2004 Pontiac Grand Prix

THE SPOUT WHERE YOU PUT OIL INTO THE ENGINE IS DIRECTLY OVER THE MANIFOLD, WHEN DRIVING THE OIL LOW LIGHT CAME ON SO WHEN PUTTING OIL INTO THE ENGINE SOME DRIPPED DOWN ONTO THE MANIFOLD CAUGHT FIRE IT IS THE 3800 V6 SERIES NON SUPERCHARGED, AFTER SPEAKING TO A LOCAL DEALER SHIP MOST MODELS HAVE A SPOUT THAT WHEN OIL IS SPILLED IT DIRECTS IT OVER THE MANIFOLD. MY VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE ONE LUCKILY MY VEHICLE WAS SAVED. *TR

MY HUSBAND AND I OWN A 2004 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WE HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM (TRACTION CONTROL/STS/ABS), THE LIGHTS CAME ON 2009. WE BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2008. WE HAD NOT BEING EXPERIENCING ANY OTHER PROBLEMS OTHER THAN THAT WE KNEW OF. MY HUSBAND DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS A RECALL ON THE 2004S FOR THE TRACTION CONTROL MALFUNCTION; HOWEVER, HE WAS TOLD THAT WE HAD MISSED THE RECALL PERIOD AND SO WE HAD TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM OURSELVES. IN 2011, I WAS DRIVING MY SON AND I TO THE DOCTOR, ABOUT 30 MINUTES AWAY, WHEN WE GOT OUT THE CAR I SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING AND SAW SO SOME SMOKE BUT IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE IT WAS COMING FROM MY CAR, IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS COMING FROM OVER A WOODEN FENCE. SO I THOUGHT NOTHING ABOUT IT, (ESPECIALLY SINCE WE HAD NOT BEEN HAVING ANY PROBLEMS OTHER THAT THE ONE DESCRIBE ABOVE) SO I GOT MY SON AND WENT INTO THE DOCTORS OFFICE. WE WERE IN THERE FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES, WHEN THE RECEPTIONIST INFORMED EVERYONE THAT IT WAS A CAR ON FIRE OUT IN THE PARKING LOT. I WENT OUTSIDE TO MOVE MY CAR SINCE I HAD REMEMBERED SMELLING SOMETHING BURNING WHEN I ARRIVED TO THE DOCTORS' OFFICE. WELL WHEN I GOT OUT BACK, THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED THAT IT WAS MY CAR THAT WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED.THEY PUT OUT THE FIRE WHICH HAD BY THAT TIME COMPLETELY BURNED UP THE ENGINE. THAT'S WHERE IT STARTED, UNDER THE HOOD. ONE OF THE FIREFIGHTERS ASKED ME HAD WE RECENTLY HAD ANY WORK DONE ON THE CAR. I TOLD HIM NO. ANYWAY, WE CALLED THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND THE CAR TOWED. THE INSURANCE COMPANY ARE CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING THE FIRE. MY HUSBAND AND I RESEARCHED AND FOUND OUT THAT THE 1997-2003 HAD BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS ISSUE,BUT NOT THE 2004S. LOOKS LIKE TO ME, THAT THE 2004S SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED AS WELL. *TR

ON A 2004 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GTP WITH A COMPETITION GROUP PACKAGE, THE VALVE COVER GASKETS HAVE FAILED. THIS CAUSES OIL TO LEAK ONTO THE MANIFOLD IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND ALLOWS IT TO BURN. THIS COULD IN TURN CAUSE A FIRE IN THE ENGINE. THIS SAME PROBLEM WAS RECALLED ON THE 1997-2003 MODELS, BUT HAS NOT INCLUDED THE 2004 MODEL. THE SAME PROBLEM STILL EXISTS AND MUST BE REMEDIED BEFORE FIRES ENSUE AND LIVES ARE LOST. ALSO, THE HEADLIGHTS "BOUNCE" OR "WOBBLE" WHILE DRIVING. THIS COULD CAUSE ISSUES WITH THE ABILITY TO SEE CLEARLY WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. *LN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING 35 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE SPARK PLUGS, THE PLASTIC GUARD ATOP THE ENGINE AND THE FILLER TUBE TO ADD ENGINE OIL WERE ALL BURNED AND MELTED TOGETHER. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY A LOCAL MECHANIC THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE FAILURE ON THE 2003 MODEL YEAR PONTIAC GRAND PRIX BUT NOT THE 2004 MODEL (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 09V116000- ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

I HAVE 2004 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX WITH A 3800 SERIES 3 ENGINE. I HAD TO GET MY INTAKE GASKETS AND MY VALVE COVERS REPLACED. IVE BEEN TOLD THAT THIS A IS A COMMON ISSUE REGARDING THIS ENGINE SO I WANTED TO REPORT IT. MAYBE IT WILL BE A RECALL SOMEDAY LIKE THE 2003 AND OLDER MODELS. THIS COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY BEEN A SERIOUS FIRE AND IS A SERIOUS FIRE ISSUE.

PASSENGER CABIN BLOWER MOTOR INOPERATIVE OR INTERMITTENT, BLOWER SPEED MAY DROP OR BLOWER CONTINUES TO RUN AFTER KEY OFF. I FEEL THIS MAY LEAD TO A FIRE. REPAIR BULLETIN CAN BE FOUND AT HTTP://WW2.JUSTANSWER.COM/UPLOADS/ADVAUTOCA/2008-12-10_042534_BLOWER_MOTOR.PDF SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMMENT ON AN INOPERATIVE OR IMPENITENT HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING (BV AC) BLOWER MOTOR. OTHERS MAY COMMENT THAT THE BLOWER MOTOR SPEED MAY MOMENTARILY DROP OR THAT THE BLOWER MOTOR CONTINUES TO RUN AFTER THE KEY IS TURNED OFF CAUSE THIS CONDITION MAY BE CAUSED BY A VOLTAGE SPIKE FROM THE WIPER MOTOR. THE VOLTAGE SPIKE MAY CAUSE A LOGIC LOCK UP IN THE BLOWER MOTOR CONTROL MODULE THAT MAY BE EITHER MOMENTARY OR PENNANENT. TECHNICIANS ARE TO INSTALL A CAPACITOR, PIN 25073556, AT THE BLOWER MOTOR CONTROL MODULE CONNECTOR USING THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE: I. DISCONNECT THE NEGATIVE CABLE FROM THE BATTERY. 2. REMOVE THE RIGHT CLOSEOUTLINSULATOR PANEL. REFER TO THE CLOSEOUTLLNSULATOR PANEL REPLACEMENT-RIGHT PROCEDURE IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, GAUGES AND CONSOLE SECTION OF SL 3. DISCONNECT THE WIRE HARNESS CONNECTOR TO THE BLOWER MOTOR CONTROL MODULE. 4. INSTALL A CAPACITOR, PIN 25073556, INTO THE BLOWER MOTOR CONTROL MODULE CONNECTOR USING THE FOLLOWING STEPS. REFER TO THE ILLUSTRATION ABOVE TO LOCATE THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE LEADS OF THE CAPACITOR. STRIP A SHORT LENGTH OF INSULATION FROM THE RED WIRE IN CAVITY C, CIRCUIT 442, OF THE BLOWER MOTOR CONTROL MODULE CONNECTOR USING A SPLICE CLIP FROM THE J-38125 TERMINAL REPAIR KIT, CRIMP THE POSITIVE LEAD OF THE CAPACITOR TO THE RED WIRE. STRIP A SHORT LENGTH OF INSULATION FROM THE BLACK WIRE IN CAVITY A OF THE BLOWER MOTOR CONTROL MODULE CONNECTOR THE CIRCUIT NUMBER FOR BUICK VEHICLES IS 1450 AND FOR PONTIAC VEHICLES IT IS 150. USING A SPLICE CLIP FROM THE J-38125 TERMINAL REPAIR KIT, CRIMP THE NEGATIVE LEAD OF THE CAPACITOR TO THE BLACK WIRE. WHY SHOULD CONSUMERS PAY FOR THIS DEFECT??????? *TR

2004 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH A 3.8L SUPERCHARGED V-6 ENGINE. ENGINE OIL LEAK FROM THE FRONT VALVE COVER CAN CAUSE FIRE. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO PONTIAC AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS ONLY COVERED UNDER 97' TO 03' CARS BECAUSE OF CHANGE IN THE VALVE GASKET ON THE 04'. YET IT WAS THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAD JUST COMPLETED HAVING THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT AND A NEW RADIATOR AT 49,000 MILES AT THE DEALERSHIP. *TR