1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX Complaints

RACK AND PINION ASSEMBLY CAME APART AT 60,000 MILES. COULD NOT TURN LEFT. SAME PROBLEM AS OTHER RECALLED GM CARS (97 LUMINA).

MY CAR HAS AN INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAK. I FOUND ORANGE CRUD IN MY RADIATOR. MY HEATER KEEPS BLOWING COLD AIR OUT. IT KEEPS LOSSING ANTIFREEZE FROM INTAKE MANIFOLD. MY TEMPRATURE GAGE FLUXES BETWEEN DRIVING AND STOPING. THEY NEED TO MAKE A RECALL ON THIS THERE'S TO MANY PEOPLE GETTING BURNED ON IT. OR MAYBE A CLASS ACTION SUIT!!!

I HAVE A VERY HARD TIME SEEING AT NIGHT DUE TO THE CONDENSATION BUILD UP INSIDE BOTH OF MY HEADLIGHTS. WHEN ASKING THE DEALER TO HAVE THEM REPLACED, I WAS INFORMED THAT THIS WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER MY WARRANTY AND THAT IT WOULD COST NEARLY $300 DOLLARS PER LIGHT. THEY ALSO SAID THAT REPLACING THEM WOULD MOST LIKELY RESULT IN THE CONDENSATION OCCURRING AGAIN, BECAUSE IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THESE HEAD LIGHTS. *JB

CONSUMER LOST POWER STEERING WHEN MAKING LEFT TURNS. *PH VEHICLE'S RACK AND PINION IS FAILING CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING.*MR

1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX- HAVING TO REPLACE RACK AND PINION AND POWER STEERING PUMP. COST.....1500 DOLLARS. GM HAS ISSUED RECALLS FOR 1997 AND 1998 MODELS, BUT NOT 1999. PARTS ARE THE SAME. *JB

AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE FOR TEN MINUTES, A FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD ON THE DRIVER SIDE. *JB

MY 1999 PONTIAC GRAN PRIX GT LOOSES THE POWER STEERING WHEN TURNING LEFT, RIGHT IS OK. AT A STANDSTILL, IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN LEFT SO THE CAR HAS TO BE IN MOTION TO TURN. IT IS NOT SMOOTH, BUT JERKY AND THE FORCE VARIES THRU THE TURN. IT IS DEFINETLY A HANDFUL ON A WINDY DAY, WHEN MORE EFFORT IS REQUIRED IN ONE DIRECTION THAN THE OTHER. I HAVEN'T BEEN TO A DEALER YET, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T SQUEEZE ME IN ON A DAY I'M NOT TRAVELING.

MY 1999 PONTIAC HAS A VERY WEAK RETRACT SPRING ON THE LEFT SIDE FRONT SEAT BELT, I MUST BE VERY CAREFUL TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SEAT BELT IS INSIDE THE CAR WHEN I CLOSE THE DOOR. THE SEAT BELT CAN GET CAUGHT IN THE DOOR PREVENTING THE DOOR FROM PROPERLY CLOSING AND LOCKING WHEN THE CAR IS PARKED, DAMAGE AND SOIL OF THE BELT COULD MAKE THE BELT USLESS. I QUESTION THE ABILLIY OF THE BELT TO OPERATE PROPERLY IN THE CASE OF A CRASH IF THE RETURN SPRING IS OR HAS BECOME WEAK.*AK

WAS UNABLE TO TURN LEFT AT LOW SPEEDS ALMOST CAUSING ACCIDENT WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC AS I TURNED INTO MY STREET. THOUGHT IT WAS TEMPORARY, BUT FOUND I HAD TO MUSCLE THE CAR JUST TO TURN LEFT EXCEPT OVER 35 OR SO MPH. I BECAME SCARED TO DRIVE THE CAR AND BROUGHT IT TO THE DEAL. THEY SAID IT WAS THE RESULT OF 'SALT DAMAGE' TO MY CAR FROM ROAD SALT THAT DETERIORATED THE RACK AND PINION. I TOLD THEM THEY WERE WRONG. (I AM IN THE MILITARY AND LIVE IN MISSISSIPPI, BUT HAVE ILLINOIS PLATES. THEY ASSUMED I LIVED UP THERE, BUT THE TRUTH IS, I HAVE NEVER LIVED IN ILLINOIS SINCE PURCHASING THE CAR!!! ITS BEEN ON A SALTED ROAD MAYBE TWICE!) I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED. *CB

MY AIRCONDITIONER FAN SWITCH HAS NOW GONE ONCE AGAIN AND IS IN NEED OF "ANOTHER NEW ONE, THIS WILL BE 3. THE PAINT ON MY HOOD IS STARTING TO CRACK A BIT AND WILL BE PEELING SHORTLY. THIS CAR WAS VERY WELL MAINTAINED AND GARAGED AND THERE WAS NO REASON FOR THIS! THE POWER WINDOWS WENT ABOUT 3 DIFERANT TIMES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE VEHICLE AND THE SWITCHES HAD TO BE FULLY REPLACED. THE RADIO HAS A SHORT IN IT IN THE BACK SOMEWHERE AND THE DISPLAY GOES CRAZY AT TIMES. LASTLY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, I HAVE HAD A WATER LEAK ON THIS CAR SINCE 1999. IT HAS BEEN INTO THE DEALERSHIP TOO MANY TIMES TO COUNT. THEY CHANGED OUT THE WINDSHIELD AT LEAST 5 MAYBE MORE TIMES, CHECKED ALL THE SEALS ON THE SIDE MIRRORS AND THE SUNROOF, CLEANED OUT THE DRAINS ON THE SUNROOF A FEW TIMES AND AFTER THE CAR WAS IN THE LAST TIME 8 MONTHS AGO, THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS THE LAST TIME THEY WOULD DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. IT WAS FIND W/NO WATER UNTIL LAST WEEK WHEN WE HAD POURING RAIN AND IN FLOODED MY INTERIOR ONCE AGAIN. PONTIAC'S SOLUTION WAS TO GIVE ME $1,000 FOR THE PURCHASE OF ANOTHER CAR, THANKS FOR NOTHING! IN DOING MY RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND OUT A LOT OF INFO THAT I AM ONCE AGAIN GOING TO PONTIAC/GM ABOUT. ON MY PARTICULAR CAR WHEN THEY MADE THE DRAINS FOR THE SUNROOF, THEY MADE THEM TOO SMALL, SO WHEN IT POURS OUT, THE DRAINS CANNOT HANDLE ALL OF THE WATER AND IT IS FORCED INTO MY CAR. I WORK FOR AN INSURANCE COMPANY AND HAVE SPOKEN TO "MANY, MANY" PEOPLE REGARDING MY CAR. FUNNY THING IS, I HAVE HEARD THIS FROM SEVERAL GLASS COMPANIES AND DEALERSHIP SALESMEN! WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS TO HELP ME, THE CONSUMER? ANY HELP IS WELCOME