1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX Complaints

THE POWER STEERING FAILED WHEN A LEFT TURN WAS MADE, THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THE ISSUE, HOWEVER THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE YEAR WAS NOT INCLUDED. *TS *JB

I LOST POWER ASSIST STEERING WHEN MAKING RIGHT-HAND TURNS. FORTUNATELY THIS OCCURRED AT A LOW ENOUGH SPEED WHERE I WAS ABLE TO AVIOD AN ACCIDENT. THIS IS A SAFTEY HAZARD BECAUSE IT BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO COMPLETE A RIGHT HANDED TURN. A DEALER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A FAILED RACK AND PINION ASSEMBLY AND REPLACED THE ASSEMBLY.

I HAVE A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX THAT HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM LISTED IN YOUR CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 02V286000. PONTIAC NEEDS TO EXTEND THIS RECALL TO THE 1999 MODELS BEFORE SOMEONE GET INJURED. THE STEERING WENT OUT WHEN MY WIFE (WHO AT THE TIME WAS 9 MONTHS PREGNANT) WAS HEADING TO A DOCTORS APPOINTMENT. WE WERE LUCKY THAT SHE WAS PULLING IN THE PARKING LOT WHEN IT HAPPENED.*JB

COOLANT LEAKED ONTO THE ENGINE AND MIXED WITH THE OIL, ALSO CONSUMER HEARD A SCREECHING NOISE COMING FROM BELTS UNDER THE HOOD. THE WERE BELTS REPLACED, HOWEVER THE NOISE WAS STILL THERE.*JB

DROVE 10 MINUTES TO WORK, 10 MINUTES LATER, SOMEONE YELLED "THERE IS A CAR ON FIRE!" I FOUND OUT IT WAS MINE. FLAMES WERE SHOWING UNDER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. GM BLAMED THE FIRE ON THE DEALER INSTALLED ALARM SYSTEM. THERE WAS NO WARNING OF ANYKIND. THE FIRE SPREADED QUICKLY.

THE POWER STEERING WAS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY WHEN MAKING RIGHT OR LEFT TURNS AT SLOW SPEEDS. TOOK TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS BAD.*JB

CONSUMER WAS INFORMED, NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE REGARDING THE RECALL ON THE RACK AND PINION.*JB

1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT, ENGINE LOCKED UP AFTER 57,816 MILES DUE TO DEFECTIVE UPPER PLENUM MADE OF INFERIOR MATERIAL, THEREFORE CAUSING THE WATER, GAS, AND OIL TO MIX LOCKING DOWN THE ENGINE. GIVING THE SAME SYMTOMS AS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET.

WE HAD TO HAVE A NEW TRANSMISSION PUT INTO THE VEHICLE TOWARDS THE END OF OUR WARRANTY PERIOD. AFTER THE NEW TRANSMISSION WAS PUT IN, WE STARTED HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AGAIN. THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE IS THAT THE CAR IS SHUTTERING DURING ACCELERATION. YOU CAN WATCH THE TACHOMETER AND SEE IT BOUNCE UP AND DOWN DURING THE SHUTTERING. WE FILED UNDER LEMON LAW TO HAVE THE CAR BOUGHT BACK FROM US. DURING THE ARBITRATION, THE CAR WOULD NOT SHUTTER. THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. MANY TIMES WHILE THE CAR WAS IN TO GET SERVICED ON THIS COMPLAINT, THE TECHNICIANS WERE NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE SHUTTERING. UNFORTUNATELY, THE ARBITRATOR DID NOT SETTLE IN OUR FAVOR SINCE WE WERE NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. NOW, TWO YEARS LATER, THE PROBLEM IS BECOMING SEVERE AGAIN. IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO? THIS IS THE SECOND TIME SINCE WE PURCHASED THE CAR BRAND NEW THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAS GONE BAD ON US. I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER COMPLAINT FILED WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. DURING THE TIME THAT THEY REPLACED OUR TRANSMISSION, THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD US THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER VEHICLES BEING SERVICED FOR THE SAME THING IN THIS REGION. I FEEL THAT WE SHOULD HAVE HAD THE CAR BOUGHT BACK FROM US UNDER THE LEMON LAW. UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE NOW FACED WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN, EXCEPT IT'S NOT UNDER WARRANTY. TS

WHEN MY PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GTP SHIFTS INTO 3RD OR 4TH GEAR UNDER LIGHT ACCELERATION, I EXPERIENCE SURGING. MANY PEOPLE WHO I SPEAK WITH SAY THAT IT COULD BE THE TCC SOLENOID. I BELONG TO CLUBGP.COM. THERE ARE PLENTY OF US ON CLUBGP WHO ARE COMPLAINING OF THIS SAME ISSUE. GOING WIDE OPEN THROTTLE, IT RUNS FINE. WHEN LIGHTLY DEPRESSING THE GAS PEDAL AT AROUND 25-30 MPH, THE RPM'S DROP TO ABOUT 1500 AND IT SEEMS TO REQUIRE AN AWFUL LOT OF EFFORT TO ACCELERATE. THE CAR SIMPLY BOGS. THIS HAS HAPPENED OFF AND ON FOR THE PAST 6 MONTHS. FRIENDS OF MINE ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. I WOULD LIKE A RECALL DONE ON THIS AS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM.