2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX Complaints

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 UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. LATER ON THAT SAME DAY, THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED A SECOND TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SECOND DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD LOCKED UP DUE TO THE HEAT. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WOULD BE UNABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE CONTACT PURCHASING THE VEHICLE FROM A DIFFERENT DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN BACK TO THE ORIGINAL DEALER, WHO REBUILT THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THIS WAS THE THIRD TIME THE TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN REBUILT DUE TO THE SAME ISSUE. UPDATED 10/17/2006 - *NM

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 HELPFUL AT ALL CONCERNING ISSUE DUE TO THE FACT THE CAR WAS BOUGHT USED AND NOT FROM THEM. THIS IS STILL UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY 2005 WITH 34000 MILES, I ALSO PURCHASED THE EXTENDED WARRANTY WHEN I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE OF THE ISSUE AND POSSIBLY COULD BE A BRAKE CALIPER ISSUE. THIS IS VERY UNFAIR TO CONSUMER AND A SAFETY ISSUE AS WELL. THIS SHOULD BE ON HIGH PRIORITY TO BE LOOKED AT. *NM

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 HEARD. BUT, THERE WAS NO PERMANENT SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM. *AK

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 10051575 DETAILS: DT: THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION. AS A RESULT, SHE CRASHED INTO HER APARTMENT. THE GAS METERS WERE DESTROYED AND ELECTRICAL WIRES WERE CUT. THE SPEED WAS NO MORE THAN 5-10 MPH. WHEN SHE HIT THE BRAKE THE CAR WENT OUT OF CONTROL. THE VEHICLE WAS A RENTAL CAR. *JB SINCE THIS INCIDENT THE CAR WAS CHECKED OUT BY THE RENTAL CAR COMPANY'S REPAIR SHOP AND NO DEFECT WAS FOUND. I CONTACTED PONTIAC AND GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION AND THEY CLAIMED IGNORANCE OF THE FACT THAT THIS IS HAPPENING TO OTHER SIMILAR VEHICLES. I HAVE BEEN CHARGED $5,000 IN DAMAGES BY THE RENTAL CAR COMPANY FOR A CAR VALUED AT $9,000 AND $3,500 BY THE APARTMENT COMPLEX FOR REPAIR OF THE APARTMENT. BUT I COULD HAVE DIED FROM THE IMPACT WHEN THE AIR BAG NEVER DEPLOYED. CAUSE: RESULT: OCCURRENCES: 1 INJURIES: 0 FAIL DATE: 07/12/2005 DEATHS: 0 DATE ADDED TO DATABASE: 7/13/2005

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. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SEEN BY THE DEALERSHIP AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. IT WAS DETERMINED THIS IS HOW THE VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED THEREFORE, NO REMEDY WAS AVAILABLE. *JB UPDATED 3/28/2006 - *NM

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 TIRE WAS PUT IN THE TRUNK. THE NEXT MORNING MY HUSBAND AND I INSPECTED THE FLAT TIRE AND SAW THAT THE TREAD HAD SEPARATED, AND THE STEEL BELT HAD PUNCTURED THE TIRE CAUSING THE FLAT. MY HUSBAND TOOK THE TIRE TO DISCOUNT TIRE FOR INSPECTION OF THE OTHER TIRES AND REPLACEMENT OF THE FLAT. WHILE THERE HE WAS TOLD THAT THE LEFT FRONT TIRE TREAD WAS BEGINNING TO SEPARATE ALSO. WE REPLACED BOTH TIRES, BUT LEFT THE REAR TIRES IN PLACE. THE SERVICE ADVISOR INDICATED HE SEES THIS 2-3 TIMES A WEEK ON GOODYEAR TIRES. THE TIRES ARE GOODYEAR EAGLE LS; THE CAR IS A 2004 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WE ALSO HAVE PICTURES OF THE DAMAGED TIRE. PLEASE ADVISE. *NM

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 RUBBING AND MADE ME A APPOINTMENT TO RETURN, AND THAT'S WHEN THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG THAT THEY ALSO DROVE ANOTHER 2005 AND IT DID THE SAME SO BASICALLY THEY ALL DO THAT, I REALLY DO NOT THINK THIS IS SAFE AND IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE ON THIS MATTER.

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. THERE WAS A REPLACEMENT OF THE BRAKE CALIPER WHICH MADE THE NOISE GO AWAY FOR ABOUT 7 DAYS BUT LATER RETURNED. TOOK BACK TO THE DEALER THIS MORNING 7-25, DEALER STATED THAT GM WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BECAUSE IT WAS HAPPENING TO OTHER GM MODELS. THE DEALER SAID THERE WAS A SECRET TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN BUT GM HAS NOT MADE A REMEDY FOR THIS PROBLEM AS OF YET-GM IS TRYING TO DESIGN A NEW TYPE OF BRAKE CALIPER FOR THIS PROBLEM. CAR IS STILL AT DEALER BECAUSE CAN NOT OFFER A FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM UNTIL GM COMPLIES WITH A REMEDY. CONSUMER FEELS THEY CAN NOT FIX VEHICLE. *JB

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 THAT THEY WERE NOT ALL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. WHEN THE CONSUMER WENT TO THE DEALER, WHERE HE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM, HE WAS SHOWN 10 OR SO OTHER VEHICLES THAT WERE LIKE HIS AND THEY ALL HAD LOOSE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES, BUT WHEN THE CONSUMER WENT TO OTHER DEALERS TO SEE IF PROBLEM WAS WITH ALL GRAND PRIX HE NOTICED THAT ALL THE VEHICLES HE LOOKED AT WERE FREE OF THIS PROBLEM. CONSUMER WAS NOT SURE OF HOW THIS IS POSSIBLE. VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED AT UNION PONTIAC IN UNION, NEW JERSEY. OTHER DEALERS WHERE THE CONSUMER LOOKED AT WERE FREE OF PROBLEMS SUCH AS DIFEO PONTIAC, JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY. THE CONSUMER WAS SHOWN BY THE DEALER THAT PROBLEM IS THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY WAS LOOSE IN THE VEHICLE CAUSING THE HEADLIGHTS TO VIBRATE WHILE DRIVING. DEALER SAID THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM.*AK

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.