2007 Pontiac Grand Prix

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE FOR HDM MODULE. DEALER WANTED TO CHARGE FOR REPAIRS, CONTACTED GM, THEY CONTACTED DEALER AND I WAS TOLD TO BRING CAR IN FOR TEMP. REPAIR, AT NO CHARGE WHICH IS WHAT WAS STATED ON RECALL NOTICE I RECEIVED. I DID SO JUST TO FIND THAT NIGHT THAT NOTHING HAD CHANGED. CONTACTED DEALER AND GM TO GET THE SAME RESULT. I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR REPAIRS OR WAIT FOR A PERMENANT FIX. NEW SWITCHES MIGHT BE BAD BUT USUALLY WILL LAST A WHILE BEFORE DOING SO. DEALER NEVER ASK TO SEE CAR TO FOLLOW UP ON PREVIOUS "REPAIR" AND GM SEEMS TO BE TAKING THERE SIDE. I DON'T KNOW WHATS GOING ON BUT HEAD LIGHTS GOING OUT WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY IS VERY DANGEROUS. I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED IN GM AND THIS DEALER. I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT SOMEONE IS PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS AS I AM SURE I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE AT RISK WITH THIS PROBLEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V519000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE SHIFTER WAS IN THE PARK POSITION AND AFTER EXITING THE VEHICLE, THE DOORS ERRONEOUSLY BECAME LOCKED AND WOULD NOT UNLOCK. AS A RESULT, A ONE-YEAR-OLD CHILD WAS TRAPPED INSIDE THE VEHICLE. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO FORCE THE DOOR OPEN. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE LOW BEAM HEAD LIGHTS WOULD SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

BEGINNING APPROXIMATELY THE END OF MARCH, WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, BOTH OF MY LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS HAVE GONE OUT AT THE SAME TIME. THEY CAME RIGHT BACK ON AT THAT TIME SO I THOUGHT I HIT A SWITCH. SOMETIME IN MAY IT HAPPENED AGAIN, BUT THE LIGHTS WOULD NOT GO BACK ON SO I USED MY HI BEAMS. THE LOW BEAMS WORKED FINE IN THE MORNING. THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 3 MORE TIMES SINCE THEN AND IS BECOMING MORE FREQUENT. LAST NIGHT ON JULY 23, IT HAPPENED AGAIN ON A DARK, CURVY ROAD AND I ALMOST RAN OFF THE ROAD. THIS MORNING, THEY WORK FINE AGAIN. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THIS. I AM SURPRISED AS THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. I NEED TO GET IT REPAIRED, BUT SINCE IT IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM, I SUSPECT THE DEALER WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FIND THE ROOT CAUSE OR FIX THE PROBLEM.

I HAD JUST BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE A WEEK BEFORE FROM A USED DEALER. THE FIRST TIME I DROVE AT NIGHT WAS ON MY SON'S GRADUATION. IT WAS ONLY A FEW MINS INTO DRIVING WITH MY LOW BEAMS ON AND THEY JUST SHUT OFF ON ME. I FREAKED IT WAS PICH DARK AND I TRIED EVERYTHING TO GET THEM TO COME ON. I TURNED THEM ON BRIGHT AND MY BRIGHTS WORKED BUT THE LOW BEAM WAS STILL OFF. A FEW MINS LATER THE LOW BEAM FINALLY CAME BACK ON. THEN IT DID IT AGAIN A FEW MINS LATER. THE LOW BEAM WILL DO THIS ALL THE TIME EVEN THE RUNNING LIGHTS. I HAVE SEARCHED FOR AN ANSWER TO THIS AND FOUND THAT MY YEAR MODEL IS NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. THIS CAN TRULY CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT. I AM VERY GRATEFUL I WAS THE ONLY ONE ON THAT ROAD THAT NIGHT IT FIRST HAPPENED TO ME.

I OWN A 2007 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE LOW BEAM OF BOTH HEADLIGHTS AUTOMATICALLY TURN OFF WITH NO WARNING. IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND I HAVE SEEN MULTIPLE OTHER COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME NATURE ON THIS WEBSITE. PONTIAC/GM NEED TO ISSUE A FIX FOR THIS IMMEDIATELY. NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO DIE FROM THIS ISSUE!!