Tl* the contact owns a 2001 pontiac grand prix. The contact stated that when attempting to turn off the vehicle, the key failed to turn in the ignition. The key could be removed after numerous attempts. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed that the entire ignition switch cylinder needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 106,000.
2001 Pontiac Grand Prix electrical complaints
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Sometimes the headlights and air will not come unless you stop and restart. It appears to be in the ignition switch.
Tl* the contact owns a 2001 pontiac grand prix. While driving approximately 35 MPH, the steering wheel seized and the vehicle stalled. The battery and oil warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic and the vehicle was repaired. The details of the repair were unknown. The failure recurred. The VIN was unavailable. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 173,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2001 pontiac grand prix. While attempting to merge into traffic, the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was previously repaired according to the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v400000 (electrical system); however, the failure was not corrected. The manufacturer stated that the ignition switch needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN and speed were not available. The failure mileage was 49,129.
Tl * the contact owns a 2001 pontiac grand prix. The contact stated that oil dropped onto the engine while oil was being added to the reservoir. The vehicle ignited into flames. The contact extinguished the flames with a garden hose. In 2009, the vehicle was repaired according to the federal safety agency campaign number: 08v118000 (engine and engine cooling), but the remedy did not correct the failure. The contact also stated that the key would not release from the ignition switch. The vehicle was not repaired and the manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 160,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2001 pontiac grand prix. The contact stated that the key failed to be removed from the ignition. As a result, the vehicle was unable to be powered off. The failure occurred on several occasions. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 130,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2001 pontiac grand prix. While attempting to start the vehicle, the contact was unable to remove the key from the ignition switch. The vehicle failed to start. Additionally, the contact noticed oil leaking from the engine. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was 214,000.
My gas gauge doesn't work and the only time it does is when the needle floats back and forth between e and f. I'm not sure why this is but when I research about it there are many of complaints regarding the same issue. I would just like to know if the reason is a faulty gm part or if this happens all the time.
Second request...on jan 9, 2014, I was parked in my car having lunch with the motor running. For no apparent reason, the engine caught fire, causing the fuel lines to burst. The car was not drivable after that. That evening, when I got home, I had a recall from gm for my vehicle in the mail. (code 07035) I called gm the following day, told them of the incident and they became my best friends, especially when I told them no one was injured. Gm made an appointment and had me tow (at my expense) my car to sam swope auto center where it was evaluated. At no time did sam swope say the fire wasn't caused by the recall issue. The bill to repair was going to be $4,700. Sam swope said they could not fix without authorization from gm. After 2 weeks of getting the runaround and being asked questions like, "how many pontiacs have you owned" and "how loyal of a customer are you", they decided the car was too old and had too many miles to repair and stated that gm's liability ends 4 yrs after purchase, but did offer to fix the recall. I asked why if they didn't assume any liability after 4 yrs, why send a recall. The rep stated that they are computer generated. I explained that I didn't want to sue anyone, I just wanted my car either fixed or totaled out so I could purchase something else. By the way, I've owned 7 pontiacs, and 12 gm cars total. I'm 62 yrs old. And, the car wasn't a worn out piece of junk. It had every option gm offered including heads up display, bose sound system, heated 6-way seats, sun roof and more. The car is mint. When I purchased in 2005, it had 10300 miles on it. I'd be glad to supply photos as the body wasn't hurt. The gm rep asked me if I had fire and theft on the vehicle and I told him no. In his sarcastic voice, he commented, "well, I guess you should have. I also hired a lawyer, but gm wouldn't budge. Can you help me? This is so wrong.
On jan 9, 2014, I was parked in my car having lunch with the motor running. For no apparent reason, the engine caught fire, causing the fuel lines to burst. The car was not drivable after that. That evening, when I got home, I had a recall from gm for my vehicle in the mail. (code 07035) I called gm the following day, told them of the incident and they became my best friends, especially when I told them no one was injured. Gm made an appointment and had me tow (at my expense) my car to sam swope auto center where it was evaluated. At no time did sam swope say the fire wasn't caused by the recall issue. The bill to repair was going to be $4,700. Sam swope said they could not fix without authorization from gm. After 2 weeks of getting the runaround and being asked questions like, "how many pontiacs have you owned" and "how loyal of a customer are you", they decided the car was too old and had too many miles to repair and stated that gm's liability ends 4 yrs after purchase, but did offer to fix the recall. I asked why if they didn't assume any liability after 4 yrs, why send a recall. The rep stated that they are computer generated. I explained that I didn't want to sue anyone, I just wanted my car either fixed or totaled out so I could purchase something else. By the way, I've owned 7 pontiacs, and 12 gm cars total. I'm 62 yrs old. And, the car wasn't a worn out piece of junk. It had every option gm offered including heads up display, bose sound system, heated 6-way seats, sun roof and more. The car is mint. When I purchased in 2005, it had 10300 miles on it. I'd be glad to supply photos as the body wasn't hurt. The gm rep asked me if I had fire and theft on the vehicle and I told him no. In his sarcastic voice, he commented, "well, I guess you should have. I also hired a lawyer, but gm wouldn't budge. Can you help me? This is so wrong.
Vehicle parked over 48 hrs. After last driven passerby honked to let us know car was on fire. Unlocked car and opened hood. Flames present at ABS module and surrounding area. Wiring harness and plastics from there across firewall to main fuse box and electrics and plastics on top of engine melting. Extinguisher used to put out fire and disconnected battery cable. Removed powder with water hose and surveyed damaged it appears to have started at or very near the ABS module/relay box area and spread to fire wall and around towards the battery area from there. This is the gtp edition of the grand prix.
This is not the first incident, this is just the most recent. On monday, 4/7, I was driving on the freeway going home from work in the middle of storm around 5 pm and the shut off. Its as if the key was only turned enough to turn on the battery. This has happened on numerous occasions going as far back as 2012 when I purchased the car. It happens more frequently if I don't remove my car key from the rest of my keys. My power steering locks and the car is unable to turn.
Tl* the contact owns a 2001 pontiac grand prix. The contact stated while driving various speeds the vehicle's dashboard lights intermittently turned off and on followed by a clicking sound coming from the dashboard. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated the ignition switch would need to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was alerted of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 60,000.
The vehicle is running and the auto lights turn on at nite,with the fan speed on off position,the lights shutoff when turning on fan. Then there is no fan or lights on when to attempt to turn on 1-5 position. Manual lights will work but no fan. Have found out recently it only works on 5. I have installed a new resistor but no luck. Has occurred many times and as well has no vent control.
My father helped me purchase a 2001 pontiac grand prix just over a month ago. Originally I noticed a hesitation that would happen twice just for fractions of a second. After the second time this happened I noticed that my tac would drop to 0 then the "trac off" light would come on. On march 9th I was driving through an intersection when the car started hesitation. I was surprised when the car did not pick back up, I am not sure if the engine had completely stopped but my power steering was gone and pushing the gas pedal did nothing. I had to milk the car up to a spot where I had to force the car to turn. I turned the ignition off for maybe a minute then started it back up. My 3 year old was in the back seat crying that she had to potty so I turned around in hopes that the car would make it up to a gas station. When I pulled out the "trac off' light came on and the tac dropped but the car ran fine. I have drove the car another 60miles since and have not even the trac and tac issues since right after the incident. I bought this car because I was scared to have my daughter riding in my old one but now I am more worried about this car. I have spent a lot of time and have found hundreds upon hundreds of post about people having this same issue. *tr
Driving to work december 1, 2011, I noticed a burning smell and then a fire through the dash. I immediately pulled over and removed dash panel and threw snow into dash trying to put out the fire. Within a number of minutes the engine fire was out of control and the car was completely engulfed in flames. This resulted in a complete loss of the vehicle. It is believed the underhood fire was a result of the issue of gm safety recall #09047. The safety recall work was performed by a dealership on may 18,2009. I do not believe this "fix" has prevented the underhood fires on many of these recalled vehicles.
I was driving my car in a suburban area at approx 20 MPH when I noticed smoke coming out from under the hood. I immediately turned onto a side street and within 15 seconds of noticing the smoke there were flames shooting out from under my hood and the drivers side wheel well. I threw the car into park and got out. A passerby was already calling 911 and within less than a minute of my exiting the vehicle the entire front end was on fire. The fire department arrived and put out the fire and stated that there was so much damage to the front end of the car that they were unable to give a definite cause, but suspected electrical. The entire car is totaled, the fire was so hot it melted the driver window and the windshield and destroyed it within minutes. No electrical issues were noticed immediately prior to this incident, only change noted was that the passenger window rolled up a bit more slowly than normal.
Our 2001 pontiac grand prix, which has roughly 125,000 miles on it, stalls and dies at various speeds. It is not supercharged, but it does have the 3.8 liter series ii engine. The vehicle will shudder momentarily and, if the car's going fast enough, the momentum of the torque convert spinning manages to restart the engine in default, allowing it to keep running. However, the tcs "trac off" light comes on and the tachometer drops to 0 until the car is shut off and restarted. Sometimes, the car will stall at low speed and, minus the shudder, everything else occurs as described above, except that the car simply dies. The ses light has lit up a few times, but there is no clear reason for it to do so, since, once restarted, the engine runs just fine. Occasionally, however, idle is a little rough; the engine sometimes drops to almost 400 RPM when sitting with the engine running, then slowly climbs back up to about 600-750 RPM. More alarming personally, however, is the fact that roughly 11 days ago, the car completely died twice on the same day, in a 15-second period. While coming home from work on the freeway, the car completely died (the oil pressure light came on and everything). Having pulled onto the shoulder and restarted, I did not travel more than 100 feet before it happened again, this time on the freeway off-ramp. I restarted again, and it drove home normally. Lately, the car is sometimes next to impossible to start. Depending on the circumstances, one of two things will happen; either the engine will turn over but not run; or the engine will not turn over, and the starter solenoid will simply "click" behind the firewall. The battery was replaced less than a month ago, and no serious electrical faults have occurred since it was replaced, aside from the above problems.
I was pulled over by police for no rear lights. Upon investigation, found multi-function switch bad/jammed. Hazard light button stuck in up position. If pushed to the side and held, lights operate as advertised for some period of time, but will at some point stop working without my knowledge. Multi-function switch is dealer only part. Price is $500 + labor for installation.
I have a pontiac grand prix, 2001 which had a recall for engine compartmented fires, I first learned of the recall after the first fire that happened in july, 2010, which I put out myself, I then received a recall notice on my car. I had the recall work done in nov or dec of 2010. Today, my wife was driving my daughter to school this morning 1/26/2011, and the car caught fire again in front of the school and caused significant damage to the engine compartment & engine. The car is no longer drivable, everything in the engine compartment is destroyed.
I have a pontiac grand prix, 2001 which had a recall for engine compartmented fires, I first learned of the recall after the first fire that happened in july, 2010, which I put out myself, I then received a recall notice on my car. I had the recall work done in nov or dec of 2010. Today, my wife was driving my daughter to school this morning 1/26/2011, and the car caught fire again in front of the school and caused significant damage to the engine compartment & engine. The car is no longer drivable, everything in the engine compartment is destroyed.
I have a 2001 pontiac grand prix that had a recall for an oil leak. They did the recall on 6-6-2009. Yesterday about 20 to 30 minutes after driving it the car erupted into flame primarily on the right drivers side of the engine. Looking at the internet it looks to be identical to others who had this problem. What should I do?
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 pontiac grand prix. The contact stated that the paint on the hood of her vehicle abnormally chips. While driving approximately 50 MPH, she noticed flames on the panel of the front driver's side window. She used a small bottle of water to douse the flames and smoke. Currently, all of the power windows are inoperative. The vehicle has not been inspected to determine the cause of the failures. The failure and current mileages were 70,000. Updated 06/09/09 *bf updated 06/09/09.
Key stuck in ignition twice first time they replaced ignition switch second time they replace shift modular. Seems to be happening in 2000-2004 model according to my research on the web.
2001 pontiac grand prix engine oil leak, interior water leak at passenger door *cw the dealer informed the consumer that the water leak may have been a result of the door being misaligned. The vehicle pulled to the left. The consumer was then informed the reason for the pulling of the vehicle was due to the inferior tires on the vehicle. The sticker in the trunk specified h rated tires, however the tires the dealer sold on the vehicle were goodyear eagle ls tires. The cd player was inoperative. The engine light illuminated. The egr valve and gasket were replaced. The sunroof was leaking and the alternator was replaced. The left front cv boot was leaking and the left front hub bearing was noisy. The ignition cylinder, parking brake, power steering hose, pump seal, rack and pinion and outer tie rod were replaced.
Rear brake lights not working, but third center brake light is working. Took to mechanic (pep boys) who changed the brake pads, rotors, brake fluid and replaced the bulbs and fuses, (as well as a motor w/reg for the driver's side rear window, serpentine belt, alternator drive belt, tie rod outer and oil change). When I got the car back, realized they never fixed the problem. Returned the car and told it was the multifunction switch at a price of $450.00. This is great considering my bill for everything was $1,500.00, and the problem I brought it in for (brake lights) was never fixed. On web site: http://www.autoweb.com/content/research/forums/index.cfm/action/posts/fid/2831 there are approximately 119 complaints all about the multifunctional switch on pontaic vehicles. I am hoping that at some point the issue will be addressed to save other unsuspecting poor souls that bought a pontiac (grand prix gt).
Driving my 2001 grand prix gtp home at approximately 4:15 pm on friday january 18th. The car started loosing power and I pulled over to the side of the road. Heavy black smoke quickly began to come out from the front end of the car and within 30 seconds the car was in flames. Fire rescue proceeded to extinguish the flames. The car appears to be a total loss. This car was in premium condition. 80,000 miles and maintained with records immaculately. The temperature gauge did not indicate any above normal temperature as well as the battery and oil gauges.
Sparks and smoke began coming from the engine compartment. As the police officer tried to open the hood, engine compartment ignited into flames. The fire department had to extinguish the fire. The car was driven approximately five miles. The car ignited while sitting in front of a school.
2001 pontiac grand prix gtp engine fire. Car was turned off. 5-10 minutes later it caught fire. Was able to get a extingusher and quickly to put it out. Car was parked and engine was off.
Car had been parked since previous night until approx 2:45 pm on feb 16, 2007. Daughter started car to go to work. Car started, immediately followed by dull pop ("like opening a jar of pickles"). Gray/white smoke appeared from under hood and she immediately killed ignition. Smoke continued, she raised hood to find top of engine engulfed in flames. University groundskeepers crew nearby and able to put water on fire until fire dept arrived. Fire contained to top of engine and nearby accessories. Extent of damage unknown at this early date.
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