2006 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX Complaints

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH FAILURE CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. *TR

LOOKED AT TRANSMISSION TEMPERATURE GAUGE TO SEE THE TRANS TEMP WAS 208 DEGREES. THE CAR WAS RECALLED FOR A TRANS LINE REPLACEMENT WHICH WAS DONE. THIS DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. NOW WHEN CAR IS COLD I FEEL SLIPPAGE WHEN GIVING THE CAR GAS GOING UP AN INCLINE. IF YOU GO TO EDMOUNDS.COM YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. THE TRANS LINE THAT WAS REPLACED HAS A FEW FINS BUILD INTO THE LINE. THIS DOES NOT HELP THE TRANSMISSION STAY ANY COOLER. 208 DEGREES IS WAY TO HOT FOR A TRANSMISSION TO BE RUN AND HOLD UP. IT BURNS UP THIS TORQUE CONVERTER UP THEN TAKES THE TRANSMISSION OUT. PLEASE HELP AS THIS IS COSTLY TO HAVE A TORQUE CONVERTER AND TRANSMISSION REBUILT. I WAS TOLD A TRANS COOLER WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. THANK YOU *TR

I HAVE A 2006 PONTIAC GRANDPRIX GXP THAT I PURCHASED NEW AND AS OF 5-28-13 I HAVE DRIVEN ONLY 54000 MILES WHEN ON 5-28-13 AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT I TURNED RIGHT AND THE CAR ONLY BEGAN TO CRAWL INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THANKFULLY I DIDN'T CAUSE AN ACCIDENT AS THE LEFT LANE WAS OPEN TO SWERVE AROUND ME, BUT NEEDLESS TO SAY THE CARS WHERE BEEPING AND SWERVING TO AVOID ME AS I COULD ONLY GO 5MPH. LATER THAT DAY I DROVE THE CAR SLOWLY TO THE DEALERSHIP JUST FOR THEM TO TELL ME THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED. I WOULD THINK IT SHOULD LAST ALOT IF NOT DOUBLE THE 54000 MILES I CURRENTLY HAVE ON THE VEHICLE AND IT WOULD COST ME 3500 TO REPLACE!! AFTER BEING FRUSTRATED AND THINKING WHAT IF THE LEFT LANE WAS NOT OPEN, WHERE WOULD I BE THEN, DOING SOME RESEARCH THERE ARE TONS IF NOT ALL OF THE GXP VERSION OF THE PONTIAC GRANDPRIX WITH THE SAME EXACT ISSUE, HOW COME THERE'S NOT AN RECALL, THIS CAN DEFINITELY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT AS YOU CANNOT ACCELERATE WITH NO PRE WARNING SIGNS, AS I EXPERIENCED A NEAR MISS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHENEVER HE DROVE THE VEHICLE, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

I WAS OUT SHOPPING WITH MY DAUGHTER AND GRANDSON AT OUR FIRST STOP I WAS HAVING TROUBLE GETTING THE CAR SEAT TO UNBUCKLE MY DAUGHTER INFORMS ME THAT IT DOES THAT QUITE OFTEN SOME TIMES IT TAKES HER 5 MINUTES OR LONGER TO GET MY GRANDSON OUT. AFTER ALMOST 5 MINUTES OF FIGHTING WITH THE BUCKLE IT FINALLY RELEASED. AFTER RETURNING TO THE CAR I WAS NOT COMFORTABLE PUTTING MY GRANDSON BACK IN THE CAR SEAT BUT FIGURED WE WOULD GET HIM OUT. OUR NEXT STORE WE STOPPED AT PROVED US WRONG AFTER 15 MINUTES AND A VERY UPSET BOY I FINALLY HAD TO CUT HIM OUT OF THE STRAPS TO GET HIM OUT OF THE CAR SEAT. WE WENT INTO THE STORE WENT DIRECTLEY TO THE BABY DEPARTMENT AND PICKED UP A NEW CAR SEAT. IT SICKENS ME TO THINK WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THERE HAD BEEN AN ACCIDENT OR A FIRE. I CONTACTED GRACO THE SAME DAY WE CAME HOME AS I DID NOT SEE THIS CARSEAT ON THE RECALL LIST TO MAKE THEM AWARE THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THEIR CAR SEAT AND 3 WEEKS LATER THEY WONT EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE I EMAILED THEM WITH THE PROBLEM. *TR

AS I'M DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND I REACH A SPEED OF 70 MPH OR HIGHER, THE RPM'S START TO JUMP AROUND AND CAN FEEL THE CAR KICKING IN AND OUT OF OVER DRIVE. AT FIRST IT STARTED DOING IT GOING UP A HILL OR INCLINE ON THE HIGHWAY BUT AS TIME HAS GONE ON THE PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN WORSE AND NOW DOES IT EVEN ON STRAIGHT, FLAT ROADS. I GOT ON EDMONDS WEBSITE AND POSTED THE PROBLEM ON THERE ASKING IF ANYBODY KNOWS WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT AND HOW TO FIX IT. I GOT PEOPLE REPLYING BACK TO ME SAYING THAT IT IS MY TRANSMISSION AND THEY HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND GMC WILL NOT HELP THEM PAY FOR OR REPAIR IT. THERE ARE PROBABLY A 100 PEOPLE THAT I KNOW OF ALONE THAT ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I THINK THIS SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO, IT COULD BECOME A SAFETY ISSUE AND NOT ONLY THAT, GMC SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING AND SELLING DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT TO THE PUBLIC AND REFUSING TO FIX THE PROBLEM. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE,BUT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER GMC VEHICLE!!!!! *TR

I BOUGHT THIS AUTOMOBILE BRAND NEW ($32,000) FROM HALEY PONTIAC IN JUNE OF 2006. WHILE DRIVING WITH MY GRANDCHILDREN IN THE CAR THE TRANSMISSION FAILED COMPLETELY IN TRAFFIC. THE CAR ONLY HAS 86,859 MILE ON IT. I CONTACTED BOTH GM AND GMC AND THEY DENY ANY WRONG DOING OR EVEN PARTIAL REIMBURSEMENT. AFTER DOING RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET I HAVE FOUND OVER 2000 PEOPLE WHO HAD THE SAME ISSUE. GMC KNEW WHEN THEY MADE THIS VEHICLE THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE CARS V8 5.3 LITRE ENGINE BUT SOLD IT ANYWAY. ALSO SINCE THEY KNEW THE ISSUES THAT WOULD ARISE THIS MAKE AND MODEL CAME WITHOUT THE 100K POWERTRAIN WARRANTY (WHICH THEY HAD BEFORE AND RESUMED IN 2007). I'M REALLY CURIOUS WITH ALL THE COMPLAINTS WHY HASN'T THIS CAR BEEN RECALLED AND REPAIRED PRIOR TO CONSUMERS HAVING TO PAY OVER $3000 FOR NEW TRANSMISSIONS (TO GMC SERVICE DEPARTMENTS). WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR SOMEONE TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE AND TREAT CONSUMERS FAIRLY? DOES IT ACTUALLY TAKE A DEATH FROM THE FAULTY MECHANICAL ISSUE? OR PERHAPS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT? I'M NOT CERTAIN BUT I TRULY BELIEVE THAT MY COMPLAINT AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHERS OUT THERE (I'M CERTAIN SOME HAVE ALREADY BEEN SENT TO YOU) SHOULD BE GROUNDS ENOUGH FOR AN INVESTIGATION AS WELL AS A RECALL. I PLAN ON PURSING THIS MATTER BY WRITING TO BOTH THE STATE ATTORNEY OFFICES AS WELL AS THE PRESIDENT OF GM. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ MY COMPLAINT. *TR

4T65E-HD AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. CAR DOES NOT ENGAGE ANY GEAR TO INCLUDE REVERSE. ACCORDING TO GENERAL MOTORS, THIS TRANSMISSION IS RATED TO HANDLE 280 POUND FEET OF TORQUE. HOWEVER, IT WAS MOUNTED IN A VEHICLE (2006 GRAND PRIX GXP) WHICH BY GENERAL MOTORS' OWN ADMISSION MAKES 323 POUND FEET OF TORQUE. THEREFORE, BY GENERAL MOTORS' OWN ADMISSION, THE TRANSMISSION THEY SELECTED FOR THIS VEHICLE WAS NEVER DESIGNED TO HANDLE THE MOTOR TO WHICH OF WAS MATED. MAX TORQUE FOR THIS VEHICLE OCCURS AT JUST 3800 RPM. IT WOULD SEEM THEN THAT AN INDIVIDUAL WOULD NOT NEED TO BE ENGAGING IN HARD OR ABUSIVE DRIVING TO EXCEED THE DESIGN SPECIFICATION OF THIS TRANSMISSION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL WARNING LIGHT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALER REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY BUT THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO STALL. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER HOWEVER, THEY WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 150,000.

WE HAVE A 2006 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GXP AND THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AND SHUDDERING. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE CAR TO A SHOP AND IT JUST QUIT AND WOULD NOT GO FORWARD OR REVERSE. WE HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. $3,000 GONE. I CONTACTED PONTIAC CUSTOMER CARE AND THEY DID NOT HELP US IN ANY WAY. I HAVE READ STORY UPON STORY ABOUT TRANSMISSION FAILURES ON THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LEFT STRANDED AND WITHOUT A VEHICLE WHILE REPAIRS WERE DONE TO CORRECT GM'S PROBLEM THAT THEY WILL NOT FIX! IS THERE ANYTHING ANYONE CAN DO TO AT LEAST HELP REIMBURSE THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN BURNT BY GM'S LEMONS? ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. *TR