1997 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX Complaints

BOTH HEADLIGHT LENSES COVER CAME OFF WITHIN MONTH APART. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PART WAS NOT RECALLED, AND OUT OF ITS WARRANTY. *AK THE DEALER CAN NOT KEEP HEAD LIGHTS IN STOCK DUE TO MANY FAILURES THAT OCCUR. THE CONSUMER CITES A WEBSITE WHERE NUMEROUS INCIDENTS OF HEAD LIGHT FAILURE WERE REPORTED. *YH

RIGHT HEADLIGHT LENS FELL OFF; ONLY WAY TO REPLACE IS TO BUY ENTIRE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY FOR $229.17 FROM DEALER; APPEARS TO BE A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. *AK

WHEN DRIVING GAS GAUGE FAILED TO REGISTER CORRECT FUEL. THIS EVEN HAPPENED AFTER FILLING FUEL TANK.*AK

I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR INCLUDING ELECTRICAL BLOW-OUTS EVERYWHERE INCLUDING BOTH HEADLIGHTS AND BOTH FOGLIGHTS, BATTERY EXPLOSION, HVAC KNOBS NOT WORKING, INTERIOR LIGHTS BLOWING OUT, BOTH HEADLIGHT COVERS FALLING OFF, WATER PUMP REPLACED, SIDE MIRROR PINS NONFUNCTIONAL, INTERIOR CARPET REPLACED DUE TO IMPROPER INSTALLATION, RADIO/CLOCK FACE BLOWING OUT, AND MOST RECENTLY A FAULTY ALTERNATOR THAT HAD TO BE REPLACED. I THOUGHT I MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN A LEMON, BUT AFTER READING ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS ON THIS MESSAGE BOARD, I'M BEGINNING TO THINK THAT THESE CARS ARE JUNK. WHEN MY HEADLAMP COVERS FELL OFF, I HAD TO PAY AN EXORBITANT FEE FOR THEM. IS THERE A RECALL AFTER SO MANY COMPLAINTS??

CONSUMER'S WIFE WAS TOLD THAT LIGHT ON AIR BAG SENSOR WAS OKAY. BUT WHEN CONSUMER TOOK AUTOMOBILE TO DEALER HE WAS TOLD THAT AIR BAG LIGHT NEEDED TO REPAIRED.*AK

3 PONTIAC DEALERS IN AREA EACH STATE THAT NO PARTS ARE AVAILABILE, BACK ORDERED. SAFETY ISSUE IN DRIVING AT NIGHT WHICH I NEED TO DO FOR MY JOB. NOTED THAT THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN REPORTED NUMEROUS TIMES IN THIS DATABASE. ACTION ?NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK

NOW THAT IS VERY COLD MY LEFT POWER WINDOWS GOES DOWN VERY SLOW, (HAD TO PUT IT DOWN AT BANK DRIVE THOUGH) THEN I COULDN'T GET IT BACK UP. I NEEDED A SECOND PERSON TO HELP PULL THE WINDOW UP AS I HELP THE BUTTON DOWN. THIS COULD BE A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION IT THE OCCURED WHEN PULLING OUT OF A TOLL PLAZZA DURRING A STORM. IF YOU LOOK AT THE WEB SITE WWW.GP-OWNERS.COM AND DO A SEARCH ON POWER WINDOWS YOU'LL WIND SEVERAL INSTANCES OF THIS OCCURING. THIS CAR SHOULD SHOULD BE RECALLED FOR THIS ISSUE. THIS IS ALSO A SECURITY ISSUE. I OFTEN VISIT AN AREA WHERE IS IS NOT SAFE TO LEAVE YOUR CAR PARKED WITH THE WINDOWS OPEN. PLEASE CONCIDER THE RECALL OF THE PONTIAC GRAND PRIX.*AK

THROTTLE BODY BLEWOUT WHILE STARTING VEHICLE; DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

SUBMITTED TO WWW.PONTIAC.COM: MY '97 3.0L GRAND PRIX (80,000+ MILES) HAS RAN DRY ON THE (AUTO) TRANSMISSION. THE DEALER IS TELLING ME THAT HE FOUND NO LEAKAGE AROUND THE TRANS. BUT THAT THIS MODEL HAS IN SOME WAY CONNECTED THE FUEL LINE TO THE TRANSMISSION AND THAT SOMETHING FAILED WITH THE FUEL SOLENOID (OR VACUUM SOMETHING-OR-ANOTHER) AND THAT SOMEHOW THIS HAS CREATED A VACUUM IN THE TRANSMISSION SUCKING THE TRANS FLUID OUT AND INTO THE FUEL INJECTORS FOR "BYPASS COMBUSTION". I'M SORRY IF I'M NOT TRANSLATING/RELATING THIS PROPERLY, I AM FAIRLY LITERATE ABOUT CARS AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES, BUT FEEL TOTALLY LOST TRYING TO EXPLAIN OR UNDERSTAND THIS. DOES THIS SOUND LOGICAL TO YOU? THE MECH. SAID THAT THIS WAS FAIRLY COMMON WITH THIS MODEL. MY CONCERN IS THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE A DESIGN FLAW, ESPECIALLY IF PONTIAC KNOWS/KNEW THIS PROBLEM EXISTS AND SHOULDN'T THERE HAVE BEEN A RECALL TO CORRECT THIS POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC AND COSTLY CONDITION OR AT LEAST COVERED UNDER WARRANTY WORK EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE IS BEYOND THE WARRANTY PERIOD?*AK

CRUISE CONTROL SHUTS OFF WHEN RAINING OR DAMP. REAR MAIN OIL SEAL WAS REPLACED ONCE AT 20290 MILES AND NOW WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED 2 YEARS AND 15000 MILES LATER. OUT OF WARRANTY .*AK