1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX Complaints

I WAS HEADING HOME AND WHILE I WAS DRIVING MY 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT CAUGHT FIRE. WHEN I PULLED OVER, AND SHUT THE CAR OFF, NONE OF THE LOCKS UNLOCKED AND NONE OF THE WINDOWS ROLLED DOWN, BY THE TIME I FOUND THE LOCKS ON THE DOOR, THERE WAS SO MUCH SMOKE INSIDE THE CAR I COULD NOT SEE THE STEERING WHEEL.

ON MAY 30TH, 2007 I RETURNED HOME FROM WORK AT AROUND 3:30 PM EASTERN. TIME AND PARKED MY 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GTP IN THE GARAGE AND WENT IN THE HOUSE. PRIOR TO PARKING AND TURNING OFF THE CAR IT HAD BEEN DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES IN AROUND 35 MINUTES. AFTER ABOUT 20 MINUTES MY WIFE AND I BEGAN TO SMELL SMOKE AND FOUND IT COMING FROM THE GARAGE. WE COULD SEE SMOKE BILLOWING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. WE TRIED TO PUT IT OUT WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER, BUT THE FIRE WAS TOO BIG. MY WIFE CALLED 911 AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO COME AND PUT OUT THE FIRE. AFTER SOME RESEARCH I FOUND NHTSA ACTION NUMBER PE07006. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO OUR GARAGE AND SMOKE DAMAGE AND SOME MINOR PHYSICAL DAMAGE INSIDE. THE CAR WAS TOTALED OUT BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. *TR

AUTOMOBILE CAUGHT ON FIRE AT WORK. NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT. TOTALED VEHICLE ALONG WITH DAMAGE TO TWO OTHERS SITTING NEXT TO IT. *JB

WE LEFT HOME AND DROVE ABOUT 8 MILES TO MEET SOME RELATIVES FOR DINNER. WHEN WE ARRIVED AT OUR DESTINATION, THERE WAS NO SMOKE, NOISE OR EVEN A SMELL COMING FROM THE CAR. ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER, A MAN CAME RUNNING INTO THE RESTAURANT YELLING "SOMEBODY'S CAR IS ON FIRE!" ONE OF THE RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES PUT OUT THE FIRE. THE ONLY DAMAGE WAS TO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT SO WE DID A BUY BACK FROM OUR INSURANCE COMPANY THINKING WE WOULD BE ABLE TO BUY SOME SALVAGE PARTS TO PUT THE CAR BACK TOGETHER. IT HAS BEEN 13 MONTHS NOW AND WE STILL HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND ALL THE PARTS IN SALVAGE. MY ASSUMPTION IS THAT THERE ARE SO MANY OF THESE FIRES NATIONWIDE THAT WHEN A SALVAGE YARD GETS GOOD ENGINE COMPARTMENT PARTS FOR THESE CARS, THAT THEY ARE SOLD VERY QUICKLY! *JB

DATE OF INCIDENT: 03/22/2006 I DROVE MY 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GTP TO A DEPARTMENT STORE OVER MY LUNCH HOUR. I PARKED THE CAR AND WENT INSIDE. I CAME OUTSIDE LESS THAN 10 MINUTES LATER AND MY VEHICLE WAS IN FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND PUT THE FIRE OUT AND MY VEHICLE WAS TOWED. AFTER MY INSURANCE COMPANY VIEWED THE VEHICLE THE DETERMINED THE FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE AND IT WAS TOTALLED. I HAVE RECENTLY DONE SOME THOROUGH INVESTIGATING TO FIND OUT THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO SEVERAL VEHICLES.

MY 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GTP HAD BEEN PARKED ON MY MOTHER'S CARPORT APPROX. 10 MINUTES WHEN I LOOKED OUT TO SEE SMOKE. RUSHING OUTSIDE THE ENTIRE HOOD AREA OF THE CAR WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. HAD THE LOCAL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT NOT HAVE RESPONDED WITHIN 10 MINUTES, HER HOME WOULD HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO THE CAR WAS A TOTAL LOSS, DAMAGE TO MY ELDERLY MOTHER'S HOME IN EXCESS OF $6,000. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE EXACT CAUSE, BUT SAID IT APPEARED TO BE FAULTY WIRING. NO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH ANYTHING ON THE CAR TO INDICATE A FIRE WAS ABOUT TO OCCUR. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 GRAND PRIX GT. THE CONTACT PARKED THE VEHICLE AND AFTER 10 MINUTES, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE PARKING LOT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 132,000. PRIOR TO THE FIRE THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS OF ANY ENGINE PROBLEMS. THE FIRE WAS PRESENT UNDERNEATH THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE, AND STATED THAT THE CAUSE WAS AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE. THE CONTACT HAS PICTURES AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT.*AK

I OWNED A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GTP AND I WAS DRIVING APPROX. 80MPH DOWN A INTERSTATE AND SHORTLY AFTER I EXITED THE INTERSTATE AND PARKED MY VEHICLE, APPROX. 5 - 10 MINITUES, MY VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE UNDERHOOD THE ONLY. THE VEHICLE HAD REGULAR MAINTANCE DONE ON IT AND WAS VERY WELL MAINTAINTED. *JB

THE CAR HAD BEEN SETTING FOR 10 DAYS OR SO, WHEN I TRIED TO START IT I HEARD A LOUD BANG AND I SAW SMOKE. THE INTAKE MANIFOLD EXPLODED AND CAUGHT THE ENGINE ON FIRE. MY WIFE CALLED 911 BUT I GOT THE FIRE PUT OUT BEFORE THE FIREMEN GOT HERE. *JB

VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AFTER PARKED. INVESTIGATION DETERMINED ORIGIN B/T FUEL LINES AND SUPERCHARGER. *JB