2007 Pontiac Grand Prix

2007 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS GO OUT INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. HIGH BEAMS WORK FINE. LOW BEAM LAMPS/CONNECTIONS ARE FINE. CAN'T SEEM TO INITIATE THE PROBLEM IN THE REPAIR SHOP BUT PROBLEM CONTINUES TO HAPPEN RANDOMLY AT SOME OF THE WORSE POSSIBLE TIMES. DARK NIGHTS, CURVY, NARROW ROADS. NO ONE CAN TELL ME WHAT TO DO TO FIX THIS WITHOUT COMPLETE REBUILD OF ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FOR SEVERAL $$$$. GM NEEDS TO DO A RECALL AND FIX! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE HEADLIGHT FAILED INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE LIGHTS BACK ON AND AS THE SWITCH KNOB WAS TURNED, THERE WAS AN UNUSUAL GRINDING COMING FROM THE KNOB. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,190 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 54,227.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX WITH GOODYEAR EAGLE LS TIRES, LINE SIZE P225/60R/16. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AT 36,000 MILES AND THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM BOTH REAR TIRES. THE CONTACT PURCHASED TWO NEW TIRES BUT THEY CONTINUED TO EXHIBIT A LOUD, ABNORMAL THUMPING NOISE. THE CONTACT THEN REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE TIRES WERE MOLDED INCORRECTLY WHICH CAUSED THE ABNORMAL NOISE. THE MANUFACTURER OF THE TIRES WAS CONTACTED WHERE A COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 36,000. UPDATED 10/13/10*BF THE CONSUMER STATED TWO OF THE TIRES SUFFERED TIRE SEPARATION. UPDATED 10/14/10*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN TRAVELING AT RELATIVELY LOW SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD EXHIBIT AN UNUSUAL GRINDING NOISE AND WOULD BECOME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO STEER. THE CONTACT STATED THE RACK AND PINION WERE REPLACED PREVIOUSLY UNDER WARRANTY BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED FURTHER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 40,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 47,000.

REAR END ISSUES WITH 2007 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT. TIRES WILL WEAR TO THE EXTREME ON THE INSIDE, BELIEVED TO BE CAUSED BY THE BUSHINGS WEARING OUT. THIS PROBLEM WAS DISCOVER ON A VEHICLE WITH ONLY 30,000 MILES ON IT. CAR CAN BECOME UNCONTROLLABLE ON WET OR SLIPPERY ROADS. DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION, REAR OF CAR WANTS TO SPIN OUT AND COULD HAPPEN IN EITHER DIRECTION. *TR

MY WIFE AND I BOTH OWN 2007 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GXP. I EXPERIENCED A RIGHT REAR FLAT WHILE DRIVING. I PULLED OVER AND NOTICED THE WHOLE TIRE WAS SERIOUSLY RIPPED. THE OTHER REAR TIRE WAS BALD ON THE INSIDE. WHEN THIS HAPPENED THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD 17000 MILES ON IT. A MONTH LATER MY WIFE'S VEHICLE STARTED HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AT 20000 MILES (INSIDE WEAR ON BOTH REAR TIRES. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THESE CARS ARE BAD ABOUT THAT, YOU NEED TO HAVE YOUR TIRES ALIGNED REGULARLY. REPLACED REAR TIRES ON BOTH VEHICLES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH IN RAINY CONDITIONS, THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE FISHTAILED THE CONTACT STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE AND ONLY THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. HER VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. SHE SUFFERED MAJOR INJURIES TO HER NECK, BACK, AND ABDOMEN AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A SITE AND THE INSURANCE COMPANY THEN TOWED IT TO A SALVAGE YARD. THE DEALER HAS NOT YET BEEN NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT APPEAR TO FULLY DEPLOY. SHE BELIEVED THAT IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN THE CORRECT SIZE FOR THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 60,000. UPDATED 8/18/09 *CN UPDATED 08/21/09.*JB

A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO (APRIL MAYBE) AS I DROVE HOME FROM BIBLE STUDY THE ROAD SUDDENLY BECAME VERY DARK...AS THE ROAD IS IN A POORLY LIT SUBURBAN AREA I NOTICED THE DIFFERENCE IMMEDIATELY AND FLICKED MY LIGHT SWITCH IN THE CAR AT WHICH TIME THE LIGHTS CAME BACK ON. I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, 'THAT'S ODD', BUT REALLY DID NOT MAKE TOO MUCH OF IT. (IT WAS A TYPICAL RAINY SPRING NIGHT IN VA AND THE ROAD I TRAVELED IS EXTREMELY DARK WITH HEADLIGHTS AND CURVY, LUCKILY I AM FAMILIAR WITH THE BENDS AND TWISTS AS I TRAVEL THE ROAD AT LEAST FOUR TIMES A WEEK. I SHUDDER TO THINK OF WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED IF A LESS EXPERIENCED DRIVE OR SOMEONE LESS FAMILIAR WITH THE BENDS AND TWISTS OF THIS DITCH LINED ROAD HAD BEEN DRIVING WHEN THE LIGHTS SUDDENLY AND INEXPLICABLY STOPPED WORKING). A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AGAIN AS I LEFT BIBLE STUDY, MY LOW BEAMS STOPPED WORKING AGAIN. I WAS STILL IN THE PARKING LOT AT THE TIME SO I GOT OUT OF THE CAR TO BE SURE AND SEVERAL CHURCH MEMBERS ALSO CAME OVER TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. THIS TIME, THE LOW BEAMS DID NOT COME BACK ON. I DROVE HOME WITH MY HIGH BEAMS ON AND HOPED THE ISSUE WOULD RESOLVE ITSELF BY MORNING. ALAS, IT DID NOT. I BEGAN THE QUEST TO FIND THE PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE FUSE BOX...IT WAS NOT. I WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE ACTUAL SWITCH...IT WAS NOT. FINALLY, I TOOK MY CAR TO TIDEWATER AUTO ELECTRIC AND THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS FOLLOWS....REMOVED BCM TO PIN CHECK. NO OUTPUT FROM BCM TO LOW BEAM RELAY MODULE. CHECKED RESISTANCE FROM BCM TO FUSE BOX ALL WIRING OK. NEEDS BCM REPLACED ALSO NEEDS LOW BEAM RELAY MODULE. IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME IN LAYMENS TERMS THAT THE COMPUTER WAS BAD AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AND THAT THE SIGNAL FROM THE LIGHT SWITCH TO THE FUSE BOX WAS BAD AS WELL AND HAD TO BE REPAIRED. THIS REPAIR COST ME 694.07 FOR A VEHICLE THAT IS JUST OVER TWO YEARS OLD. THIS DEFECT SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING WORTH LOOKING INTO AS IT COULD PROVE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS IN CERTAIN CONDITIONS. *TR