2004 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX Complaints

THE CAR WAS DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES TO SCHOOL. IT WAS PARKED AND 15 MINUTES LATER IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. *TR

I PURCHASED A PRE-OWNED 2004 GRAND PRIX IN GOOD CONDITION & WITH LOW MILES IN 2007. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, I NOTICED WATER COLLECTING IN MY PASSENGER SIDE FLOORBOARDS WHEN IT RAINED. I DID NOT ADDRESS THIS WHEN I SHOULD HAVE, BUT THAT DOES NOT DISMISS THE CURRENT FACTS. THE TIME BEFORE THIS LATEST FLOOD, I CONTACTED GM AND STARTED DOING RESEARCH AS TO WHAT MIGHT BE CAUSING THE PROBLEM. I FOUND MANY OTHER CONSUMERS COMPLAINING OF THE SAME ISSUE, AND FOUND A DIRECT ANSWER FROM A NON GM WEBSITE, BUT WHICH HAS GM 20+ YEAR CERTIFIED MECHANICS ANSWERING QUESTIONS. ONE STATED THE PROBLEM WAS IN 04 & 05 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX'S, AND THE LEAK/FLOODING WAS DUE TO A WATER DEFLECTOR KIT NOT HAVING BEEN INSTALLED. I PRINTED THE INFORMATION WHERE IT SHOWED THIS BEING THE PROBLEM, AS WELL AS THE 7+ PAGES FROM CONSUMERS WHO EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE. I THEN TOOK MY CAR TO A GM CERTIFIED DEALER IN WHICH I WAS DIRECTED BY GM TO GET THE AUTO INSPECTED. THE MANAGER IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT DECLINED TO LOOK AT THE PAPERWORK, STATING THEY DO THEIR OWN DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE LATEST FLOOD HAD WATER STANDING IN MY BACK PASSENGER FLOORBOARD AND CAUSED MY BLOWER MOTOR TO STOP WORKING. AFTER AN 8 HOUR WORK DAY, I HAD NOT HEARD BACK FROM THE DEALERSHIP, AND WHEN I CALLED THE MECHANIC SAID THEY STILL COULD NOT FIND WHERE THE LEAK WAS COMING FROM. I HAD A COLLISION IN 2010 AND THEY ASSUMED THAT'S WHAT CAUSED THE LEAK, THOUGH I REPEATEDLY TOLD THEM THE LEAK BEGAN 3 YEARS BEFORE THAT. THE NEXT DAY I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE DEALERSHIP CONFIRMING WHAT I TRIED TO SHOW THEM, THAT MY CAR NEEDED A WATER DEFLECTOR KIT, AND TO INSTALL IT AND REPAIR MY BLOWER MOTOR WOULD BE $400. THEY BLAMED IT ON THE AGE OF THE CAR, AND THE COLLISION I HAD IN 2010. I AM SURPRISED AND DISMAYED THAT GM WILL NOT ADMIT OR CORRECT THIS PROBLEM, AS IT IS OBVIOUSLY A DEFECT UPON MANUFACTURE OF THE AUTO. I WOULD LIKE THIS INVESTIGATED. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE TIRE PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO HAVE THE TIRES REPLACED. THE MECHANIC STATED THE WHEELS WERE CORRODED AND WOULD NOT SEAL THE TIRE IN PROPERLY, CAUSING THEM TO LOOSE AIR CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000.

WATER DEEP PUDDLE ON PASSENGER SIDE REAR FLOOR. FRONT PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR WET ALSO. *TR

AT LOW SPEEDS THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES COME ON AND AFFECT BRAKING. THIS ALSO HAPPENS WHEN BACKING UP. THIS HAS ALMOST CAUSED AT LEAST THREE ACCIDENTS!

THE SPOUT WHERE YOU PUT OIL INTO THE ENGINE IS DIRECTLY OVER THE MANIFOLD, WHEN DRIVING THE OIL LOW LIGHT CAME ON SO WHEN PUTTING OIL INTO THE ENGINE SOME DRIPPED DOWN ONTO THE MANIFOLD CAUGHT FIRE IT IS THE 3800 V6 SERIES NON SUPERCHARGED, AFTER SPEAKING TO A LOCAL DEALER SHIP MOST MODELS HAVE A SPOUT THAT WHEN OIL IS SPILLED IT DIRECTS IT OVER THE MANIFOLD. MY VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE ONE LUCKILY MY VEHICLE WAS SAVED. *TR

BACKED UP CAR OUT OF PARKING SPACE TRIED TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL AND IT KEPT SPINNING AROUND COULD NOT TURN TIRES ON CAR AND STEERING WHEEL WAS LOOSE. HAD TO HAVE VEHICLE TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT FELL OFF THE RACK AND PINION SHAFT. THEY TOLD ME THAT PERFORMANCE BUICK-PONTIAC-GMC OF SANTA FE HAD NOT INSTALLED A PREVIOUS INTERMEDIATE SHAFT CORRECTLY,THAT IT WAS NOT INSTALLED ALL THE WAY. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THE AIR BAG COIL WAS DAMAGED WHEN STEERING WAS HYPER-EXTENDED. *TR

ABS ,TRACK LIGHT GAS CAP LIGHT START AND STALLS EVERY LIGHT NEVER STAYS RUNNING. FIXED EVERY LIGHT ON AND THEY WON'T CLEAR OFF ??? *TT

I FLIPPED MY PONTIAC GRAND PRIX A 2004 MODEL. I FLIPPED SEVERAL TIMES THE CAR ENDED UP RIGHT WITH THE FRONT END IN A ROCK WALL EVERYTHING ON THE CAR WAS SMASHED IN EXCEPT WHERE I WAS SITTING. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2004 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT HEARD A CLICKING NOISE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH. THE CLICKING WAS HEARD WHENEVER THE CONTACT WAS MAKING A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO NOTICED THE FRAME WAS CRACKED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT ABOUT A NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 04V299000 (STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS). THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THE RECALL AND THE MANUFACTURER STATED DUE TO THE VIN THE VEHICLE WAS NOT A PART OF THE RECALL. THE CONTACT STATED THE CLICKING NOISE HAD BECOME LOUDER AND MORE CONSISTENT. THE CONTACT MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE THE DEALER. THE FAILURE WAS 130,000.