The passenger side headlight lens cover fell off and was not recovered. Just after I replaced this one the driver's side fell off. (the light bulbs explosed after being exposed to the weather)
1998 Pontiac Grand Prix lights complaints
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While traveling consumer noticed headlights fell off, resulting in poor visibility. Dealer was contacted, and headlights were replaced twice.
The rubber molding around the front windshield on the right hand side has come loose. The window on the passenger side in the front only works occasionally. I have had to replace the headlamp on my car twice (one actually fell off on the highway while driving) and the condensation/moisture is horrible inside the headlamps making for poor visibility.
Headlight plastic covers, on separate occasions, fell off while driving. The entire headlight assembly needed to be replaced, per dealership.
Headlights lenses are not bonded correctly resulting in water collecting in the headlights. *mr this caused the headlamp to fog which reduced the amount of illumination. The left headlamp had fallen off. *scc
My 1998 pontiac grand prix has the same windshield wiper parking problems as the 1997 were recalled for. They park in the middle of the windshield, causing restricted vision when driving. Gm acknowledges that the 1997's were recalled for the same problem, but they will not fix the 1998's, and we have had to have them fixed twice. Also two headlight lenses have popped out, causing the headlights to burn out, leaving us unexpectedly with no lights at night.
Front driver's side headlight cover became separated while driving down highway.the cover hit my windshield and bounced over the top of the car and the car behind was back enough that it hit the highway first and then flew under their car.
I have lost both lens cover to headlights, causing the bulbs to go out. Had to pay $70.00 for replacement of entire light component. Dealer said lens cover was not available????
Both headlight lenses on my wifes 1998 grand prix went flying through the air at different times while driving down the freeway.
Right side headlight lens separation. Left side lens has water inside of it. This is a known problem by gm, but gm refuses to address it. They have even mfg'd a new part that, in theory, does not have this problem. This should be recalled, as the expense in repairing it is roughly 150$ in parts alone. In addition, this problem can (and did in my case) cause the halogen bulb to explode from water impacting it.
This winter I had noticed that the moisture (fogging) problem in the headlights was particularly bad. Within a 4 weeks period, both headlight covers came off and the light bulb blew out. Cost to repair $160 each.
I walked outside and noticed my passenger headlight lens had fallen off.
The passenger side headlight lens fell off.
Clear plastic headlight lens cover on the driver's side fell off. It appears the adhesive failed. The other headlight is showing signs of moisture entry.
1998 pontiac grand prix headlamp failures caused by defective covers. Bad glue - dealer playing dumb, but the web has hundreds of complaints. Gm's daylight running lamps and headlamps are part of the car's critical safety system. The federal safety agency should issue a safety recall.
On the exterior lights, the light lense cover has fallen off on the drivers side. I called the pontiac dealer and was told "yes, we have them in stock, they fall off all the time". The bargain price was $70, which I have replaced with plastic for now because of budget purposes, only to have the left side fall off 2 months later. Shouldn't this be a recall if it "happens all the time"??
The lense on the passenger side head light just fell off in my driveway as I was coming home from work one afternoon. My husband found it in the driveway and a friend had ran over it. So now we have to spend 78.00 and buy the whole assembly in order to get a lense replaced because the thing just feel off.
Headlight face falls off and then I loose the use of the headlight until it is replaced. This has happened with both of my headlights
I had brought my car in because you couldn't drive it at night due to vapors on the inside of lenses on both sides of car. The water vapors on the lense was so great that the headlights gave off a blur so as not a clear lighting of the road was visable. As it went on the outside lense fell off and the dealership finally replaced the full section of the headlight. I then asked them about the other headlight and the service man told me that there was a recall on the headlights and when I got a notice they would replace the other headlight. I called pontiac and they told me that there was no recall on the headlights at all. In august of 1999 the other lense fell off the other headlight and they finally did replace the other headlight. Now I have a problem with the headlights a night as you can't drive it still due to the position of the lights. On coming traffic turn on their high beams because they think we have our on. I have asked to have them fixed every time I go in for service and still no satisfaction. As a matter of fact my husband took it over yesterday 12/2/2002 and they told him it would be a 2 1/2 hr. Wait just to have our headlights checked. It is to dangerous to drive at night so we avoid it as much as possible. Dt
Consumer walked out to start vehicle and noticed the drivers side lense that covers headlight had fallen off vehicle. Consumer stated when water would get inside head light, it would short out, which would cause vehicle to have no lights, the headlight assembly was replaced at owners expense.ts *tt
Consumer noticed that the lense had fallen off drivers side headlight. Consumer states when water gets behind lense it causes the light to short out. Consumer feels this is dangerous because cover could fly off on the highway and distracted another driver vision and cause an accident. Please provide any further information. Ts
Second headlight failure customer service referred me to dealer, dealer offerer $9.80 toward second expendature by me. When I expressed dissatisfaction with the offer dealer referred me back to customer service. No one wants to accept responsibility for head light assemblies that simply fall apart without warning.
While driving headlight lenses popped off, causing headlights to fail. This could cause and accident. Cause unknown. Dealer notified. *ak consumer stated that both headlight lenses popped out twice.
Headlight cover fell of approx. Seven months after I bought the vehicle. Approximatly three weeks later the other cover fell off, and both bulbs were shattered . In calling around to different auto salvage and parts stores it was brought to my attention that all the used headlight kits were unavailable due to the high demand. If the pontiac grand prix has a history of this peticular problem, why was there not a recall for them.
Headlight lens separated from vehicle, exposing wires. Dealer has been contacted. Please provide further information.
While driving right headlight cover fell off,.one week later, left headlight cover fell off.
Lens fell off headlight assembly due to bonding agent failure, other headlight foggy and moisture laden. Bonding appears to be failing on that assembly also. Dealer assumes no knowledge of chronic failure in these headlight lenses.manufacturer has not yet been contacted for their response but they will be.
Headlight lenses fall off while driving. This causes bulb to blowout. Dealer has been contacted. Please provide any further information.
Plastic headlight cover glue fails, causing the plastic cover to come off. When this happens the headlight will go out. I went to the dealer when I first noticed the covers coming loose when the car wasover 36000 miles and they told me it was a common occurrence on the grand prix for the cover to come off. It is expensive to fix $90+ for each one. I had the second one come off this week. Again I was told although common it is not covered under any defect policy with gm. I called gm customer service in detroit. And given a customer complaint # s1-1898506. I was told by them to contact the better business bureau as it was not their problem. I feel that this is a dangerous problem as when the cover falls off the headlights blow. This could cause a accident at night. At the same time since gm knows about the problem they should fix them free of charge.
Right lens fell off. First pontiac dealer I contacted, jones motors in savannah, tn, (731‑925‑4923) told me in nov. 2001 that I had to buy whole headlight assembly at $225+ labor. Trusting them, I bought and installed an entire aftermarket assembly. Then I found service bulletin 010842004 at the federal safety agency.org, plus an independent body shop man told me the lens was available by itself. I called jones back today (4/22/02), hoping they had discovered and corrected their mistaken info. They still told me I had to buy the whole thing, but at $100+ labor this time. I don't know why the price had been cut in half. When I asked them about the service bulletin, they claimed total ignorance. The parts man said he did not have access to bulletins. His manager called me back later and offered to get me a lens off "one in the back" but I reminded him it was too late for me--I just wanted to make sure others did not get taken by their misinformation. Then I called mathews' (1-800-wilson go), just to see if a much bigger dealership would not surely be more informed. They also told me the whole assembly was my only option. When I told the fellow about the bulletin, he too claimed to be in the dark about such matters. My question is, why do gm's own people not know about their service bulletins when independent body shop people do? Is this a scam, or an inexcusable lack of communication?
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