10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 2
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
63,200 miles

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problem #5

Dec 122005

Grand Prix 8-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 146,000 miles
The contact states vehicle caught on fire. The vehicle had been sitting for 30 minutes before the fire. The fire department was called to extinguish the fire. The fire marshal inspected the vehicle and concluded the fire was electrical. It started in the dashboard and spread to the engine. There were no prior problems reported on the vehicle. No one sustained any injury due to the fire. The fire department told the contact the police department would not respond since the fire was on her property. The vehicle was a complete loss.

- Shade, OH, USA

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problem #4

Dec 182002

Grand Prix

  • 100,000 miles
While vehicle was checked for dashboard lights mechanic found that engine head cracked. Vehicle was leaking oil, and oil sensor light was on all the time.

- Boone, IA, USA

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problem #3

Jan 062003

Grand Prix 6-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 70,000 miles
My 1997 Pontiac Grand Prix has had numerous false air bar warnig lights and just recxently the rear window difroster relay wiring burnt up the dealer says this hapens and my only remedy is to chang the harness.

- Dunstable , MA, USA

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problem #2

Apr 122001

Grand Prix

  • miles
Wiring harness that provides electricity to both the driver side and passenger side airbags within the dashboard had failed as a result of a high resistance connection failure. The problem was uncovered by the dealer after the airbag warning light came on. The dealer's mechanic stated this disabled both airbags and that he had personally replaced at least 20 of these harnesses for same problem. Another personal contact at another Pontiac dealer stated that "dozens" of these harnesses have been replaced in their shop. This is an expensive repair of $400 to remedy the problem if not under warranty timeframe. Part has since been re-designed to correct high resistance connection problem.

- Fort Wayne, IN, USA

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problem #1

Mar 282000

Grand Prix

  • miles
The car was taken in for a defective alternater and was replaced. The service tech noticed the air bag light on and asked if I had seen it on. I said yes it had been on before and gone off from time to time. He then said it was a problem in the wiring harness that they had repaired on other Grand Prix and it would cost around $200 to fix it. He also said with the airbag light on the system would not deploy in the event of a accident. But my question was why should I pay for fixing the problem that they designed. There is a sbn # 98839010 on record seq 228, dated 9806 NHTSA SB602269 for this same problem. What recourse do I have? thank you

- Crown Point, IN, USA

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