VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE UNDER THE HOOD WHILE DRIVING. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.*AK
2000 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 2000 record →
WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH VEHICLE TOTALLY SHUTDOWN, IT WAS HARD TO STEER/NO LIGHTS, AND NO WARNING LIGHTS. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM 5 TIMES, BUT NOT AS BAD AS THIS TIME.*AK
I FEEL THIS VEHICLE HAS NUMEROUS SAFETY DEFECTS. THIS CAR IS TO NEW TO HAVE HAD THE ITEMS LISTED REPLACED. UNFORTUNEATELY THE DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM WITH THE ACCELERATION. MY CHILDREN ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AND I WILL BE TRADING THIS VEHICLE OFF VERY SOON. I HAVE ASKED 3 TIMES FOR A COMPONENT BOX AND KNOWONE CAN SEEM TO LOCATE ONE. I FEEL THE DEALERSHIP IS FALLING SHORT ON THEIR PART OF "OBLIGATED 36 MONTHS OR 36,000 MILES". THIS IS THE RESPONSE I AM GETTING FROM PONTIAC. UNFORTUNEATELY "ALABAMA" IS THE ONLY STATE THAT I KNOW OF THAT DOES NOT HAVE A LEMON LAW. IS THERE ANY OTHER OPTIONS THAT A CONSUMER HAS AND IF THERE IS WHAT ARE THEY?
SEATBELT ANCHOR BOLT ON DRIVER'S SEAT HAD THE PREVAILING NUT FALL OFF SO THAT SEATBELT WAS NOT FASTENED TO VEHICLE. BOLT IS TOO SHORT TO ENGAGE PREVAILING TORQUE FEATURE OF NUT. PASSENGER'S BELT HAS A PROPER LENGTH BOLT, ALTHOUGH THE BOLT IS FACING THE
2001, PONTIAC, GRAND PRIX; REARVIEW MIRROR WOULD SEVERELY VIBRATE WHILE TRAVELING. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO THE ADHESIVE USED, AND THERE WERE NO REPAIRS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.*AK
THUMPING NOISE HEARD IN REAR OF VEHICLE. INITIALLY ALL ROTORS REPLACED DUE TO WARPING; HOWEVER, THUMPING NOISE CONTINUES. HAVE RETURNED CAR TO DEALER 4 TIMES AND THEY ARE UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM CONTINUES TO EXSIST
ENGINE STALLED WHILE SLOWING TO MAKE A TURN. VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART IMMEDIATELY. COMPUTER DID NOT REGISTER FAILURE. DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE.
TRANSMISSION FAILED RESULTING IN A COMPLETE LOSS OF TRANSMISSION FLUID AND SHIFTING CAPABILITES WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF MERGING FROM I-90/94 TO I-55. FINAL DRIVE GEAR FAILED CAUSING A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE THAT RESULTED IN A FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION AND DIFFERENTIAL WITH A PUNCTURE IN THE DIFFERENTIAL CASING. STRANDED ON INTERSTATE FOR 2 HOURS.
VEHICLE STALLED. THIS HAS OCCU RRED 9 OR 10 TIMES SINCE VEHICLE PURCHASED IN NOV 2000. NO ACCIDENTS CAUSED SO FAR.*AK
INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL STALL UNEXPECTEDLY WITHOUT ANY WARNING WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND CANNOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. DEALER ALREADY GAVE CONSUMER ANOTHER 2000 GRAND PRIX. BUT THIS VEHICLE IS ALSO HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
CAR TAKEN TO DEALER AND FOUND THAT WIRE WAS PINCHED/EXPOSED AND SHORT CAUSING ENGAUGMENT
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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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