1997 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX Complaints

AFTER REPLACING BOTH HEAD LIGHT LENSES SIX MONTH AG RIGHT SIDE WAS MISSING. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER.*AK

WHILE DRIVING IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECAME INOPERABLE, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

AIR BAG LIGHT STAYED ON. DEALER IN MORENO VALLEY CA SAID THE INFLATOR FAILED. REPLACED AND CHARGED ME $1065.00. 1 WEEK LATER, LIGHT ON AGAIN. DEALER SAID AIR BAG DEFECTIVE. REPLACED AGAIN, NO COST. SHOULD THEY HAVE CHARGED ME THE FIRST TIME?*AK

MY 1997 GRAND PRIX WITH A 3.1 L ENGINE WAS CONSUMING COOLANT FOR A FEW MONTHS. ON DECEMBER 6 2001 I NOTICED COOLANT IN THE OIL.I BROUGHT MY VEHICLE TO MY MECHANIC AND HE THOUGHT THE HEAD GASKET HAD BLOWN.HE TOLD ME TO GO TO PONTIAC TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE FOR THE HEAD GASKETS.WHEN I WENT TO MY LOCAL PONTIAC DEALER I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE HEAD GASKETS.I WAS FURTHER INFORMED BY A REPRESENTIVE AT PONTIAC THAT IT WAS PROBABLY NOT THE HEAD GASKET LEAKING BUT RATHER THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET WHIUCH THEY SEE ABOUT 10 TIMES A WEEK IN THESE ENGINES.A OBVIOUS DEFECT WHICH GM IS DOING NOTHING ABOUT.MY MECHANIC CHECKED THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET AND INDEED IT WAS LEAKING INTERNALLY INTO THE ENGINE.THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOR JUST OVER 600.00 DOLLARS. PONTIAC HAS DONE NOTHING TO TRY AND RECTIFY THIS SITUATION AS THE NEW GASKETS PURCHASED FROM PONIAC WERE THE SAME AS THE ORGINIALS.PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS AS IT APPEARS GM IS DOING NOTHING ABOUT A MAJOR DEFECT.THANK YOU.*AK

IN OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR I WAS AT A MCDONALDS DRIVE THROUGH, AND DRIVER'S SIDE LENS COVER FELL OFF HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY. I PICKED IT UP, AND WHEN I GOT HOME I USED EPOXY CEMENT TO PUT IT BACK ON THE HEADLIGHT. TWO NIGHTS AGO WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK IN THE RAIN THE RIGHT COVER CAME OFF AND THE LAMP BLEW OUT AT SIXTY FIVE MILES PER HOUR. IF BOTH COVERS HAD CAME OFF AT THE SAME TIME SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN LEFT WITH ONLY FOG LIGHTS. WHEN I CONTACTED THE COMPANY, THEY SAID WELL IF THE GLUE GOT MOISTURE ON IT IT COULD FAIL, AND I REPLIED THAT WE DIDN'T DRIVE THE CAR IN A GARAGE, AND IT WAS RAINING THAT NIGHT. THANK YOU ROBERT STEARSMAN. *AK

DIFFICULTY STARTING AND RESTARTING VEHICLE IN COLD WEATHER. VEHICLE WILL SOMETIMES CUT OFF 5-10 MINUTES AFTER IT WAS STARTED. VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT DEALER'S SHOP SEVERAL TIMES FOR REPAIRS. CONSUMER HAS BEEN TOLD THAT OIL PUMP COVER MAY CAUSE HIGH OIL PRESSURE AND ENGINE TO MISFIRE.*AK

PE 01 038/STEERING RACK AND PINION: WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH OR LESS, STEERING HAD LOCKED UP. VEHICLE TAKEN TO INDEPENDENT SHOP, AND LEARNED OF A RACK AND PINION FAILURE. *AK *JB

WHILE TRAVELING AT ABOUT 35-40 MPH, CONSUMER RAN INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONTACTED DEALER AND THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. *AK CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS AN INJURY IN THE ACCIDENT. TWO WEEKS AFTER PURCHASE, WATER PUMP FAILED. ALTERNATOR FAILED. WINDOWS QUIT GOING UP AND DOWN. *SLC

BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES HAVE FALLEN OFF THREE TIMES. GLUEING THEM BACK ON ONLY FIXES THE PROBLEM TEMPORARILY. EVENTUALLY MOISTURE GETS INSIDE AND THE LIGHT WILL FAIL OR THE REFLECTIVE SURFACE WILL TARNISH AND WILL RESTRICT VISIBILLITY AT NIGHT.

COVER FOR HEAD LIGHT ASSEMBLY HAS FALLEN OFF THREE TIMES. FRONT-RIGHT COVER HAD FALLEN OFF TWO TIMES, AND FRONT-LEFT COVER HAD FALLEN OFF ONCE. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE AND MADE REPAIRS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK