2006 Pontiac Grand Prix: headlights failing or too dim

Filed Aug 3, 2023 · Electrical, Lights · SC

My headlights quit working while I was driving with no warning

Filed May 7, 2021 · Lights · IL

My vihicle turns off the low beams when I am driving and I can have an accident

Filed Mar 1, 2021 · Acceleration, Lights · 218,000 miles · KS

My power steering went out and when you try to go over 40 the car lunges forward and has a hard time shifting and will continue while in cruise control. I already had work done on the fuel line cause the line was clogged and the vehicle would lunge forward cause the fuel wasn't getting pushed through. My power steering went out after my boyfriend parked it. He only noticed it when he tried driving away and he couldn't turn the wheel like usual. The cruise control does its thing while in motion. Also the headlamps! The brights stay on, you have to hold the dimmer switch back to get the brights to turn off but if you let go of the switch they turn on and flash people. It only turns off when turning left. The AC compressor blew too. I had bought the vehicle 3 years ago during the winter so it was blowing cold air, but when summer hit is when I noticed it was only blowing air from outside into the cab. The heater works, but the AC doesn't. My boyfriend was driving home recently and couldn't move the steering wheel and almost had a head on collision because of the power steering. The power steering happened in town at his place of work and had to drive on the highway to come home. The cruise happens on the highway. The headlamps is a constant thing, we pulled the fuse that controls the brights and the dims worked just fine, but it's hard to drive at night without brights.

Filed Sep 6, 2020 · Lights · TN

Bought the car in january the low beam will not work have replaced bulbs and multi function switch

Filed Jan 27, 2020 · Electrical, Lights · 134,000 miles · MI

My 2006 pontiac grand prix experiences headlamps turning off without warning while the vehicle is in motion, and not being able to get them to turn back on again. I drive country roads home from work at night where there are no streetlights and the speed limit is 45-50 MPH. This is a serious safety hazard ! ! ! It is socially irresponsible for gm to ignore this issue. For some reason 2006 pontiac grand prix is not part of gms product safety recall (recall number: 14291 which only replaces the headlamp driver module hdm fuse). I have had to replace the hdm relay twice already, which only lasts for about 4 months before burning out again. Obviously the problem is not just with the fuse but likely with the electrical wiring or the fuse box itself. This serious problem must be investigated more thoroughly before somebody is killed. I did read that 2006 pontiac grand prix was offered an extended warranty program for problems stemming from the headlamp modules for 12 years or 150,000 miles, whichever happens first. Unfortunately, the headlamp problem just began for me in 2019 at which point the car was 13 yrs old and was not covered by the extended warranty program or the safety recall, which is simply absurd ! At the very least gm should now include the 2006 pontiac grand prix model in the 14291 product safety recall. But gm really needs to release a permanent fix for the problem rather than a temporary fuse replacement every couple months. Has anyone investigated if these overheated headlamp driver module relays have caused electrical fires or melted the under hood bussed fusebox? If gm is not willing to step up and take responsibility, I hope we consumers can count on the federal safety agency office of defects investigation (odi) to force gm to do the right thing. Thank you in advance for looking into this serious matter.

Filed Jul 26, 2019 · Lights · 290,000 miles · MI

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 pontiac grand prix. While driving 35 MPH, the low beam headlights became inoperable. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The failure occurred when driving over bumps in the road. The vehicle was taken to graff chevrolet (located at 3636 wilder rd, bay city, mi 48706, (989) 391-5231) where it was diagnosed that the lighting module needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred after two months. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 290,000.

Filed Apr 20, 2019 · Electrical · CO

My grandparent gave me the car a few years ago, and I lost power to all functions of headlights. I could not turn them at all, whether the car was stationary or moving. I then replaced a fuse that fixed the problem briefly. After awhile, my headlights began to stay on after I have shut the car off. During this time, my high beams were the only function that worked. Due to this ongoing problem, I have had to replace multiple batteries at least three times. I have done research and the 2007 grand prix models were recalled for this same exact issue. Ifm asking that gm extent the recall to the 2006 model year so this issue, that I have dealing with for years, can finally be resolved.

Filed Sep 10, 2018 · Electrical, Lights · 120,000 miles · MA

Headlights go out when driving. Normally at night time and when traveling above 40 miles per hour this has been going on for over 24 months and it has started to get more frequent over the last 6 months.(not sure this is because of more night time driving I have been doing] this is a serious safety hazard I am now spending $580 on a computer issue and on top of all the other issues to deal with>I am hoping this solves the problem

Filed Jan 23, 2018 · Lights · 55,000 miles · OK

Low beam headlight failure. 55,000 on a garage kept vehicle. Wife returning from funeral services when the headlights went out on an unlighted roadway at 55mph. The event caused a panic and nearly lost control. The failed part that caused this is gm#15016745 and readily available at auto parts stores for 35-50 dollars. Gm did recall a mess of gm products for the defective part. In conversation with gm they have yet to offer to replace my part with the $300 replacement part under that recall nor offer to take action to recall the part itself. How many unknowing people are exposed daily to this risk daily?

Filed Aug 14, 2017 · Lights · 160,000 miles · MN

In june 2015, traveling at approximately 45 miles per hour straight on a highway at night. The low-beam headlights went out. After pulling over and stopping, I attempted to get the headlights to work by trying and re-trying the headlight switches. I discovered the high-beam headlights did work and proceeded using my high beams. Intermittently I tried reverting back to low beams and, after about 15 miles, low-beam function returned. However, twice more before my 50-mile trip was completed, the low-beam headlights failed, forcing me to revert to high-beams for several miles. Since that time, this low-beam failure has occurred approximately ten times.

Filed Jul 11, 2017 · Lights · 152,000 miles · MN

The headlights keep turning off/on at night on their own, whether I'm driving or stationary, if it were not for the fog lights on the car I would not have been able to see! This has been going on for a month now! I would like to know if this issue needs to be a recall and what can I do about getting this issue resolved without paying for it out of pocket?

Filed Jun 22, 2017 · Electrical, Lights · PA

Headlights started off jumping when driving. Then when parked starting car sometimes headlights would come on and times it would not. I would have to turn on high beams to get headlights on to stay on. Then that didn't work any more. Now headlights are gone and dash board light are also out.