I had the exact same problem with a 2007 pontiac grand prix. In my case it was the headlamp relay that needed replacement. I'm concerned this my be the same issue as for yesterday's announced recall but did not see any pontiacs listed as being affected. Fyi my VIN was [xxx] [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6). *tr updated 1/5/2015
2007 Pontiac Grand Prix lights complaints
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When leaving a friends house our low beam headlamps failed to illuminate. I tried to manually make them come on and they still would not illuminate. I still had high beams, tail lamps, and side marker lamps. I turned on my fog lamps to make it home with lighting to the front.
Head lights go off intermittently. I'm sure I don't have to say how dangerous this is.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 pontiac grand prix. While driving various speeds at night, the headlights turned off sporadically. Also, the contact mentioned that an abnormal noise emitted from the steering wheel. The dealer was notified of the failure. The technician diagnosed that the steering shaft and light relay had to be replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 100,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 pontiac grand prix. The contact that while driving at various speeds, the low beam of both headlights automatically turned off. The problem occurred numerous times. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or independent mechanic. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 78,000.
2007 pontiac grand prix VIN: [xxx] high beam headlights come on while traveling without cause. October 28, 2014 tonight coming home traveling approx. 25-30 MPH on side street low beam lights switched to high beam without driver ever touching turn signal/headlight switch arm on left of steering column. Originally it was noticed during right hand turns when right hand blinker turned on that head lights would change from low beam to high beam. This observation started occurring approximately november 2013. I have read about fires in other vehicles from faulty switches and this concerns me greatly. Is there a recall for this issue so it can be fixed? Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
I parked my car at work. When I got out of work the car would not start. The low beam lights apparently never shut off. The switches inside the car were all off. I jumped the car and drove home and found that no matter what I did the headlights would not shut off. I went to pull relay 35 and burnt my hand. It was melting and I had to get a pair of pliers to remove it. I have had this relay fail at least 3 times in the past but it never kept the lights on. They would only not turn off. Researching online this seems to be a common problem with people's car catching fire.
My 2007 grand prix lower lights just cut off while driving with no warning. It's been going on for about a year. I replaced my battery, my alternator and starter is working fine. My high beams did it twice about 8 months ago but haven't happened since. I'm scared to travel at night but I have a brother who can't walk and he lives on the next road from my house and I have to go to his house every night. I have 2 friends that have a grand prix, one has a 2006 and the other a 2008. They have the same problem. Our key pads don't work either. Mine stopped about a year after I purchased the car in august of 2007. All these people are not having this issue by coincedent. Please contact me soon.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 pontiac grand prix. The contact stated that the high beam headlights malfunctioned and caused the cruise control to engage. The dealer stated that the turn signal switch needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 103,234.
Over the past 3 years at random occasions the low beams would just turn off in my car while driving. Luckily, the high beams have always worked so I could continue to drive. I researched how to fix the issue, and I ended up replacing the relay to the low beams twice since oct. 2011. Replacing the relay always seemed to correct the issue. I was always under the impression that it was just a faulty relay. Last night, my wife returned home from dinner and the headlights would not turn off. She called me to ask what she should do. I advised her to either disconnect the battery or remove the relay that has been a problem in the past until I could come home and take a look at it. As she opened the hood she noticed a burning smell. It was dark so she went to grab a flashlight, and upon returning the relay panel was now on fire. Thankfully there was a fire extinguisher nearby for her to extinguish the flames before it got out of hand. Our 3 year old and 8 month old sons had also just gotten out of the car as well. I cringe thinking about what could have happened had my family been driving an extra 10 minutes when this fire began, or if my wife couldn't have returned in time with a fire extinguisher. I have read multiple other reports online of other individuals having the same issues with the low beams shutting off, and several that ended with a fire such as ours did.
I noticed my car lights would not turn off. I then drove my car less than 5 minutes away to pick up my kids. Upon pulling into the parking lot I let down my window and noticed a burning smell. There were guys around at the time that noticed as well. They then ran to my car asked me to pop my hood and we noticed my fuse box on fire. They where able to unhook it to keep the rest of the car from catching on fire. I have filed a complaint also with gm. I have seen from other complaints that this has happen to many of the pontiac grand prix. I cannot find a recall on this from gm. If I would have had my kids in the car and been driving a longer distance this problem could have possibly caused my whole car to catch on fire and could have resulted in injury or even death.
A couple months ago the low beam headlamps began to randomly and intermittently stop working while the vehicle was in motion. There was no apparent correlation between how long the vehicle had been running and when the lights cut off or how long it would take for them to begin working again. Only hi beams worked consistently. As of this past week, the low beam head lamps are no longer working for any length of time. A local mechanic has been engaged to troubleshoot possible causes. After reading online complaints, he will review the fuse block, relay and connections to the computer to determine where the breakdown occurs. We are in agreement with other comments posted on this site. It is very scary the first time it happens. Fortunately, the 20-year old driver was familiar with that particular curve and had the presence of mind to hit the high beams right away. I'm not confident all drivers would recover so quickly under such circumstances. It only takes a couple seconds to engage the hi beams if it's your vehicle and you know their placement. However, people are likely to fumble and switch from auto to manual for the low beams first before engaging the hi beams. That extra time could cost lives. It is a shame that after all these complaints and fires, there's no recall yet.
Leaving my child's day care provider my husband noticed the headlights were not working. My husband continued to drive home thinking the fuse had blown. He had replaced the fuse about 5 months ago and thought it was strange to have it blown out again so soon. He pulled into the garage and took our daughter inside. He went back to the garage to check it out more in detail and immediately smelled burnt plastic. He then opened the hood and noticed the fuse block was melted where the recent relay was replaced.
I went to work on july 15, 2014, after dropping my daughter off at her grandmothers. I worked for 8 hours and as I was leaving I could not get the car to turn over. My dome light was in the off position & my headlights were in the auto position. I could not figure out why my car was dead. I called my fianc to come jump my car. When he arrived and opened the hood he immediately smelled something burning. He noticed that my fuse box under the hood was warped and when he opened it smoke rolled out and 1 relay switch was so burnt/melted it was black & flakey and had began to melt the other relays around it. My fianc had to have the car towed home. Upon further inspection it has also damaged the wiring harness. I have researched this and I have discovered that many people have been reporting this same problem online for a number of years now. Some vehicles have even had a fire under the hood of their cars. This is a hazard to anyone who drives the vehicle and to those who are around the vehicle if a fire does break out.
My low beam head lights go off intermittently. We have replaced the relay under the hood as well as sensors. This happens almost every time we drive. Clearly its quite a safety issue, they have shut off unexpectedly while driving at a high speed on the interstate in the pitch black of night.
This is not the first time this happened we have already fixed this problem 3 times witch the switch cost us 210.00 dollars to have replaced and that is just the part. I will be driving at night and my lights just turn off and never come back on!!! I have almost been in a wreck due to this problem so I believe someone needs to do some research on the pontiac control switch that operates lights blinkers cruise control.
Push button to turn on AC had not been working fro 1 week. Was told it was most likely the relay fuse. Drove car to work without complications. Worked 13 hrs and when I got off work car started without problems. Noticed both the head lights where not working. High beams worked fine and so did the fog lights, but the low beams wouldn't light up. I checked the 'under the hood fuse box'. It looked fine from the outside, but once I opened the lid on the box I saw the problem. The relay fuse had caught fire and melted the fuse next to it causing them to fuse together. The board under them had also melted, along some of the fuse areas next to them. All of the other fuses had sticky burnt plastic on them, along with the inside of the lid.
My wife and I were driving home from houston airport. The low beam lights shut off and we we're unable to get them to turn back on we pulled off to the side of the road. We were able to use the high beams but the low beams did not work after 2 minutes they came back on by there self. This has happened to me in the past on more than one occasion.
1) low beam head lights would just turn off without any apparent reason. High beam works ok. 2) when taking the steps to use turn signal handle to signal a left turn, the high beam headlights would turn on. This could be caused by a shorted circuit in the steering column or excessive wear. This incident appear to be connected with the low beam head lights turning off for no apparent reason.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 pontiac grand prix gt. The contact stated that the headlights failed to work sporadically. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or independent mechanic for diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 40,000. The current mileage was 42,000.
Low beam lights go out while driving then back on after a couple of mins. High beam works fine.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 pontiac grand prix. The contact stated that the day time running light and low beam headlights failed several times. The contact's mechanic performed a diagnostic and was unable to locate a failure code however the mechanic replaced the relay sensor and the high definition module, but failure was not corrected. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure approximate failure mileage was 94,000 and the current mileage was 97,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 pontiac grand prix. The contact stated that while driving 70 MPH, the headlights failed. The vehicle was taken to a certified mechanic for inspection where they stated that the relay switch needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was 170,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 pontiac grand prix. The contact stated while driving 70 MPH, she applied the brakes and a vehicle traveling behind her continued to approach rapidly before steering the vehicle into a ditch to avoid a crash. The failure recurred numerous times. The contact was alerted by a police officer that the brake lights had failed and the vehicle was unsafe to drive until a repair was made. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure and current mileage was 100,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 pontiac grand prix. The contact stated that while driving 60 MPH, the headlights failed. The contact took the vehicle to a local mechanic. The mechanic stated a wiring issue caused the vehicle the headlights to malfunction. The vehicle was not repair. The contact did not call manufacturer. The failure mileage was 160,000.
The low beams just stopped working but all other lights were fine. First it happened when we were driving at night to go home. Tried all types of ways such as set the alarm off on the car which worked for a few minutes to reset the lights. Then the low beams went off again. We replaced the headlights, the fuse for the headlamps. This worked for about three weeks, then again driving at night they turned off. Nothing worked to get the low beams back on. Found out the fuse caught on fire in the fuse box and now we are having to replace the relay box as well plus it damaged other fuses. So we have to replace those too. I feel this is very dangerous to drivers not only driving the car but other cars around us at that time.
First the headlights went out and wouldn't work on dim or bright. I replaced the relay fuse to the headlights, they still would not work. Next I replaced the switch on the steering wheel that controlled the lights. A few months later the fuse box caught on fire. I still have not been able to have the car repaired.
While driving the headlamps will cut off at night without warning. It is a random occurrence. Lights will cut off for a minute or two before coming back on. This happens about once or twice a month.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 pontiac grand prix. The contact stated that while parking, the headlight's low beams and daytime running lights failed without any warning. The contact mentioned that the high beams were functional. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The VIN was not available. The approximate current and failure mileage was 97,000.
I was driving home and the running lights were on. I was going approximately 45 miles an hour when the head lights went off. I turned the headlight switch to the on position and nothing happened. I turned the lights off and a warning light came on that said "headlamps suggested". I tried to turn the lights back on but my high beams were the only ones operable. The headlights did not work for 4 hours after the vehicle was turned off. This occurs more frequently than it used to but I have not been given any suggestions on how to fix it.
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