A/C CONDENSOR DOWNSIZED BY MANUFACTURER, CAUSING EXCESS MOISTURE IN DUCTS WHICH CAUSED A MOLD ODOR TO COME FROM VENTS.
1992 Pontiac Grand Prix complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1992 record →
REPLACED BURNT SIGNAL LIGHT SWITCH. ALSO INSTRUMENT CLUSTER MALFUNCTIONED.
REAR BRAKE PADS AND CALIPERS FAILURE.
ALTERNATOR FAILED FIVE TIMES IN FIVE YEARS.
CALIPERS FAIL RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO OTHER BRAKE COMPONENTS AND TIRE WEAR.
WHILE DRIVING SMOKE CAME FROM THE STEERING COLUMN BECAUSE OF A DEFECT TURN SIGNAL SWITCH, WHICH WAS REPLACED BY PEP BOYS. WHEN CONTACTING THE DEALER, DEALER RECOGNIZED PROBLEM RIGHT AWAY. *AK *SLC
ABS SYSTEM FAILED CAUSING FRONT BRAKES TO FAIL .
PREMATURE WEAR OF FRONT BRAKE ROTORS/PADS. *AK
ABS BRAKE FAILURE; ALSO, ABS LIGHT CAME ON/OFF. *AK
COMPRESSION OF ABS BRAKING SYSTEM WHILE DRIVING. RESPONDED TO RESUME POSITION ONCE, RESULTING IN BRAKE LOCKUP. *AK
BRAKES FAILED.
CONSUMER STATES THAT HE HAS HAD FOUR SET OF BRAKES PUT ON THE VEHICLE IN 40K MILES. MANF WON'T REPLACE BRAKES FREE OF COST
THE SPEED SENSOR IN THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED.
CONSUMER STATED THAT UPON TURNING THE INGITION NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER WHO INDICATED THAT IT WAS DUE TO THE TURN SIGNAL WHICH SHORTED OUT, CAUSING A FIRE IN THE STEERING COLUMN. TURN SIGNAL WAS REPLACED. *AK
WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES ON DRY PAVEMENT THE ABS SYSTEM WILL NOT ENGAGE IN EMERGENCY STOPPING, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER STATES THAT THIS IS A NORMAL CONDITION. *AK
ANTI-LOCK BRAKES: AFTER STARTING VEHICLE AND PUTTING IT INTO DRIVE, WITHIN A FEW MOMENTS, FEELS LIKE ENGINE IS FIGHTIING BRAKES. AFTER THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE WARNING LIGHT COMES ON THE LEFT REAR TIRE LOCKS UP. TURN VEHICLE OFF FOR 5 MINUTES, BRAKES RESET THEMSELVES. *AK
ANTI-LOCK BRAKES: LEFT REAR BRAKES STICK AND HANG UP, BRAKES HAVE AN ODOR LIKE SOMETHING IS BURNING AND SMOKE IS COMING FROM THE LEFT REAR WHEEL.THE DEALER CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. *AK
ABS BRAKES ACTIVATE ON OWN, CAUSING LEFT REAL WHEEL TO LOCK UP. *AK
ONE OF ENGINE HEAD BOLTS BROKE, CAUSED WATER TO LEAK INTO THE ENGINE. *AK
ABS BRAKES FAILED IN THE ON POSITION, CAUSING LEFT REAR WHEELS TO LOCK UP. *AK
THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT LOCKS UP AND DRIVER CANNOT GET THE BELT TO OPEN WHEN TRYING TO USE THE BELT. *AK
TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHEN PUT IN REVERSE.
ANTI LOCK BRAKES EXPERIENCE BRAKE FADING CONTINUALLY.
TRANSMISSION FAILS TO SHIFT INTO GEAR DURING COLD WEATHER; NO PROBLEM DURING WARM WEATHER. *AK
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING A VEHICLE TURNED IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, BRAKES HARD, COULD NOT STOP WHILE TRAVELING 40MPH, RESULT IN HITTING THE OTHER CAR AND SEAT BELTS DID NOT CATCH AND STEERING WHEEL BROKED AFTER PUSHING ON IT.
ENGINE LOCKED UP DUE TO VALVE SEATING BEING OFF.
TURNED CAR ON VALVE SEAT RING BLEW APART, TORE UP PISTON AND CYLINDER, CAUSING ENGINE TO FAIL. *AK
BRAKE PROBLEMS.
WHEN USING THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL THERE IS SMOKE COMING FROM THE STEERLING COLUMN.*AK
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AND MAKING TURNS OR BRAKING, THE VEHCILE JUST DIES. IT JUST STOPS. *AK
WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START VEHICLE, SMOKE WAS COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN.*AK
THE REAR BRAKE WASN'T WORKING AND ALMOST CAUGHT ON FIRE, PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
REPLACED REAR BRAKE CALIPER, ALSO REPLACED RIGHT REAR BRAKE PAD/HOSE AND EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLES. *AK
WHILE DRIVING,SMOKE COME FROM UNDER DASH, ALL WIRING BURNED/MELTED, NO FLAMES, CAUSED BY ACCELERATOR RIGID ROD PIVOT BOLT INTERFERENCE. *AK
TURNED ON IGNITION SMOKE CAME OUT OF STEERING COLUMN BEHIND THE WHEEL. SMELLED ELECTIRCAL. *AK
VEHICLE CONTINUALLY STALLS WHILE DRIVING.
HEAD GASKET FAILED. *AK
HEAD GASKET FAILURE. *AK
REAR AND FRONT DISC BRAKES ARE CORRODED, PURCHASED CAR NEW. PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE REAR BRAKES LOCKED UP, FRONT BRAKES SLOWED CAR DOWN. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
INSTRUMENT CLUSTER MODULE FAILURE. *DSH
POWER STEERING SYSTEM HAS FAILED, TOTAL LOSS OF POWER STEERING. TT
THE TRUNK ON THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. TT
THE EMERGENCY BRAKES LOCK-UP THE REAR SYSTEM WHICH CAUSES SMOKE WHILE DRIVING. TT
BRAKES OCCASIONALLY HAVE TO BE PUMPED IN ORDER TO WORK. *DSH
WHEEL AND TIRE SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. TT
THE IGNITION SWITCH CAUSED THE CAR TO CATCH FIRE. TT *SLC
CONSUMER PUT INTO REVERSE AND IT ACCELERATED. TT
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE, GEARS SLIPS AND SUDDEN ACCELERATION OF THE VEHICLE. TT
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