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Pontiac Grand Prix Power Train Safety Report | Oct 09, 2012
Reported on Oct 09, 2012
WHILE DRIVING TO WORK IN MY PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GXP ONE MORNING I CAME TO A STOPLIGHT. CAR WAS RUNNING NORMAL. I WENT TO LEAVE THE LIGHT AND THE CAR DID NOT MOVE. THE ENGINE WOULD JUST REV UP. I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BECAUSE WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I LET OFF THE BRAKE AND PRESSED THE GAS AND I DID NOT MOVE. I THOUGHT I MAY HAVE KNOCKED THE TRANSMISSION INTO NEUTRAL BUT I LOOKED DOWN AND THE CAR WAS IN DRIVE. THIS IS WHEN I RALIZED I WAS THE NEXT VICTIM OF THE GM LS4 4T65E-HD COMBO KIT. I WAS STUCK AT THE LIGHT IN THE MIDDLE MOST LANE. I PUT MY HAZARDS ON.CARS HAD TO GO AROUND ME, AND I COULD HAVE GOTTEN HIT. BEING DEAD IN THE WATER SORT OF SPEAK, I WAITED FOR THE ROAD TO CLEAR AND I CHECKED IF I HAD REVERSE. I DID LUCKLY, AND I WAS ABLE TO BACK MY CAR INTO THE PARKING LOT A HALF A BLOCK BACK. THIS WAS A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR ANY DRIVER. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A GM FAN BUT THIS CAR IS CHANGING MY MIND. IT WOULD NOT BE SO BAD IF GM WOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILTY, AND FIX THEIR DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. | |
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: | LOCHBUIE CO |
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 2G2WC55C761 |
Mileage: | 96000 miles. |
Speed: | 0 MPH |
Number of cylinders: | |
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Was a police report filed? | N |
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