1992 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX Complaints

ELECTRCIAL PROBLEMS OFF AND ON FOR YEARS. COULD NOT FIND SOURCE. MY SON BARELY MADE "IT OUT IN TIME" ON JULY 20TH; THE CAR BURNED UP ON INTERSTATE 25. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TURNED ON THERE IS SMOKE COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. TURN SIGNALS NO LONGER WORK. WAS ORIGINALLY TOLD BY DEALER THAT IT WAS GREASE INSIDE COLUMN. APPT SCHEDULED WITH NEW DEALER. *AK *ML

EA94041, STEEL ON REAR BRAKES CORRODED, CAUSING REAR BRAKES TO FREEZE. RESULTED IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED A CRASH. GM HAS OFFERED TO PAY A SMALL AMOUNT FOR THE REPAIRS REQUIRED TO FIX THEIR FAULTY BRAKE SYSTEM. OWNER HAS NOT YET FIXED THEIR VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THE COST. *AK *ML

I'VE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THIS MODEL (3.4 DUAL OVERHEAD CAM ENGINE). MOST RECENTLY WAS A SERIOUS OIL LEAK WHICH RESULTED IN AN ENGINE REBUILD. THE LEAKS STARTED AGAIN AND WAS REPAIRED BY A GM DEALER. THE ENGINE LOCKED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $3,500. I'M THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE VEHICLE. A DEALER TRIED TO REPAIR THE HOOD ALIGNMENT PROBLEM ON 3 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS BUT NEVER SUCCEDED. I'VE REPLACED THE STARTER 3 TIMES, THE DRIVERS SIDE POWER WINDOW MOTOR TWICE (2); WATER PUMP TWICE (2) TURN SIGNAL SWITCH FOUR TIMES (4) AND STILL GET SMOKE FROM STEERING WHEEL; ETC. ETC

SHIFT INDICATOR GET LOCKED IN ONE POSITION AND WILL NOT DISENGAGE. ALSO, RECALL NUBER 91V214000 INVOLVES SAME TYPE OF PROBLEM,DEALER REFUSED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

EXTERIOR PAINT ON VEHICLE IS VERY POOR. PAINT HAS BEEN FADING AND CRACKING SINCE 1994. THIS DOES NOT LOOK LIKE NORMAL PAINT PROBLEMS. THIS IS A BLACK CAR AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE MANUFACTURER USED A SUB-PAR PAINT. *AK

INFORMATION REQUEST DUE TO A DEFECTIVE ALTERNATOR WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL UNEXPECTLY WHILE DRIVING WHICH MAY HAVE RESULTED IN AN COLLISION. DEALER REPLACED ALTERNATOR TWICE. *YC

SEAT BELTS ARE DESIGNED TO ENGAGE ONLY DURING PANIC STOPPING INSTANCES, CONSUMER WAS REAR ENDED ON TWO OCCASIONS AND SEAT BELTS DID NOT ENGAGE CAUSING INJURIES FROM HITTING HEAD ON ROOF OF THE VEHICLE AND SLIDING UNDER THE DASHBOARD ON ANOTHER OCCASION. MJS

REAR BRAKES HAVE NO STOPPING POWER. CALIPERS SEIZE TO THE POINT WHERE THEY DO NOT WORK AT ALL. NEW CALIPERS WERE PUT ON, AND WITHIN 8 MONTHS THEY ALSO SEIZED. EVERY EIGHT TO TWELVE MONTHS CALIPERS NEED CHANGING. MECHANICS STATES THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

DISCOVERED SEIZED CYLINDERS WHILE PROCEEDING TO CHANGE BOTH REAR BRAKE PADS, AS THEY HAD BEGUN TO SQUEAL, INDICATING TIME TO CHANGE. AS A RESULT, COULD NEITHER PUT OLD,NOR NEW PADS BACK ON CAR, THEREFORE HAVE NO BRAKES, AND CAR IS NOT DRIVEABLE UNTIL WORK IS PERFORMED. "UNSAFE TO OPERATE CAR"