2006 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX Complaints

GOT MY GXP IN 2-12-10 WITH 41000 MILES ON IT. TRANSMISSION WENT OUT IN 56000 MILES. COST 2500 TO FIX NOW WITH 89000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AGAIN. I LOVED GM CARS AND IF THEY DON'T RECALL THIS SOON. I WILL BE GOING TO DODGE HEMI POWER. *TR

CURRENTLY ON MY THIRD TRANSMISSION. SECOND TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT, THEN REPLACED. CAR CURRENTLY HAS 91K ON IT. *TR

2006 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GXP. TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 110K. THIS IS A FAMILY VEHICLE WHICH WAS PURCHASED NEW. ALL SERVICE MAINTAINED, NEVER EVEN CLOSE TO BEING ABUSED AND THIS TRANSMISSION SHOULD BE WELL WITHIN ITS LIFE. AS I HAVE READ, THESE TRANSMISSIONS ARE BASICALLY(SUPPOSEDLY) A BEEFED UP VERSION OF THE TRANSMISSION USED IN THE 3.8L MODELS. IT IS SAME AS USED IN THE IMPALA SS, WHERE MANY MANY FAILURES HAVE OCCURRED. COMPLETELY FAILED AT 110K. TOOK INTO DEALERSHIP ON A MONDAY, THEY RAN DIAGNOSTICS, TEST DRIVE IT TWICE COULD NOT FIND ANY ISSUE. VEHICLE TOWED IN 24 HOURS LATER, WITH A COMPLETE TRANS. FAILURE. IT STARTED ALL OF A SUDDEN, WOULD NOT SHIFT PROPERLY, HARD SHIFTS, THEN WOULD SKIP GEARS, THEN WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE, THEN WOULD NOT ENGAGE AT ALL. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE THAT DESERVES A RECALL. ONLY REAL OPTION IS TO REPLACE WITH A FACTORY REBUILT TRANSMISSION. OBVIOUSLY GM WILL NOT DO A VOLUNTARY RECALL, THEY ARE MAKING TOO MUCH ON THE SALE OF REBUILT TRANSMISSIONS. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILED ON MARCH OF 2012 BAD TORQUE CONVERTER THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILT AND JUST FAILED AGAIN ON SEPT 22/2012 LAST REPAIR IN MARCH COST WAS $2800 THIS TRANSMISSION HAS LESS THEN 6000 MILES SINCE BEING REBUILT AND FAILED AGAIN PONTIAC 2006 GRAND PRIX GXP 5.3 ENGINE. *TR

I HAVE HAD THIS CAR FOR 5 YEARS WITHOUT REALLY ANY PROBLEMS. I GET OIL CHANGED REGULARLY AND FLUIDS CHECKED AT SAME TIME. A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO I NOTICED THAT MY CAR SEEMED TO GET HOT AND THE TEMP GAUGE WAS ABOUT 3/4 WAY TO HOT. THE NEXT DAY I DROVE TO WORK WHICH IS ABOUT 16 MILES AND HAD NO PROBLEMS. I WAS COMING BACK FROM MY LUNCH BREAK AND MY CAR ALL OF SUDDEN HAD BELLS GOING OFF AND SAID MY A/C SHUT OFF FOR ENGINE PROTECTION AND MY TEMP GAUGE WAS HALF IN THE RED. I DROVE STRAIGHT TO THE MECHANIC. HE LOOKED AT VEHICLE AND TOLD ME THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET AND FEW OTHER GASKETS WENT BAD AND HAD WATER COMING OUT EVERYWHERE. I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS OF THIS SORT IN ANY OF THE OTHER VEHICLES I HAVE OWNED AND HAVE DRIVEN THEM TO 170000 MILES PLUS. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE BOUGHT ANY OTHER VEHICLE BESIDES A FORD TAURUS. I HAVE READ SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS HAPPENING TO OTHERS AND GM WONT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THIS JUST MAKES ME THINK THAT I WILL NEVER BUY GM AGAIN BECAUSE OF POOR QUALITY AND NOT CARING ABOUT CUSTOMERS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GXP. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECREASED SPEED AND LOST POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS INOPERABLE AND NO WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FAILURE WAS WITH THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH WAS NOT SUITABLE FOR THE ENGINE SIZE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED WHO STATED THAT IN ORDER TO DIAGNOSE A TEST ON THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE WHO FILED A CASE ON THE CONTACT'S BEHALF (CASE NUMBER: 71-1090706145). THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

WHILE DRIVE AT NIGHT THE LOW-BEANS JUST STOP WORKING. FOG & HI-BEAN STILL WORK. WAS NOT ABLE TO GET LOW-BEANS TO WORK. THE NEXT DAY, THE LOW-BEASN WOULD COME ON & OFF RANDONLY. WAS NOAQT ABLE TO LIGHTS TO WORK MANUALLY. *TT

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. WAS TOLD THIS WAS A PROBLEM THAT OCCURS IN GM CARS. SHOULD BE RECALL ON CARS IN TRANSMISSION THAT FAILED. COST $1200 TO REPAIR. *TR

WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOP, THE TRANSMISSION HARSHLY JERKS INTO FIRST GEAR. SOMETIMES WHEN COMING FROM A STOP, IT FEELS THE SAME AS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION - HOLDING THE CLUTCH DOWN. I HAVE HAD A FEW CLOSE CALLS AS THE CAR SOMETIMES FAILS TO GIVE OUT FULL POWER FROM A STOP. I AM AFRAID THAT I WILL GET INTO AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THIS. GM CANNOT FIND ANY PROBLEM. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GXP, I HAVE HAD ALL THE MAINTENANCE DONE ON THIS CAR SINCE I OWNED IT. THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ON THIS CAR AT 80,000 MILES AND FROM WHAT I HAVE BEEN READING THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH ALL THE GXP'S THAT HAVE COMEOUT AND GM IS NOT WILLING TO RECALL THIS PROBLEM OR EVEN FIX THE PROBLEM THEY KNOW ABOUT. GM SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND FIX THIS FOR EACH CUSTOMER. I HAVE SEEN WHERE PEOPLE HAVE BOUGHT THE CAR AND AT 39000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING. THIS IS VERY POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE BY GM AND THEY SHOULD HAVE TO HAVE ALL THE GXP MODELS RECALLED AND THE TRANSMISSIONS REPLACED. THANK YOU *TR