Owner-reported complaints naming the body or structure system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the vehicle structure, frame, body panels, doors, hood and trim. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1998 Pontiac Grand Prix submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 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
CAR CAUGHT FIRE IN MY DRIVEWAY AND WAS DESTROYED ON 04/05/2016, ENGINE FIRE. MY DRIVEWAY WAS FRIED, IMPRINT OF CAR STILL THERE. I FILED A CLAIM WITH GM LAST YEAR.,HAVE NOT HEARD A THING SINCE. VEHICLE LOSS WAS $2800 DRIVEWAY REPAIR IS $3200
WATER LEAKED INTO THE VEHICLE, WHICH CAUSED MILDEW. *JB
THE PROBLEM(S) ARE WITH BOTH A 1998 AND 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE PROBLEMS WERE AS FOLLOWED: ENGINE COMPONENTS, STEERING, SUSPENSION, BRAKING SYSTEM, BATTERY, FUEL SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION, STRUCTURAL, THE WHEELS WERE NOISY, THERE WERE VISUAL COMPONENT DEFECTS, THE RADIO WAS DEFECTIVE, AND THE INTERIOR LIGHT ON THE DOOR WAS INOPERATIVE. JG SCC
CONSTANT MOISTURE IN HEADLIGHTS, THIS CAUSES LIMITED VISABILITY. THE PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR FLEW OUT WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED ACCIDENT OR INJURY TO PERSON IN PASSENGER SEAT. BOTH POWER WINDOWS HAVE FAILED TWICE, REGULATOR HAS BEEN REPLACED ON DRIVERS SIDE, PASSENGER SIDE HAS BEEN TIGHTENED AND THEY ARE BOTH BROKE AGAIN. DRIVERS SIDE MIRROR IS LOOSE COULD FLY OUT. DOOR PANELS ARE LOOSE THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN FIXED. FOG LIGHT AND TAIL LIGHT HAVE BOTH BURNED OUT ALREADY. DOOR LOCK COVER POPPED OUT CAUSING WIRES TO BE EXPOSED. DRIVERS SIDE WAS LOOSE HAD IT FIXED. CIGERETTE LIGHTER NEVER WORKED. WE ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE IF ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE RELATED TO AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM IN THE CAR. MANUFACTURER CONTACTED NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE AS OF YET. THIS IS VERY FRUSTURATING
ALREADY HAD TO REPLACE 2 FUEL INJECTORS AFTER HAVING CAR ONLY EIGHT MONTHS; CHILD SAFETY LOCKS BROKE WHEN PURCHASED; MOTOR IN DRIVER'S POWER WINDOW CONTROL PANEL BURNT OUT
STEERING IS LOOSE. *YC
POOR BUILD QUALITY AND ENGINEERING OF PARTS.
DRIVER'S POWER WINDOW LOCK BUTTON INOPERATIVE.
THE TRUNK INNER DECK LID HAS "ACCESS HOLES" FROM WHICH THERE ARE RAZORS LIKE POKING OUT OF THE HOLES WHICH INJURED THE OCCUPANT. *AK
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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