1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX Complaints

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE'S LOST POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING. WHEN THIS OCCURRED STEERING WHEEL BECAME TIGHT, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO STEER. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THIS WAS DUE TO AN INTERNAL GEAR BOX LEAK, AND THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED. THE CAUSE OF THE LEAK WAS UNDETERMINED.*AK

MULTIPLE REPAIR PROBLEMS--AIR PLATE WAS REPAIRED--NEW ENGINE INSTALLED AFTER HAVING ONLY 54,000 MILES WITH REGULAR OIL CHANGES--ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITH RADIO DISPLAY--NOW BACK PASSENGER TIRE/POSSIBLE AXLE, STRUT; SOUNDS LIKE BACK TIRE IS ABOUT TO FALL OFF UPON HITTING BUMPS IN THE ROAD/DRIVEWAYS OR TURNING. I HAVE NOT HAD THIS CHECKED OUT-AM NOW UNABLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE . *AK

CONSUMER INDICATED WHILE DRIVING SHE WENT TO TURN VEHICLE AROUND AND HEARD A POP. TIE ROD DISENGAGED, CAUSING A TIRE TO SEPARATE FROM VEHICLE. *AK

1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX HAS SAME STEERING PROBLEM RECALLED IN THE 1998 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX.*AK

UPON STARTING VEHICLE ENGINE BACK FIRED INTO THE INTAKE MANIFOLD, AND BLEW IT APART. THIS RESULTED IN AN ENGINE FIRE. CONSUMER SUSTAINED BURNS UPON PUTTING THE FIRE OUT. *AK

A HOLE FORMED INSIDE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD ALLOWING ANTIFREEZE TO BE CONSUMED BY THE ENGINE, RESULTING IN POOR RUNNING AND A $456.62 REPAIR BILL.*AK

WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 65 - 70 MPH ENGINE STARTED MISSING, THEN VEHICLE STALLED. THIS WAS CAUSED BY THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD BURNING THROUGH WHICH ALLOWED ANTI FREEZE TO FLOW INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. AS A RESULT THE ENGINE , STARTER AND SPARK PLUGS WERE DAMAGED. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE DAMAGED PARTS.*AK

LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET CRACKED RESULTING IN COOLANT LEAK INTO ENGINE. REPAIR COST OVER $700. CAR ONLY HAS 40,000 MILES. MECHANIC STATED THAT THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT IN THIS ENGINE AND DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHY GM HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL. *AK

MY 1999 GRAND PRIX GT STARTED TO RUN ROUGH THE QUIT RUNNING. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD MELTED. THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR. GM CAME OUT WITH A THICKER PLASTIC PART AS A REPLACEMENT, WHY HAVE THEY NOT MAKE A RECALL TO REFLECT THEIR DEFECTIVE PART? *LA

FAULTY INTAKE AND/OR INTAKE GASKET CAUSED ANTI-FREEZE TO LEAK INTO THE ENGINE RESULTING IN ENGINE FAILURE. REPAIR BILL WAS $1600. GM HAS ISSUED RECALLS ON 2000 AND 2001 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX MODELS WITH THE SAME ISSUE, BUT WILL NOT ADMIT TO SAME PROBLEM WITH 1999 MODEL. *LA