VEHICLE WAS GOING 45-50MPH AND AIRS BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. FRONT RIGHT CORNER PANEL WAS HIT. MANUFACTURER STATED THAT IT WAS NOT HIT HARD ENOUGH.*AK
2001 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 2001 record →
WHEN MAKING A TURN THERE IS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK
WHEN STOPPING ON AN INCLINE, AFTER TAKING FOOT OFF BRAKE PEDAL, VEHICLE WOULD ROLL BACKWARD, DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK *YD
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 55-60 MPH VEHICLE HIT A POTHOLE IN ROAD SURFACE WHICH CAUSED RIGHT PASSENGER SIDE RIM TO BUST AND CRACK INTO THREE OR FOUR PIECES. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. THE SIZE OF THE RIM IS NOT AVAILABLE. *AK CONSUMER STATES THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE TIRE, ONLY THE RIM. *SLC
WINDSHIELD HAS DISTORTION HORIZONTALLY THROUGH THE DRIVERS VIEWING AREA. THIS WAS PRESENT ON THE ORIGINAL AS WELL AS THE REPLACEMENT. SEVERE DISTORTION WAS ALSO PRESENT ON EACH SIDE OF THE ORIGINAL WINDSHIELD AND ALONG THE LOWER EDGE OF THE REPLACEMENT WINDSHIELD. DISTORTION IS CAUSING IMPAIRED VISION AS WELL AS DRIVER FATIGUE DUE TO HEADACHE AND NAUSEA. *AK
WHILE DRIVING IN A HEAVY DOWN POUR WHEN WIPERS WERE NEEDED, PASSENGER'S SIDE WIPER ARM STOPPED WORKING, AT FIRST THEN RESTARTED WORKING OFF SET, CAUSING PASSENGER'S SIDE WIPER ARM TO FIGHT WITH DRIVER'S SIDE WIPER ARM, RESULTING IN POOR DRIVER'S VISIBILITY. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER.*AK *SLC
LOW COOLANT LAMP REMAINS ON FOR LONG PERIODS. WATER NEEDS TO BE ADDED TO RADIATOR BEFORE DRIVING BECAUSE THE COOLANT WILL NOT SIPHON BACK INTO THE RADIATOR FROM THE PLASTIC RECOVERY TANK. *AK
WHILE TRAVELING SIDE FUMES FROM OTHER VEHICLES WERE INSIDE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK
Reading these
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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