Owner-reported complaints naming the electrical system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the electrical system — wiring, battery, charging, control modules, infotainment and electrical accessories. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 Pontiac Trans Sport 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
WENT TO HAVE AC CHARGED, FOUND THAT IT IS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM, WINDSHIELD WIPERS (FRONT/BACK) WORK SPORADIICALLY, CONSUMER HAS TO GET OUT OF VEHICLE TO PUSH WIPERS DOWN WHEN STUCK. WENT IN FOR TRANSMISSION WORK FOUND THAT IT WAS A WIRING ISSUE, VAN JOLTS WHEN USING CRUISE CONTROL AND WHEN GOING UP LARGE HILLS.*AKI
I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY, WHEN WITHOUT WARNING, IT STALLED. I PULLED TO THE SIDE, AND ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. IT CONTINUED TO START, BY WHEN I PUT IT IN GEAR IT WOULD STALL AGAIN. AFTER SEVERAL TIMES, WE SAW SMOKE, THEN IMMEDIATELY FIRE. THE ENTIRE UNDERSIDE OF THE VEHICLE WAS BURNED BY TIME THE FIRE DEPT. ARRIVED. THE HIGHWAY PATROL CALLED AAA WHO TOWED IT TO MY USUAL GARAGE. AFTER INSPECTION, THEY DETERMINED IT WAS TOO MUCH DAMAGE TO WARRANT FIXING. I CONTACTED THE PONTIAC CUST. ASSIST. CENTER AND WAS GIVEN A REFERENCE # AFTER FILING A REPORT. HAVE HEARD NOTHING. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED BACK TO MY RESIDENCE, WHERE IT IS NOW. I STILL OWE ON THE VEHICLE, AND HAVE NO RECOURSE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AND COMING TO A STOP VEHICLE WILL JUST GO DEAD. AFTER A FEW MINUTES IT WILL START AGAIN. DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. *AK
WHEN AT COMPLETE STOP ENGINE STALLS, AFTER A FEW MINUTES WILL START AGAIN. *AK *SLC
AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE VEHICLE LOCKED UP AND DIED. DEALER SAID THAT THERE WAS A GROUND WIRE LOOSE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN INTO THE DELAER SEVERAL TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED THE ACCELERATOR CABLE SNAPPED, CAUSING THE GAS PEDAL TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. VEHICLE IS NOT RECEIVING ANY GAS AT ALL. ALSO, THE COMPUTER CHIP SHUT THE VEHICLE DOWN. CONTACT THE DEALER, AND THEY DON'T KNOW THE CAUSE. *AK
MAIN COMPUTER MODULE MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING IGNITION TO FAIL. THIS, IN TURN, FOILED THE PLUGS/BURNED OUT PLUG WIRES/CARBONED UP THE THROTTLE AND INJECTORS. *AK
ELECTRCIAL FIRE BECAUSE OF THE WIRING. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
BATTERY FAILED.
THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT SHIFTING RIGHT AND THE ALTERNATOR WENT OUT THE WINDOW WON'T GO UP RIGHT . TT
WHILE DRIVING, SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM UNDERHOOD; PULLED OVER; ENGINE ENGULFED WITH FLAMES; ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO EXTINGUISH FIRE; VEHICLE TOTALED. 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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