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1985 Pontiac Parisienne Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Dec 22, 2003
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Sep 13, 1996

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1985 Pontiac Parisienne. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–3 of 3

Powertrain (other)
Filed Dec 22, 2003
Fire reported

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION CAUGHT ON FIRE. *MR THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING, SO SHE PLACED THE VEHICLE IN LOW GEAR WHICH RESULTED IN A FIRE THAT HAD SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE VEHICLE. *SC *JB

NHTSA ID
10052194
Incident
Oct 22, 2003
Driver assistance
Filed Mar 11, 1999

WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH THE CRUISE CONTROL SLIPPED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE. CONSUMER TOOK CRUISE CONTROL OFF AND APPLIED THE BRAKES. *AK

NHTSA ID
835688
Incident
Mar 12, 1987
Brakes
Filed Sep 13, 1996

MASTER CYLINDER FAILED TWICE, ALSO POWER BOOSTER FAILED. *AK

NHTSA ID
508633
Incident
Sep 11, 1996

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.

Data sources

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