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 1999 record →
AXLE BEARING WENT OUT, CAUSING A REAL LOUD NOISE. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM. ALSO, ALTERNATOR WENT OUT, AND WAS ALSO MAKING A NOISE. TOOK TO DEA LER AND THEY REPLACED POWER STEERING PUMP AND ALTENATOR. REAR WINDOW SWITCH ALSO WENT BAD AND STOPPED WORKING, TOOK TO DEALER WHO REPLACED THAT. *AK
ENGINE DIES WHEN PULLING OUT ON ONCOMING TRAFFIC
ONGOING PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE STALLING FROM A STOP POSITION. WHENEVER VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP AND DRIVER PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL VEHICLE WOULD STALL. DEALER NOTIFIED ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND VEHICLE STILL IN REPAIR SHOP. PROBLEM IS STILL UNRESOLVED. VEHICLE NOW RETURNED TO DEALER FOUR TIMES; PROBLEM STILL NOT RESOLVED. CAN NHTSA PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER. *AK
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON STATE HIGHWAY 64 ,GOING WEST IN HURRICANE RAIN, AND DRIVERS SIDE WINDSHIELD WIPER STOPPED WORKING. PASSENGER'S SIDE KEPT WORKING, WAS GETTING TANGLED UP. *AK
WHILE ACCELERATING FROM PARKED POSITION, ENGINE DIED AND THE ABS BRAKE LIGHT COME ON. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND PROBLEM WAS NOT FOUND. VEHICLE STILL EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROPLEM. *AK
BLOWER IS SUCKING ITEMS, SUCH AS ENVELOPES/NAPKINS FROM GLOVE BOX INTO BLOWER, AND OUT OF VENT INTO DRIVER'S FACE UNEXPECTEDLY, DISTRACTING DRIVER.DEALER CLAIMS THIS IS NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC. *AK
ON JULY 30, 1999, I EXPERIENCED TOTAL FAILURE OF HEADLIGHTS (HIGH AND LOW BEAM AS WELL AS "DRIVING LIGHTS" MODE). CAR WAS TAKEN TO GALAXAY DEALERSHIP THE SAME DAY. SERVICE DETERMINED THE PROBLEM WAS FAILURE OF THE "LIGHT MODULE". A COMPONENT WAS TAKEN OFF OF ANOTHER NEW VEHICLE ON THE LOT AND PLACED ON MY VEHICLE. ALL SEEMED TO WORK WELL UNTIL WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1999. I WENT TO LEAVE WORK FOR THE DAY AND UPON STARING THE CAR, WAS AWARE THAT THERE WERE NO DASH DASH LIGHTS OR HEADLIGHTS (DRIVING LIGHTS) AGAIN. HAD TO DRIVE ABOUT 30 MILES IN HEAVY RAIN TO GET THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN, WHERE IT CURRENTLY IS. FORTUNATELY, IT WAS NOT YET DARK, HOWEVER, VISIBILITY WAS VERY POOR. WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN (BESIDES THE OBVIOUS) WHEN DRIVING AT 65 MILES PER HOUR, 11:00 AT NIGHT ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, AND ALL LIGHTS DECIDE TO GO OUT. BESIDES THE INCONVENIENCE, THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL OF BEING A DEADLY SAFETY/EQUIPMENT DEFECT THAT NEED IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE MANAGER ADVISED THAT THE SAME THING HAS HAPPENED TO4 OTHER 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIXS THROUGH THE DEAERSHIP THIS PAST MONTH.
WHILE DRIVING AT 3 MPH AND PULLING OUT FROM A STOP SIGN ANOTHER VEHICLE STOPPED IN FRONT OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES, AND BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, CAUSING THE SUN ROOF TO BLOW OUT. AIR BAG ON DRIVER'S SIDE BROKE THE WINDSHIELD ON THE PASSAGER'S SIDE. *AK
ENGINE DIES WITHOUT WARNING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. TAKEN TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.
MASSIVE FUEL LEAK ON DAY OF TAKING OWNERSHIP AND DRIVING 8 MILES; SEAL REPLACED/REPOSITIONED. *AK
REAR BRAKE PADS WORN CAUSING A METAL TO METAL NOISE.
LUGS:NUTS AND BOLTS SHEARED OFF THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE, CAUSING FRONT RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE CAR TO FALL DOWN ON PAVEMENT. THE WHEEL ROLLE DFORWARD AND STRUCK ANOTHER CAR. *AK
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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