1999 Pontiac Grand Prix complaints

THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS REPLACED A YEAR AGO AND MAY HAVE CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE. *AK THE ROD BEARINGS FAILED. THE HEAT GAUGE WAS NOTICED WARMER THAN USUAL AND EVENTUALLY OVERHEATED AND SHUT OFF. GM DEALERS AGREED THE CAUSE WAS DUE TO THE FAILED PLENTUM. *SCC *JB

RPMS JUMP 100 - 200 RPMS IN THE MATTER OF A SECOND OR TWO WHILE CAR IS ACCELERATING AND THE CAR "SURGES" OR "BUCKS" WHILE RPMS JUMP UP AND DOWN. TCC SOLENOID IN TRANSMISSION THOUGHT TO BE PROBLEM.*AK

1999 GRAND PRIX WAS LEAKING ANTIFREEZE INTO THE MOTOR. A KNOWN FAULTY DESIGN. THE 2000 AND 2001 MODELS ALL HAVE RECALLS FOR THE SAME DESIGN/PROBLEM. CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND THIS MODEL WAS NOT COVERED BY THE RECALL. *LA

INTERMITTENT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. SEEMS TO OCCUR MORE WHEN THE CAR IS HOT. TRANSMISSION "SLAMS" WHEN UPSHIFTING INTO ANY GEAR. *LA

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS OVER THE LAST 6 WEEKS THE CAR HAS STOPPED/TURNED OFF/STALLED. SOMETIMES IT RESTARTS EASILY AND SOMETIMES IT WON'T RESTART. CAR HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES AND THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE/DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. HAPPENED 3 TIMES ONE NIGHT WHEN IT WAS RAINING. *LA

FACTORY CD RADIO DISPLAY WORKS INPROPERLY. AT TIMES WHEN RADIO IS ON THE DISPLAY WILL NOT WORK AT ALL. AT OTHER TIMES WHAT IS DISPLAYED ON THE RADIO HEADS DISPLAY IS FROZEN OR UNREADABLE. RADIO HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES NOW BY THE DEALERSHIP AND IT CONTINUES TO DO THE SAME THING.

COOLING SYSTEM.. INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAK. IT WAS GOING ON FOR OVER A YEAR AND A HALF AND PEPBOYS DID NOTHING BUT CHANGE THE THERMOSTAT AND THEN IT WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN. THEN ONE DAY THEY DECIDED THAT THE GASKET WAS LEAKING AND WANTED TO CHARGE ME $600.00 TO FIX. *JB

MY FIANCE AND I BOTH HAVE THE SAME 1999 GRAND PRIX AND WE HAVE BOTH HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AT DIFFERENT TIMES WITH THE AIR CONDITIONING LEAKING ALL OVER THE PASSENGER FLOOR. THE ENTIRE FLOOR IS SOAKED. THE BELT SQUEALS EXTREMELY LOUD IN BOTH CARS STILL WHEN THE FAN IS ON WHETHER IT IS THE HEAT, AIR CONDITIONING OR JUST THE FAN ON. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON IN HIS CAR FOR 6 MONTHS NOW AND JUST STARTED IN MY CAR ABOUT A MONTH AGO. I JUST FIND IT IRONIC THAT THEY BOTH CAME FROM DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS AT DIFFERENT TIMES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I ALREADY CHECKED INTO A RECALL AND HAVE NOT FOUND ONE. PLEASE CONTACT ME WITH ANY INFORMATION YOU MAY HAVE ON THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU. MY FIANCE'S VIN # IS [XXX] FOR REFERENCE PURPOSES.*AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

ENGINE/COOLING SYSTEM ANTI-FREEZE DEX-COOL LEAKS INTO THE ENGINE AND I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE HEADS ON THE ENGINE TWICE COSTING ME OVER 2,000 AND CONSUMER REPORTS ON CHANNEL 3 REPORTED THAT OVER TIME THE ANTI-FREEZE THAT ONLY NEWER GM MODELS USE IS BAD FOR THE ENGINE EVENTUALLY WEARING DOWN THE PARTS IN THE ENGINE.I WOULD LIKE FULL REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE COST OF REPAIRS AND IF POSSIBLE TO CHANGE THE CAR OVER TO THE REGULAR GREEN ANTI-FREEZE CAR MAKERS HAVE BEEN USING FOR YEARS.*AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT A RECALL LETTER CAME FOR A 2000 GRAND PRIX THAT WAS LEAKING ANTI FREEZE IN TO THE MOTOR. CONSUMER OWNED A 1999 GRAND PRIX THAT WAS DOING THE EXACT SAME THING, BUT MANUFACTURER INDICATED THAT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED BY THE RECALL.*AK

MY CAR HAS BEEN IN 2 ACCIDENTS WHERE THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I HIT A MAN FROM BEHIND IN THE FIRST ONE, AND DID OVER $5,000.00 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO MY CAR, AND NO AIR BAG. THE LAST ONE MY SON WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND HYDROPLANED, HIT THE GUARDRAIL DOING ATLEAST 40 MILES A HOUR BOUNCED OFF THE GUARDRAIL HIT A SUV AND STILL NO AIR BAG. BOTH SIDES OF THE FRONT OF THE CAR WERE DAMAGED SEVERELY.*AK

THE INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED WHILE DRIVING. *AK *TS *JB

DRIVER'S SIDE WINDSHIELD WIPER QUITS MOVING AND THE PASSENGER SIDE WIPER KEEPS GOING, THUS, RUNNING INTO AND BENDING THE DRIVER'S SIDE WIPER. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES DESPITE TAKING IT TO A DEALER FOR REPAIR. TIGHTENING THE NUT THAT HOLDS THE WIPER ARM ON APPEARS TO BE AN EFFECTIVE TEMPORARY FIX. *AK

UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD STARTS TO ROT OUT IN COOLENT PASSAGE. THIS WILL BE A REAL PROBLEM FOR GM ALL OF THE ONES THAT I FOUND IN JUNK YARD HAD OR WERE ABOUT TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM. *AK

STEERING: RACK AND PINION, CURRENTLY OWN A 1999 GRAND PRIX, AND HAD TO HAVE THE STEERING RACK ASSEMBLY REPLACED, THE PROBLEM THAT OCCURED IS THE SAME PROBLEM THAT WAS RECALLED IN THE 1997, AND 1998 MODEL GRAND PRIXS NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 02V286000.*AK SUMMARY: CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES AND MINI VANS HAVE LOWER PINION BEARINGS IN THE POWER RACK AND PINION ASSEMBLY IN WHICH THE RETAINER TABS WERE NOT CRIMPED PROPERLY. THESE AND SOME OTHER RETAINERS USED IN VEHICLES ASSEMBLED BETWEEN JANUARY 1, 1996 AND OCTOBER 31, 1997, COULD FAIL AND PERMIT THE BALL BEARINGS TO ESCAPE. CONSEQUENCE: IF THIS OCCURS, THE PINION SHAFT CAN BE FORCED UPWARD DURING LEFT TURNS AND BACK DOWN AS THE STEERING WHEEL IS MOVED BACK AND TO THE RIGHT. IF THE PINION SHAFT MOVES FURTHER, THE DRIVER WILL NEED TO EXERT MORE EFFORT TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL, SIMILAR TO A VEHICLE WITHOUT POWER ASSISTED STEERING. IF THE PINION SHAFT MOVES EVEN FURTHER, THE DRIVER WILL REQUIRE MUCH HIGHER EFFORT TO TURN LEFT AND MAY NOT BE ABLE TO TURN THE WHEEL AS MUCH AS INTENDED. WITH THE MAXIMUM PINION SHAFT MOVEMENT, WHICH REQUIRES INTERNAL GEAR COMPONENT DAMAGE, THE DRIVER CAN ENCOUNTER HIGH RESISTANCE TO TURNING LEFT, FOLLOWED BY UNINTENDED POWER ASSIST TO THE RIGHT. IN ANY OF THESE CONDITIONS, A CRASH COULD OCCUR.

DRIVER AND REAR PASSENGER WINDOWS REGULATOR BROKE, MANUFACTURER INSTALLED A PLASTIC ROLLER WITH METAL CABLE. *AK

RIGHT FRONT POWER WINDOW FAILURE. *AK

LEFT FRONT POWER WINDOW INOPERATIVE (FAILURE), LEFT REAR POWER WINDOW INOPERATIVE (FAILURE). *AK

RIGHT REAR POWER WINOW IS INOPERATIVE (FAILURE). *AK

ENGINE HESTITATES UPON ACCELERATION. *AK

WATER LEAKING INTO CAR, FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. *AK

RIGHT REAR POWER WINDOW IS INOPERATIVE (FAILURE). REPLACED WINDOW REGULATOR FOR THE 2ND TIME. *AK

VEHICLE IDLES ROUGH, COOLANT IS LEAKING FROM TOP OF MOTOR, REPLACE INTAKE PLENUM AND GASKET, REPLACE SPARK PLUGS, FUEL INJECTION SERVICE. *AK

FRONT DRIVER SIDE POWER WINDOW INOPERATIVE ( FAILURE) MOTOR/REGULATOR REPLACED FOR THE 2ND TIME. *AK

FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, THE STEERING IN MY 99 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX HAS BEEN FAILLING WHILE TURNING LEFT AT LOW SPEEDS. SUPRISE, SUPRISE!! TODAY, 7/13/03 I HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE WHILE PULLING INTO A CAR WASH WHEN I LOST LEFT TURN POWER STEERING AND COULD NOT AVOID HIS CAR. I WAS TURNING OFF OF A BUSY STREET AND WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED AS WELL. I AM VERY ANGRY, AS THIS IS THE 5TH TIME I WAS ALMOST KILLED IN MY 1999 GRAND PRIX. THE FIRST 4 TIMES WERE ON THE HIGHWAY, WHEN MY CAR LOST TOTAL ENGINE POWER WITH NO WARNING. AFTER 6 WEEKS OF HAVING IT IN AND OUT OF A CERTIFIED GM REPAIR SHOP, AND HAVING A COMPLETE FUEL SYSTEM OVERHAUL, THE GM MECHANIC TORE DOWN EVERYTHING UNDER THE HOOD TO FIND THAT THE FUEL SYSTEM SENSOR HAD NEVER BEEN ATTATCHED. PLEASE ADVISE ON ANY LEGAL ACTION AGAINST GM THAT MAY ME OF BENEFIT TO ME, AS WELL AS HOW TO DEMAND A RECALL ON THE 99 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ,THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN AND ALMOST CAUSED AND ACCIDENT. *NLM *CB *JB

RACK AND PINION STEERING ON 1999 GRAND PRIX SHOWING EVIDENCE OF FAILURE / BINDING CONSISTANT WITH THAT OF 1997-1998 GRAND PRIX.*AK

BOUGHT THIS CAR USED AT A DEALERSHIP. AFTER IT WAS DISCOVERED LEAKING OIL, I TOOK TO A GOOD AUTO SHOP AND FOUND OUT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD IS LEAKING OIL. THE REPAIR WILL COST $1000.00. AUTO SHOP SAID THAT THERE ARE MANY CARS WITH THIS SIZE ENGINE (3800) THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. IT WAS SUGGESTED I GO TO THE DEALERSHIP WITH THE PROBLEM, THEN ONTO PUSHING FOR A RECALL. I EXPECT I WILL BE STUCK WITH A BIG BILL, BUT DO PLAN TO NOTIFY GM WITH THIS PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT COMES ON WHILE DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

A/C DRAINS WATER INSIDE OF CAR ON PASSENGER FLOOR. HAD CAR SERVICED 9/20/02 AND WAS TOLD IT THE A/C DRAIN WAS PLUGGED. PROBLEM IS HAPPENING AGAIN 9 MONTHS LATER. *NLM

GRAND PRIX ENGINE GOT HOT, RECOVERED, GOT HOT, THEN LOST ENGINE POWER ON THE FREEWAY (I ALSO EXPERIENCED HEAT EXHAUSTION DUE TO BEING BROKE DOWN IN 110-DEGREE F HEAT.) OILY SHEEN AND ORANGE CRUD NOTICED IN RADIATOR, DISCOVERED CREAMY COLORED MOTOR OIL. INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILURE HAS CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO ENGINE. THIS VEHICLE HAD NO PREVIOUS HISTORY OF ENGINE PROBLEMS AND WAS A DREAM TO DRIVE. $4100 FOR LABOR AND ENGINE REPLACEMENT; GM SERVICE WRITER AND MECHANICS ACKNOWLEDGE THEY'VE SEEN THIS PROBLEM MANY TIMES BEFORE AND THAT GM HAS RE-DESIGNED BOTH THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET AND THE MANIFOLD BECAUSE OF KNOWN FAILURES IN BI-METAL ENGINES; HOWEVER THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL. *NLM

DEALER REPLACED THE ENGINE ON SEPTEMBER 2002. VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN FOR TWO WEEKS AGAIN, ENGINE WAS REPLACED. ON JANUARY 2003, ENGINE WAS REPLACED FOR THE THIRD TIME. CONSUMER STATED THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACE AGAIN. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHEN TURNING LEFT AT VERY LOW SPEEDS. *MR PH

RACK AND PINION STEERING WENT OUT. CONSUMER INDICATED THAT STEERING WAS OKAY WHEN TURNING RIGHT BUT WHEN TURNING LEFT CONSUMER LOST POWER STEERING. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE MECHANIC, AND THE MECHANIC FOUND THE RACK AND PINION STEERING HAD FAILED. *AK

FIRE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *MR THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE DRIVING DURING A REGULAR COMMUTE. *SCC

BOTH ELECTRIC WINDOWS STOPPED WORKING (CAR IS 2-DOOR) AND REQUIRE REPLACEMENT. PASS. WINDOW STOPPED WORKING 2 MONTHS AGO; DRIVER'S WINDOW STOPPED WORKING LAST WEEK. REPLACEMENT IS GOING TO COST ME OVER $600 (PARTS & LABOR).

MY VEHICLE, A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT, LOSES POWER STEERING WHEN TURNING LEFT (ONLY LEFT TURNS - NOT RIGHT TURNS). IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN. I NEED TO PULL HARD WITH BOTH HANDS TO GET MY STEERING WHEEL TO TURN. SOMETIMES WHEN THE STEERING DOES NOT RESPOND, I AM FORCED TO DISCONTINUE MY LEFT TURN, PUT MY CAR IN REVERSE, BACK UP THE VEHICLE, AND TRY AGAIN BECAUSE THE STEERING DOES NOT WORK WHEN TURNING LEFT. ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION I HAVE ALMOST HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE BECAUSE THE STEERING WHEEL HAS NOT RESPONDED WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I HAVE CALLED THE GM OWNER HOTLINE SEVERAL TIMES TO NO AVAIL. OF INTEREST. THE 1998 GRAND PRIX IS BEING RECALLED FOR THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM. AFTER SEVERAL PHONE CALLS TO GM, THEY HAVE STILL NOT EVEN AGREED TO LOOK AT MY VEHICLE. I TOOK IT UPON MYSELF TO BRING MY VEHICLE TO AN ACCREDITED GM PONTIAC RETAILER AND I PAID TO HAVE THE VEHICLE LOOKED AT AND THE PROBLEM DIAGNOSED. THE MAN AT THE DEALERSHIP PROVIDED A WRITTEN QUOTE DESCRIBING THE PROBLEM THAT THE 1998 GRAND PRIX IS BEING RECALLED. UNFORTUNATELY, GM WON'T LISTEN TO ME BECAUSE MY VEHICLE IS A 1999, WHICH IS NOT BEING RECALLED. *TT

WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD MELTED AND CAUSED FLUID TO LEAK ONTO THE WIRES. *NLM

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH THE VEHICLE'S PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD OVERHEATED AND DROPPED WATER INSIDE THE ENGINE. *NLM

THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING, WHICH CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO PULL OVER ABRUPTLY. *JB

THE TECHNICIAN FOUND THE FRONT LEFT RIM CRACKED. *NLM

THE RIMS CRACKED, PEELED, WARPED AND CORRODED. *NLM

NEED TO REPAIR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ON VEHICLE THAT IS 4 YEARS OLD AND HAS 49000 MILES. *JB

THE ENGINE RAN HOT AND CAUSED THE STARTER AND OTHER ITEMS UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE TO FAIL. *NLM

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS AS STATED IN RECALL # 99 V 348 000, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *JB

FAULTY PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD/ GASKET ON A PONTIAC GRAND PRIX (1999) CAUSED COOLANT LEAKAGE INTO OIL AND CYLINDERS. CAUSED MY CAR TO QUIT ON A BUSY HIGHWAY (ALMOST CAUSED ACCIDENT) *JB

THE POWER STEERING FAILED WHEN A LEFT TURN WAS MADE, THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THE ISSUE, HOWEVER THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE YEAR WAS NOT INCLUDED. *TS *JB

I LOST POWER ASSIST STEERING WHEN MAKING RIGHT-HAND TURNS. FORTUNATELY THIS OCCURRED AT A LOW ENOUGH SPEED WHERE I WAS ABLE TO AVIOD AN ACCIDENT. THIS IS A SAFTEY HAZARD BECAUSE IT BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO COMPLETE A RIGHT HANDED TURN. A DEALER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A FAILED RACK AND PINION ASSEMBLY AND REPLACED THE ASSEMBLY.

I HAVE A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX THAT HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM LISTED IN YOUR CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 02V286000. PONTIAC NEEDS TO EXTEND THIS RECALL TO THE 1999 MODELS BEFORE SOMEONE GET INJURED. THE STEERING WENT OUT WHEN MY WIFE (WHO AT THE TIME WAS 9 MONTHS PREGNANT) WAS HEADING TO A DOCTORS APPOINTMENT. WE WERE LUCKY THAT SHE WAS PULLING IN THE PARKING LOT WHEN IT HAPPENED.*JB

REPEATED FAILURE OF POWER WINDOW MOTORS. *JB