1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX Complaints

THIS IS THE SAME CAR AS ON THIS REPORT FILED EARLIER AND I AM THE SAME COMPLAINANT AND STILL HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANY RELIEF. HAD UPPER MANIFOLD PLENUM AND GASKET REPLACED, ALONG WITH NEW PLUGS AND WIRES. CAR RAN OK FOR APPROX. 6 MONTHS AND HAD PROBLEMS AGAIN. TOOK CAR TO A MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THAT THE SAME PROBLEM WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN, AS THE SO-CALLED BETTER PLASTIC PLENUMS AND GASKETS DISSOLVES AGAIN. CAR STARTED RUNNING ROUGH, REPLACED PLUG WIRES PER MECHANIC, WHICH WOULD TAKE ROUGHNESS AWAY. DROVE ABOUT 1 WEEK AND NO GOOD RESULTS. FINALLY TOOK CAR TO ANOTHER MECHANIC AND FOUND OUT THAT THE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS NOT THE PROBLEM AS PREVIOUS GM MECHANIC STATED, BUT THE LOWER MANIFOLD AND GASKETS WERE THE PROBLEM AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHECKED, THIS PROBLEM CAUSED THE ENGINE TO TAKE IN AIR AND WATER, THE PLUG WERE BURNED OFF AS IF EATEN AWAY BY ACID AND WATER WAS ESCAPING THROUGH THE ENGINE VALVES. I WAS SHOWN THE DAMAGED PLUGS AND THE DISINTEGRATED GASKET AND WARPED MANIFOLD COVER. NOW MY ENGINE IS GONE BECAUSE NOT ONLY ARE THE HEAD GASKET BLOWN, BUT THE ENGINE HAS A CRACKED BLOCK DUE TO THE HEAT. I WILL HOPEFULLY NEVER BUY ANOTHER GM AUTO. THAT IS WHY PEOPLE SUPPORT THE FOREIGN CAR MARKETS. THEY SEEM TO MAKE BETTER AUTOS, EVEN THE RECALLED ONES. I HAVE TO REPLACE AT MY OWN ENGINE, IF I DO, AT MY OWN COST, DUE TO THEIR FAULTY AND INFERIOR MATERIALS. THIS IS CLEARLY A RIP-OFF AND UNFAIR TO THE AMERICAN CONSUMERS. THIS CAR WAS BOUGHT NEW IN 12/1999 WITH 26 MILES ON IT AND HAS BEEN UPKEPT INSIDE AND OUTSIDE AND CURRENTLY HAVE ONLY 98,000 MILES ON THE DAMAGED ENGINE. NOW I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM, ONLY WORSE. I HAVE ALSO REPLACE THE MOTOR DRIVER FRONT WINDOW 2 TIMES AND ALSO OTHER COMPONENTS ON THE SAME WINDOW AND IT STILL DOES NOT WORK SO IT IS UP POSITION PERMANENTLY. IF IT GOES DOWN, THE DOOR HAVE TO BE TAKEN APART TO GET IT BACK UP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRX. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH AND APPROACHING A TRAFFIC STOP WHEN THE ENGINE EXHIBITED AN ABNORMAL INCREASE IN RPMS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS OR INSPECTION. ON A SEPARATE OCCASION, THE EXACT SAME FAILURE OCCURRED AND THE ENGINE STALLED BEFORE THEN INDEPENDENTLY RESTARTING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 131,752.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE HEARD AN ABNORMAL POPPING NOISE FROM INSIDE HER RESIDENCE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE FIRE ORIGINATED FROM THE ENGINE. A FIRE REPORT WAS AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED RECALL 09V116000, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING AND STATED SHE DID NOT RECEIVE A RECALL LETTER. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED USED IN 2008 AND THE CONTACT DID NOT CONFIRM IF THE RECALL APPLIED TO HER VIN OR IF THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAS SATISFIED THE RECALL REPAIR REQUIREMENTS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. ATTORNEY SENT LETTER ON BEHALF OF CONSUMER STATING CONSUMER IS SEEKING PROPERTY DAMAGE FOR LOSS OF VEHICLE WHICH CAUGHT FIRE PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT A RECALL WAS ISSUED IN MAY 2010. *TGW

1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX, WHILE DRIVING FRONT LEFT TIRE BLEW AND FORCED VEHICLE TO THE SHOULDER. *BF THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE FRONT TIRE, WHEEL HOUSING AND LEFT FRONT FENDER. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0246-89) *JB UPDATED 08/06/10 *BF

I WAS DRIVING MY 99 GRANDPRIX GTP THAT I BOUGHT ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO FROM A CAR DEALER. I WAS DRIVING AROUND AND BRAKING PRETTY HARD WITH LOTS OF STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. I THEN LATER WENT HOME AND PARKED THE CAR IN THE DRIVE WAY. WELL I MOVED IT OUT OF THE DRIVE WAY TO IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE. ABOUT 10 MINS LATER I HEARD CARS OUTSIDE IT WAS 3AM I RAN TO TELL MY FRIENDS PEOPLE WERE MESSING WITH THE CAR BUT THEN WHEN WE ALL RETURNED TO THE WINDOW MY CAR WAS ON FIRE. I KNOW THE PEOPLE THAT WERE BY MY CAR AND THERE ALL REALLY CLOSE FRIENDS NONE OF THEM EVER BEEN IN TROUBLE SO THE ONLY THING I CAN THINK OF IS THE RECALL BUT ME AND MY BUDDIES THAT WERE INSIDE ARE BEING THREATENED WITH ARSON CHARGES. IT BURNT UP MOST OF THE ENGINE BAY AND MELTED SOME PAINT OFF THE PASSENGER SIDE PANEL . *TR

MY 1999 GRAND PRIX GTP DRIVES FINE, THEN IT WILL CUT OFF SPORADICALLY. THE MOST RECENT, I WAS DRIVING 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, CUTS OFF, BATTERY LIGHT ON, AND OIL LIGHT ON, LOSES POWER STEERING AND BRAKING. GO TO THE SHOULDER. PUT THE CAR IN PARK, TURN THE IGNITION OFF. A MINUTE LATER STARTS BACK, DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY FOR 5 MINUTES, DOES THE SAME THING. IT WILL STALL AT STOP LIGHTS ALSO, OR WHEN I'M GOING 20 MPH, WHENEVER IT WANTS. ONE TIME IT WOULD NOT START BACK UP FOR 10 MINUTES. I HAVE IT AT THE DEALERSHIP, THEY HAVE FOUND NOTHING, I'VE HAD 2 OTHER MECHANICS LOOK AT IT, THEY FOUND NOTHING. I HAVE GOOGLED THE PROBLEM AND FOUND OTHER COMPLAINTS, BUT NO RECALLS. AND THIS HAS OCCURRED 10 TIMES OR SO IN THE PAST YEAR. AND HAS OCCURRED IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2007. IT IS FRUSTRATING WHEN THE MECHANICS TELL ME THERE IS NO ERROR CODE IN THE CARS COMPUTER. *TR

1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT. TURN ON BLOWER MOTOR TO POSITIONS 1-4 AND HEADLIGHTS GO OUT AND BLOWER MOTOR DOES NOT RUN. TURN TO POSITION 5 AND BLOWER MOTOR RUNS AND LIGHTS COME ON. I HAVE REPLACED THE BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR AND THE RESULTS HAVE NOT CHANGED. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DISCUSSION GROUPS AND THREADS ON THE INTERNET INDICATING THIS IS A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM WITH PONTIACS AND THE IGNITION SWITCH. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR FIVE MINUTES AND WHEN HE RETURNED, SMOKE WAS EMITTING FROM THE HOOD. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND FILED A REPORT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THE REPAIRS FOR RECALL 09V116000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) WERE PERFORMED TEN DAYS BEFORE THE FIRE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 170,520.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN SMOKING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACT PULLED INTO A LOCAL GAS STATION AND WHEN OPENING THE HOOD, FOUND THAT THE ENGINE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY THREE OFF-DUTY FIREFIGHTERS. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INJURED. A FIRE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. THE MANUFACTURE WAS CONTACTED AND THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING A RESPONSE FROM THE MANUFACTURE TO DETERMINE WHAT TO DO WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO CONFIRM IF THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED OR WAS ABLE TO BE REPAIRED. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 150,000.