1998 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX Complaints

I HAD BROUGHT MY CAR IN BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T DRIVE IT AT NIGHT DUE TO VAPORS ON THE INSIDE OF LENSES ON BOTH SIDES OF CAR. THE WATER VAPORS ON THE LENSE WAS SO GREAT THAT THE HEADLIGHTS GAVE OFF A BLUR SO AS NOT A CLEAR LIGHTING OF THE ROAD WAS VISABLE. AS IT WENT ON THE OUTSIDE LENSE FELL OFF AND THE DEALERSHIP FINALLY REPLACED THE FULL SECTION OF THE HEADLIGHT. I THEN ASKED THEM ABOUT THE OTHER HEADLIGHT AND THE SERVICE MAN TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE HEADLIGHTS AND WHEN I GOT A NOTICE THEY WOULD REPLACE THE OTHER HEADLIGHT. I CALLED PONTIAC AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE HEADLIGHTS AT ALL. IN AUGUST OF 1999 THE OTHER LENSE FELL OFF THE OTHER HEADLIGHT AND THEY FINALLY DID REPLACE THE OTHER HEADLIGHT. NOW I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE HEADLIGHTS A NIGHT AS YOU CAN'T DRIVE IT STILL DUE TO THE POSITION OF THE LIGHTS. ON COMING TRAFFIC TURN ON THEIR HIGH BEAMS BECAUSE THEY THINK WE HAVE OUR ON. I HAVE ASKED TO HAVE THEM FIXED EVERY TIME I GO IN FOR SERVICE AND STILL NO SATISFACTION. AS A MATTER OF FACT MY HUSBAND TOOK IT OVER YESTERDAY 12/2/2002 AND THEY TOLD HIM IT WOULD BE A 2 1/2 HR. WAIT JUST TO HAVE OUR HEADLIGHTS CHECKED. IT IS TO DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AT NIGHT SO WE AVOID IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. DT

CONSUMER WALKED OUT TO START VEHICLE AND NOTICED THE DRIVERS SIDE LENSE THAT COVERS HEADLIGHT HAD FALLEN OFF VEHICLE. CONSUMER STATED WHEN WATER WOULD GET INSIDE HEAD LIGHT, IT WOULD SHORT OUT, WHICH WOULD CAUSE VEHICLE TO HAVE NO LIGHTS, THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED AT OWNERS EXPENSE.TS *TT *JB

CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE LENSE HAD FALLEN OFF DRIVERS SIDE HEADLIGHT. CONSUMER STATES WHEN WATER GETS BEHIND LENSE IT CAUSES THE LIGHT TO SHORT OUT. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE COVER COULD FLY OFF ON THE HIGHWAY AND DISTRACTED ANOTHER DRIVER VISION AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

CONSUMER STATED THAT THEY COULD CHANGE THE GEARS WHEN FOOT IS OFF BRAKES. DEALER NOTIFIED TS

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER MADE A LEFT TURN. WHILE TURNING CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. WITHIN SECONDS OF CONSUMER HEARING THE NOISE THEY LOST POWER STEERING. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE SERPENTINE BELT AND OTHER PARTS. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TS

STEERING WHEEL JERKED TO THE RIGHT, SMASHING INTO A CURB, CRACKING A RIM AND DESTROYING A TIRE. DT

WAS DRIVING TO VA FROM OH WHEN I PULLED OFF TO GET GAS AND FOOD. I TRIED TO PULL INTO A PARKING SPOT BUT COULDN'T TURN LEF WITHOUT A STRUGGLE. I ENDED UP HAVING TO STAY OVERNIGHT IN A DISGUSTING MOTEL AND HAVE A FRIEND DRIVE 3 HOURS TO PICK ME UP THEN DRIVE BACK BECAUSE A NEW RACK WON'T BE IN FOR A FEW DAYS. NOW I CAN'T GET THE CAR UNTIL FRIDAY BECAUSE I HAVE NO WAY OF GETTING OUT THERE TO PICK UP MY CAR UNTIL THEN. DT

WHILE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN CAUSING ME TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES MID WAY THROUGH THE TURN. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO STOP IN TIME BEFORE HITTING A STREET LIGHT POLE. IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO EVEN DRIVE THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE. WHENEVER TURNING LEFT, IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. GOING RIGHT SEEMS ONLY A LITTLE DIFFICULT. DT

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE INTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR IS DISTORTED AND CAUSES POOR VISIBILITY WHEN USED. DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

THE PROBLEM(S) ARE WITH BOTH A 1998 AND 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE PROBLEMS WERE AS FOLLOWED: ENGINE COMPONENTS, STEERING, SUSPENSION, BRAKING SYSTEM, BATTERY, FUEL SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION, STRUCTURAL, THE WHEELS WERE NOISY, THERE WERE VISUAL COMPONENT DEFECTS, THE RADIO WAS DEFECTIVE, AND THE INTERIOR LIGHT ON THE DOOR WAS INOPERATIVE. JG SCC