2004 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX Complaints

THE HEADLIGHTS ARE SHAKING/BOUNCING AROUND WHILE DRIVING. MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, AND IS PROVIDING A TEMPORARY SOLUTION BY TIGHTENING THE ADJUSTER SCREW. THIS CAUSES THE HEADLIGHT BEAM TO AIM LOW, WHICH REDUCES VISIBILITY.*AK

HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY: BOTH HEADLIGHTS ON THE FRONT ARE "BOUNCING / SHAKING" WHEN YOU DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THIS IS EASILY DUPLICATED WHEN YOU DRIVE THE VEHICLE IN THE EVENING WHEN IT'S DARK. *AK ONCOMING VEHICLES HAVE FLASHED THERE HIGH BEAMS BECAUSE OF THE RESULT OF THE LIGHTS SHAKING UP AND DOWN. THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY IS LOOSE AND THIS IS COMMON WITH OTHER 2004 PONTIAC GRAND PRIXS (ACCORDING TO A PONTIAC MESSAGE BOARD). I PHONED PONTIAC REGARDING THIS PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD THEY ARE "LOWERING THE HEADLIGHT BEAM CLOSER TO THE GROUND FROM THE FRONT OF VEHICLE". THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY IN NIGHT TIME DRIVING AND WILL NOT SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. THE HEADLIGHTS WILL CONTINUE TO BOUNCE & SHAKE, BUT WILL NOT BOUNCE HIGH IN THE AIR BLINDING OTHER DRIVERS.

HEADLIGHTS BOUNCE WHEN DRIVING OVER UNEVEN PAVEMENT. THIS IS DISTRACTING TO THE DRIVER AND ALSO TO ONCOMING VEHICLES. I DO NOT YET SEE A TSB ON THIS PROBLEM.*AK

INTERMEDIATE DRIVE SHAFT REPLACED AT 1,500 MILES. POWER STEERING PUMP WENT AT 2,000 MILES, HAD IT REPLACED. ALSO AT 2,000 MILES CV JOINT AND BOOT HAD TO BE REPLACE. HEADLIGHTS BOUNCE WHILE DRIVING OVER MINIMAL BUMPS, DOOR PANEL RATTLES. DASH ABOVE SPEEDOMETER RATTLES BUT DEALER CAN NOT DUPLICATE SO NO FIX YET. CAR IS GOING BACK TO THE DEALER TODAY FOR A RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM FRONT END. NEED I SAY MORE? LEMON!

VEHICLE WAS BROKEN INTO THROUGH A SMALL SLIT LOCATED BELOW THE DOOR HANDLE. IN THIS PROCESS THE ALARM WAS BYPASSED THEN THE DOOR HANDLE WAS THEN FORCED OPEN. *PH THE CONSUMER HAS SEEN SIMILAR VEHICLES WITH THE SAME SLIT UNDER THE DOOR HANDLE. *NM

THE DAY OF THE WEEK DOES NOT MATCH THE DATE. I HAVE TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO RESET THE DATE, AND IT STILL DISPLAYS THE WRONG DAY OF THE WEEK. CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THEY COULD RESET THE SYSTEM BUT IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH NO LONG TERM FIX YET. *JB

POSITION OF THE CRUISE CONTROL LEVER MAKES IT EASY TO ACCIDENTALLY DISENGAGE. WHEN USING THE DECEL FEATURE TO REDUCE SPEED BY 1 MPH, CAN UNKNOWINGLY MOVE THE LEVEL REARWARD SLIGHTLY, CAUSING CRUISE TO DISENGAGE.*AK

WHENEVER I START FROM A COMPLETE STOP, MY 2004 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT2 MAKES A POPPING NOISE UNDER THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE. ALSO UPON STARTING, A LOUDER POPPING NOISE IS HEARD FROM THE REAR OF THE CAR. ON A COUPLE OF OCCASSIONS, WHENEVER I START IN DRIVE (COLD ENGINE), THE ENGINE REVS AND SERGES FORWARD, (I HAD TO APPLY THE BRAKES VERY QUICKLY OR I WOULD HAVE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE.) ALSO, I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HEAR TAPPET? NOISE FROM THE ENGINE. I DRIVE LIKE A GRANDMA AND KEEP UP WITH THE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULES, SO I KNOW IT'S NOT FROM MY DRIVING.*AK

HEADLIGHTS ON MY 2004 GRAND PRIX VIBRATE (BOUNCE) WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS, VERY DISTRACTING. EXHAUST SYSTEM HAS LOUD AND ANNOYING PINGING SOUND, MOST NOTICABLE FOR A WHILE AFTER CAR HAS BEEN DRIVEN, THEN TURNED OFF.*AK

WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS OR SLOWING COMING TO A STOP, YOU CAN HEAR A THUD NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR FLOOR AREA. *AK