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Pontiac Grand Prix Electrical System Safety Report | Sept 22, 2011
Reported on Sept 22, 2011
| GM RECENT ADMISSION AND THE NHTSA CONFIRMATION OF ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS CAUSE BY IGNITION SWITCH TURNING OFF IN GENERAL MOTOR VEHICLES IS ALSO APPLICABLE TO PONTIACS TOO WHICH WAS NOT MENTIONED. I HAVE A 2005 PONTIAC GRAN PRIX IN WHICH I HAD THIS HAPPENED TWICE TO ME. THE SECOND TIME ALMOST CAUSING ME TO ALMOST GET SIDE SWIPE BY A LARGE TRUCK WHILE GOING AROUND A BEND ON A BRIGHT SUNNY DAY IN FLORIDA. AS DESCRIBE BY THE INCIDENT OF THESE EVENTS. I WAS DRIVING AND OPERATING MY PONTIAC NORMALLY, AND WHEN I ENTERED THE CORNER THE CAR LOST ALL POWER AS IT KEPT ON GOING. EVERYTHING SHUT DOWN. AND BECAUSE OF THE LOST OF POWER TO THE STEERING AND POWER BRAKES I HAD TO LITERALLY MANHANDLE THE VEHICLE FROM GOING DIRECTLY INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND GETTING SMASHED. AN EVEN THAT WAS VERY SCARE AND NOW I KNOW THE CAUSE. I DO NOT KNOW WHY GM MODEL FROM SATURN, OLDMOBILE AND PONTIAC ARE NOT MENTIONED IN THE RECALL. BUT OBVIOUSLY THEY ALL USE AND INCORPORATE THE SAME IGNITION SYSTEMS, PARTS AND COMPONENTS. BECAUSE OF NEGLECT OF GENERAL MOTOR I ALMOST LOST MY LIFE DRIVING ONE OF THEIR VEHICLE. I STILL HAVE THE VEHICLE AND I HAVE HAD ONE OTHER INCIDE OF LOST OF POWER THAT COULD BE RELATED. BY I BELIEVE THAT PONTIACS ARE ALSO SUSCEPTABLE TO THE SAME PROBLEM WTH THE IGNITON SWITCH AS THE CARS THAT ARE ALL BEING RECALLED AND INVOLVED IN DEADLY ACCIDENTS. | |
| Make: | Pontiac |
| Model: | Grand Prix |
| Manufactured by: | General Motors LLC |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Was a crash reported? | N |
| Was an injury reported? | 0 person(s) were injured. |
| Was a death reported? | 0 person(s) died. |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | PEMBROKE PINES FL |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 2G2WS522351 |
| Mileage: | 93000 miles. |
| Speed: | 50 MPH |
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| Was a police report filed? | N |
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