Tl* the contact owns a 2002 pontiac grand prix. After inserting the key into the ignition switch, it became very difficult to remove from the ignition. In addition, the digital display and the headlights flickered. The dealer stated that the ignition switch needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 90,000.
2002 Pontiac Grand Prix electrical complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2002 pontiac grand prix. The contact stated that the engine remained on when the key was removed from the ignition. The failure occurred on numerous occasions. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the failure was unable to be duplicated. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 134,361.
Driving on highway, back driver's side window comes crashing down into car door, for no reason. Then back passenger window stops working completely, a few weeks later. Driver's side window starts sliding down as car is in motion after turning corner, I grabbed window trying to hold onto it, so it wouldn't drop all the way down into the door, rushing home so my husband could tape up the window till we could get it fixed. Now the front electronic passenger window will not move up or down. This has happened within a few months of each other for " no explainable reason". My husband and I are in our 50's, with no children or passenger's in the car, and have never had this happen to any car we've owned in the past. Help, we know this is very dangerous and not normal!
Routinely experiences ignition switch problems. Key can be removed while car is still running and from other switch positions. One time the key was removed in the accessories position by mistake, and unknowingly the battery drained, requiring a aaa service visit. This 2002 auto should be included in the recall on other year grand prix ignition switches as it is unsafe.
I bought this car used and the warranty had run out and the ignition froze up so I could not get the key out this one day.I played with the key and tried to move the shift lever and it was frozen along with the steering wheel. I left the car alone for about an hour came out and the key came out and everything worked good. Over the years this happened alot and finally I got on the internet and one guy said there is a hole by the ignition switch that you can put a pencil in very carefully and if you move it around it will release the tumbler and key. I did that and put a pencil in there and broke it off and it has worked every time but the steering wheel don't lock and you can take the key out while driving or any time. I talked to gm dealers over the years and they wanted too much money to put a new ignition switch in$500-to $600 . I could not afford it. There are hundreds of grand prix pontiacs like my year and make on the internet that complained about the same problem. Now this recall conveniently misses the 2002 grand prix pontiac. I'm just lucky I did not have a problem while driving and I don't know if my air bags work or not.
Rain/car wash water pouring into blower motor down through passenger floorboard. It is causing not only water damage, but electrical issues as well. Have had to replace blower motor resistor and the motor itself. Have only had this motor less than a year and it is already starting to make noise. Have attempted several fixes including a new rubber seal diverter and most recently, a new plastic diverter which is fitted under the cowling to no avail. Please help.
Tl* the contact owns a 2002 pontiac grand prix. The contact stated that the ABS warning light illuminated. The contact also stated that unknown warning lights illuminated intermittently. 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 138,000.
The multi function switch has malfunctioned this is a common occurrence on these cars. The malfunction of this switch has meant that the brake lights do not work causing someone to run into the back of my car as I was slowing in traffic. The shift lever lock will not engage leaving the keys unable to be removed and the shifter can be moved out of park without the brake pedal being pressed. The ignition switch and harness malfunction causing the fan to not work in anything but 5. Look at the message boards all three a common occurrence and worse gm knows of these problems and have refused to address them.
I purchased this vehicle from a lady she was selling it. A couple weeks later I started having problems with the ignition. When I try to turn my car off by turning the key backwards it gets stuck and I have to sit there andand constantly jiggle the key until I'm able to get it to release. This happens about once a week but sometimes twice a day there is even times I can't get the key out so I'm forced to leave it like that requiring a jump the next day. I just want to know if my car is on the recall list for the faulty ignition switch.
Tl* the contact owns a 2002 pontiac grand prix. The contact stated that while driving approximately 40 MPH, the entire instrument panel and electrical system failed. The failure was recurring. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who was unable to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 70,000.
The ignition key gets stuck and cannot be removed. This is intermittent. Dealer could not fix the problem.
Tl* the contact owns a 2002 pontiac grand prix. The contact stated that the key failed to be removed from the ignition. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer for diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 80,000 and the current mileage was 90,000.
Pulled into the garage and turned the car off. The ignition switch turned enough to turn the car off but not far enough to remove the key. Tried jiggling the key back and forth and it still would not come out. Left key in ignition and pushed the trunk release button on the key fob, the trunk opened and then the car tried to start itself without anything turning the key. Then smoke started coming out from behind the steering wheel. The car was stuck in park and could not get into neutral to push out of garage. I believe finally a fuse popped. I opened the hood and disconnected the battery and the smoke stopped. I called the dealer to check and see if there was a recall that I missed but they told me there were no recalls relating to the ignition. I took some of the plastic off under the steering wheel and found that about half of the ignition wiring harness was burned up and melted.
I have a 2002 grand prix se that will sometimes just not want to start. Everything works the lights fuel,pump runs but the car just acts like the ignition isn't making contact. I've had just about everything replaced but the problem is still there. After doing some research it turns out gm and honda both have the problem but only honda is fixing it.
Tl*the contact owns a 2002 pontiac grand prix. The contact stated that the vehicle would not start due to a malfunction in the anti-theft system. The failure occurred intermittently. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the contact was told the key needed to be replaced. The key was replaced, but the failure continued. The contact also stated the vehicle took long periods of time to start because the anti-theft system was not recognizing the key. The failure mileage was 117,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2002 pontiac grand prix. The contact was driving approximately 30 MPH when the heater was activated and the automatic headlights and rear defroster failed. In addition, the failures occurred when the air conditioner was activated. The failure was intermittent and progressed. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where they informed that the failure was contributed to the ignition switch. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 85,000. Updated 01/13/11*lj updated 01/25/11
Tl* the contact owns a 2002 pontiac grand prix. The contact stated when initially starting the vehicle that air conditioner would not engage. The headlights were also inoperable and the contact stated the only way the two components would operate was if the key was turned in the ignition swiftly when first starting. The vehicle was neither diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 97,000 and the current mileage was approximately 102,000.
I believe that there may be a relationship between all of these electrical problems involving the ignition switch / shifter interlock systems on the pontiac grand prix and fires involving the same vehicle (the affect years not know) ours is a 2002 and we have not had a fire yet. But we have had problems removing the ignition key after we park the car. If by some chance that there is some electrical contact still being made because of the defect (removal of the ignition key) then there can be a chain of cause to start a fire. I believe that the federal safety agency need to fully investigate these claims. I have been a fire fighter for over 20 years and a fire investigator for well over 15 years, and I have seen numerous times before that were there is a electrical problem over a period of time there will be a fire, sometimes sooner than later.
Key stuck in the ignition at 85,000 miles. Car was in park and engine was off (though key would not turn all the way back to it's normal off position). Had to remove bottom cover on steering column in order to press a button on solenoid to release the key. This is now consistently happening every time I drive the car. Considering removing solenoid completely to bypass this safety feature. Dealer is going to charge at least $300 to fix this problem, but I have noticed this is a very common complaint with this vehicle. This should be a recall and the company should strive to produce a higher quality product.
My 2002 pontiac grand prix gt had the following issue which I believe should be a recall. - I was driving my vehicle when my heater blower motor shut off. I would drive for a few more minutes then it would come back on. This would happen at the freq of 1 time per month. The freq began to increase to the point is was several times per km. Off, on, off, on etc. I eventually took it to the dealer, it was a wire harness $ 500.00 maintenance is what it is, but the same problem turns the headlights off ( not dash lights ) and rear defrost off. In the summer I was driving my vehicle and my headlights were flashing a pedestrian walking infront of my vehicle. It was then I realized the headlights were affected. This is an fyi
2002 grand prix the gm passlock is faulty. Flashes does not reset and car will not start. Was stranded in parking lot and had to have towed and repaired.
The key will not come out of the ignition. It must be left in. The steering wheel does not lock in position. Dangerous to leave key in ignition. More likely to accidentally lock children inside with key when it won't come out by accident.
On our 2002 pontiac grand prix 3.1l sfi ohv 6cyl, A/C fan started cutting off and on and one day just started a fire we didn't have the money for full coverage so the car now sites in the front yard with a tarp over it. But I know this should not have happened. Please help me with this the car was sitting in a wal mart parking lot early on this morning my wife went shopping she had the keys and the car was turned off and no one was in it and it just started on fire where the A/C fan is and burned a hole through the windshield and into the firewall and burned the inside a lot.
When shutting engine off the key will not release from the ignition.
Key stuck in ignition. At first, I was about to pay $700 to have this fixed. I searched the internet and found that there is a button under the steering column that you can depress and it will release the key. Use the tilt to lift the steering column, feel for a button and press. This may take a minute to get used to. I can now do it without tilting the column. I will do this for the life of the ownership for the car before I pay $700 to have it fixed. I called the dealership and asked them why they would look at my vehicle and give me an estimate but not alert me to the temporary fix, and they said it is against company policy.
Just coming home from work on a friday, pulled into a gas station to filler up. And noticed key was stuck in ignition having all power still running through car. Got it home and did some research and come to find out there's a solenoid in the steering column that attaches to two wires leading out to computer. Any others out there experiencing third problem maybe we can get enough defects for these corporate guys to give us a product that's going last without some computer bs emptying our pockets for such little (use to be ) simple fixes.
Intermittent problem with key not releasing from ignition.
2002 grand prix if it was humid or damp the key would get stuck in start grinding the starter. When we would take it in they said there was nothing wrong. It happened about once a week. On july 7 when I started the car the key was stuck grinding the starter. This time it would not turn back I didn't know what to do. Then it started to smoke and stopped running. I had to pull the battery I had burnt out the starter. I t had to be towed and a knew ignition and started was put in the auto repair said they see this alot, hopefully it didn't hurt the engine.
Vehicle was parked and burned. Electrical fire.
Tl*the contact owns a 2002 pontiac grand prix. The contact stated the airbag warning lights illuminated automatically. The dealer diagnosed the failure as the seat belt buckle. The failure was repaired, yet the warning light continued to illuminate sporadically. The dealer repaired the wiring below the seat and the failure ceased completely. The current and failure mileage were 7000.
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