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 1998 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
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 65 MPH APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THEN, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY. VEHICLE CONTINUED TO SPEED. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE BY PULLING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IN ORDER TO STOP. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. *AK
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE GEAR SHIFT BROKE. DEALER NOTIFIED, REPAIRED AND 20,000 MILES LATER PROBLEM REOCCURRED. PH
CONSUMER ACCELERATED TO PASS A CAR AND THROTTLE STUCK OPEN, CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO GET IT TO RELEASE, THE BRAKES WERE BURNED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP VEHICLE, PONTIAC WOULD NOT FIX VEHICLE UNTIL A SATISFACTORY REASON FOR THE THROTTLE STICKING WAS FOUND. *SLC
THE HEADLIGHTS HAVE A BUILDUP OF CONDENSATION INSIDE THE LAMP WHICH REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF LIGHT PROJECTED BY THE LAMPS REFLECTORS, TOLD THAT THIS IS A STANDARD AND NORMAL CONDITION. NLM
MY CAR ACCELERATOR STUCK ON ME THIS MORNING WHEN I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE AND THE NEXT THINK I KNEW WAS UP ON A SNOW BANK, THEN WHEN I PUT FOOT ON BRAKE AND WAS PUTTING IT INTO REVERSE TO COME OFF SNOWBANK, BEFORE I COULD EVEN GO NEAR THE GAS PEDAL, IT FLEW BACKWARDS ABOUT 100 FEET INTO A FENCE, AND WOULD ONLY STOP WHEN I FINALLY GOT A HOLD OF THE KEY TO TURN IT OFF. WHEW!! COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. TOOK IT TO THE PONTIAC DEALER BECAUSE IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND THEY TOLD ME THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG, AND CHARGED ME A 75.00 INSPECTION FEE. COULD NOT BELIEVE IT. I ALMOST KILLED MYSELF AND KNEW IT WASNT ME, BECAUSE I WAS NEVER EVEN NEAR THE GAS WHEN IT HAPPENED.*AK
VEHICLE REVVED UP TO MAXIMUM OF 4000 RPMS. CONSUMER HAD TO SHUT ENGINE OFF, SPEED WAS 20 MPH . VEHICLE STARTED TO ACCELERATE. BUT, DUE TO SNOW ON ROAD TIRES WERE JUST SPINNING. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO SHUT OFF ENGINE. *AK
VEHICLE SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY ACCELERATED TO 75MPH. DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND ATTEMTPING TO CHANGE LANES THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELORATD AND WENT INTO OTHER LANES. *AK
FOR "EYE QUE" SYSTEM WHICH IS DESIGNED TO PROJECT SPEED ONTO WINDSHIELD, HOWEVER CAUSES VISIBILITY DESTRACTION. *YC
VEHICLE WAS APPROACHING TRAFFIC LIGHT WHEN INCURRED A SURGE IN ACCELERATION. DRIVER APPLIED BRAKES BUT ALSO HAD TO SHIFT TO NEUTRAL TO AVOID HITTING OTHER VEHICLE. DROVE VEHICLE .7 MILES BY SHIFTING BETWEEN DRIVE AND NEUTRAL WITH ENGINE AT HIGH RPM. TURNED ENGINE OFF AND THEN PLUG WIRES AND WIRING HARNESS BURST INTO FLAMES.
ACCELERATOR CABLE CAME OUT OF THE NORMAL CHANNEL IN THE FIREWALL AND WAS STUCK IN A WIDE-OPEN POSITION , CAUSING SUDDEN ACCELERATION.
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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