1997 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX Complaints

ENGINE SHUTS OFF WITHOUT NOTICE AT ANY AND ALL SPEEDS. ABLE TO RESTART IMMEDIATELY. 3 TIMES AT DEALERSHIP CANNOT DUPLICATE EXPERIENCE PROBLE AT LEAST A DOZEN TIMES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND CHANGING LANES VEHICLE SPED UP AND WAS NOT RESPONSIVE TO BRAKE APPLICATION. DRIVER HAD TO PUT VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL IN ORDER TO STOP VEHICLE. WHEN VEHICLE WAS CUT OFF AND STARTED BACK UP, PROBLEM NO LONGER EXISTED. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 40MPH ON A SLIGHT CURVE STEERING WENT OUT ON VEHICLE. DRIVER LOST CONTROL AND HIT A GUARDRAIL. RACK AND PINION HAD TO BE REPLACED.*AK

THIS IS THE 3RD TIME I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY WHAT IS WRONG????*AK

ON SEPARATE OCCASIONS, THE HEADLIGHT LENS HAS CAME OFF OF HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY OF BOTH HEADLIGHTS. FALLS OFF UNEXPECTEDLY AND IS RUN OVER, DAMAGED, OR LOST. I BELIEVE THIS IS PROBABLY A RESULT OF THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY NOT BEING WATERTIGHT, AS THERE IS ALWAYS CONDENSED MOISTURE INSIDE THE HEADLIGHT UNIT. ONE OF MY COMPLAINTS, ASIDE FROM THE FACT THAT THE LENS COVER COMES OFF, IS THAT YOU CANNOT JUST GO TO A DEALER AND BUY A NEW LENS COVER. YOU HAVE TO BUY THE ENTIRE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY (OR AT LEAST THAT IS WHAT I WAS TOLD AT LONG PONTIAC IN CHATTANOOA, TN), WHICH IS COSTLY AT AROUND $65 A PIECE PLUS THE ADDITIONAL LABOR COST OF REMOVING DAMAGED UNIT AND REPLACING WITH NEW UNIT. I BELIEVE THIS IS A DEFECT BECAUSE BOTH HEADLIGHTS HAD THIS PROBLEM, ON SEPARATE OCCASIONS. *AK

HEADLIGHT COVER FELL (FLEW) OFF AS I WAS DRIVING. MY HEADLIGHT COVER PREVIOUSLY FELL OFF, LAST YEAR, AND WE "GLUED" ON AGAIN. OBVIOUSLY THIS DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WENT TO START ENGINE IN THE MORNING AND IT MADE A LARGE BANG (WHICH I THOUGHT WAS A BACKFIRE). I TRIED TO START AGAIN AND THE ENGINE BURST INTO FLAMES, WHICH ENDED UP TOTALLING CAR, AND CAUSED SMOKE DAMAGE THROUGHOUT MY HOUSE (THE GARAGE IS LOCATED UNDER THE HOUSE). *AK

SOMETIMES THE AIR CONDITION WOULD MAKE A CLICKING SOUND, AND THE SYSTEM WOULD NOT ACTIVATE, OTHER TIMES THE AIR CONDITION WOULD CLICK OFF AND NOT COME BACK ON, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO BATTERY CABLES CONNECTED TO A CABLE HEAD WHICH WAS NOT A GM PART, SINCE IT WAS A SEARS DIEHARD BATTERY THE WHOLE AC PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY SEARS, HOWEVER CONSUMER WAS THEN INFORMED BY SEARS THAT IT WAS NOT THEIR FAULT, BUT THEY DID REPLACE THE BOLTS AT NO CHARGE, CONSUMER BEGAN EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THE AIR CONDITION AGAIN, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY DEALER THAT THERE WAS A SHORTED RESISTOR WHICH WAS THEN REPLACED, CONSUMER HOWEVER RETURNED THE VEHICLE FOR THE SAME PROBLEM AND WAS INFORMED BY DEALER THAT THERE WAS A DEFECTIVE PART IN THE AC AND THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN DEFECT, CONSUMER WAS STILL RESPONSIBILE FOR THE CHARGES, CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT SINCE GM WAS AWARE OF THE DEFECT SHE SHOLD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR REPAIRS, AS OF JUNE 11,2001 AC HAS NOT BE REPAIRED.*JB

HEADLIGHT LENSES WILL FALL OFF WITHOUT ANY NOTICE. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER WHO FOUND BOTH HEADLIGHT COVERS WERE GONE. *SLC

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, AND COULDN'T BE MOVED. DEALER REPLACED STEERING WHEEL MODULE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK