1993 Pontiac Grand Prix complaints

PLEASE PROVIDE A FIX, TOO HARD TO KEEP REPLACING EVERY 2-3 MONTHS. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN THE SUMMARY. *AK

THE BRAKE SYSTEM HAS BEEN REPAIRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, HOWEVER CONTINUES TO HAVE VIBRATION PROBLEMS DUE TO POSSIBLE DESIGN FLAW. *ET

TRANSMISSION WILL NOT DOWN SHIF, CAUSING TREMENDOUS WEAR ON BRAKES TO STOP CAR TO AVOID CRASH. *AK

AFTER DRIVING FOR 30 MINUTES VEHICLE WAS PARKED, CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE AREA. THEN FIRE WAS NOTICED FALLING FROM THE BOTTOM, AND THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT BROKE OUT INTO FLAMES, BURNING THE VEHICLE UP. CAUSE OF FIRE UNKNOWN. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK THE VEHICLE HAS TO BE JUMP STARTED BECAUSE IT JUST DIES. WHEN JUMP STARTING THE VEHICLE, SMOKE COMES FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP. VEHICLE WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP ON NOVEMBER 22ND FOR THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

NO SUMMARY

THE BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAYRESULT IN A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. *AK

WHILE SERVICE TECHNICIAN WAS PULLING OUT FLOOR MATS AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT INDICATION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES IN A PANIC SITUATION THERE IS VERY LITTLE STOPPING ACTION. THIS HAPPENS ON A DRY ROAD SURFACE. ON MARCH 27, 1997 VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END CRASH BECAUSE OF BRAKING SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

SMOKE COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN, BURNT ELECTRICAL SMELL

ON-GOING / INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH SMOKE COMING FROM HORN ASSEMBLY; INSPECTED BY DEALER ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND INFORMED THAT HORN MUST BE DISASSEMBLEDTO LOCATE THE PROBLEM WHICH WOULD BE AT CONSUMER'S COST. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 20-30MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, AND SEAT BELT DID NOT DID RETRACT, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

THIS 3.4L DOHC IS KNOWN FOR FRYING ALTERNATORS. I'VE HEARD MANY CASES. *AK

BRAKES OVERHEAT CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE AND THE PEDAL TO GO TO THE FLOOR. NLM

CAR CUTS OUT AND CHUGS - THERE WAS A EMISSIONS MODULE RECALL DONE ON THIS VECHILE IN LATE OCT-EARLY NOV. OF 98 SINCE THEN WE HAVE HAD THIS CHUGGING - IT FEELS LIKE THE CAR IS NOT GETTING GAS OR THAT THECAR IS HAVING COMPUTER PROBLEMS 2 WEEKS AFTER RECALL WAS DONE ON THIS CAR ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY WENT OUT , THAT WASN'T ALL THE BRAKES QUIT WE HAD TO REPLACE 3 ALTERNATORS BEFORE FINALLY IT STARTED WORKING RIGHT AGAIN . THEN APROX. A MONTH LATER IT STARTED CUTTING OUT WHILE YOU TRIED TO EXCEL. ANY AND ALL HELP WILL BE APPRECIATED

PAINT PEELING INLARGE CHUNKS TRUNK LEEKS AT FENDER SEEM

UPON STARTING THE CAR IN THE MORNING, SMOKE EMINATED FROM THE STEERING COLUMN/WHEEL ASSEMBLY FILLING THE INTERIOR WITH SMOKE AND A STRONG BURNT ELECTRICAL ODOR. *AK

WHEN DRIVING 45-50 MPH THERE IS A VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED THE OUTER TIE ROD ENDS WERE FOUND TO BE WORN OUT. THE OUTER TIE ROD ENDS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. THE OLDER TIE RODS COULD NOT BE LUBRICATED, WHICH WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

MY PROBLEM IS THAT THE BRAKES ON MY CAR DO A SUBSTANDARD, UNSAFE AND UNPREDICTABLE JOB OF STOPPING THE VEHICLE. IN EMERGENCY MANEUVERS, THEY HAVE REPEATEDLY PROVEN THEMSELVES TO BE INADEQUATE, AND I FEEL LIKE I AM DRIVING WITH AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. SOMETIMES, I WILL STAND ON THE BRAKES (TO THE FLOOR), BUT THE CAR IS STOPPING AS IF I HAD BEEN MODERATELY BRAKING. OTHER TIMES, THE BRAKES PULL THE CAR TO ONE SIDE. OF ALL THE CARS THAT I HAVE EVER DRIVEN (INCLUDING MANY GM THAT MY FAMILY OWNED), THIS CAR HAS THE WORST BRAKES, AND BY A FAR MARGIN. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, I HAVE HAD MECHANICS INSPECT THE BRAKES (DEALERS AND LOCAL MECHANICS). I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THEM THAT THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO TO IMPROVE MY SITUATION; THAT IT IS JUST A "PROBLEM WITH THE GM W-BODIES." I HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THESE BRAKES TO MECHANICS FOR OVER 60,000 MILES, WITH NO HELP (I HAVE DOCUMENTED THIS -- THE CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY WHEN I STARTED). I HAVE HAD REAR CALIPERS REPLACED, BRAKE PADS REPLACED WITH ONES OF DIFFERENT COMPOUNDS, ROTORS TURNED, ALL TO NO AVAIL. I HAVE HAD FRIENDS DRIVE THE CAR AND TELL ME THEY THOUGHT THE BRAKES WERE BAD. I FEEL THAT I HAVE RUN OUT OF OPTIONS WITH THIS, SHORT OF SELLING THE CAR AND BUYING A NEW ONE (WHICH I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO DO FOR THIS).

4 FRONT AND REAR BRAKE FAILURES EVERY 20K-30K SINCE NEW

ON MAY 14, 1997 I HAD MY BRAKES RE-LINED, ROTORS TURNED,

THIS IS ADDENDUM TO ODI # 700647: ON MAY 14, 1997, I HAD MY BRAKES RELINED AND PAID FOR THE FOLLOWING: REAR PADS, FRONT PADS, BOOT KIT, RETAINERS, CUT ROTORS, SLIDE PINS AND ANTI-RATTLE CLIPS. ON MY WAY HOME, THE RIGHT REAR BRAKE OVERHEATED AND BEGAN SMOKING. I CALLED THE DEALER AND SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT. AFTER HE WORKED ON THE CAR, I STILL HAD PROBLEMS. I RETURNED AND HE CHARGED ME FOR A NEW CALIPER AND SAID THE PROBLEM WAS SOLVED. TOTAL COST OF THE REPAIRS INCLUDING TRIAL AND ERROR WAS $369.34. THE PROBLEM CONTINUES AND THE DEALER INSTALLED A NEW BRAKE HOSE AT NO CHARGE. WHEN THE SAME RIGHT REAR LINING WORE OUT PREMATURELY AND BROKE IN HALF, THE DEALER RELINED THE REAR BRAKES AT NO CHARGE, BUT THE BRAKE STILL OVERHEATS ON DAMP DAYS. I CONTACTED PONTIAC AND ASKED THEM TO ASSUME SOME RESPONSIBILITY, BUT THEY REFUSED. THE DEALER ALSO REFUSES TO ASSUME ANY RESPONSIBILITY, BUT ADMITS THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH MANY GM AUTOMOBILES--THAT IT'S NOT A GOOD BRAKE SYSTEM.

THE VEHICLE FILLED UP WITH SMOKE THAT CAME FROM THE STEERING COLUMN AREA WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP WHERE DEALER STATED THAT THE DIRECTIONAL ASSEMBLY SHORTED OUT AND MELTED THE WIRES, RESULTING IN A FIRE. THOSE PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. *AK

TURN SIGNAL SWITCH SHORTED OUT.

OCASIONAL SMOKE EMITTING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. TOOK TO A DEALER TO REPAIR. THEY REPLACED THE HAZARD LIGHT SWITCH. PROBLEM RETURNED ABOUT 3 MONTHS LATER. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A FIRE STARING IN THE STEERING WHEEL.

BRAKE VACUUM SUPPLY HOSE COLLAPSED , REPLACEMENT FAILED ALSO.

FRONT SEAT BACK IS BROKEN, IT WILL NOT SIT UP-RIGHT.

BRAKE FAILURE, DESPITE PRESSING PEDAL TO THE FLOOR.

ABS IS INCONSISTENT AND BRAKING POWER IF POOR.

THE VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT COLLAPSED; AND THE BACK OF THE SEAT WENT IN THE BACK SEAT OF THE CAR, CAUSING INJURIES TO THE DRIVER. *AK

FRONT CRADLE BOLT CAME OFF WHILE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING, CAUSING POWER STEERING TO BECOME INOPERATIVE, RESULTING IN CONSUMER RUNNING INTO A DITCH. *AK

ABS BRAKES FAILED TO WORK DURING WET CONDITIONS, AND BRAKE PEDAL WA FLUSH WITH FLOORBOARD UPON STOP. AFTER PUMPING THE PEDAL, BRAKES RETURNED. *AK

STARTER FAILED.

THE REAR BRAKES CORRODE PREMATURELY. THE BRAKES HAVE TO BE REPLACED EVERY SIX TO NINE MONTHS. ALL THE BRAKING IS DONE WITH THE FRONT BRAKES. INSISTS THAT IT IS A DESIGN FLAW. *AK

ABS BRAKES FAILED, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE.

WHEN DRIVING OVER WATER OR WHEN WATER SPLASHES UNDER THE VEHICLE, POWER STEERING IS LOST MOMENTARILY, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT DUE TO A FAULTY BRAKE BOOSTER, OWNER ALSO NOTES THAT BRAKE BOOSTER HAS BEEN REPLACED, BUT PROBLEM RETURNS.VEHICLE HAS ABS BRAKES. *AK CONSUMER STATES BRAKE BOOSTER HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED, JUST THE HOSE PROBLEM.*JB

UPON STARTING VEHICLE A STEADY STREAM OF SMOKE POURED OUT OF THE STEERING COLUMN CAUSED BY A SHORT IN IGNITION WIRING. *AK

A STEADY STREAM OF SMOKE POURED FROM STEERING COLUMN WHEN VEHICLE WAS STARTED. BURNING SMELL WAS NOTICED PRIOR TO INCIDENT.

WHEN USING HAZARD LIGHTS, UPON TURNING OFF, NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN ABOVE HAZARD SWITCH, NOT FIXED.. *AK

ONLY WHEN IT IS SNOWING THE ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKE LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF, THERE ARE NO ANTI-LOCK BRAKES. *AK CONSUMER STATES BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED 4 TIMES AFTER THE LAST TIME ABS LIGHT COMES ON WHEN IT IS COLD, WET OR SNOWING, DEALER FINALLY DIAGNOSED PROBLEM AND REPLACED THE LEFT FRONT SENSOR AND HARNESS.*JB

STARTER MOTOR REPLACED.

WHEN TRAVELING ENGINE HAD ROD FAILURE WHICH RESULTED IN SHUT DOWN DUE TO CALIFORNIA EMISSIONS SMOG FACTORS MFG, HAS NO NEW ENGINE TO REPLACE FAILED ONE, ENGINE MUST BE REBUILT TO FURTHER USE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.*AK

UPON STARTING, NOTICED SMOKE COMING OUT FROM STEERING COLUMN, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE IGNITION SWITCH AREA. *AK

CORRODED REAR DISC BRAKES CAUSING LOSS OF POWER ASSIST, EA94-041.*AK

SLEEVE/SLIDER CORRODES AND CAUSES A BINDING IN THE CALIPERS WHICH IN EFFECT PREVENTS THE REAR BRAKE PADS FROM COMING INTO CONTACT WITH THE ROTORS. ( FIRST VEHICLE ON 504620)

ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM/REAR BRAKES FAIL, SHIFTS BRAKING OPERATION TO FRON BRAKES, CAUSED LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL, ESPECIALLY ON WET SURFACE, NEARLY CAUSED ACCIDENT.*AK

ELECTRICAL SHORT, CAUSING THE HEADLIGHTS TO GO OFF. *AK

SMOKE APPEARS FROM THE STEERING COLUMN WHEN STARTING THE CAR.PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

REAR SLIDERS CORRODED, CAUSING CALIPERS TO BIND.(1ST VEHICLE ON 601561) *SD