2006 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED AND THEN STALLED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. SHE SHIFTED THE GEAR INTO PARK IN ORDER TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. AFTERWARDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST TEN MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND THEY STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. APPROXIMATELY TWO MONTHS LATER, SHE NOTICED A LOUD NOISE AND HER VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC INFORMED HER THAT THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE WATER PUMP THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. FOUR MONTHS LATER, THE WINDOWS WOULD NOT ROLL DOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC REVIEWED A DIAGRAM OF THE VEHICLE. THE DIAGRAM STATED THAT THE FUSE FOR THE WINDOW WAS NOT LOCATED IN THE PROPER PLACE. THE WINDOW HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HAD HEADLIGHTS AND A BLUE TOOTH INSTALLED IN THE VEHICLE. WHEN HE REMOVED THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION, THE STEREO MADE A LOUD POPPING NOISE THAT COULD BE HEARD THROUGH THE SPEAKERS. WHENEVER IT POPS, THE CONTACT EXPERIENCES ELECTRICAL FAILURES AND THE CLOCK, INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES, AND THE STEREO WOULD RESET. OFTENTIMES, THE HEAD AND TAIL LIGHTS WILL DIM WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE TAIL LIGHTS HAVE BLOWN ON THE VEHICLE AT LEAST NINE TIMES. THE WINDSHIELD WAS BLURRY, WHICH RESEMBLED DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE AND PREVENTED CLEAR VISIBILITY. THE WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. THE MANUFACTURER INSTRUCTED HIM TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE NEAREST DEALER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HAD ALREADY BEEN TO THE DEALER A MINIMUM OF NINE TIMES AND THE FAILURES COULD NEVER BE DUPLICATED. THUS FAR, THE BATTERY AND DASHBOARD HAVE BEEN REPLACED. THE MOLDING FOR THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW HAS BEEN REPLACED AS WELL; HOWEVER, THE FAILURES PERSIST. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 27,000.

WET ROAD CONDITIONS, BRAKE APPLIED, NO GRIP FELT WHEN BRAKING, CAR TAKING A GREAT DEAL OF DISTANCE TO STOP. DID NOT SLIDE, SIMPLY DID NOT SLOW DOWN. NEAR ACCIDENT DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO STOP WITHIN NORMAL DISTANCE. HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES, MOST NOTABLE IN THE RAIN. DRIVER STATE HEARD A GRINDING TYPE OF SOUND ON DRIVERS SIDE. *TR

INDICATED "CHARGING SYSTEM FAILURE". THIS IS THE FIFTH TIME THIS ERROR CODE HAS PRESENTED. IN OCTOBER 2007, ADDITIONAL FAILURES PRESENTED CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL WHILE NEGOTIATING A CURVE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO PONTIAC DEALERSHIP FOR PROBLEM. FIRST TIME AT DEALER, THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED, SECOND TIME, THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED. DEALERSHIP IS ONLY PROLONGING ANOTHER FAILURE. *TR

I HAVE 36,378 MILES ON MY 2006 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX AND HAVE TAKEN IT INTO THE SHOP FOR ROTORS 2 TIMES NOW. THEY HAVE TURNED THE ROTORS BUT THE BRAKES ARE STILL NOT RIGHT AND NOW OF COURSE ITS OUT OF WARRANTY. I HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH ROTORS IN MY LIFE. THIS IS NOT NORMAL WEAR. I ALSO HAVE A GAS TANK PROBLEM WHEN I FILL IT UP, IT WILL OVERFLOW. THE SERVICE PROVIDER (OSBOURNES IN DUBOIS, PA) SAY THEY CAN'T GET IT TO DO IT BUT IT HAPPENS TO ME EVERYTIME I FILL UP THE TANK. *TR

THE BRAKES ON MY 2006 GRAND PRIX GT WERE NOT WORKING PROPERLY - AGAIN. THEY WERE "SPONGY". THIS TIME, IT WASN'T THE ROTORS THAT WERE TURNED; LIKE LAST TIME. THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS LEAKING. THE DEALER REPLACED IT. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GXP WITH 35,000 MILES ON IT. I WAS JUST TOLD THAT IT NEEDS ITS THIRD SET OF FRONT BRAKES AND ROTORS. AFTER THE LAST BRAKE AND ROTOR REPLACEMENT, GROOVES WERE BEING MADE ON THE FRONT ROTORS WITHIN 2 MONTHS AND THE DEALERSHIP SAID THE BRAKES WERE WEARING NORMALLY. I UNDERSTAND THAT GM KNOWS ABOUT THIS EXCESSIVE BRAKE WEAR PROBLEM AND IS DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT. THE LAST TIME THE DEALER REPLACED ROTORS AND BRAKES FREE EVEN THOUGH NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THIS TIME THEY ARE TELLING ME THEY KNOW OF NO PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE'S BRAKES AND THAT IT IS NORMAL FOR THESE BRAKES TO NEED REPLACING THIS OFTEN. THERE APPEARS TO BE SOME PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE/VENTED ROTOR COMBINATION THAT IS CAUSING EXCESSIVE WEAR. *TR

THE OUTER TIE-ROD ON MY 2006 GRAND PRIX NEEDS REPLACED. MY VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 50,000 MILES AND I ALSO HAD TO REPLACE MY TIRES AFTER AROUND 45,000 BECAUSE OF THE TIE-ROD PROBLEM. ALL TOGETHER THIS IS COSTING ME AROUND $700 WHICH IS A LOT TO SPEND ON A PROBLEM THAT I FEEL IS A RESULT OF IMPROPER MANUFACTURING. *TR

APPROX. ONE WEEK OF TRANSMISSION TRYING TO KICK INTO NEXT GEAR, THEN ONE DAY (AFTER ABOUT 4 DAYS OF THIS OCCURRING) TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY DIED. ABLE TO PUT INTO DRIVE BUT TRANS WAS NOT COMMUNICATING WITH WHEELS (PER ONSTAR DIAGNOSTIC REPORT). HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER WHO SAID THAT THERE WERE "SEVERAL NOTES ON COMPUTER SYSTEM" AND THAT THE FLUID WAS "BURNT BEYOND RECOGNITION." HAD CAR TOWED TO A DIFFERENT SHOP W/ ASE CERTIFIED MECHANIC WHO SAID THAT WHILE TRANS. FLUID WAS A LITTLE BURNT, WAS NOT THAT BAD. EITHER WAY, A NEW TRANSMISSION IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE PUT INTO CAR AND THERE IS A CHANCE OF THIS HAPPENING AGAIN. PONTIAC/GM IS AWARE OF PROBLEM DUE TO TSB'S BEING PUT OUT FOR PROBLEM, BUT NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED YET. REFUSE TO PURCHASE A 3-4K TRANSMISSION FOR THIS PROBLEM TO PROBABLY HAPPEN AGAIN BEFORE 60K MILES. *TR

I'M SEEING A LOT OF CARS ON THE HIGHWAY RUNNING WITH HEADLIGHTS ON BUT NO TAIL LIGHTS ON. I'M ASSUMING THIS IS DUE TO THE "DAY TIME RUNNING LIGHTS" ON VARIOUS CARS. EITHER THEY ARE DEFECTIVE OR THE OPERATORS HAVE THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS ON AND THEY THINK THE REGULAR LIGHTS ARE ON. THIS IS SURELY CAUSING ACCIDENTS AND SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. *TR