1997 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX Complaints

AFTER THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF, THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION. *AK THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO REMOVE THE KEY WITHOUT PUSHING THE BUTTON IN THE STEERING COLUMN, AND COULD NOT SHIFT FROM PARK WITHOUT PUSHING THE SHIFT RELEASE BUTTON. THE DEALER DID NOT FIND WHAT WAS EXACTLY WRONG BUT SAID IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. (POOR CONNECTION AT SPLICER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DASH) *SCC *JB

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE HIS DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING SHE SMELLED GAS. SHE GOT OUT, POPPED THE HOOD ,AND SAW FUEL LEAKING ALL OVER ENGINE. IT WAS A WONDER THAT THE ENGINE DID NOT CATCH ON FIRE. CONSUMER BOUGHT THE PART, AND WOULD REPAIR IT HIMSELF, BUT WONDERED WHY THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM.*AK

THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY A WIRING MALFUNCTION IN THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG. *JB THE CONSUMER REQUESTED A REFUND. *SCC *JB

VEHICLE LOSES POWER STEERING WHEN MAKING LEFT TURNS. *MR THERE WAS AN INTERMITTENT LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST WHEN A LEFT TURN WAS MADE, USUALLY AT LOW SPEEDS DUE TO THE STEERING GEAR ASSEMBLY. THE POWER ASSIST WAS NORMAL ON RIGHT TURNS. RECALL#02V286000 WOULD ONLY REPLACE THE RACK AND PINION BUT THE DEALER STATED THAT THE STEERING GEAR ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED IN ORDER TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. *SCC

PROBLEMS WITH POWER STEERING PUMP, ALTERNATOR, RACK AND PINION, POWER WINDOWS, AND HEAD GASKETS. *MR THE POWER STEERING PUMP HAD SUDDENLY GONE OUT IN TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE STOPPED ABRUPTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC(THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED), THE CONSUMER DISCOVERED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE INOPERATIVE UPON START DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE WIPER LINKAGE UNDER THE COWL, THE STEERING SKIPPED AS THE CONSUMER MADE RIGHT HAND TURNS(THE RACK AND PINION WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH THE POWER STEERING PUMP), THE HEADLIGHT LENS HAD FALLEN OFF, THE CERAMIC HEADGASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED, THE WAS A HESITATION AND ALTERNATOR HAD TO BE REPLACED FOR A SECOND TIME, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT HAD COME ON DUE TO A SHORT IN THE WIRING HARNESS, THE TRANSMISSION GRABBED ALONG WITH HESITATION(A TUNE UP WAS PERFORMED AND WORK WAS DONE TO THE TRANSMISSION), THE VEHICLE COULDN'T BE TAKEN OUT OF THE PARK POSITION(THE SHIFTER WAS REPLACED), THE POWER WINDOW(S) FAILED, THE TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT HAD ILLUMINATED, AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPER PUMP LEAKED AND WOULD NOT HOLD FLUID. *SCC *CB

THE VEHICLE LOSS POWER STEERING WHILE TURNING INTO A PARKING LOT.*MR. THE POWER STEERING RACK WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*TS. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A GAS FOR REPAIRS. THE CONSUMER LATER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE STEERING RACK AND PINION, AND WHEN SHE CONTACTED THE DEALER FOR REIMBURSEMENT SHE WAS TOLD TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN TO MAKE SURE THE REPAIRS WERE DONE CORRECTLY AND TO BRING IN THE OLD PART IN WHICH THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED 6 MONTHS AGO, THE DEALER FINALLY STATED THEY WOULD NOT REIMBURSE THE CONSUMER, BECAUSE THE REPAIR WAS NOT DONE A GMC DEALER. *JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITH NO WARNING HEADLIGHT LENS WILL FALL OFF, CAUSING A DISTRACTING TO CONSUMER'S VIEW. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY, SINCE 2000, AUTOMOBILE HEADLIGHTS AND BLOWER HAVE SHUT OF FOR A PERIOD OF 5-10 SECONDS. THIS SUMMER, WHEN CONDITIONS ARE EXTREMELY HOT, THE HEADLIGHT FUNCTION, AND THE AC WILL NOT WORK UNLESS I SET THE FAN SPEED TO 5, AND THE A/C SELECTOR TO MAXIMUM WHEN TEMPERATURES COOL, FUNCTIONS RETURN TO NORMAL.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME OPERABLE ,OBSTRUCTING THE DRIVER'S VIEW A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON SIMILAR MAKES AND MODELS, HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDE DUE TO THE VIN. *AK

CONSUMER NOTICED WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE OVERHEATED. TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THE INTAKE PLASTIC MANIFOLD BEING CRACKED. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK