Owner-reported complaints naming the engine system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the engine itself — including stalling, misfires, oil consumption, cooling and internal engine components. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1989 Pontiac Grand Prix submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 15 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1989 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V701000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
REF: NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 00V189000 - FIX DOESNT REMEDY PROBLEM. *AK
WHILE TRAVELING HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND LOST POWER STEERING. THEN ENGINE SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
VEHICLE STALLS WHEN STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT OR WHEN SLOWING DOWN.
CRANKSHAFT BROKE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL WITHOUT WARNING. NM
WHILE DRIVING ENGINE MOTOR MOUNTS BROKE, CAUSING THE MOTOR TO FALL AND THE STEERING COLUMN TO SPLIT INTO TWO, WHICH CAUSED LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO GET FIXED FOR RECALL:REAR CRADLE BOLTS: AFTER THIS WAS DONE, ENGINE FELL OUT,CONSUMER HAS SPOKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHICH WAS VERY RUDE TO CONSUMER. WILL NOT FIX PROBLEM. *AK
CONSUMER WA SDRIVING AND THE ENGINE FELL OUT ONTO THE GROUND. *AK
IGNITION MODULE FAILED, MAKING VEHICLE IMPOSSIBLE TO START.
WHILE USING CLUTCH TO DOWN SHIFT OR TO SHIFT INTO ANOTHER GEAR, VEHICLE WOULD STALL, WITHOUT WARNING, DURING TRAFFIC OR AT STOP SIGNS/LIGHTS, HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE STEERING. *AK
MASTER CYLINDER FAILURE.
WATER PUMP REPLACED DUE TO LEAK.
CORRODED REAR DISC BRAKES. TT
BRAKE FAILURE; CORROSION IN REAR DISC BRAKES AND HOLES DISC DRUMS AND ROTORS, PE94-063 ACTIVE. TT
CRUISE CONTROL FAILURE.
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own
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