2002 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX Complaints

2002 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX- - CATALYTIC CONVERTER FAILED AT 66,300 MILES. PUT IN SHOP BECAUSE GM WOULD NOT STAND BY THEIR EXTENDED EMISSIONS COMPONENT WARRANTY. MY COST $690.00 CAR IS PURE JUNK. POWER WINDOWS WORK WHEN IT IS COLDER OUTSIDE, BUT WHEN TEMP IS ABOVE 75-80 DEGREES CAN'T OPEN WINDOWS TO BREATHE>>>>>>>>>>>>>. *TR

HOT SMELL COMING THROUGH VENTS . I LOVE MY CAR BUT SINCE HEARING ABOUT FIRES I NO LONGER WILL DRIVE IT. I HAVE NOTICED THE HOT SMELL FOR ABOUT A YEAR ON AND OFF. *TR

AFTER FILLING MY GAS TANK AND PAYING FOR GAS, I CAME OUT TO MY VEHICLE AND AFTER STARTING IT SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM THE HOOD! I LIFT THE HOOD TO INVESTIGATE AND THE ENGINE WAS ON FIRE. (THERE IS A REPORT ON FILE WITH THE FAIRFIEL TOWNSHIP POLICE AND FIRE DEPTS.) WALKER PONTIAC IN DAYTON OHIO REPLACED THE ENGINE, I HAVE SINCE RECEIVED A LETTER NOTING THE PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL TO DATE. I HAVE BEEN WARNED NOT TO PARK IN THE GARAGE AS THIS CONTINUES TO BE A PROBLEM AND THERE HAS BEEN AN INCIDENT OF HOME FIRE WITH INJURIES, DUE TO THE VEHICLE CATCHING FIRE IN THE GARAGE!!! *TR

BURNING SMELL WHILE DRIVING SOMETIMES BUT ALWAYS WHEN STOPPING THE VEHICLE AND PARK IN THE FRONT PART (ENGINE). ALSO SMOKE. *TR

A MONTH PRIOR TO THE FIRE MY CAR SMELLED LIKE THERE WAS SOME KIND OF LEAK. SMELLED LIKE GAS. ON FEBRUARY 10TH, 2008 MY 2002 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GTP CAUGHT ON FIRE AND WAS TOTALED. I FOUND THIS SUMMARY ON A LOCAL WEBSITE, "SUMMARY: CERTAIN DELPHI FUEL PRESSURE REGULATORS, P/NOS. FP10020-11B1, FP10026-11B1, AND FP10027-11B1, SOLD AFTER JANUARY 9, 2007, AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT FOR VARIOUS PASSENGER VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. THE UNIVERSAL PRESSURE REGULATORS (UPR) WERE PRODUCED WITHOUT AN O'RING AND RETAINER. CONSEQUENCES: FUEL MAY LEAK, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A FIRE." I AM PRETTY SURE THAT I AM A VICTIM OF THIS O'RING FAILURE. I AM WITHOUT A CAR AND $2,000 IN THE DEBUT BECAUSE OF THIS FIRE. I WOULD LIKE SOME ANSWERS AND SOME RESULTS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT DETECTED SMOKE AFTER THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED IN THE GARAGE FOR APPROXIMATELY TWENTY MINUTES. THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. THE VEHICLE AND ANOTHER VEHICLE WERE DESTROYED. THE KITCHEN WAS ALSO DESTROYED AND SMOKE FILLED THE HOUSE. A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. NHTSA CLOSED INVESTIGATION NUMBER PE07006 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) WAS REFERENCED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 75,000. UPDATED 03/26/08. *LJ

2002 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX FRONT WHEEL BEARING FAILURE. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS CONTINUALLY FAIL. THE FIRST TIME THE DEALER MADE THE REPAIRS. SECOND TIME CONSUMER WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND NOTHING COULD BE DONE. *KB

TRANSMISSION SLIPPED INTO REVERSE FROM DRIVE WHILE GOING 40-50 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. IT DID THIS ON ITS OWN. LOST POWER AND BARELY MADE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AFTER STOPPING I WAS ABLE TO SHUT THE CAR OFF AND THEN RESTART IT. THE CAR TOOK OFF IN DRIVE AND HAS BEEN FINE SO FAR. I WAS JUST LUCKY THAT THE WAS ENOUGH MOVEMENT FROM THE CAR MASS TO GET IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. *TR

CAR'S ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE CAR WAS TURNED OFF AND PARKED. THE CAR WAS DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE. THE VEHICLE HAD JUST BEEN DRIVEN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME BEFORE THE FIRE OCCURRED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND FILED A REPORT. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT EA07008 WAS THE EXACT FAILURE THAT OCCURRED TO HIS VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 98,000.