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1995 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 1995 record →

Air Bags › Frontal1 injured
Filed Jul 9, 1998VA

LEASED VEHICLE: CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AND BOTH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT CAUSE. CONSUMER WAS NOT INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH THERE WAS DEPLOYMENT OF BOTH AIR BAGS WHICH CAUSED INJURIES TO THE DRIVER. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK *TT

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Jun 30, 1998IL

ENGINE/PISTON IS SCUFFING. ENGINE CYLINDER WALL WEARS OUT FASTER, AND THE VEHICLE USES MORE OIL. THE DEALER'S SERVICE DEPARTMENT IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, AND IS TRYING TO CONTACT THE FIELD SERVICE TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. *AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Jun 19, 1998CA

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 25 MPH CONSUMER TRANSMISSION PAWL WAS IN THE DRIVE POSITION, BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE WHEN STEPPING ON THE ACCELERATOR. ALSO PAWL COULDN'T BE MOVED TO REVERSE. *AK

Service Brakes, Air › Antilock › Wheel Speed Sensor
Filed Jun 18, 1998WI

BRAKES VERY SPONGY. WAS ADVISED BY DEALER NOT TO DRIVE VEHICLE.

Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Jun 1, 1998LA

CRUISE CONTROL FAILS CONTINUALLY.

Exterior Lighting › Tail Lights
Filed May 15, 1998NY

TAIL LAMPS/AIR SPOILERS AND ACELERATOR CABLE FAILED.

Exterior Lighting › Turn Signal
Filed Mar 25, 1998IN

REPLACED TURN SIGNAL FLASHER.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Mar 10, 1998MN

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES LOCK UP RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT ON ONE OCCASION.

Structure › Body › Door › Hinge and Attachments
Filed Mar 4, 1998MI

DOOR HINGES DO NOT HOLD THE DOORS OPEN.

Structure › Body › Door
Filed Mar 4, 1998MI

METAL MECHANISM THAT ALLOWS DOOR TO REMAIN OPEN.

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › GasolineFire
Filed Feb 28, 1998AL

ENGINE FAILED CAUSING FIRE.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Power Assist › Vacuum › Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings
Filed Feb 20, 1998PA

WHEN THE VACUUM HOSES GET HEATED UP, THE HOSE GETS WEAK AND ALSO COLLAPSES. AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME, IT WILL POP OFF THE ENGINE, AND WILL CAUSE THE ENGINE NOT TO RUN. *AK

Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist › Hose, Piping, and Connections
Filed Feb 9, 1998AL

POWER STEERING HOSE LEAKS, CAUSING STEERING FLUID TO SPILL ON CATALYTIC CONVERTER, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE FIRE. *AK

Electrical System › Wiring › Interior/Under DashFire
Filed Jan 30, 1998AL

THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE UNDER DASH WHILE BEING DRIVEN. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

Seat Belts
Filed Jan 6, 1998NH

PROBLEM W/AIR BAG ON AND OFF SWITCH.

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Nov 24, 1997MI

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35MPH THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED. THE VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR RE[AIR. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Nov 10, 1997FL

AT LOW SPEEDS BRAKES WILL FAIL FOR NO REASON, ONE INCIDENT RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Oct 29, 1997NY

WHEN BRAKES ARE PRESSED THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO MOVE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

Vehicle Speed Control › Cables
Filed Oct 28, 1997IL

ACCELERATOR CABLE SNAPPED.

Vehicle Speed Control › Linkages
Filed Oct 25, 1997NJ

CASSETTE PLAYER FAILED TO WORK. ERROR 13 REPORTED ON DISPLAY. NO WAY TO RESET, AND WILL NO LONGER PLAY TAPES. ALSO, FUSE COVER FALLS OFF WHEN OPENING THE PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR. IN ADDDITION, TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF SECOND GEAR/ ABS BRAKE FAILURE AND CRUISE CONTROL CABLE FELL OFF ITS HOUSING, RESULTING IN CRUISE CONTROL FAILURE. *AK

Equipment › Electrical › Radio/Tape Deck/Cd Etc.
Filed Oct 17, 1997OH

SPEAKER COVER FAILED.

Vehicle Speed Control › Cables
Filed Oct 13, 1997TN

THROTTLE CABLE BREAKS WHILE PRESSING THE PEDAL.

Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed Oct 9, 1997TN

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

Vehicle Speed Control › Cables
Filed Sep 2, 1997OH

ACCELERATOR CABLE BROKE WHILE DRIVING ON A FREEWAY.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed Aug 7, 1997OH

BRAKE ROTORS: AT 17000 TOOK IN BECAUSE OF GRINDING NOISE. NO PROBLEM FOUND. 24000 MILES TOOK IN AND HAD TO REPLACE REAR ROTORS AND ALL FOUR BRAKE PADS. 43000 MILES HAD ALL FOUR ROTORS REPALCED AND ALL THE BRAKE PADS AND A REAR CALIPER. DEALER SAYS THIS IS NORMAL. *AK

Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed Jul 3, 1997MA

WHILE DRIVING AT 20 TO 25 WAS INVOLVED IN A DIRECT FRONTAL IMPACT. THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS. *AK

Electrical System › HornCrash
Filed Jun 16, 1997FL

DUE TO LOCATION OF THE AIR BAG IT TAKES SIGNIFICANT EFFORT TO ACTIVATE THE HORN. TWO ACCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED WHILE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN MOTION. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash
Filed Apr 25, 1997CO

THE VEHICLE'S ABS SYSTEM LIGHT CAME ON, DEALER SAID IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. ALSO WATER CAME UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. FOR THIS PROBLEM TO OCCUR VEHICLE HAD 2 ACCIDENTS DUE TO EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNINGS. *AK

Power Train › Axle Assembly › Banjo Housing
Filed Apr 17, 1997NY

TRANSMISSION REVERSE HOUSING CRACKED.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Apr 9, 1997NY

DISC BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS ON THE REAR FRONT HAD RUSTED, CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKING AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Emission Control › Catalytic ConvertorFire
Filed Apr 2, 1997TX

THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING IN THE PARK POSITION AND THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE CAR AROUND THE CONVERTER, THE VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS, CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNKNOWN. *AK

Vehicle Speed ControlCrash1 injured
Filed Mar 21, 1997OK

WHILE DRIVING THE THROTTLE STUCK, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

Electrical System › Wiring › Interior/Under DashFire
Filed Mar 21, 1997WI

WHILE DRIVING AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE WIRING, CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CATCH FIRE IN THE STEERING COLUMN AND UNDER THE DASH AREA. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Feb 11, 1997SD

BRAKE FAILURE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT, ALSO NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAGS IN ACCIDENT.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Jan 6, 1997TN

BRAKES FAILED CAUSING, ACCIDENT.

Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Control Module (tcm/Pcm/Tecm)Crash
Filed Jan 3, 1997PA

ON WET PAVEMENT THE REAR WENT OUT AND VEHICLE SLID INTO A TREE, VEHICLE HAS TRACTION CONTROL AND IT DID NOT ACTIVATE. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Power Assist › Vacuum
Filed Dec 30, 1996NY

ENGINE OIL FUMES ESCAPED FROM THE ENGINE INTO VACCUM HOSE WHICH WENT INTO BRAKE POWER ASSIST BOOSTER HOSE, AND CAUSED THE HOSE TO CLASP AND LOSS OF BRAKES. ALSO, THE PEDAL BECAME VERY HARD.

Air Bags › FrontalCrash1 injured
Filed Nov 14, 1996MI

NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIRBAGS IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION, DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Nov 5, 1996CO

ON TWO OCCASIONS UPON APPLYING BRAKES THERE WERE NO BRAKES, HAS ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKES. .*AK

Vehicle Speed Control › Cables
Filed Oct 7, 1996WI

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WHEN VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE AND THE ACCELERATOR CABLE BROKE, PURCHASED CAR NEW . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK

Equipment › Appliance › Air Conditioner
Filed Aug 23, 1996NC

WINDOWS FOG WHEN AIR CONDITIONER IS TURNED ON.

Power Train › Automatic Transmission1 killed
Filed Aug 13, 1996NC

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK

Air BagsCrash1 injured
Filed Aug 7, 1996AL

DRIVING VEHICLE OVER WOODEN BRIDGE, ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS, ABOUT 35 MPH, HIT PONTIAC HEAD ON, WAS WEARING SEAT BELT, BUT BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. *AK

Power Train › Driveline › Universal Joint
Filed Jul 23, 1996MO

THE U JOINT STEERING SPHERE BROKE IN HALF AND LEFT THE STEERING WHEEL INOPERATIVE. *AK CONSUMER STATES AIR BAG LIGHT COMING ON AND RADIO CONTROLS ARE NOT WORKING, ALSO 2 ND GEAR START NOT WORKING, WHICH CONTAIN A GEAR SHORT, ALSO HEAD LAMP BEZELS ARE WARPED AT BOTTOM, HEADLAMP WAS REPLACED .*JB

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Jul 16, 1996GA

ABS: BRAKES GET HOT, ROTORS WARPS, WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, VEHICLE SHAKES SO HARD ITS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL VEHICLE, NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT.

Suspension › Front
Filed Jun 18, 1996TN

FRONT END NOISE. *SD

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash1 injured
Filed Jun 17, 1996TN

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING TRYING TO AVOID HITTING THE ANIMAL ABS BRAKES DIDN'T WORK AND AIR BAG DEPLOYED HALF WAY, CONSUMER INJURED IN ACCIDENT, PLEASE DESCRIBE

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed Jun 9, 1996OH

ROTORS REPLACED. *SD

Electrical System › Horn
Filed Jun 6, 1996MD

HORN BUTTON EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO PUSH. *DH

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Drum
Filed May 22, 1996NJ

REAR BRAKES REPLACED DUE TO DEEP GROVES IN PACES/ROTORS. *SD

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