2006 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX Complaints

2006 PONTIAC GXP, DECEMBER 2013 TRANSMISSION STARTING SLIPPING ON INTERSTATE NEAR CHARLOTTE NORTH CAROLINA. CAR TRANSMISSION THEN COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING, NO FORWARD OR REVERSE. CAR HAS 86,000 MILES ON ODOMETER. VEHICLES TOWED TO VIRGINIA. HAD VEHICLE TRANSMISSION CHECKED BY GM AND PRIVATE AUTO SHOP, NO CODES FOUND, BOTH SAID TRANS GOT HOT AND BURNED UP. NO LOCAL TRANS SHOPS WILL REBUILD THE TRANSMISSION DUE TO REPEAT FAILURES. *TR

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK IN MY PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GXP ONE MORNING I CAME TO A STOPLIGHT. CAR WAS RUNNING NORMAL. I WENT TO LEAVE THE LIGHT AND THE CAR DID NOT MOVE. THE ENGINE WOULD JUST REV UP. I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BECAUSE WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I LET OFF THE BRAKE AND PRESSED THE GAS AND I DID NOT MOVE. I THOUGHT I MAY HAVE KNOCKED THE TRANSMISSION INTO NEUTRAL BUT I LOOKED DOWN AND THE CAR WAS IN DRIVE. THIS IS WHEN I REALIZED I WAS THE NEXT VICTIM OF THE GM LS4 4T65E-HD COMBO KIT. I WAS STUCK AT THE LIGHT IN THE MIDDLE MOST LANE. I PUT MY HAZARDS ON.CARS HAD TO GO AROUND ME, AND I COULD HAVE GOTTEN HIT. BEING DEAD IN THE WATER SORT OF SPEAK, I WAITED FOR THE ROAD TO CLEAR AND I CHECKED IF I HAD REVERSE. I DID LUCKILY, AND I WAS ABLE TO BACK MY CAR INTO THE PARKING LOT A HALF A BLOCK BACK. THIS WAS A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR ANY DRIVER. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A GM FAN BUT THIS CAR IS CHANGING MY MIND. IT WOULD NOT BE SO BAD IF GM WOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY, AND FIX THEIR DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 GRAND PRIX GXP WITH 118K MILES ON IT AND THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED AND NEED REBUILDING THE DEALER SHIP TOLD ME TO MAKE A REPORT BECAUSE THIS IS A ONGOING DEFECT. *TR

WAS GOING HOME AFTER WORK ONE NIGHT AND HEADLIGHTS, AND INSTRUMENT PANEL TURNED OFF BY THEMSELVES. I COULD NOT TURN THEM BACK ON ( I WAS GOING 60 ON THE FREEWAY).I KEPT DRIVING AND THEY TURNED ON BY THEMSELVES AFTER ABOUT TWO OR THREE MINUTES. IT GOT WORSE AS TIME PASSED, AND NOW ONLY THE HIGH BEAMS WORK, THE LOW BEAMS DO NOT WORK AT ALL. LOW BEAM FUSES, AND LOW BEAM RELAY ARE ALL GOOD. NO ONE KNOWS WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT. ALSO SOMETIMES THERE IS A LOUD POP SOUND FROM THE SPEAKERS WHEN STARTING THE CAR UP. WHEN THIS HAPPENS IT SEEMS THERE IS SOME TYPE OF POWER SURGE, AND THEN I HAVE TO KEEP ENTERING THE CORRECT TIME AND DATE BECAUSE IT ALWAYS GOES TO JAN. 1ST.. NEED ALL THESE ELECTRICAL ISSUES FIXED, THERE IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD INVOLVED HERE. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION IS CONSTANTLY SLIPPING IN AND OUT OF OVERDRIVE. IT IS STILL DOING THIS AFTER A 2ND TRANSMISSION FLUSH. THE FIRST WAS DONE BEFORE 50K MILES. THEN SECOND WAS DONE RECENTLY. THIS IS STILL AN ISSUES. BOTH TIMES THERE WERE NO METAL SHAVINGS FOUND DURING THE CHANGE. *TR

TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING OVER 70MPH. RPMS BEGAN TO FLUCTUATE SPORADICALLY. BASED ON OTHER POSTS LOOKS LIKE THE TRANNY IS GOING OUT. BOUGHT IT FROM [XXX] 2YRS AGO AND WAS TOLD TRANNY HAD BEEN REPLACED SO I FELT CONFIDENT BUYING THE CAR WITH 90K B/C PONTIACS HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN GREAT CARS. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE GOING ABOUT 65 MPG WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I LOST ALL ENGINE POWER AND THE ENGINE STALLED. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM REMAINED ON. PULLED OVER AND SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. RESTARTED THE ENGINE, LIGHTS REMAINED ON AND WAS ONLY ABLE TO GO ABOUT 15 MPH. HAD TO DRIVE IT VERY CAREFULLY ABOUT 10 MILES INTO THE NEXT TOWN. NO SHOPS WERE OPEN AT THAT TIME OF NIGHT. HAD TO STAY THE NIGHT AND TOOK IT INTO A SHOP THE NEXT MORNING. ERROR CODE SAID THAT THE MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR WAS BAD. REPLACED AND DROVE IT AROUND FOR ABOUT 5 MILES. SEEMED TO BE RUNNING OK. DROVE NOT EVEN 60 MILES AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. TOOK IT INTO A SISTER REPAIR SHOP AND THEY REPLACED THE OTHER PART OF THE MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR. WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO MY DESTINATION AND BACK WITH NO REAL ISSUES. HERE IT IS 7 MONTHS LATER AND DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AGAIN WHEN THE SAME ISSUE HAPPENS. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON. WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BUT THIS TIME. I COULDN'T EVEN GET IT TO DRIVE 3 FEET. SAT ON THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE FOR 2 HOURS AT NIGHT WAITING FOR A TOW TRUCK TO COME GET ME. GOT IT INTO A SHOP THE NEXT MORNING AND SAME ISSUES. NEEDED A NEW MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR. REPLACE AND PICKED UP BUT THEN THE ENGINE STARTED GETTING REALLY HOT. WATCHED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID GO FROM 108 TO 258 DEGREES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND WATCHED THE FLUID BUBBLE OUT OF THE OVERFLOW. GOT THE ENGINE TO COOL DOWN A BIT. STARTED IT AND DROVE 4 MILES AND THE SAME CODES CAME UP AND THE ENGINE DID THE SAME THING. HAD THE CAR TOWED BACK TO THE SHOP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE COMPUTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. DID THAT AND IT NOW SURGES UPON START UP. THE SUPER CHARGER IS NOT REGISTERING AS BEING EITHER HOOKED UP OR WORKING NOW. I AM BEING TOLD THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL ISSUES THAT COULD BE CAUSING THIS. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT. 3 YRS. AGO, 75 MPH ON FREEWAY AT NIGHT, LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS GO OUT. BRIGHTS STILL WORK. AFTER THE CAR SAT OVERNIGHT, LIGHTS CAME BACK ON. THIS HAPPENED OFF AND ON FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. DIAGNOSTICS COULD NOT DETECT PROBLEM. NEW STEERING COLUMN AND LIGHTSWITCH WAS INSTALLED. WORKED FOR A WHILE, THEN STARTED AGAIN. LAST NIGHT IT DID IT, SO I READ ONLINE TO REPLACE #35 RELAY IN FUSE BOX BECAUSE TONS OF PEOPLE WERE HAVING SAME PROBLEM. IT WORKS FOR TODAY. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING PROBLEM WITH THIS ON THE 06 THRU 08 GRAND PRIX. ALSO REPORTS OF FUSE BOXES STARTING ON FIRE. MY CAR WAS EXTREMELY HOT LAST NIGHT AFTER BEING TURNED OFF FOR 2 HOURS. LOVE THIS CAR, EXCEPT IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO NOT HAVE LIGHTS IN NIGHTTIME DRIVING! *TR

THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND BANGS BAD AFTER DRIVING AROUND 65 MPH THEN SLOWING DOWN AND TURNING ON AN OFF RAMP TRANS FLUID TEMP IS ABOUT 195 DEGREES AT TIME OF INCIDENT. THIS SLIP HAPPENS IN LOW GEARS SOMETIMES AS WELL AFTER DRIVING AROUND ON SHORT TRIPS. ALSO, REPLACED GEAR SHIFT SPRAGUE LOCK SOMETHING TWO TIMES ALREADY. ALSO THE AC HEATER FAN MOTOR HAS BURNED OUT ,NOW NEW ONE WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. *TR

I HAVE HAD 3 SERVICE LIGHTS COME ON: SERVICE ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM, SERVICE VARIABLE STEERING EFFORT, SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL. I TOOK THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC WHO SUGGESTED THAT THE TRACTION SYSTEM COMPONENT BE REPLACED BY A DEALER AND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE STEERING COMPONENT OF THIS VEHICLE. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE EVER REGARDING THIS. NOW, I AM DEALING WITH REPAIRS. THE CAVEAT AND DANGER HERE IS THAT THE STEERING IS A VITAL COMPONENT TO DRIVING ABILITIES AND WITHOUT PROPER STEERING AND TRACTION CONTROL THERE COULD BE AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE CONTACTED GM REGARDING THIS PROBLEM AND THEY STATE THAT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH A RECALL; THAT IS NOT WHAT MY MECHANIC HAS ADVISED ME. HE SAID THERE WAS A RECALL ON 2005-2006 PONTIAC GRAND PRIXS. *TR