2004 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX Complaints

THE HORN IS UNPREDICTABLY INTERMITTENT-YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL NOT WORK -THERE IS NO PATTERN. WIRING CHECKS OK AND RELAY HAS BEEN REPLACED SUSPECT INTERMITTENT COMPUTER HORN RELAY CONTROL BUT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO TEST AT FAILURE. VEHICLE HAS ONLY 4600 MILES. HAVE SEEN SAME COMPLAINT ON THIS VEHICLE ON INTERNET. *NM

OEM BF GOODRICH COMP T/A TIRES. 225/55/R17 2004 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GTP COMP/G ~23,000 MILES. TREAD DEPTH EVEN ACROSS ALL FOUR TIRES AT 7/32 OF AN INCH. ALL FOUR TIRES DEVELOPED A CONTINUOUS CRACK IN THE SIDEWALL. DEALERSHIP IS REPLACING ALL FOUR UNDER GM/PONTIAC WARRANTY WITH BF GOODRICH G-FORCE MODEL. I BELIEVE THIS IS ONE OF THE SIGNS OF TREAD SEPARATION, WHICH CAN LEAD TO LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND SERIOUS INJURY. *JB

2004 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX - WATER LEAKAGE IN THE FRONT PASSENGER FLOORBOARD VIA THE AIR/HEAT FAN BELT AREA. SOAKING ENTIRE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE FLOORBOARD. I HAVE CONTACTED TWO DIFFERENT LOCAL PONTIAC DEALERSHIPS WHO INFORMED ME THAT THEY HAVE BOTH SEEN SEVERAL 04 GRAND PRIX MODELS COME INTO THEIR DEALERSHIPS WITH THIS PROBLEM. THEY SAID THAT IT WAS POSSIBLY ONE OF TWO THINGS. A PROBLEM WITH THE DEFLECTOR FOR THE FRESH AIR VENT BY THE COWEL OR IT COULD BE THE WATER HOSE LEADING FROM THE SUN ROOF THAT COULD BE CLOGGED. THE FACT THAT WATER IS LEAKING INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR IN THE ARE WHERE THE WATER IS COLLECTING COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS ELECTRICAL SHORT, AS THE AREA THAT THE WATER IS COMING THROUGH THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS OF THE VEHICLE. I VIEW THIS IS AS A DEFAULT IN THE DESIGN OF THE VEHICLE AND WOULD LIKE SOMEONE TO LOOK INTO THIS MATTER. I AM AFRAID THAT LEFT UNATTENDED TO THAT THIS COULD CAUSE A FIRE. BOTH DEALERSHIPS HAVE INDICTED THAT BECAUSE MY VEHICLE IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY THAT THIS MATTER WOULD TAKE SEVERAL HOURS TO CORRECT AND ESTIMATED A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $230.00 TO CORRECT THIS MATTER. *NM

I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT BEARINGS ALREADY ONE TIME THIS YEAR AND NOW THE OTHER SIDE IS "ROARING" THIS IS AN '04 WITH 44000 MILES. THIS IS AGGRAVATING AND I AM SURE THAT I AM NOW CHANGING BRANDS. I HAVE 2 FORDS AND 2 GM'S AND I CONTINUALLY HAVE ISSUES WITH THE GM'S. *NM

THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH. ENGINE HESITATION AT VARIOUS SPEEDS ALSO EXPERIENCED AS IF THE CAR DOES NOT REACT TO GAS PEDAL AND IS NOT IN GEAR. HESITATION ALSO EXPERIENCED RIGHT BEFORE ENGINE STALLED (LIGHTING CONTINUED TO WORK). DEALER UNABLE TO REPLICATE ISSUE AND SAYS THE COMPUTER HAS NOT RECORDED THE ISSUE. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS A LOT OF PLAY IN THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT. THE STEERING WHEEL SHIMMIED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BE VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THERE WAS AN INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT PROBLEM; HOWEVER WOULD NOT SELL THE CONTACT A NEW PART BUT OFFERED A KIT TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 10/04/06. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WITHOUT WARNING, THE VEHICLE STALLED AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO REPLACED MULTIPLE COMPONENTS, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE COMPONENTS THAT WERE REPLACED INCLUDED THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE, OIL PRESSURE SWITCH, CRANKSHAFT SENSOR, AND IGNITION SWITCH. *AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS THE VEHICLE STALLED INTERMITTENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.

I LEASE A 2004 GRAND PRIX. THERE WERE NO EVENTS LEADING TO THE FAILURE. THREE PROBLEMS: 1) THE DRIVER-SIDE SEAT BELT LATCH NO LONGER FUNCTIONS. 2) THE CAR OVERHEATS. 3) THE BLOWER MOTOR DOES NOT WORK. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL PULSATED DURING A NORMAL BRAKING SITUATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, WHERE THE DEALER TURNED AND GROUNDED THE ROTORS. THE REPAIR ONLY WORKED FOR 2500 MILES.