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Pontiac Grand Prix Power Train Automatic Transmission Safety Report | Sept 09, 2005
Reported on Sept 09, 2005
MY 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX HAS HAD TWO FAILURES OF THE PRESSURE CONTROL SOLENOID AND THE CORRESPONDING VALVE BODY, CAUSING MY CAR TO UNEXPECTEDLY SURGE WHEN ACCELERATING. THE DEALERSHIP KEPT BOTH OLD PARTS, BUT THIS SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING TO MANY PEOPLE SO IT SHOULDN'T BE HARD TO FIND ONE. BOTH REPAIRS WERE COVERED UNDER WARRANTIES. THE FIRST ONE WAS REPLACED AT 32,000 MILES, AND THE SECOND AT 73,000 MILES. I HOPE NO ONE HAS AN ACCIDENT WHEN THIS HAPPENS, I KNOW I ALMOST DID, THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS SO SURPRISED I NEARLY RAN INTO ANOTHER CAR.*JB | |
Make: | Pontiac |
Model: | Grand Prix |
Manufactured by: | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
Year: | 2000 |
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: | AUSTIN TX |
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 1G2WP52K6YF |
Mileage: | 32000 miles. |
Speed: | 50 MPH |
Number of cylinders: | 6 |
Vehicle type: | FWD |
Vehicle fuel: | GAS Fuel injection. |
Was a police report filed? | N |
Tire size: | |
Dealer name and location: | SOUTH POINT PONTIAC AUSTIN TX |
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