1997 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX Complaints

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE T-BONED THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND THEN A SECOND TIME THE VEHICLE WAS HIT HEAD ON BY THE SAME MOTORIST. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED BACK AND NECK INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK *JB

I OWN A 1997 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX, HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPER BLADE GETTING STUCK AND ALSO THE GEAR SHIFTER NOT COMING OUT OF PARK.*AK

ABOUT 5 MONTHS AGO ON MY 1997 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT LENS COVER JUST FELL OFF OF MY CAR. JUST THE LENS COVER, THAT PIECE OF PLASTIC THAT IS DIRECTLY OVER THE HEADLIGHT. WHERE DID IT FALL OFF? I HAVE KNOW IDEA. AT FIRST I THOUGHT SOMONE STOLE IT. WHEN I WENT TO THE JUNK YARD TO BUY JUST THE HEADLIGHT COVER. IT COST ME $132. I HAD TO BUY NEW BECAUSE THE GUY SAID "THERE ARE NO USED COVERS BECAUSE THE ALWAYS FALL OFF". NOW JUST YESTURDAY THE HEADLIGHT COVER FELL OFF OF MY DRIVERS SIDE WHILE I WAS DRIVING OF THE HIGHWAY. OF COURSE I RAN IT OVER AND THEN IT HIT THE CAR BEHIND ME. THIS IS GOING TO COST ME ANOTHER HUNDRED DOLLARS. IF THE WIPER BLADES CAN BE RECALLED I THINK THE HEADLIGHTS SHOULD BE TOO.*AK

THE DRIVER RECEIVED A (NHTSA) RECALL NOTICE (02-V-286-000) POWER STEERING WHEEL. THE DEALER'S MECHANIC REPLACED THE BEARING NOT THE RACK AND PINION. ONE MONTH LATER THE DRIVER COMPLAINED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS HARD TO TURN AND THERE WAS A KNOCKING NOISE HEARD COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE DEALER'S MECHANIC WOULD NOT REPLACE THE PART DUE TO A WARRANTY ISSUE WITH THE CONSUMER (JIM- SERVICE MANAGER). *NM

TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR STEERING RECALL NOTICE AND WAS TOLD THAT MY SWAY BAR WOULD ALSO NEED REPLACED. THIS WAS CAUSING MY POWER STEERING TO DRAG. *JB

FRONT HEADLIGHT COVER KEEPS FALLING OFF. THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS FOR THIS VERY SAME ISSUE, YET NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO FIX IT. THIS CAUSES LIGHTS TO BURN OUT AND SAFETY AND VISIBILITY ISSUES AS WELL AS THE POSSIBILITY OF GETTING PULLED OVER FOR HAVING NO HEADLIGHT SINCE IT KEEPS BURNING OUT! *JB

WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HIT A CURB. CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR ANALYSIS, AND MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

I HAVE A 1997 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. RECENTLY I LOST MY POWER STEERING WHILE MAKING ANY LEFT TURN. I TOOK IT TO A DEALERSHIP AND THEY RAN MY VIN # AND SAID I HAVE A RECALL ON MY STEERING RACK AND IT WOULD BE FIXED AT NO COST TO ME. THEY REPLACED A BEARING IN THE RACK AND SAID THAT WAS ALL THEY CAN DO FOR FREE. SO I TOOK THE CAR HOME AND TWO DAYS LATER MY STEERING RACK IS LEAKING LIKE CRAZY AND MY POWER STEERING GOES OUT ALL THE TIME. IT IS WORSE NOW THEN IT WAS BEFORE I BROUGHT IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY FIXED WHAT THE RECALL SAID, WHEN ALL THEY DID WAS REPLACE A BEARING THAT MADE MY STEERING RACK LEAK AND HAS SCREWED UP MY POWERSTEERING. WHAT SHOULD I DO? I HAVE HEARD THAT MANY PONTIAC GRAND PRIX'S HAVE HAD THEIR POWER STEERING RACK REPLACED FOR FREE UNDER THIS SAME RECALL. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT I SHOULD DO?? DEALERSHIP NAME IS HARGRAVE-MCELENEY THAT IS IN IOWA CITY IOWA THEIR # IS [XXX]. *AK THANKS, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

MOST RECENT COMPLAINT IS, HEATED DRIVER SEAT GETS TOO HOT AND MAKES IT HARD TO STAY SEATED. HEATER BLOWER QUIT WORKING. HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE ALTERNATOR EVERY 3RD YEAR (3 TIMES). HAVE HAD OIL PAN GASKET AND VALVE COVER LEAKAGE. POWER STEERING FAILED TO MAKE LEFT HAND TURNS. HEADLIGHTS CONTINUE TO HAVE POOR RANGE AND VISIBILITY EVEN WITH BULB REPLACEMENT. CAR LURCHES FORWARD WHEN STARTING UP ENGINE. OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE DISPLAY KEEPS WRONG TEMPERATURE. A.M. RADIO WOULD NOT WORK. WATER PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED. ABS LIGHT STAYED ON. AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS IN ROAD. *LA

WHEN MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN VEHICLE TEMPORARILY LOST POWER STEERING. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.*AK