2.2

hardly worth mentioning
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
72,144 miles

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problem #3

May 052005

Grand Prix 6-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 98,000 miles
The ebcm (electronic brake control module) has gone out. This effect the power steering and the anti-lock brakes. The problem is that a new cost $700. Our gtp doesn't have traction control and we are unable to find a used or reman. Ebcm w/O traction control. The nose cone on the supercharger is also bad. It has a rattle in it that won't go away. It was that way when we bought the car with 68,000 miles on it, now has 102,000.

- Oak Grove, MO, USA

problem #2

Mar 022005

Grand Prix 6-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 68,000 miles
I have a 1997 pontaic Grand Prix. The headlight lens (glass) comes off while traveling down the road. This creates an unsafe condition being that there is a projectile that could hit another vehicle or a pedestrian and cause serious injury. In calling around to find a replacement lens, I found that this happens a lot and the salavage yards sell them as fast as they get them in. That is a lot of lens covers flying around on the highways. It is even taking a dealership a while to order one, since they also can not keep them in stock. I have no way of knowing it mine hit another vehicle, as it was there when I left and gone when I got to my destination. I heard a noise like a stone or something hitting the car, but was not aware of what it really was. If pontaic knows there is a problem they should be recalled and they should fix the problem.

- Mifflintown, PA, USA

problem #1

Aug 182003

Grand Prix 6-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 50,431 miles
Egr valve made of cheap plastic. Headlight lens falling off car. Faulty hydraulic modulator and exhaust system.

- Carol Stream, IL, USA