While driving the rear of the vehicle swayed from left to right.
1997 Pontiac Grand Prix suspension complaints
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Making left hand turns, vehicle makes a grinding noise from front end. Feels like there is no power steering then it comes back happens all of the time
When exiting driveway, steering wheel locked up, preventing owner from maneuvering vehicle. Owner towed vehicle to covington tire and service. They found that due to rear bearings being chewed up and destroyed, steering was incapacitated. *ak consumer took vehicle to the dealer for repairs to the pump/hose seal. Returned the next week because the problem with the steering was still present. The vehicle was test driven and consumer was told the vehicle could never lose steering. On the date indicated, the vehicle was not functioning. The vehicle was towed to an independent garage and the rack and pinion replaced. Upon calling gm, consumer was told nothing could be done since the repairs weren't done by pontiac.
We found the head of the bolt and the washer under the car when it was parked. The head of the bolt had cracked off right where it joins the shaft of bolt. My father bought a new bolt and replaced it. It seemed very unusual the way the bolt head had broken off. The entire face of the shaft and the head where the shaft was were rusted so it appears that this had been broken for some time. We have both pieces of the bolt if you need to have it and a parts display of the rear suspension with the bolt circled if you need them. If yo have questions contact my father at the same number or via e-mail at [email protected].
Consumer states that while driving at 35 MPH the right rear coil spring broke. Contacted dealer and the dealer is not willing to do anything.
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While driving, consumer lost complete steering ability, steering would not turn left or right. Completely locked up. *ak dealer installed remanufactured rack and pinion, replaced power steering hose, and a four wheel alignment was also performed.
Theres a winding noise coming from front wheel bearings.*ak both front wheel bearing units failed. Consumer belives the bearings were defective.
Vehicle windshield wiper arm (drivers) creaking noise (I believe a recall is underway). Loose trim throughout. Rearview mirror replaced, battery died (car was towed), power window failed (dealer replaced), headlights admit moisture, ashtray opens by itself, seat squeaks, dash rattles, rattle also comes from rear of car, vehicle vibration at highway speeds, seatbelts do not retract, leather on seats is cracking, key knob has too short a range, stiching is coming off the leather wrapped steering wheel, also the club lock burns inprints into wheel if left on in the summer sun, headlights turn on in the middle of the day, brakes stop working in heavy rain or when coming out of the car wash, the power door lock swithch on the passengers door fell into the door, various retaining clips have broken off trim, etc.
Torsion spring pins failed. Nlm
Vehicle continually drifts while driving at high speeds causing poor control.
Odometer reads incorrectly.
Rear suspension had a creaking noise. In addition, sun roof casing broke twice, and air bag malfunctioned on two occasions.
Vehicle pulls to the right and they have to remove metal in order to adjust the camber.
While driving, any speed, rear of vehicle rattles, severely vibrates, could cause crash. According to dealer, rear stabilizar bar is loose, no parts to correct problem, waiting for gm to reconstruct part.
Steering: steering handling problems . Vehicle difficult oto handle in breezy conditions when traveling at 50- 60mph. Vehicle wanders to left and right, creating straight line stability problems, must constantly counter steer to keep vehicle on highway.
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