2006 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX Complaints

THE HEADLIGHTS KEEP TURNING OFF/ON AT NIGHT ON THEIR OWN, WHETHER I'M DRIVING OR STATIONARY, IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE FOG LIGHTS ON THE CAR I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE! THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A MONTH NOW! I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL AND WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT GETTING THIS ISSUE RESOLVED WITHOUT PAYING FOR IT OUT OF POCKET?

HEADLIGHTS STARTED OFF JUMPING WHEN DRIVING. THEN WHEN PARKED STARTING CAR SOMETIMES HEADLIGHTS WOULD COME ON AND TIMES IT WOULD NOT. I WOULD HAVE TO TURN ON HIGH BEAMS TO GET HEADLIGHTS ON TO STAY ON. THEN THAT DIDN'T WORK ANY MORE. NOW HEADLIGHTS ARE GONE AND DASH BOARD LIGHT ARE ALSO OUT.

THE HEADLAMPS OF THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY TURN OFF WHILE ONE (EITHER WITH THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS ON, OR THE LIGHTS MANUALLY TURNED ON). THIS IS ONLY LOW-BEAMS. I RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM GM/PONTIAC THAT THEY WILL COVER THE REPLACEMENT, HOWEVER, IT'S ONLY IF IT'S UNDER 150,000. IF THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE, IT SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER A RECALL, REGARDLESS OF THE MILEAGE (OURS IS ALMOST 199,000). THE LIGHTS FIRST TURNED OFF WHILE I WAS IDLING AT A GAS STATION. THEY TURNED BACK ON SOMETIME DAYS AFTER THAT WHEN WE FIRST DROVE IT AGAIN AT NIGHT. I WAS LESS THAN 2 MILES FROM HOME WHEN THIS FIRST HAPPENED.. THE NEXT TIME WE NOTICED THIS, WE WERE ABOUT 15 MILES FROM HOME, DRIVING FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES, AND THE HEADLIGHTS TURNED OFF AS WE WERE DRIVING. WE HAD TO DRIVE WITH THE HIGH-BEAMS ON. WE GOT ABOUT 3 MILES DOWN THE ROAD AND WE WERE THE ONLY ONES ON THE ROAD. I TURNED OFF THE HIGH BEAMS AND THE LOW BEAMS WERE BACK TO WORKING. THIS IS CLEARLY A SAFETY ISSUE, AND SHOULD BE COVERED, SINCE THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THE ISSUE, REGARDLESS OF MILEAGE.

AFTER A FEW MINUTES OF DRIVING THE LOW BEAM LIGHTS WILL TURN OFF AND CANNOT BE TURNED BACK ON. HIGH BEAMS WILL WORK, BUT LOW BEAMS CEASE TO OPERATE WITHOUT WARNING. PROBLEM OCCURS RANDOMLY, OPERATING FINE ONE DAY AND TURNING OFF WITHOUT WARNING AT OTHER UNPREDICTABLE TIME FRAME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT INQUIRED ABOUT A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ON HIS VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE COULD OVERHEAT BECAUSE THE COOLANT WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. AS A RESULT, SLUDGE COULD BUILD UP AND THE VEHICLE COULD LOCK UP AND EXPLODE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER FOR SERVICE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS HAVING AN ELECTRICAL SWITCH MALFUNCTION, WHICH AFFECTED THE TURN SIGNALS AND HEADLIGHTS. WHEN THE DRIVER SIDE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH WAS ACTIVATED, THE HIGH BEAM HEADLIGHTS AUTOMATICALLY ACTIVATED. WHEN THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF, THE HEADLIGHTS AUTOMATICALLY ACTIVATED, FORCING THE CONTACT TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY IN THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

I'VE HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AT 67K MILES, AND IT WENT OUT ON ME AGAIN AT 110K MILES. I REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AT NOT ONLY A GM CERTIFIED DEALERSHIP, BUT A PONTAIC DEALERSHIP (JOHN HINE PONTAIC) IN SAN DIEGO. THE TRANSMISSION WAS A GM CERTIFIED REFURBISH FROM CANADA. NO RECALLS FROM GM, AND NO REIMBURSEMENT POLICY. THIS IS AN ISSUE.

WHEN USING THE TURN SIGNAL, THE VEHICLE'S HIGH BEAMS MAY TURN ON WITHOUT INTENT. THIS COULD POTENTIALLY BLIND OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THIS HAPPENS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY, IN MOTION, AND TURNING. COLD WEATHER AMPLIFIES THE ISSUE. THE ISSUE IS DEMONSTRATED IN THIS YOUTUBE VIDEO: HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=36SCDPLZ3DK

WHILE DRIVING CAR SHUTS OFF "DIC" STATES " STARTING DISABLED DUE TO THROTTLE CONTROL. REDUCED ENGINE POWER". I TOOK IT TO MCCARTHY DEALERSHIP IN LEES SUMMIT MO THEY SUPPOSEDLY FIXED RECALL-KEY ONLY BUT THE RECALL#14350 STATES "DEALERS WILL INSTALL 2 KEY RINGS & AN I INSERT IN THE KEY SLOT OR A CONER OVER THE KEY HEAD ON ALL IGNITION KEYS" IT RAN OK FOR A WHILE THEN STARTED DOING IT AGAIN. TOOK IT BACK 12/8/2016 & WAS TOLD TO DO A DIAGNOSTIC CK IT WOULD COST 130. WAS TOLD THE RECALL WAS FOR THE KEYS ONLY NOT THE IGNITION. MY DAUGHTER DRIVES THIS CAR TOO IT STOP RUNNING IN THE MISTAKE OF AN INTERSECTION. PLEASE HELP *TR

MY LOW BEAMS WILL GO OUT WITHOUT ANY WARNING, NOT CONSISTENT. THIS HAPPENS ON HIGHWAY OR CITY. THEY WILL COME BACK AFTER A FEW MINUTES, OR SOMETIMES DAYS. I STILL HAVE HIGH BEAMS