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 2004 record →
HEADLIGHTS BOUNCE ON ALL ROAD SURFACES AT ALL SPEEDS, CAUSING DISTRACTIONS FOR BOTH THE DRIVER AND OTHER TRAFFIC, BOTH ONCOMING AND LEADING. DEALER ACKNOWLEDGES PROBLEM BUT HAS NO TSB OR FIX AVAILABLE FROM PONTIAC. *JB
HEADLIGHT SHAKE BADLY. ANY SLIGHT VARIATION IN THE ROAD SUCH AS EXPANSION JOINTS, CRACKS, BUMPS, ETC. RESULT IN OBVIOUS SHAKING SEEN ON REFLECTIVE SIGNS, CAR TAILS, ETC. THIS IS PRETTY DISTRACTING AS A DRIVER OF THE CAR, I CAN'T IMAGINE THE IMPACT ON OTHERS. DEALER OFFERED NO SOLUTION AS PONTIAC HAS NOT OFFICIALLY ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROBLEM BUT ALL 2004 GRAND PRIX MODELS HAVE THIS ISSUE. *JB
THE HEADLIGHTS WERE SHAKING WHICH HAS CAUSED THE DISTRACTION OF DRIVERS ON THE OTHER LANE. THE DEALER'S SERVICE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL RESPONSE WAS THAT THE HEADLIGHTS ARE WITHIN SPECIFICATIONS AND DESIGNED THAT WAY. *LA
2004 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GTP
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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