2007 Pontiac Grand Prix

I DROVE MY PONTIAC TO CVS AND RETURNED HOME WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM. PARKED THE CAR AS USUAL AND WENT INTO MY HOME. ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER, MY NEIGHBOR CAME TO MY DOOR TO ALERT ME THAT MY CAR WAS ON FIRE. SHE STATED THAT SHE HAD ALREADY CALLED 911 SO I JUMPED INTO ACTION AND GOT MY WATER HOSE TO TRY AND CONTAIN THE FIRE. THERE WERE FLAMES COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD.THE CAR BURNED FOR AROUND 10 MINUTES BEFORE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SHOWED UP. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO USE THE JAWS OF LIFE TO OPEN THE HOOD. THERE WAS NO RECENT WORK DONE TO THE CAR AND IT WAS RUNNING NORMAL. THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. THE CAR HAS BEEN DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS BY ALLSTATE. *TR

THE KEY HAD STARTED GETTING STUCK IN THE IGNITION, ONE DAY IT JUST DID NOT COME OUT. ONCE THE IGNITION TUMBLER WAS REMOVED THERE WAS A LONG CRACK DOWN THE SIDE OF THE HOUSING WHICH WAS CAUSING THE KEYS TO LOOSEN AND SO THE KEY WAS NOT TURNING IN SYNC AND GOT STUCK. THE KEY BROKE OFF IN THE IGNITION STUCK ON ACCESSORY UNTIL THE PART CAME IN I WOULD HAVE TO UNHOOK THE BATTERY EVERY TIME I LEFT MY CAR FOR LONG PERIODS SO THE BATTERY WOULD NOT DRAIN POWER. ONE TIME I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND THE CABLE CAME OFF BECAUSE OF BEING LOOSENED FROM MULTIPLE REMOVAL. I LOST ALL POWER DRIVING AT 70MPH I DID NOT PANIC I SIMPLY PULLED OVER AND WAITED FOR A JUMP START HOWEVER I COULD SEE THIS RESULTING IN A BAD ACCIDENT. *TR

WAS DRIVING AT 45 MPH ONE NIGHT AND THE HEADLIGHT, WHICH WERE SET TO AUTO, SUDDENLY WENT OUT. WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING USING THE HIGH BEAMS. LATER THAT EVENING THE LIGHTS RESUMED WORKING. DIDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN UNTIL THE FOLLOWING MONTH. HAPPENED ABOUT 3 TIMES BUT NOW LOW BEAMS ARE NOT WORKING AT ALL. REPLACE THE BULBS, SWITCH AND MODULE WITH NO LUCK. CHECKED ALL FUSES WHICH ARE FINE. NOW I HAVE NO WORKING LOW BEAMS AND AM DRIVING THE CAR USING HIGH BEAMS ONLY. I WORRY THAT HIGH BEAMS WILL STOP WORKING WHILE DRIVING WHICH COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS. VERY CONCERNED THAT I HAVE SEEN MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET, SOME RESULTING IN FIRES, WITH NO RESOLUTION. SHOULDN'T THIS BE ADDRESSED BY THE MANUFACTURE? *TR

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). *TR

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD JUST GOT UP TO 55 EVERYTHING SHUT OFF NO POWER NO STEERING NO POWER BRAKES NO MOTOR RUNNING GOT IT STOPPED TURNED KEY IT STARTED WENT TO MY LOCAL SHOP (THE SAME DAY) PUT ON COMPUTER NO CODES HE CHECKED EVERYTHING NO PROBLEMS ???? IT HAS ALSO FAILED TO START FOR MY WIFE SEVERAL TIMES( YESTERDAY WAS THE LATEST) AFTER A FEW ATTEMPTS STARTED JUST FINE TOOK TO MY LOCAL SHOP AFTER EACH TIME NO PROBLEMS LOCAL DEALER OFFERED NO HELP. *TR

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. *TR