2000 Pontiac Grand Prix complaints

(1) DROVE TO WORK APPROX 10 MILES. TURNED OFF IGNITION AND LEFT VEHICLE IN PARKING LOT. (2) WAS NOTIFIED A FEW MINUTES LATER THAT MY CAR WAS ON FIRE IN PARKING LOT. (3) ENTIRE ENGINE COMPARTMENT / FRONT OF VEHICLE BURNED BEYOND REPAIR. INSURANCE COMPANY DECLARED VEHICLE A TOTAL LOSS AND ISSUED SETTLEMENT. *JB

WHILE DRIVING MY 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GTP, THE SES LAMP SUDDENLY BEGAN FLASHING. I PULLED OVER AND THE ENGINE BURST INTO FLAMES. THE CAR HAD BEEN RUNNING FINE BEFOREHAND. THE CAR WAS TOTALLED. *JB

I OWN A 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT ABOUT 2YRS. AGO MY TRANSMISSION FAILED ON ME. MY PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED BY A ASE CERTIFIED MASTER MECHANIC. I WROTE A LETTER TO GM ABOUT THIS PROBLEM,WHICH WASN'T MY ONLY GM TRANSMISSION I HAVE HAD REPLACED WITHIN A 5 YEAR TIME FRAME .I ALSO HAD TO REPLACE ONE IN A 1990 CHEVY CAVALIER Z24 THAT WAS ONLY ABOUT 9 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME AND I ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE FUEL INJECTORS ON THAT AS WELL BUT THAT IS A WHOLE OTHER STORY. I CALLED DEALERSHIPS TO GET THE PROPER ADDRESS OF WHERE I COULD SEND MY LETTER OF DISSATISFACTION WITH GM, AND IT WAS COMPLETELY IGNORED!I DIDN'T ASK GM TO PAY FOR THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT,JUST TO MEET ME HALF WAY AND HELP A REGULAR GUY GET TO AND FROM WORK WITH A DEPENDABLE VEHICLE,TAKE CARE OF HIS FAMILY AND NOT BE HIT WITH A 2200.00 BILL THAT I AM STILL PAYING ON BECAUSE I HAD TO PUT IT ON A CREDIT CARD AND ALSO GET CHARGED INTEREST ON TOP OF THAT. GM,FORD AND CHRYSLER WONDER WHY THEY ARE LOSING THE BATTLE TO FOREIGN CARS? MY PERSONAL OPINION IS THIS SIMPLE:THEY HAVE HIGHER TOLERANCES WHEN THEIR VEHICLES ARE PUT TOGETHER RESULTING IN LESS MECHANICAL FAILURES. DON'T GET ME WRONG WHEN I FIRST ENTERED THE CAR BUYING MARKET, I LOVED AND ONLY, BOUGHT AMERICAN CARS, BUT OVER THE YEARS MY OPINION HAS BEEN SWAYED. I ALSO FEEL THAT BECAUSE MY PROBLEM WASN'T DIAGNOSED BY A MECHANIC WHO WAS EMPLOYED BY GM,THAT WAS JUST ANOTHER REASON MY LETTER WENT UNANSWERED. *JB

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL NOT DISBURSE FLUID TO THE WINDSHIELD. IF I NEED TO CLEAN THE WINDSHIELD, I HAVE TO ROLL WINDOW DOWN, SPRAY FLUID ONTO WINDSHIELD,R OLL WINDOW BACK UP AND ALL WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. *JB

DROVE 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GTP APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES. PARKED IN HOME DRIVEWAY. ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER A MAN CAME TO THE DOOR STATING THE CAR WAS ON FIRE (HE HAD ALREADY CALLED 911). FIRE DEPT. AND POLICE ON THE SCENE AS WELL AS FIRE INVESTIGATOR WHO STATED IT APPEARED TO HAVE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT UNDER THE HOOD AT ABOUT THE FRONT DRIVER'S TIRE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. NO PROBLEMS DRIVING THAT EVENING, NO SERVICE LIGHTS ON. OIL CHANGED APPROXIMATELY 2 WEEKS PRIOR TO INCIDENT. FROM WINDSHIELD TO FRONT COMPLETELY DESTROYED. HEAVY SMOKE DAMAGE ALSO INSIDE CAR AND IN TRUNK. FRONT TIRES AND FRONT END OF CAR MELTED TO DRIVEWAY. GAS TENSION ROD FROM HOOD "EXPLODED" AND SHOT THROUGH GARAGE DOOR (LUCKILY NO ONE WAS STANDING IN ITS WAY). *JB

DROVE 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GTP APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES. PARKED IN HOME DRIVEWAY. ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER A MAN CAME TO THE DOOR STATING THE CAR WAS ON FIRE (HE HAD ALREADY CALLED 911). FIRE DEPT. AND POLICE ON THE SCENE AS WELL AS FIRE INVESTIGATOR WHO STATED IT APPEARED TO HAVE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT UNDER THE HOOD AT ABOUT THE FRONT DRIVER'S TIRE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. NO PROBLEMS DRIVING THAT EVENING, NO SERVICE LIGHTS ON. OIL CHANGED APPROXIMATELY 2 WEEKS PRIOR TO INCIDENT. FROM WINDSHIELD TO FRONT COMPLETELY DESTROYED. HEAVY SMOKE DAMAGE ALSO INSIDE CAR AND IN TRUNK. FRONT TIRES AND FRONT END OF CAR MELTED TO DRIVEWAY. GAS TENSION ROD FROM HOOD "EXPLODED" AND SHOT THROUGH GARAGE DOOR (LUCKILY NO ONE WAS STANDING IN ITS WAY). *JB

TRAC LIGHT COMES ON, TAC GOES TO 0, CAR STALLS. THIS COULD EASILY RESULT IN US BEING REAR ENDED. THE CAR IS MOVING ALONG AND JUST STOPS. REPLACED COMPUTER AND IGNITION MODULE PROBLEM STILL PERSIST. GARAGE AND DEALER IS UNSURE OF THE PROBLEM. AT THIS POINT IT IS PROCESS OF ELIMINATION COSTING US A LOT OF MONEY. *NM

DROVE CAR FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES ON FREEWAY THEN PARKED IN A BANK PARKING LOT. TURNED CAR OFF AND WENT INTO BANK. ALL INDICATIONS ON DASH WHERE FINE THAT DAY AND CAR DROVE JUST FINE. ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER, SOME ONE CAME INTO THE OFFICE I WAS AT AND ASKED IF ANYONE IN HERE HAS A BLACK GRAND PRIX. I WENT OUT AND FOUND THAT BLACK SMOKE AND FIRE WAS COMING OUT OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT ON THE PASSENGERS' SIDE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD ALREADY BEEN CALLED. CAR THEN TRIED TO START ITSELF. FROM THE FRONT SEAT FORWARD, CAR WAS A TOTAL LOSS. *JB

UNABLE TO REMOVE KEY FROM IGNITION ONCE THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN PLACED IN PARK. I HAD THIS SERVICED TWICE BY A LOCAL PONTIAC DEALER, BUT THE PROBLEM REMAINS. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED DROVE 5 MINUTES AND PARKED THE VEHICLE IN A SHOPPING CENTER PARKING LOT. ABOUT 10 MINUTES LATER, A FIRE ERUPTED FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WITHOUT WARNING. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ALERTED, AND EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE FIRE DAMAGE, AND WAS DEEMED TOTALED BY THE INSURANCE ADJUSTOR. THE POLICE WERE ALSO ALERTED, AND A REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, AND DETERMINED THE FIRE ORIGINATED FROM THE BATTERY OR THE FUSE PANEL. ALSO, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE MANUFACTURER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, AND DETERMINED THE FIRE STARTED FROM THE BATTERY OR FUSE PANEL . NO AFTERMARKET ELECTRONICS WERE INSTALLED AND THERE WAS NO RECENT WORK PRIOR TO THE FIRE. UPDATED 01/24/07. 8JB

2000 PONTAIC GRAND PRIX GTP GREAT VEHICLE UNTIL I DROVE 30 MINUTES CAME BACK FROM LUNCH AND PARKED; 10 MIN LATER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT COMPLETELY ON FIRE! THE HOT SPOT SEEM TO BE ON TOP OF THE ENGINE NEAR THE SUPERCHARGER AND MORE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THERE HAS BEEN MANY MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME THING HAPPENING TO THE GTP'S. VEHICLE HAD NO OTHER PROBLEMS BEFORE THIS, NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON, ALL FLUIDS PERFECT AND SERVICED BY MYSELF A MECHANIC OF 15 YRS. PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS BEFORE SOMEONE DIES FROM THIS. *JB

I AM THE OWNER OF A 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX AND MY TAILLIGHTS WERE BOTH NON OPERATIVE, WHICH RESULTED IN A NEAR MISS REAR END COLLISION. I LEARNED THAT THE CAUSE OF THIS MALFUNCTION WAS DUE TO A HAZARD SWITCH THAT WAS STUCK THAT TAKES OUT THE BRAKE LIGHTS WHEN THIS SWITCH MALFUNCTIONS. I HAD NO IDEA MY LIGHTS WERE OUT AND TRAVEL EVERY WEEK END ON THE INTERSTATE. MY VEHICLE WAS LITERALLY AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. I WAS ONE OF THE FORTUNATE ONES THAT FOUND OUT BEFORE DISASTER STRUCK. *JB

OIL PAN RUSTING OUT .. GM CALLED BUT THEY WOULD NOT FIX AS IT WAS PAST THE 3 YEARWARRANTY.. EXTENDED WARRANTY WOULD NOT COVER RUST DAMAGE SANDED OFF PAN,APPLIED INDUSTREAL PRIMER,BEDLINER COATING.. HOPE FORTHE BEST. COST TO REPAIR RUSTED OIL PAN WOULD BE $800.00 PLUS

MY 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX HAS A FUEL PUMP RESISTOR PROBLEM WHICH IS QUIET COMMON BECAUSE OF IT'S LOCATION. MY CAR BROKE DOWN 4 TIMES AND WAS TOWED 3 TIMES THROUGH AAA AND 1 TIME OUT OF POCKET $300 FROM OUTSIDE SYRACUSE TO WATERTOWN, NY. PLUS OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES FOR REPAIRS APPROX. $425. *NM

OIL PANS RUST OUT ON PONTAIC GRAND PRIX. *NM

I WAS STOPPED BY A COP BECAUSE MY BRAKE LIGHTS DIDN'T WORK. I REPLACED THE BULBS THINKING THAT'S WHAT IT WAS, BUT THEY STILL DIDN'T WORK. IT TURNS OUT THAT MY CENTER WINDOW BRAKE LIGHT WORKS BUT NOT MY BRAKE LIGHTS. APART FROM THAT MY HAZARD LIGHT IS STUCK. I TRIED PUSHING IT WHEN I HAD TO PULL OVER BUT IT DIDN'T WANT TO GO DOWN OR ANYTHING. *NM

CAR STARTED MAKING A CLUNCKING NOISE. PARKED CAR TILL SOCIAL SECURITY CHECK CAME IN. TOOK CAR TO GARAGE WHERE I FOUND OUT THAT I NEED A SWAY BAR, CONTROL ARM BUSHING AND TIE ROD (RIGHT SIDE). UPON CALLING FOR PRICES, I FOUND OUT THAT MANY CARS OF THIS MODEL ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I THINK THEY GOT A BAD BATCH OF SWAY BARS. BEING ON DISABILITY, THE COST ARE OUTRAGEOUS AND THE REPAIRS HAVE NOT BEEN MADE AS OF YET, LEAVING DISABLED PEOPLE WITH NO TRANSPORTATION FOR MEDICAL CARE. *NM

2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GTP SUPER CHARGED V6 ENGINE 2-DOOR WITH APPROXIMATELY 43,000 MILES AND WELL MAINTAINED -- FIRE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT DESTROYED MOST OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT. CAR WAS PARKED IN PARKING LOT FOR ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE FIRE STARTED. POLICE CALLED FIRE DEPT TO PUT OUT FIRE. NO PRIOR INDICATION OF ANY PROBLEM. *JB

VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED TO CURE A HARD STEERING PROBLEM. VEHICLE WAS HAVING TROUBLES TURNING TO THE RIGHT. REPAIR SHOP FOUND THE STEERING RACK WAS LEAKING. MANY OTHER OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE HAVE ALSO SUBMITTED COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM. GM SHOULD RECALL THIS VEHICLE FOR THIS PROBLEM. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SUBSTANCE IN THE ELECTROCROMATIC REAR VIEW MIRROR HAD BROKEN DOWN WHICH CAUSED A DUPLICATE VIEW OF THE OBJECT BEING VIEWED. THE IMAGE IN THE MIRROR IS DISTORTED, AND IS WORSE WHEN DRIVEN AT NIGHT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ON 07/17/06 AND DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED TO BROUGHT TO A SERVICE DEALERSHIP. THE SERVICE DEALER WAS CONTACTED ON 07/17/06 AND DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED TO INSPECTED BY A SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE AT A DEALERSHIP. ON 07/19/06, THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE DEALERSHIP AND DETERMINED THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT FIXED, BUT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WITH A NEW REAR VIEW MIRROR. MIRROR WAS ORDERED ON 07/21/06 AND WILL BE REPAIRED BY THE OWNER.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ACCELERATING, THE ENGINE STALLED. THIS OCCURRED 9 OR 10 TIMES IN THE PAST MONTH. TWO DEALERS HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. THE FIRST DEALER REPLACED THE CRANKSHAFT CENSOR, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM RECURRED. A SECOND DEALER WAS ALSO UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED CONCERNED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A FUTURE ACCIDENT DUE TO THIS PROBLEM.

ELECTRICAL FIRE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT DUE TO UNKNOWN REASONING. TOTAL LOSS ON CAR. MY WIFE DROVE 20 MINUTES, PARKED AND WENT TO A STORE. FIVE MINUTES LATER, OUR BABYSITTER CAME IN WITH OUR CHILD AND TOLD MY WIFE THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE.

OWN A 2000 AND 2002 MODEL PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT. BOTH VEHICLES ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM OF KEY WILL NOT COME OUT OF IGNITION DUE TO SAFETY INTERLOCK WILL NOT ACTIVATE IN PARK TO ALLOW KEY TO BE ROTATED TO THE FULLY OFF POSITION. I AM AWARE THIS IS NOT A SAFETY CONCERN BUT I BELIEVE SINCE I RESEARCHED THE INTERNET THAT MANY OF THE PONTIAC GRAND PRIX ARE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM AND THIS WOULD BE A COMMON DEFECT IN THE DESIGN. *JB

I JUST PURCHASED MY 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX THIS PAST JANUARY AND AS I HAPPENED TO BE DRIVING IT HOME FROM A NAVY EVENT IN FRONT OF MY HUSBAND (THANK GOODNESS). HE PULLED UP ALONG SIDE OF ME ON HIS MOTORCYCLE AND LET ME KNOW THAT I HAD NO BRAKE LIGHTS. CRUISE CONTROL ALSO STOPPED WORKING BEFORE THIS, BUT I AM ASSUMING THIS ALL HAPPENED AT THE SAME TIME. HE IS AN ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN AND HAS SPENT HOURS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG. TOMORROW I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THE DEALERSHIP AND HAVE THEM LOOK AT IT. I ALSO HAVE SURGING WITH LIGHT ACCELERATION OR AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WITH NO DIAGNOSTICS TROUBLE CODES. BOTH OF THESE STARTED AT THE SAME TIME, BUT HE KNOWS THEY ARE UNRELATED. *NM

DRIVING HOME AROUND 5 30 IN THE EVENING, EXITED OFF THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY AT EXIT 91. CAME UP TO THE FIRST LIGHT AND THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT CAME ON AND FLASHED A COUPLE OF TIMES. AFTER THAT THERE WAS A PUFF OF WHITE SMOKE THAT CAME FROM THE HOOD. THEN THE LIGHT WENT OUT. AT THIS POINT I WAS ABOUT A 1/2 MILE FROM HOME. AS I CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE CAR BEGAN TO HESITATE. TURNING ONTO THE STREET I LIVE OFF THE CAR DIED, NO STEERING, NO BRAKES, NOTHING. I HAD TO FORCIBLY TURN THE STEERING WHEEL, AVOIDING ON COMING TRAFFIC AND LUCKILY WITHOUT INCIDENT STEERED THE CAR INTO A VACANT RITE AID. WHERE I PULLED THE KEYS OUT OF THE IGNITION AND EXITED THE CAR. POPPED THE HOOD AND SAW A FLAME SPARK AROUND THE PLASTIC SUPERCHARGER COVER. AFTER SEEING THE FLAMES I RAN AS FAR AS POSSIBLE AND CALLED 911. POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED SHORTLY AFTER. THE CAR'S ENGINE WAS COMPLETELY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. I AM LUCKY THAT I WAS NOT INJURED, IMAGINE IF I WAS TRAVELING ON THE PARKWAY AND THE CAR DIED OUT. I MIGHT NOT BE TYPING THIS LETTER RIGHT NOW! SOMETHING FOR GM TO THINK ABOUT. STOP THE PROBLEM NOW. *NM

HAZARD FLASHER SWITCH BURNT OUT AND CAUSED BRAKE LIGHT AND HORN TO BECOME INOPERATIVE. NONE OF THIS WAS DISCOVERED UNTIL THE TIME CAME FOR STATE INSPECTION. WE BELIEVE THE CAR WAS DRIVEN FOR SEVERAL MONTHS IN THIS CONDITION. *JB THE SWITCH WAS REPLACED. THE OLD SWITCH IS STILL AVAILABLE. DATE ENTERED BELOW IS DATE PROBLEM WAS DISCOVERED. WE BELIEVE THE PROBLEM OCCURRED SEVERAL MONTHS EARLIER WHEN A PASSENGER NOTICED A PUFF OF SMOKE IN THE CAR.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN TURNING AT SPEEDS BELOW 15 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD STICK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THE REPAIR SHOP IS FLUSHING THE STEERING SYSTEM AND ADDING A CONDITIONER. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM BEFORE CHANGING THE RACK AND PINION.

BLOWER MOTOR FAILED. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, FOR THOSE OF US WHO LIVE IN COLD CLIMATES AND DRIVE THROUGH SNOW AND RISK THE POSSIBILITY OF NOT BEING ABLE TO REMOVE FROZEN RAIN AND SNOW FROM THE WINDSHIELD WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE ARE MANY GRAND PRIES THAT HAVE HAD THEIR BLOWERS FAIL. THIS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A SAFETY ISSUE AND TAKEN SERIOUSLY, AND SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE SO THAT AN ALREADY DANGEROUS DRIVING SITUATION (IEEE DRIVING IN SNOW) IS NOT MADE WORSE WHEN SOMEONE ELSE SUDDENLY FINDS THAT THEIR BLOWER IS NO LONGER WORKING.*AK

I ARRIVED HOME FROM WORK AT 3:30 P.M. I WENT BACK OUT TO MY CAR ABOUT 10 MINUTES LATER TO RUN SOME ERRANDS AND MY CAR WAS ON FIRE. EVERYTHING IS ROASTED FROM THE FRONT WINDSHIELD FORWARD THROUGH THE ENGINE. I HAD TO CALL THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEY PUT OUT THE FIRE FOR ME AND TOOK ALL MY INFORMATION. I KNOW THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO 2000 GRAND PRIX GTP'S. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND HAVE NOTICED A GREAT NUMBER OF INCIDENTS THAT HAVE THE SAME CONDITIONS AS MINE. AND SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A MANUFACTURER DEFAULT OUT THERE AND GM SHOULD HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THIS ISSUE. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING ON A HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH THE VEHICLE HYDROPLANED ON A WET ROAD, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SPIN AROUND SEVERAL TIMES, AND TAKING OUT PART OF A FENCE ON A SIDE ROAD. THE VEHICLE THEN CAME TO REST UPON A TREE. THIS WAS A FRONTAL IMPACT; UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR WAS DAMAGED. THE SEAT BELTS WERE WORN BY ALL THE PASSENGERS, BUT THEY DID NOT RESTRAIN THEM. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THEY SENT AN INVESTIGATOR TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. *AK

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PRESSING THE BRAKE ON ICE THE VEHICLE REVVED AND THEN SLID THROUGH INTERSECTIONS. THIS OCCURS ONLY ON ICY ROADS AND CAUSED THE BRAKES TO PUMP WHEN THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES ACTIVATED. THE DEALERSHIP AND THE MANUFACTURER HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

SHORTLY AFTER I BOUGHT MY USED 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX WITH 52,000 MI. IN MAY 2004, I NOTICED IT WAS GOING THROUGH AN UNUSUALLY LARGE AMOUNT OF ENGINE COOLANT AND OIL. I TOOK IT TO 2 DIFFERENT SHOPS AFTER HAVING MY LOW COOLANT LIGHT CONTINUOUSLY COME ON BETWEEN OIL CHANGES. BOTH SHOPS TOLD ME THAT IT NEEDED A NEW INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET, WHICH WAS AROUND $700 TO REPAIR DUE TO THERE BEING SO MUCH LABOR INVOLVED. (AND SAID IF I DIDN'T GET IT FIXED, IT COULD LEAD TO MY ENGINE OVERHEATING AND BLOWING UP!) BY THE TIME WE REALIZED WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS, MY WARRANTY HAD ALSO RAN OUT. I GOT IT FIXED ONCE THE PROBLEM WAS IDENTIFIED IN NOV. 2004, WHEN THE CAR HAD 61,000 MILES. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE A FEW MONTHS LATER, FOUND THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE QUITE A COMMON PROBLEM IN PONTIAC'S AROUND THAT YEAR, ONCE THEY GET TO AROUND 50,000 MILES. OR SO (WHICH MY CAR WAS AT WHEN PURCHASED) I DON'T FEEL THAT A 4 YEAR OLD CAR WITH MILEAGE THAT LOW SHOULD ALREADY HAVE SUCH AN EXPENSIVE PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT IS A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM, THEY PUT IN FAULTY, TEMPORARY INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS IN THEIR CARS AND THEY SHOULD PAY TO REPLACE THEM. *JB

DT: COSCO TOURIVA MODEL # 22-130 WAL. THE CONTACT STATED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BAR ON THE CHILD SEAT CAME OFF. THE HARNESS BAR ASSEMBLY CAME APART. THE MANUFACTURER TOLD THE CONTACT THAT THEY KNEW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS, AND THEY WOULD SEND HER THE REPLACEMENT PART. ALSO, THEY SAID IT WAS SAFE TO USE IT. *AK

DT: THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE AT 1:30 AM IN THE MORNING ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2005. THE ALARM WENT OFF. THE MANAGER OF THE CONSUMERS APARTMENT BUILDING INFORMED HER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SMOKING, THE ALARM WAS GOING OFF, THE LIGHTS WHERE FLASHING AND THE VEHICLE WAS SMOKING. THE VEHICLE WAS FILLED WITH SMOKE. THE HOOD AND THE TRUNK WAS POPPED OPEN. THE CONSUMER VIEWED SPARKS COMING FROM THE TRUNK. THE CONSUMER TRIED TO START THE VEHICLE AND IT WOULDN'T START. THE INDIVIDUALS ON THE SCENE UNHOOKED THE BATTERY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS COMING FROM THE WIRING HARNESS. THE CONSUMER PAID OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES TOTALING $3,000. *AK (12/08/05) *SC

3.1L GM V-6 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX SE - LEAKING INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. CAUSES LEAK OUT OF COOLANT, MIGRATION OF COOLANT TO OIL AND OIL TO COOLANT RESERVOIR DAMAGING INTERNAL COMPONENTS AND HOSES AS WELL AS RUNNING VEHICLE LOW ON FLUID LEVELS AND MAKING A GENERAL MESS OF EVERYTHING AROUND IT. GM IS FULLY AWARE OF THIS DEFECT YET REFUSES TO ACT ON IT IN THE FORM OF A RECALL. THERE ARE NUMEROUS TSB'S REGARDING REPLACEMENT OF THE GASKET WITH A NEWER METALLIC VERSION CREATED DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE PLASTIC VERSIONS IN SO MANY GM VEHICLES FAIL. A RECALL IS DEMANDED. *NM

SINCE THE PURCHASE OF THIS CAR, EVERY TIME THAT IT RAINS WE HAVE A HUGE 2-3" PUDDLE OF WATER ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT FLOOR BOARD. THERE ARE NUMEROUS FORUMS ONLINE WITH HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME CAR AND THE SAME PROBLEM, GM CAN NOT CONTINUE TO IGNORE THIS. *JB

MY 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX HAS HAD TWO FAILURES OF THE PRESSURE CONTROL SOLENOID AND THE CORRESPONDING VALVE BODY, CAUSING MY CAR TO UNEXPECTEDLY SURGE WHEN ACCELERATING. THE DEALERSHIP KEPT BOTH OLD PARTS, BUT THIS SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING TO MANY PEOPLE SO IT SHOULDN'T BE HARD TO FIND ONE. BOTH REPAIRS WERE COVERED UNDER WARRANTIES. THE FIRST ONE WAS REPLACED AT 32,000 MILES, AND THE SECOND AT 73,000 MILES. I HOPE NO ONE HAS AN ACCIDENT WHEN THIS HAPPENS, I KNOW I ALMOST DID, THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS SO SURPRISED I NEARLY RAN INTO ANOTHER CAR.*JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATES THAT HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THE BRAKES PADS WERE FALLING APART. THE DEALER STATED ON HIS REPAIR INVOICE THAT FRONT BRAKE PADS WERE COMING OFF. THE DEALER SAID THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED ALL NEW ROTORS BECAUSE THEY ALL WERE RUSTED.*AK *JB

DT: THE CONSUMER STATES SHE WAS IN HER VEHICLE DRIVING ON AN INCLINE, WHEN SHE SMELLED SOMETHING HOT ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF. SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER RAISED THE HOOD. SHE STATED THAT THERE WAS A FIRE UNDERNEATH THE HOOD BEHIND THE ENGINE WHILE AWAITING FOR RESPONSE FROM A LOCAL DEALERSHIP. SHE ALSO IS WAITING FOR SOMEONE FROM PONTIAC/GM TO GET BACK WITH HER WITHIN 48 HOURS. *NM *SC *JB

POOR LIGHT OUTPUT OF HEADLAMPS DUE TO FOGGING AND OR DETERIATION OF LENS ON LOW/HIGH BEAM ASSEMBLY. HEADLAMPS TURN OFF WHEN HVAC FAN SWITCH IS IN ANY POSITION EXCEPT THE 'OFF" POSITION.

DT: WHEN PLACING THE KEY IN THE IGNITION, THE ENGINE WILL START, BUT WHEN TRYING TO RELEASE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION IT LOCKS. THIS RESULTS IN THE BATTERY RUNNING DOWN AND THE INABILITY TO THE LOCK CAR. TOOK CAR TO A DEALER IN APRIL 2004 AND HAD PROBLEM REPAIRED. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE GEAR SHIFT INDICATOR ALONG WITH THE IGNITION LOCK RELEASE. A WEEK AGO THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN. DID NOT HAVE ANY REPAIRS SINCE DISCOVERING THIS.*AK

LOSS OF THE LOWER BRAKE LAMPS-VEHICLE HAS ABOUT 58000 MILES-HAZARD /TURN SIGNAL SWITCH HAS FAILED-WORK THE HAZARD SWITCH AND THE BRAKE LAMPS START WORKING-BUT SOON QUITS WORKING AGAIN

THE VEHICLE HAS HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING OFF AND ON FOR ABOUT A YEAR. AAMCO COULDN'T DETECT A PROBLEM WITHOUT A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THE LIGHT CAME ON IN FEBRUARY 2005. THE VEHICLE NEEDED A SENSOR REPLACED AND THERE WAS A ERROR ON THE TRANSMISSION ALSO. A COMPLETE FLUID REPLACEMENT WAS DONE AND A CONDITIONER ADDED HOPING THAT THIS WOULD CURE THE PROBLEM. ON JUNE 1 THE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE SLIPPING OCCURRED AGAIN. IT LOST MERGING POWER ON THE BALTIMORE BELTWAY AND I BROUGHT IT INTO AAMCO FOR AN ANALYSIS. THEY CONCLUDED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER IS STUCK AS WELL AS SOME ADDITIONAL ITEM. THE CAR IS A 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX WITH 83,000 MILES ON IT. I BELIEVE THAT THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY ONLY COVERS THE VEHICLE FOR 80,000 MILES. SINCE THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM PRIOR TO THE 80,000, I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT GM WOULD ASSUME SOME LIABILITY FOR THE REPAIR ($1900.00). FROM SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS ON YOUR WEBSITE, I BELIEVE THAT THE TRANSMISSION IN THIS VEHICLE MAY BE DEFECTIVE IN SOME WAY.

CAR WOULD NOT TURN OVER. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC SHOP IN LANGHORNE PA. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE ENTIRE FUEL PUMP FOR 800$.

DT: THE SHIFT IS VERY LOOSE AND VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT WON'T STAY IN DRIVE. ALSO, THE LOWER SEAT HEATER GETS DANGEROUSLY HOT ON THE LOWEST SETTING, SO THE SHOP TURNED IT OFF. THE DOOR PANELING ON ALL OF THE DOORS IS ALSO COMING OFF.

NUMEROUS ISSUES 1. HEATER CORE WENT OUT AROUND 60,000 MILES. 2. DEXCOOL "GELLED" AND CAUSED THE ABOVE. 3. STEREO HAS MALFUNCTIONED SINCE 36,000 MILES. 4. TIE ROD END WORE OUT AROUND 30,000 MILES-TOOK TO DEALERSHIP A COUPLE OF TIMES AND "THEY COULDN'T DETERMINE CAUSE" OF "NOISE AND RATTLING". I TOOK IT TO A TIRE COMPANY/SERVICE CENTER AND THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM. 5. NUMEROUS INTERIOR FLOODINGS-WATER COMES IN AT THE FIREWALL AND FLOODS THE INTERIOR CARPET-HAS MOLD, AND DETERIORATION FROM IT. 6. HEADLAMPS ARE YELLOW AND NONTRANSPARENT-THE LIGHTS ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY BECAUSE IT CAN'T SHINE THROUGH. 7. HEADLAMP ASSEMBLIES ARE HOLDING WATER. 8. FOG LAMPS WENT OUT RIGHT AFTER PURCHASING THE CAR AND ONE OF THEM BURNED THE PLASTIC ASSEMBLY THAT HOLDS IT CAUSING IT TO NOT WORK AT ALL, DISFIGURED NOW. 9. REAR SPOILER IS NOT ATTACHED CORRECTLY AND SEEMS TO BE THE CAUSE OF WATER ENTERING THE TRUNK LID.

THE TRANSMISSION IN MY 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT HAS BEEN SHIFTING WITH A "HARD" SHIFT AFTER ABOUT 30-40 MINUTES OF TRAVEL. THIS USUALLY HAPPENS AFTER I HAVE COME TO A FULL STOP OR AFTER A SLOW TURN AS IF WHEN COMING OFF THE FREEWAY AND MERGING INTO TRAFFIC. THIS GOES AWAY AFTER I TURN THE MOTOR OFF, WAIT FOR APPROX. 10 MIN. AND RESTART THE MOTOR AND AT TIMES DOES NOT RETURN UNTIL I TRAVEL FOR A FEW MILES. *AK

THE TRANSMISSION IN MY 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX STARTED SHIFTING FUNNY THEN IT WOULD SHIFT FINE AFTER SHUTTING IT OFF AND RESTARTING AFTER THIS HAPPENING A FEW TIMES I TOOK IT TO A TRANS SHOP AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THIS A COMMON PROBLEM ON GM CARS AND THAT THE REPAIR WOULD BE $600-$700 THE CAR ONLY HAS 60,000 MILES.AFTER TALKING TO A PERSON FROM GM HE ADMITED THAT THEY HAD A BAD SUPPLIER OF PARTS FROM 1998-2000 AND THAT IF IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY THEY WOULD HAVE FIXED IT FOR FREE.WELL ITS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND IM STUCK WITH A $600+ BILL TO FIX A PROBLEM THEY WHERE AWARE OF.THE GUY AT THE TRANS SHOP SAYS HE SEES ABOUT 3-4 OF THESE A WEEK.ALSO IF YOU DO ANY SEARCHES AND READING ON THE 4T65E TRANS YOU WILL FIND ALOT OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING OF THE SAME THING.TO FIX THIS TRANS THEY PULL IT ALMOST APART AND PUT NEW PRESSURE SOLENOIDS IN IT.*AK

NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 00V116000; GENERAL MOTORS ISSUED A SUSPENSION RECALL. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN ALTHOUGH IT HAD SUSPENSION PROBLEMS, WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. *AK

STEERING JUST STARTED TO BE HARD TO TURN TO LEFT AT SLOW SPEEDS, OKAY GOING TO RIGHT. DEALERSHIP SAID THE POWER STEERING RACK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT $765.*AK