While driving at night, the right headlight lens blew off the vehicle.
1997 Pontiac Trans Sport lights complaints
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The headlight lens popped off without warning, the mechanic diagnosed the seal around the lens was excessively corroded.*jb
While driving in rainy weather, the head light len covers fell off due to inferior adhesive causing the bulbs to burn out. Manufacturer notified.
The lens cap fell off of the front light headlight. They will not replace it. It is a definite defect. I have to pay $200 for a whole new light. They should make a lens cover. Pontiac claims that they have not gotten many complaints about this but when I called one salvage yard he told me that he alone gets 10 calls a week on this part!!!
Replaced right hand lens and it failed also.
Both headlight lenses keep falling off without warning,resulting in loss of headlights.
Consumer stated while driving, he discoverd the signal lights were not working, the fuses have been replaced over a hundred times.
Sliding door would not close automatically. Door would not latch. Buzzer would sound and door would come open, even while driving. Vehicle was taken in twice under recalls. Once under recall 01 v 224 000 for sliding door and second time under recall 01 v 067 000. Neither recall corrected the problem. *ak. Consumer also stated the left turn signal was inoperative, the dealer replaced the turn signal bulb, also there was a rattle noise when vehicle was in idle, dealer replaced the belt tensioner.
Consumer hit a bump and both lenses fell out of headlights. Adhesive that holds lenses dried up. Dealer contacted. *ak
Headlights covers had fallen one after another within a week apart. Consumer tried to find out what had caused this situation, covers could not be put back. Please provide more information.
Cover for front-left headlight fell off due to moisture build up in the headlight assembly, component was replaced at consumers expense, front/right headlight assembly was starting to show moisture buildup, but has not disconnected to this date. *ak consumer replaced the right front headlamp at the same time as the left, as it has already lost a good amount of the glue, it was loose and had a serious misture buildup causing corrosion inside the light.
Consumer states while driving on highway in bad weather, one of the headlight covers flew off, immediately following this the affected headlight bulb exploded from sudden exposure to cold air and rain, sometime that night the other cover fell off in the driveway, the next day consumer also discovered condensation in other front light assemblies such as the side marker, and turn signal lights, consumer states he was told the dealership does not sell headlight covers as a separate part, because the headlight assembly is not designed to come apart, consumer states manufacturer is aware of the problem but does not consider it a safety issue requiring a recall.
While driving passenger's side headlight lens cover blew off, almost causing an accident, smashing against another vehicle's windshield. Also, less than a month later, driver's side headlight lens blew off too. Consumer could see that the sealer dries up and crumbles off.*ak
Plastic lens covers on headlight assembly have fallen off, exposing bulbs, and causing them to prematurely blowout. Please give any further details.
Headlight covers fell off, moisture caused bulbs to explode. Both covers fell off while driving, signal light covers and other light covers are full of moisture.
Front headlight lenses fell off in street while cleaning snow off. Consumer noticed that lenses were missing. Dealership was aware of problem.*ak consumer states that both of the righ and left hand lamp lense covers fell off due to faulty seal, dealer split the cost with the consumer.
Headlights had fallen of vehicle on two occasions. First one while driving, and other one when just touched. There was no prior warning of defect.
We have a repair shop. All of our customers owning pont transport,chev venture and olds sillouhette have had headlight problems. The seal between the headlight reflector and lens becomes brittle and allows water into the light and causes reduced lighting. Eventually(3-4 yrs old) the seal fails completely and the lens falls off. When the lens falls off bulb failure is assured causing loss of total loss of lighting from the unit. Not aware of any accidents yet but seems a matter of time. Gm not offering any recall, campaign or extended warranty yet? I see you have multiple complaints on file- can't you do something? These vehicles only a few years old and failure is 100% in my experience. Also these units are $200 per side and I dont see any improvement in replacement part. Sorry for no specific VIN but I can have individual owners contact you. Check this out gm has bulletins but are a copout instructing dealers to only replace lights with less than 50% moisture on glass . Most will barely make it out of 3/36 under this standard. Thank you.
Passenger's headlight has condensation build up that affects driving at night. Passeenger headlight has a 1/2 of water build up that keeps blowing the bulb out. There' s nothing they can do. Gmc knows that it's a design defect, but has no remedy.*ak
The headlight cover fell off while driving when I realized it I checked the other lights and saw that they are all loose and ready to fall off. Now that the cover fell off, the bulb is blown because of rain. We had complained about moisture in the covers to our dealer and were told that is normal, which anyone would know it isn't normal. Did call pontiac but haven't heard back yet. I found out there are many vehicles that this is happening to.
While driving headlight lens cover fell off, causing the bulb to blow out. The manufacturer has been notified.
Both headlights and one front sidemarker (turn signal) light were replaced under warranty due to excessive moisture/water droplets inside the assembly. One of the replaced headlights now has the same problem again (twice in 2.5 years). Pontiac has issued a service bulletin to dealers saying not to replace any more headlight assemblies because the moisture that forms within them is normal. They say the moisture should dissipate after the headlights are on for a few hours. Some of the moisture does go away, but I consider it a safety issue when half of the headlight lense is covered with steam/water even if some of it eventually clears up. I contacted pontiac directly and they refuse to do anything about this.
Poor seal around headlights, water leaks and lightbulb has exploded.
While driving in a rain storm the protective covers on the headlamps developed leaks around the seal, permitting water to leak on to the halogen bulb and blow out. The dealer has been contacted.
The covers for the left and right headlights fell off while driving. Dealer has not seen vehicle.
Headlamps have moisture on the inside of the lens which could distort the lighting. This moisture does not go away. Pontiac says this is a "normal" condition.
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