2004 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX Complaints

MY DRIVERS SIDE CAR SEAT THAT IS HEATED STARTED BURNING ME THEN SMELLING LIKE WIRE BURNING OR PLASTIC WAS SO HOT COULD NO LONGER SIT TO DRIVE HAD TO OPEN WINDOWS AND PULL MYSELF UP WHILE DRIVING MAKING IT UNSAFE FOR ME..TAKING CAR IN TO BE CHECKED..COULD NOT FIND ANY ONLINE INFO. *TR

DATE DISPLAY SHOWS CORRECT DATE BUT INCORRECT DAY. THIS OCCURRED LAST YEAR DURING LEAP YEAR. IT SEEMS LIKE IT DIDN'T REGISTER THE LEAP YEAR. *TR

I STARTED MY 2004 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GTP ONE VERY COLD MORNING AND NOTICED A WHINING NOISE FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE USED IN 2005 WITH ABOUT 16,000 MILES ON IT. ONCE THE CAR WARMED UP, THE WHINING NOISE WENT AWAY UNTIL I DROVE IT. I HEARD THE NOISE AGAIN WHEN THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED FROM FIRST GEAR. AT THAT TIME, THE MILEAGE WAS ABOUT 74,800. ABOUT ONE 3 DAYS LATER, I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL LUBE SHOP TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGED. AFTER THE FLUID WAS CHANGED, I DID NOT HEAR THE WHINING SOUND AGAIN UNTIL ABOUT 2 DAYS LATER ON MY WAY HOME FOR A LUNCH BREAK. THE NEXT MORNING, I HEARD THE WHINING WHEN I STARTED THE CAR TO WARM IT UP. AFTER THE CAR WARMED FOR A WHILE, IT HESITATED TO MOVE WHEN I PUT IT INTO REVERSE TO GO TO WORK. IT ALSO HESITATED TO MOVE WHEN I PUT IT INTO DRIVE. THE MILEAGE, AT THAT POINT, WAS ABOUT 75,000 MILES. I BROUGHT IT BACK HOME AND CALLED A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHO ENDED UP LOOKING AT IT AND SAID THE TRANS WAS SHOT. I THEN CALLED GM ABOUT TO EXPRESS MY DISSATISFACTION AND TO ASK FOR SOME TYPE OF ASSISTANCE. THEY REFERRED ME TO A DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSIS. I TOOK IT TO SULLIVAN PONTIAC AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS A POSSIBLE PROBLEM WITH THE VALVE SEAL. THE ESTIMATED COST TO REPAIR WOULD BE 2,600. CONSIDERING I DO NOT DRIVE MY CAR UNDER HEAVY CONDITIONS AND THE RECOMMENDED TRANS SERVICE IS DUE AT 100K FOR THOSE DRIVING CONDITIONS, I DO NOT THINK THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE OCCURRING AT THIS MILEAGE. *TR

2004 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX BURNS 1 QT OF OIL APPX EVERY 1500-2000 MILES. NO LEAKS AFTER NUMEROUS CHECKS. STARTED ABOUT 40-42,000 MILES (POST 36,000 WARRANTY). PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE FAIRLY COMMON ON THIS YEAR GRAND PRIX GIVEN NUMBER OF POST ON GRAND PRIX CLUB BULLETIN BOARD AND OTHER SITES AND ALL POSTERS NOTING SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES (IE NO LEAKS). IT WOULD SEEMS PONTIAC HAS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM WITH 2004 ENGINES WHICH THEY FAIL TO ADMIT TO. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GTP. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND WAS INFORMED THAT IT WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED UNDERNEATH. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE ENTIRE FRAME NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE OIL PAN COULD BARELY BE REMOVED TO PERFORM A STANDARD OIL CHANGE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE LESS THAN 68,000.

BLOWER MOTOR WILL NOT SHUT OFF EVEN WITH KEY OUT UNTIL THE CARS IS DEAD (BATTERY)

TRANSMISSION SLIPS OCCASIONALLY WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. WHEN ITS COLD OUTSIDE, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD, ESPECIALLY AFTER CAR WARMS UP. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHENEVER THERE IS A CHANGE OF FORCE OR MOTION (REVERSE, STOPPING, SHIFTING), THE CONTACT HEARS A "CLICK, CLICK, SLAM" NOISE. IT IS SIMILAR TO A SHIFT IN THE FRAME OR SUSPENSION. HE ALSO STATED THAT IT SOUNDS AS IF THERE ARE LOOSE BOLTS. THE DEALER FOUND THAT THE BOLTS THAT HOLD THE ENGINE TO THE FRAME NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V299000 (STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS), ALTHOUGH THE FAILURES WERE IDENTICAL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 72,000.

WE BOUGHT 4 KUHMO SOLUS KR21 TIRES AND HAVE HAD TO REPLACE TWO ALREADY. WE WILL BE HEADING BACK TO THE TIRE STORE TOMORROW TO REPLACE ONE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLACED. THE TREAD WAS BEGINNING TO SEPARATE FROM EACH OF THESE TIRES. WE HAVE TAKEN THE CAR INTO THE DEALER THAT SOLD THE TIRES TO US AND THEY HAVE REPLACED THEM BUT KEEP REPLACING THEM WITH THE SAME TYPE OF TIRE AND WE WILL HAVE ONE OF THOSE REPLACED TOMORROW! *TR

WHEN I TRY TO CRANK CAR SOMETIMES IT CUT BACK OFF, I HAVE TOO HOLD THE GAS PADDLE DOWN TO GET IT TO CRANK. THIS DON'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME, BUT A LOT WHEN IT IS HOT. *TR