2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX Complaints

WIFE WENT SHOPPING, NUMEROUS STOPS TOTALING +/- 15 MILES. AT FINAL STOP OF +/- 15 MINUTES, CAME OUT OF STORE TO FIND FIRE DEPT. AT HER VEHICLE WHICH HAD MAJOR FIRE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. FIRE WAS CONTAINED TO ENGINE COMPARTMENT SINCE PASSERBY HAD SEEN FIRE AND WAS ABLE TO PUT OUT WITH FIRE EXT. *TR

2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GTP BEGAN TO SMOKE FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHILE DRIVING IN SLOW TRAFFIC. PULLED OVER AND OPENED THE HOOD TO DISCOVER A SMALL FIRE AROUND THE OIL FILL TUBE ABOUT THE SIZE ON A BASEBALL CAP. HOOD INSULATION ON DRIVER SIDE WAS ALSO ON FIRE BUT HAD NEVER BEEN OIL SOAKED? FIRE MELTED PLASTIC COVER AND DAMAGED SOME WIRES AND MODULES AS IT SPREAD TO ENTIRE ENGINE COMPARTMENT IN SECONDS, EVEN AFTER CLOSING HOOD. HOOD WAS AGAIN LIFTED APPROXIMATELY 1 MINUTE FROM INITIAL FIRE DISCOVERY AND FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED QUICKLY BY PASSING TRUCK DRIVER WITH EXTINGUISHER. A FEW MORE MINUTES ELAPSED BEFORE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED IT WAS THEN NOTED BY MYSELF THAT THE GAS LINE AT THE REAR OF THE ENGINE WAS STILL EMITTING A FINE STREAM OF GASOLINE AS I HAD NOT YET TURNED THE IGNITION OFF. IT WAS ALSO IN THIS GENERAL LOCATION THAT THE HOOD INSULATION MATERIAL WAS BURNING (A NON FLAMMABLE MATERIAL BY ITSELF). TO DATE NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE AS THIS HAPPENED YESTERDAY 12/18/07. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE PARKED, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE EXPLODED UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE THEN BURST INTO FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE AND TWO OTHER VEHICLES WERE DAMAGED FROM THE HEAT. THE DEALER WILL BE NOTIFIED REGARDING THE FIRE AND THE POSSIBILITY OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07E021000 (FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:PRESSURE RELIEF DEVICES). THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 100,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE THEN SHUT OFF AND VEERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. BLACK SMOKE AND FLAMES APPEARED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AT THE SCENE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FIRE. THE INSURANCE COMPANY STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THERE IS AN OPEN INVESTIGATION (EA07008) REGARDING VEHICLE FIRES. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 155,000.

ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE AFTER WIDE DROVE CAR FOR LESS THEN FIVE MINUTES. THE ENGINE STILL RUNS AND NO PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. IT APPEARS THAT ONE OF THE SPARK PLUG WIRES IS TORN RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE OIL FILL SPOUT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. AFTER BEING PARKED FOR TEN MINUTES, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SMOKE UNDERNEATH THE HOOD AND THEN CAUGHT FIRE. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNING INDICATORS. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND A REPORT IS AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT REPORTED THE FIRE TO HIS INSURANCE COMPANY, BUT WAS UNAWARE IF THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 144,000.

ON THIS MORNING (TUESDAY NOV 27 2007) MY 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GTP SUFFERED AN UNEXPLAINED FIRE IN THE ENGINE DEPARTMENT. THE FIRE HAPPENED AFTER I DROVE TO WORK. I ARRIVED AT MY PLACE OF WORK, PARKED, WENT TO MY OFFICE, AND ABOUT TEN MINUTES LATER I RECEIVED A CALL FROM OUR COMPANY SECURITY THAT MY VEHICLE WAS BURNING. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN REGULARLY SERVICED AND MAINTAINED ACCORDING TO THE SUGGESTED SCHEDULE AT A PONTIAC GMC DEALER FOR THE ENTIRE PERIOD THAT I HAVE OWNED IT (2001-PRESENT). THERE WERE NO DEFECTS WHEN DRIVING AND THE CAR HAD BEEN SERVICED ONLY A COUPLE WEEKS EARLIER. IT HAS BEEN DRIVING WITHOUT ISSUE,SO I AM VERY SURPRISED THAT IT SPONTANEOUSLY IGNITED AFTER BEING PARKED. I HAVE READ THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MANY OTHER GRAND PRIX'S AND THAT THE MATTER IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT IS DAMAGED, BUT THE FIRST RESPONDERS WERE ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE BEFORE IT COULD SPREAD TO THE REST OF THE CAR. THE VEHICLE IS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION IF THAT WOULD HELP THE INVESTIGATION AND I HAVE SOME PICTURES AS WELL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE PARKED, THE VEHICLE BEGAN SMOKING AND THEN CAUGHT FIRE WITHOUT WARNING. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. PICTURES WERE TAKEN AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTO SHOP AND THE VEHICLE WAS DECLARED TO BE DESTROYED. THE PURCHASE DATE AND POWERTRAIN WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 120,000.

I MADE MY NORMAL APPROX. 13-MILE DRIVE INTO WORK ON THE MORNING OF OCTOBER 29, 2007. PARK THE CAR, WALKED INTO THE OFFICE AND APPOX. 10 MINS LATER WAS NOTIFIED THAT MY CAR WAS ON FIRE. CAME BACK TO THE CAR AND FOUND IT HAD A FAIRLY LARGE FIRE. FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND WITHIN 15 MINUTES, MOST OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND THE EXTERIOR OF THE ENGINE WAS BURNT BEYOND RECOGNITION. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY BEING LOOK AT FOR A CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *TR

I HAVE A 2000 GRAND PRIX GT WITH 63000 MILES. ABOUT A WEEK AGO I WAS TRAVELING TO WORK ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY WHEN I HAD A VEHICLE COME WITHIN INCHES OF MY BUMPER. I CONTINUED ON TO MY JOB AND THE DRIVER PULLED INTO THE PARKING LOT NEXT TO ME. I WAS THEN NOTIFIED I HAVE NO BRAKE LIGHTS. SINCE THIS TIME MY HUSBAND HAS TRIED TO REPLACE BOTH BULBS, THE FUSE THE STOP LAMP SWITCH AND CHECKED WIRING FOR ANY ISSUES. NONE OF THESE HAVE SOLVED THE ISSUE. LOOKING THROUGH THE NET I HAVE SEEN 100'S OF COMPLAINTS FROM PONTIAC OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND I HAVE TO WONDER WHY PONTIAC HAS NOT LIVED UP TO THEIR END OF THE BARGAIN AND DONE A RECALL ON THIS. *JB