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Pontiac Grand Prix Fuel System, Gasoline Safety Report | Dec 07, 2012
Reported on Dec 07, 2012
| DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE GOING ABOUT 65 MPG WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I LOST ALL ENGINE POWER AND THE ENGINE STALLED. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM REMAINED ON. PULLED OVER AND SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. RESTARTED THE ENGINE, LIGHTS REMAINED ON AND WAS ONLY ABLE TO GO ABOUT 15 MPH. HAD TO DRIVE IT VERY CAREFULLY ABOUT 10 MILES INTO THE NEXT TOWN. NO SHOPS WERE OPEN AT THAT TIME OF NIGHT. HAD TO STAY THE NIGHT AND TOOK IT INTO A SHOP THE NEXT MORNING. ERROR CODE SAID THAT THE MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR WAS BAD. REPLACED AND DROVE IT AROUND FOR ABOUT 5 MILES. SEEMED TO BE RUNNING OK. DROVE NOT EVEN 60 MILES AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. TOOK IT INTO A SISTER REPAIR SHOP AND THEY REPLACED THE OTHER PART OF THE MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR. WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO MY DESTINATION AND BACK WITH NO REAL ISSUES. HERE IT IS 7 MONTHS LATER AND DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AGAIN WHEN THE SAME ISSUE HAPPENS. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON. WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BUT THIS TIME. I COULDN'T EVEN GET IT TO DRIVE 3 FEET. SAT ON THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE FOR 2 HOURS AT NIGHT WAITING FOR A TOW TRUCK TO COME GET ME. GOT IT INTO A SHOP THE NEXT MORNING AND SAME ISSUES. NEEDED A NEW MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR. REPLACE AND PICKED UP BUT THEN THE ENGINE STARTED GETTING REALLY HOT. WATCHED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID GO FROM 108 TO 258 DEGREES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND WATCHED THE FLUID BUBBLE OUT OF THE OVERFLOW. GOT THE ENGINE TO COOL DOWN A BIT. STARTED IT AND DROVE 4 MILES AND THE SAME CODES CAME UP AND THE ENGINE DID THE SAME THING. HAD THE CAR TOWED BACK TO THE SHOP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE COMPUTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. DID THAT AND IT NOW SURGES UPON START UP. THE SUPER CHARGER IS NOT REGISTERING AS BEING EITHER HOOKED UP OR WORKING NOW. I AM BEING TOLD THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL ISSUES THAT COULD BE CAUSING THIS. *TR | |
| Make: | Pontiac |
| Model: | Grand Prix |
| Manufactured by: | General Motors LLC |
| Year: | 2006 |
| 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: | DALLAS OR |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 2G2WR554761 |
| Mileage: | 72000 miles. |
| Speed: | 65 MPH |
| Number of cylinders: | 6 |
| Vehicle type: | |
| Vehicle fuel: | GAS |
| Was a police report filed? | N |
| Tire size: | |
| Dealer name and location: | |
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