2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX Complaints

I HAVE INFORMATION REGARDING A CAUSE OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES IN CERTAIN GM VEHICLES. THIS DEFECT IS OTHER THAN THOSE ADDRESSED BY CURRENT RECALLS. *TR

I HAVE A 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GP AND WHEN IT WOULD RUN FOR AWHILE, OR I WOULD DRIVE A LOT IN A DAY, THE TRANSMISSION SEEMED TO SHIFT HARDER. ON THE HIGHWAY IT WOULD BE ESPECIALLY BAD OR FROM A TRAFFIC LIGHT GOING FROM STOPPED TO HIGHWAY SPEED. IT WOULD SHIFT HARD AND SOUNDED TERRIBLE. I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP, AND THEY FOUND OUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO RE-BUILD MY TRANSMISSION! AT A TOTAL COST OF OVER $2500 TO ME! HAD I NOT TAKEN MY VEHICLE TO THE SHOP, MY TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE EVENTUALLY FAILED, AND COULD HAVE LED TO A MORE SERIOUS ACCIDENT AND A MORE COSTLY REPAIR. *TR

THE FACTORY PASSKEY 3 SECURITY SYSTEM HAS NUMEROUS TIMES FAILED AND GAVE ME NUISANCE ALARMS. NOW IT IS TO THE POINT THAT MY OWN CAR THINKS I AM STEALING IT AND WILL NOT DRIVE. IT WILL TURN OVER AND THEN SHUT OFF IN 3 SECONDS, I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING THIS FOR THE 3 DAYS I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT MY CAR AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF OTHER CONSUMERS WITH THIS PROBLEM. THE FIX I WILL HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED TO A GM DEALER AND THEN PAY GM TO FIX THE PROBLEM THEY CREATED WHEN THEY INSTALLED THE FAULTY SECURITY SYSTEM. I SPENT MY HARD EARNED MONEY ON A CAR WITH A PROBLEM AND NOW I HAVE TO SPEND MY HARD EARNED MONEY TO FIX A PROBLEM THEY GAVE ME. NOW I KNOW WHY AMERICAN CARS ARE GOING TO CEASE TO EXIST. *TR

2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET REPLACED ALTERNATER CATALYTIC CONVERTER ALL REPLACED ON THE SAME DAY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HER VEHICLE LEAKED COOLANT CONTINUOUSLY. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE HEAD GASKET WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL AND THE MANUFACTURER COULD NOT ASSIST WITH THE REPAIRS. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE LESS THAN 84,000. UPDATED 03/27/09 *BF UPDATED 03/31/09. *JB

I HAVE A 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT AND AM GETTING READY TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER FOR THE 3RD TIME SINCE OWNING IT (I PURCHASED IT AS NEW VEHICLE). IT SEEMS THE HEATER MOTOR/HEATER RESISTOR GOES BAD ABOUT EVERY 2 YEARS. I HAVE READ MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THIS PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET *TR

ON 2/14/09 AT 8:30 PM CENTRAL TIME, A FIRE OCCURRED IN THE HOOD OF MY 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CAR WAS PARKED AND OFF WHEN THE FIRE OCCURRED. FLAMES WERE SIGHTED AFTER THE CAR HAD BEEN PARKED FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES. THE POLICE AND FIRE STATION WERE NOTIFIED PROMPTLY. *TR

I JUST BOUGHT A USED 2 DOOR GRAND PRIX GTP (2000) AND NOTICED THE BRAKE LIGHTS DO NOT WORK AND THE HAZARD SWITCH IS JAMMED. I SEARCHED THE PROBLEM ONLINE AND SAW THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT THIS HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED. I THINK WAY MORE PEOPLE HAVE THIS PROBLEM BUT THEY DO NOT KNOW WHERE TO REPORT IT TO. *TR

MY 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GTP CAUGHT FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT ABOUT 15 MINUTES AFTER I HAD PARKED AT THE MALL. THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY CAR, AND ON THE WAY TO THE MALL IT DROVE NORMAL. THE CAR CAN NOT BE FIXED AND IS CONSIDERED TOTALED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT SMELLED A BURNING ODOR COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. ON A SEPARATE OCCASION, WHILE IDLING AT A STOP LIGHT, SMOKE APPEARED UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, THE CONTACT NOTICED OIL LEAKING FROM THE ROCKER CABLES. THE VEHICLE THEN CAUGHT FIRE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE WITH A BUCKET OF WATER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE OIL LEAKING FROM THE MANIFOLD CAUSED THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOR SLIGHTLY LESS THAN $1,100; HOWEVER, IT CONTINUED TO SMOKE AND OIL CONTINUED TO LEAK. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE LESS THAN 130,000.