Tl* the contact owned a 1999 pontiac grand prix. The contact stated that while driving at 35 MPH, the contact noticed smoke coming from the vents without warning. The contact pulled the vehicle over and upon further inspection noticed the vehicle was on fire. The fire was distinguished by the local fire department. A police report was not filed. There were no injuries. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where it was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was destroyed. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v701000 (engine) two years after the vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 100,000. The VIN was not available.
1999 Pontiac Grand Prix engine complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 1999 pontiac grand prix. The contact stated that while driving at 45 MPH, smoke started to emit out of the engine compartment. After inspecting the vehicle, the contact noticed that all of the oil had leaked out of the engine. As a result, the engine compartment started to catch on fire. The contact extinguished the fire. The vehicle was towed to the contacts residence and it was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The contact recently received a notification for the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v701000 ( engine and engine cooling). The failure mileage was 120,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 1999 pontiac grand prix. The contact stated that after the vehicle was parked, he noticed smoke coming from under the hood of the vehicle. The contact opened the hood and discovered that the engine was on fire. The fire was extinguished. A fire report was filed and no injuries were reported. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure and the VIN was included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 08v118000 (engine and engine cooling). The failure mileage was 169,000. The VIN was unavailable.
On october 9th after parking the car in parking garage and turning off the engine, smelled and seen smoke, opened the hood and there was a fire on top of the engine. Managed to get fire put out but many plastic parts were melted. Had car towed to repair facility and total of repairs was $1458.25. I had no knowledge of a recall until seeing in the news around the 27th. No photos were taken of damage, repair shop can verify damage.
I was driving on sh 249 and I was going 50 MPH when my car had smoke coming from under the hood of my car. I pulled off to the shoulder and raised the hood and I saw a fire as long as my arm coming from the spark plug wire retention channel on the front of my engine. I took my car to parkway chevrolet and they told me that it was my fault. I would like to know what I can do for my car because I am without transportation for now. Would like to have it fixed because I just put about 4,000 dollars into this car. This is my dad's car and he was about to give it to me but now since it has fires, he says that there will be no way!
When I first got my car in 2012, had to take it back to place, because it cut off/ stalled. Bought as is. Had warranty for 3 months. They did not honor it. It has been one problem, after another. With this car. Since the day I bought it.
I've had the car for about a year and within a year I've had numerous problems with a such as power steering the keys and the shifter locking up right now unless I hit the safety thing for the shifter it won't go into gear in my key is stuck in the ignition in the position I cannot take it out the person I bought it off of having problems I didn't really think anything of the problems now I just want to know what to do it's never went for any recalls.
Car was parked in driveway after driving to town and back. About 20 minutes later my boyfriend heard a pop sound from inside the house. When he looked outside the car was on fire under the hood. Fire department was called to help put out the fire. Car was completely burned under the hood, tires/front part of car were also burned. Damage was a total loss, engine was burning so hot it was white. Nearly caused a house fire and luckily no one was injured. Car had some oil leakage in engine/manifold area but recall was fixed about 5 years ago for this issue. Car was in good condition and no serious problems before this fire occurred.
My daughter was driving the vehicle when it quit properly accelerating. She brake and pulled to the side of the road and turned the car off. When she called to tell me she had broken down, she noticed flames coming from the good. She exited the vehicle and called 911. The entire engine was engulfed in flames. The car is a total loss. Fire department informed of a recall we were not aware of. Gm denies that the car is part of a recall.
I left my house for the first time that day went three blocks stop for the stop sign it went in flames from the beginning of the motor all the way in my backseat I was driving probably 5 minutes doing the speed limit an coming to a stop sign an I stopped then in flames I called 911 and they put the fire out and they had they had to call a tow truck the car wasn't drivable afterwards one more. Now they want me to pay 350.00 for the tow an 2days of it being there.
A faulty crankshaft position sensor caused the loss of steering and braking on numerous occasions until the problem was diagnosed. The same conditions as a faulty ignition switch. Yet the crankshaft sensor is common on all autos. Thus all autos that use a crankshaft sensor are unsafe.[xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
Since the beginning of june, the car has shut off while my son has been driving it six times. He has been on the interstate, on our local roads, etc. The car will start right back up. It is scary for a newer driver or anyone for that matter to be driving on the highway and the car just shut off.
There was a loud boom and flames came to the windshield from under the hood. I pulled the car over and jumped out to safety. The engine burned and the front of the car was destroyed. Everything under the hood was destroyed. The brakes were also destroyed. The ignition didn't work but I was able to get the key out. There was no power the car.
Received notice on recall for my make and model car.
The car was parked in a parking lot. It caught fire 30 min after it was parked and burned the entire engine compartment. The fore department stopped the fire before it spread to the rest of the car. It was a good car previous to this instance. We maintained the car well and had it looked over by a mechanic monthly. We will never own a pontiac again.
Just got done driving the car. Parked the car in the driveway. Within 10 minutes of the car being parked the engine caught fire leading to a total loss. The fire department was called to put out the fire. This all happened after recall #09047 performed. This recall was supposed to prevent this fire from happening. I believe this happens more than people know. This is the fourth incident alone that we know of in muskegon. One of the other incidents also had the recall performed. We contacted gm about our safety concerns however they seemed to be to worried about a monetary claim against them, rather than our safety concerns.
The neighbor knocked on our door and told my husband the car was on fire. The fire appeared to start under the hood. The whole front of the car, including the winshield was burned.
After owning this vehicle for a very short time, it had some minor body work done and completely repainted. I had new headlights and taillights installed due to the poor condition of the existing lights. The second day I drove the car to work, I returned home, parked it in the attached garage and went inside. In less than 5 minutes, there was a loud "pop", and upon investigation the car was found to be smoking from under the hood. We tried using a fire extinguisher, but the engine was flaming by then, so it was useless. Luckily, a passerby stopped and was able to pull the burning car from the garage, but not before there was some substantial damage to the interior. The entire front end of the vehicle is completely burned and melted. It is a complete loss which is unfortunate since I only carried liability insurance on it until it was completely finished in the body shop. Since this fire, I have been checking on recalls concerning any related problems with this model. I have found several that are similar to this situation. I personally know of three other fire related incidences of 1999 pontiacs.
Car was driven less than 2 miles. Parked and when returned 15 minutes later troy ny fire dept had hood up and put out a small fire under engine cover. They said it appeared to be electrical in nature. This car had a recall issued and work completed to correct a engine fire issue on 9/24/2010 at 172,221 miles. I contacted pontiac and they gave me a case # and said they would take a look at the car. A couple of weeks later they sent me out a denial letter stating that nys only requires a 4 year from in service date warranty and that I was well past that timeframe. My concern is that their recall did not remedy the situation and that the work was completed before I even put three thousand miles on the car.
Tl* the contact owns 1999 pontiac grand prix. While parked, the contact noticed smoke coming from underneath the hood. The contact opened the hood and noticed flames. The contact used water to extinguish the fire. The vehicle was then inspected by an independent mechanic. The mechanic stated that the failure may have been caused by a fuel leak. The vehicle was previously repaired under the recall associated with the federal safety agency campaign id number 09v116000 (engine and engine cooling). The contact stated that the failure may be related to the recall repair. The vehicle was not repaired a second time. The approximate failure mileage was 118,000.
The car damaged the plenum three times, this cause multiple missfire until the car wont start; there is corrosion on spark cables, damaged the coils. All power window machinery and/or motors also damaged.
Engine fire, approximately 5 minutes after car was parked. Fire company called to extinguish fire.
Tl* the contact owned a 1999 pontiac grand prix. The contact stated that the vehicle was parked and shut off for a few minutes when it engulfed into flames. The fire department appeared on the scene to extinguish the fire. The vehicle was destroyed and towed to an independent repair shop. The failure was not diagnosed. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure and current mileages were unknown. The VIN was unavailable.
Vehicle began to run rough. Then immediately lost power steering and stalled. The engine died followed by flames from under both sides of the hood. No smoke was seen before the fire began. No lights came on to indicate a problem. In no time, the entire vehicle was engulfed in flames. The car was a total loss.
On sunday morning july 3, 2011 I drove my wife's 1999 pontiac grand prix 13.57 mile from my home to get some lab work done. Afterwards I dove 12.77 mile to the gas station and filled the car up with gas $49.50 to be exact, then drove home 1.80 miles total trip 28.14 miles. I parked the car in front of my home as I always do next to my 1993 cadillac seville. I went into the house to change for church and approximately 10 minutes later my son call out to me saying dad the car is smoking!! I went to the door and I saw the car was smoking and then fire shot out from under the front of the car and engulfed the engine. My wife called 911 and told them that the car was on fire and it has a full tank of gas (my neighbor also called 911). My wife then said to move away from the windows and door just in case the car blows. While moving back we saw the blaze from the grand prix spread over to the seville catching the right side tire on fire. By this time the fire and police were on the site. The grand prix burned from the front hood to the back seats before being contained, and the front windshield was cracked and front right quarter panel on the 1993 seville was burnt badly including the right tire, the turn signal lights and head lights. I'm simply out raged that my insurer will not cover my seville for the damages done by no fault of mine. Something needs to be done. I had two perfectly running vehicles until sunday morning and now I'm down two. My insurance company has indicated that they will pay for the grand prix but pull out a clause in my policy saying that damage to property while it is owned by you is not covered!, but if someone else's vehicle would have been damaged, then it would have been covered. This is no fault of mine and I've always pay my insurance on time and I'm robbed in the end... Where is the justice?!?!? I have always owned gm and I'm now rethinking that!
Early monday morning got into car as normal to go to work, turned the key to start and immediatly there was a loud thump then smoke started pouring out of hood area, I opened the hood and the engine was engulfed in flames, the noise was so loud it woke my family in which they called the fire department by then I had already ran to my boat to retrieve my fire extinguisher to put the fire out, luckily I had the extinguisher and was able to cancel fire department call and put the fire out by myself, now I am awaiting estimate from mechanic to see if engine can be salvaged or if it is a total loss
This is the same car as on this report filed earlier and I am the same complainant and still have not gotten any relief. Had upper manifold plenum and gasket replaced, along with new plugs and wires. Car ran ok for approx. 6 months and had problems again. Took car to a mechanic and was told that the same problem would happen again, as the so-called better plastic plenums and gaskets dissolves again. Car started running rough, replaced plug wires per mechanic, which would take roughness away. Drove about 1 week and no good results. Finally took car to another mechanic and found out that the upper intake manifold was not the problem as previous gm mechanic stated, but the lower manifold and gaskets were the problem and should have been checked, this problem caused the engine to take in air and water, the plug were burned off as if eaten away by acid and water was escaping through the engine valves. I was shown the damaged plugs and the disintegrated gasket and warped manifold cover. Now my engine is gone because not only are the head gasket blown, but the engine has a cracked block due to the heat. I will hopefully never buy another gm auto. That is why people support the foreign car markets. They seem to make better autos, even the recalled ones. I have to replace at my own engine, if I do, at my own cost, due to their faulty and inferior materials. This is clearly a rip-off and unfair to the american consumers. This car was bought new in 12/1999 with 26 miles on it and has been upkept inside and outside and currently have only 98,000 miles on the damaged engine. Now I have the same problem, only worse. I have also replace the motor driver front window 2 times and also other components on the same window and it still does not work so it is up position permanently. If it goes down, the door have to be taken apart to get it back up.
Tl* the contact owns a 1999 pontiac grand prx. The contact was driving approximately 20 MPH and approaching a traffic stop when the engine exhibited an abnormal increase in rpms. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnosis or inspection. On a separate occasion, the exact same failure occurred and the engine stalled before then independently restarting. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for diagnosis. The technician was unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure persisted. The failure mileage was 131,752.
Tl* the contact owned a 1999 pontiac grand prix. The contact stated that she heard an abnormal popping noise from inside her residence and discovered that the vehicle was on fire. The fire department was called to extinguish the fire. It was determined that the fire originated from the engine. A fire report was available. The vehicle was destroyed. The contact referenced recall 09v116000, engine and engine cooling and stated she did not receive a recall letter. The vehicle was purchased used in 2008 and the contact did not confirm if the recall applied to her VIN or if the previous owner has satisfied the recall repair requirements. The approximate failure mileage was 130,000.
1999 pontiac grand prix. Attorney sent letter on behalf of consumer stating consumer is seeking property damage for loss of vehicle which caught fire prior to the date that a recall was issued in may 2010.
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