1998 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX Complaints

ON AT LEAST 5 OR 6 SEPARATE OCCASIONS THIS CAR STALLS WHEN I AM LEAVING A STAND STILL POSITION. IT HAS NOT HAPPENED FOR QUITE A FEW MONTHS, BUT IT HAPPENED AGAIN TODAY, AND MY WIFE IS PREGNANT AND WHEN WE HAVE THE BABY THIS CAR IS SUPPOSED TO BE HERS BUT I FEAR THAT IF SHE WERE DRIVING WITH THE BABY IN THE CAR AND WENT TO PULL OUT ONTO A HIGHWAY, OR A SIDE STREET AND A CAR COMING AT HER COULD NOT STOP IN TIME FOR HER TO GET THE CAR RESTARTED IT COULD BE A REAL PROBLEM. I ALSO AM AWARE THAT OTHER DRIVERS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE SAME THING AT A WEBSITE DEVOTED TO THIS CAR. POINT YOUR BROWSER TO: HTTP://WWW.GRANDPRIX.NET/?CLKD=IWM AND CHECK OUT THE SECTION MARKED "UNDER THE HOOD". THE ONE MARKED "ENGINE SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING." BY TIMOTHY JOHNSON IS THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM I AM EXPERIENCEING. THERE IS A DASHBOARD LIGHT MARKED "TCS OFF" WHICH TURNS ITSELF ON, AND CANNOT BE SHUT OFF. TCS STANDS FOR TRACTION CONTROLL SYSTEM. THE ONLY WAY TO GET THE LIGHT TO SHUT OFF IS TO TURN THE CAR OFF. *AK

COVER ON LEFT HEADLIGHT DISCONNECTED AND FELL OFF. CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE FOR PONTIAC WOULD NOT ELABORATE ON A REASON FOR DEFECT. *AK *SLC

HEADLIGHT LENS COVER HAD FALLEN OFF. LIGHT BULBS HAVE BEEN BLOWN DUE TO CONTACT WITH WATER AND NO COVERING. PROBLEM WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY.*AK *SLC

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A VERY MINOR COLLISION THAT WAS NOT WORTH REPORTING, NO DAMAGE. AFTER DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60-70MPH ON FREEWAY OFF FROM INCIDENT HOOD CAME UP AND WRAPPED AROUND WINDSHIELD, AND AND WENT THROUGH SUNROOF DUE TO A FAILED HOOK THAT SNAPPED INTO HOOD LATCH.*AK

CONSUMER EXPERIENCED OIL LEAK AND HAD THE DEALER REPAIR ON TWO OCCASIONS PRIOR TO THE MOTOR COMPLETELY SHUTTING DOWN WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, COMPLETE MOTOR REPLACEMENT WAS NECESSARY.

FRONT HEADLIGHT LENS IS ATTACHED WITH GLUE. GLUE HAS STARTED TO DISSOLVE, CAUSING LENS TO SEPARATE. HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY HAS TO BE REPLACED. DEALER HAS BEEN OCNTACTED.*AK

AIRBAGS KEEP MALFUNCTIONING, CAUSING AIRBAG LIGHT TO COME ON. CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER TWICE, BUT DEFECT HAS REOCCURRED.*AK AIR BAG CIRCUT FAILED DUE TO A BAD MODUELE. *YH

CONSUMER ACCELERATED TO PASS A CAR AND THROTTLE STUCK OPEN, CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO GET IT TO RELEASE, THE BRAKES WERE BURNED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP VEHICLE, PONTIAC WOULD NOT FIX VEHICLE UNTIL A SATISFACTORY REASON FOR THE THROTTLE STICKING WAS FOUND. *SLC

ON MARCH 10, 2001 I NOTICED THAT MY LEFT HEADLIGHT LENS COVER AND BULB WERE MISSING. THE NEXT DAY I CALLED THE DEALER FOR A REPLACEMENT AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS A BACKORDER & I WOULD BE CONTACTED WHEN AVAILABLE. THREE DAYS LATER I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM SCHOOL AT 9:00 PM WHEN I REALIZED ON A DARK STRETCH OF ROAD THAT I HAD NO HEADLIGHTS. I TURNED ON MY HIGH BEAMS WHICH ILLUMINATED , ON THE RIGHT SIDE, FOR ABOUT 2 SECONDS AND THEN THE BULB BLEW OUT. THE OTHER HEADLIGHT LENS HAD FALLEN OFF THE CAR AND THE BULB BROKE OFF WHILE DRIVING. I HAD THE POLICE CHECK MY CAR BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP INFERRED THAT SOMEONE MUST HAVE TRIED TO STEAL MY HEADLIGHTS. THE POLICE CONCURRED THAT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE AROUND THE HEADLIGHT AREA AND IT WAS MORE THAN LIKELY THAT THE LOSS OF THE HEADLIGHT WAS CAUSED BY A DEFECT RATHER THAN A THIEF.

FRONT HEADLIGHT COVER CAME OFF, THEN BULB BLEWOUT BECAUSE IT WAS EXPOSED TO SNOW. TOOK TO DEALER TO GET A HEADLIGHT REPLACED. CONSUMER STATED COVER ON DRIVER'S SIDE CAME OFF. FIRST, IT WAS THE PASSENGER'S SIDE.*AK