Owner-reported complaints naming the interior system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming seats, latches, locks, linkages and interior fittings. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1995 Pontiac Grand Prix submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 11 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
WHILE DRIVING FRONT PASSENGER SEAT COLLAPSED FORWARD. C0NSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT HOME. THEN, CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND FOR AN APPOINTMENT. *AK
WHILE GETTING INTO TO MY CAR I SAT DOWN THE AND THE SEAT BROKE AND I FELL TO THE BACK. I CHECKED MY SEAT AND FOUND THE METAL BRACKET BROKE THAT SECURES THE SEAT DOWN.*AK
THE DOOR LOCKS ARE ONLY SUPPOSED TO AUTOMATICALLY LOCK WHEN THE CAR IS PUT INTO DRIVE. HOWEVER, THEY LOCK AUTOMATICALLY EVEN WHEN THE CAR IS IN PARK. THUSLY, I END UP LOCKED OUT OF MY VEHICLE W/ KEYS AND EVERYTHING ELSE INSIDE. HAS HAPPENED TO ME ON SEVERAL OCCASION, THE BUTTONS ARE NOT IN THE RIGHT POSITION FOR ME TO "ACCIDENTALLY" HIT IT. HAS ALSO HAPPENED SEVERAL TIME TO A FRIEND WHO OWNS A PONTIAC GRAN AM 1991.
I GOT INTO MY PONTIAC AND AS I SAT DOWN THE SEAT BROKE AND I FELL BACK TO THE REAR. I GOT OUT OF THE CAR, LOOKED UNDER MY SEAT AND SAW THAT A METAL BRACKET HAD BROKEN IN TWO. I THOUGHT I SHOULD REPORT THIS BECAUSE I WAS LUCKY IT DIDN'T HAPPEN WHILE I WAS DRIVING. ESPECIALLY WHEN I'M DRIVING UP TO THE CORONADO BRIDGE TOLL BOOTH REACHING FOR MY WALLET IN MY RIGHT REAR POCKET. *AK
ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION, AIRBAG EXPERIENCED NO DEPLOYMENT DURING RATHER SUFFICANT IMPACT. HOWEVER, ON ONE INCIDENT NOT ONLY DID THE AIRBAG EXPERIENCE NO DEPLOYMENT, BUT THREE OF THE FOUR RETRACTABLE FRAME PINS COLLAPSED, AND THE DRIVER'S SEAT BROKE (FELL BACKWARDS), CAUSING FAILURE. *YC
REPLACED TURN SIGNAL FLASHER.
THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE UNDER DASH WHILE BEING DRIVEN. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK
SPEAKER COVER FAILED.
WHILE DRIVING AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE WIRING, CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CATCH FIRE IN THE STEERING COLUMN AND UNDER THE DASH AREA. *AK
VEHICLE HAS NO CHILD SAFETY LOCKS, 2 YEAR OLD CHILD IS ABLE TO OPEN DOOR FROM INSIDE. TT *JB
POWER SEAT FAILED. *DSH
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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