Owner-reported complaints naming the driver-assistance system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 Pontiac Grand Prix submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 18 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
WHITE SMOKE AND ODOR CAME FROM WINDSHIELD WIPER/CRUISE CONTROL/IGNITION SWITCH AREA OF THE STEERING COLUMN. CRUISE CONTROL AND TURN INDICATORS ACTED ERATICLY. I STOPPED VEHICLE AND SHUT OFF ENGINE. THEN RESTARTED VEHICLE AND PROCEDED TO DEALERSHIP. SMOKE CAME AND WENT DURING TRIP. A STEERING COLUMN FIRE WOULD BE VERY DANGEROUS IN A MOVING VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY ON A FREEWAY.
ACCLERATOR CABLE SNAPPED ON HEAVY ACCLERATION INTO TRAFFIC. SNAPPED JUST IN BACK OF ENGINE CONNECTION. REPLACED CABLE LESS THAN A YEAR AGO, BECAUSE THE ONE THAT WAS ON THE CAR WHEN WE BOUGHT IS DID EXACTLY THE SAME THING. WE WERE LUCKY BOTH TIMES NOT TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT!
THE ACCELERATOR CABLE (CONNECTS GAS PEDAL TO CARBURETOR) BROKE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR WAS DEPRESSED IN AN ATTEMPT TO SPEED UP AND MERGE WITH TRAFFIC. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON A TOTAL OF THREE OCCASSION, THE FIRST TIME IN MAY, 1996 WITH 35878 MILES ON THE CAR, THE SECONG IN JULY, 1997 WITH 61000 MILES ON THE CAR AND THE THIRD TIME IN AUGUST, 1999 WITH 97000 MILES ON THE CAR. ALL 3 INCIDENTS OCCURRED ON A FREEWAY AT FREEWAY SPEEDS WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SPEED UP SO AS TO MERGE WITH TRAFFIC. *AK
USED CRUISE CONTROL AND COULD NOT GET CRUISE TO TURN OFF. TRIED BRAKING AND TURNING OFF CRUISE. HAD TO BRAKE AND PUT IN PARK AND TURN OFF CAR. WHEN CAR WAS RESTARTED, CAR STILL ACTED LIKE CRUISE WAS ON. FINALLY FELT ACCELERATOR POP LOOSE. CAR IS STILL RUNNING AT 1200 RPMS AT STOP LIGHTS. JUMPS TO 2000 RPMS WHEN IN PARK. INITIAL CONTACT WITH DEALER WAS VIA MAIL DUE TO BUSINESS TRIP. WILL BE CONTACTING DEALER TOMORROW. HAVE HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR. MANY OF MY PROBLEMS ARE SIMILAR TO ONES I FOUND ON THE SERVICE BULLETINS ON THIS WEB SITE.*AK
ACCELERATOR CABLE BROKE WHILE DRIVING. NM
ACCELERATOR CABLE BROKE.
ENGINE OLI LEAK. ALSO, ALTERNATOR/REAR STRUTS/IDLE SPEED CONTROL MOTOR/BATTERY AND DRIVER'S SIDE POWER WINDOW FAILED.
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND TRYINGTO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE STARTED DECELERATING AND LOST SPEED, COULD NOT PASS THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WENT 10MPH INSTEAD OF 30 MILES. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AND THE MECHANIC SAID THAT THE THROTTLE CABLE WAS BROKE. *AK
DOOR FAILS TO OPEN OR CLOSE.
ACCELERATOR BRAKE CABLE BROKE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE. BY STEPPING ON THE BRAKE WA SABLE TO COAST TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF INTERSTATE AND STOP. *AK
DRIVING VEHICLE AT SPEED 35MPH, THROTTLE CABLE BROKE, COULD NOT MOVE VEHICLE OFF HIGHWAY. *AK
WHILE PULLING OUT OF DEVELOPMENT ONTO MAJOR HIGHWAY, ACCELERATOR CABLE BROKE; COASTED TO A DRIVEWAY TO AVOID ACCIDENT; NO WARNING; REPLACED; HAPPENED AGAIN. *AK
PURCHASE CAR USED ON THREE OCCASIONS THE ACCELERATOR CABLE BROKE . TT
1) VEHICLE CONSUMES OIL W/NO INDICATOR TO IDENTIFY. SEVERAL DEALERS IN AREA CAN'T DETECT CONSUMPTION. 2) SPEED CONTROL ENGAGES W/NO ACTIVATION OF SWITCH. TT VEHICLE HAS ROUGH IDLE. TURN SIGNALS DO NOT TURN OFF SOMETIMES AND THEY MAKE LOUD NOISES, POSSIBLE WIRING PROBLEMS. RACK AND PINION STICKS. BRAKE DUST FLOWING FROM WHEELS AND MAKES THEM RUSTY. VEHICLE LEAKS WHEN IT RAINS. WINDOWS WERE REPLACED AND STILL NOT VERY FUNCTIONAL. INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, BATTERY ILLUMNATED, REPLACED ALTERNATOR. DASHBOARD IS SEPARATING. MUFFLER IS RUSTING. FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY, VEHICLE EXPERIENCES SUDDEN ACCELERATION. *SLC
WHILE DRIVING, ACCELERATOR CABLE SNAPPED WHILE PASSING A VEHICLE; NO WARNING; NEARLY CAUSED ACCIDENT; MANAGED TO COAST TO SIDE OF ROAD; SPEED 50 MPH. TT
ACCELERATOR CABLE SNAPPED/BROKE, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. *AK
AUTO-TRAN: WHILE DRIVING, ACCELERATOR CABLE SNAPPED; GAS PEDAL BECAME USELESS; SPEED 60 MPH; NO WARNING. TT
THE ACCELERATOR CABLE THAT GOES FROM THE GAS PEDAL TO THE ENGINE RUBBED THROUGH WHILE DRIVING. TT
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.
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