRIVER'S MESSAGE CONSOLE THAT I HAVE DOCUMENTED. IT IS ALSO ACCOMPANIED BY THE FAN BLOWER REPEATEDLY CUTTING IN AND OUT WHEN TURNED ON. THIS HAS HAPPENED JUST ABOUT EVERY TIME THE FAN IS TURNED ON. HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN TO HAVE THE ...
Mileage: 2,100