1997 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX Complaints

HEADLIGHT LENS KEEPS FALLING OFF! AND YOU CAN'T BUY JUST THE LENS - YOU HAVE TO PURCHASE THE WHOLE ASSEMBLY. WHY? WHEN IT'S A KNOW FACT THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM - IS THIS JUST A MONEY MAKER SCAM FOR PONTIAC DEALERS? I'VE ALREADY REPLACE IT 2 TIMES ON MY 1997 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX THAT I HAVEN'T EVEN HAD FOR A YEAR. WHY ISN'T SOMETHING DONE ABOUT THIS AS I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING TO. *NLM

I HAVE HAD TO CHANGE THE REAR BRAKES ON MY VEHICLE NUMEROUS TIMES BEFORE THE LIFE OF THE BRAKE SHOULD ACTUALLY BE UP. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN CAUSED BY THE CALIPER (PARTICULARLY ON THE DRIVER SIDE REAR), GETTING STUCK AND EATING THROUGH THE BRAKE ROTOR. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST THREE TIMES IN THE PAST YEAR. *TT

GENERAL MOTORS VOLUNTARY RECALL OF 1996/1997 AND 1998 PONTIAC SUNFIRE AND TRANSPORT, AND 1997/1998 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX VEHICLES CONCERNING POSSIBLE SEPARATION OF LOWER PINION BEARING IN POWER STEERING WHICH COULD CAUSE LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE AN APPOINTMENT TO GET RECALL REPAIRS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE.*AK *JB

1997 GRAND PRIX HAS SHORT IN PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG WIRING, WARNING LIGHT STAYS ON, SERVICE BULLETIN 98839010 ISSUED JUNE 01, 1998. COST TO REPAIR OVER $700. SHOULD THIS BE A RECALL ITEM ?*JB

CONSUMER WAS NOT SATISFIED WITH RECALL 02049 REPAIRS OF RACK AND PINION STEERING ON HIS 1997, PONTIAC, GRAND PRIX. HAD THE SAME STEERING PROBLEM. *AK

AFTER THE RECALL FOR THE STEERING 02 V 286 000 WAS COMPLETED , THE VEHICLE CONSTANTLY PULLED TO THE LEFT. THE DEALERSHIP DIDN'T ALIGN THE VEHICLE. *JB

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AS STATED IN THE RECALL REGARDING THE STEERING RACK AND PINION, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. RECALL #02V286000 *JB

THE ENGINE EXPLODED WHEN THE DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE. THE TOP OF THE ENGINE AND THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WERE REPLACED. *NLM

THE KEY BECAME STUCK IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. *NLM THE KEY BECAME STUCK IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. CONSUMER COULD NOT MOVE THE GEAR SHIFT FROM PARK. *MR

I EXPERIENCED A FAILURE OF THE POWER STEERING WHERE IT IS VERY HARD TO STEER TO THE LEFT AND I ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT. SINCE THE CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY I HAD THE RACK AND PINION REPLACED. I RECEIVED A CAMPAIGN LETTER FROM PONTIAC STATING THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. I WENT TO EWING PONTIAC AND THEY CONFIRMED THE PART WAS INDEED REPLACED AND I GAVE THEM THE ORIGINAL RECEIPTS FOR THE PARTS AND LABOR BUT THEY REFUSED TO REIMBURSE ME BECAUSE THE RECEIPT DID NOT STATE THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE HARD STEERING. I EXPLAINED THAT THE MECHANIC WAS A VIETNAMESE WHO COULD NOT WRITE IN TECHNICAL ENGLISH. CONTACTED PONTIAC ADN OPENED TICKET 1-89071665 AND AFTER A WEEK WAS BASICALLY TOLD THE SAME THING. PONTIAC WILL LOSE A LOYAL CUSTOMER BECAUSE OF THIS! *JB