1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX Complaints

FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, THE STEERING IN MY 99 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX HAS BEEN FAILLING WHILE TURNING LEFT AT LOW SPEEDS. SUPRISE, SUPRISE!! TODAY, 7/13/03 I HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE WHILE PULLING INTO A CAR WASH WHEN I LOST LEFT TURN POWER STEERING AND COULD NOT AVOID HIS CAR. I WAS TURNING OFF OF A BUSY STREET AND WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED AS WELL. I AM VERY ANGRY, AS THIS IS THE 5TH TIME I WAS ALMOST KILLED IN MY 1999 GRAND PRIX. THE FIRST 4 TIMES WERE ON THE HIGHWAY, WHEN MY CAR LOST TOTAL ENGINE POWER WITH NO WARNING. AFTER 6 WEEKS OF HAVING IT IN AND OUT OF A CERTIFIED GM REPAIR SHOP, AND HAVING A COMPLETE FUEL SYSTEM OVERHAUL, THE GM MECHANIC TORE DOWN EVERYTHING UNDER THE HOOD TO FIND THAT THE FUEL SYSTEM SENSOR HAD NEVER BEEN ATTATCHED. PLEASE ADVISE ON ANY LEGAL ACTION AGAINST GM THAT MAY ME OF BENEFIT TO ME, AS WELL AS HOW TO DEMAND A RECALL ON THE 99 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ,THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN AND ALMOST CAUSED AND ACCIDENT. *NLM *CB *JB

RACK AND PINION STEERING ON 1999 GRAND PRIX SHOWING EVIDENCE OF FAILURE / BINDING CONSISTANT WITH THAT OF 1997-1998 GRAND PRIX.*AK

BOUGHT THIS CAR USED AT A DEALERSHIP. AFTER IT WAS DISCOVERED LEAKING OIL, I TOOK TO A GOOD AUTO SHOP AND FOUND OUT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD IS LEAKING OIL. THE REPAIR WILL COST $1000.00. AUTO SHOP SAID THAT THERE ARE MANY CARS WITH THIS SIZE ENGINE (3800) THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. IT WAS SUGGESTED I GO TO THE DEALERSHIP WITH THE PROBLEM, THEN ONTO PUSHING FOR A RECALL. I EXPECT I WILL BE STUCK WITH A BIG BILL, BUT DO PLAN TO NOTIFY GM WITH THIS PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT COMES ON WHILE DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

A/C DRAINS WATER INSIDE OF CAR ON PASSENGER FLOOR. HAD CAR SERVICED 9/20/02 AND WAS TOLD IT THE A/C DRAIN WAS PLUGGED. PROBLEM IS HAPPENING AGAIN 9 MONTHS LATER. *NLM

DEALER REPLACED THE ENGINE ON SEPTEMBER 2002. VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN FOR TWO WEEKS AGAIN, ENGINE WAS REPLACED. ON JANUARY 2003, ENGINE WAS REPLACED FOR THE THIRD TIME. CONSUMER STATED THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACE AGAIN. *AK

GRAND PRIX ENGINE GOT HOT, RECOVERED, GOT HOT, THEN LOST ENGINE POWER ON THE FREEWAY (I ALSO EXPERIENCED HEAT EXHAUSTION DUE TO BEING BROKE DOWN IN 110-DEGREE F HEAT.) OILY SHEEN AND ORANGE CRUD NOTICED IN RADIATOR, DISCOVERED CREAMY COLORED MOTOR OIL. INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILURE HAS CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO ENGINE. THIS VEHICLE HAD NO PREVIOUS HISTORY OF ENGINE PROBLEMS AND WAS A DREAM TO DRIVE. $4100 FOR LABOR AND ENGINE REPLACEMENT; GM SERVICE WRITER AND MECHANICS ACKNOWLEDGE THEY'VE SEEN THIS PROBLEM MANY TIMES BEFORE AND THAT GM HAS RE-DESIGNED BOTH THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET AND THE MANIFOLD BECAUSE OF KNOWN FAILURES IN BI-METAL ENGINES; HOWEVER THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL. *NLM

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHEN TURNING LEFT AT VERY LOW SPEEDS. *MR PH

RACK AND PINION STEERING WENT OUT. CONSUMER INDICATED THAT STEERING WAS OKAY WHEN TURNING RIGHT BUT WHEN TURNING LEFT CONSUMER LOST POWER STEERING. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE MECHANIC, AND THE MECHANIC FOUND THE RACK AND PINION STEERING HAD FAILED. *AK