2008 Pontiac Grand Prix

BACK IN DECEMBER 2012 MY CAR HAVE NOT BEEN DRIVING CORRECTLY. I TOOK IT TO THE BEHLMANN GMC DEALERSHIP AND THEY STATED EVERYTHING WAS FINE. IN JAN I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND INFORMED THEM THAT MY CAR HAD STILL NOT BEEN DRIVING CORRECTLY ON THAT SAME VISIT I HAD THEM DO A DIAGNOSTIC AND BEHLMANN STATED THAT THE MACHINE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING TRANSMISSION WISE THAT WAS WRONG. NOW THAT IT IS APRIL MY CAR IS FEELING LIKE ITS GETTING WORSIER AND WORSIER AND I TOOK IT TO AUTOZONE AND ALSO ANOTHER CAR SHOP AND HAD THEM PUT THE CAR ON THE MACHINE. BOTH PLACES ARE SAYING THE ERROR IS SAYING MY TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AND MY TRANSMISSION FLUID IS BURNING. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE WHILE MY CAR WAS UNDER WARRANTY WHICH EXPIRED NOT TO LONG AGO I WAS GETTING THE RUN AROUND SAYING THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS FINE WHEN ALL ALONG IT WAS INDEED DAMAGING. *TR

BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE PRE CERTIFIED WITH WARRANTY WITH 22000 MILES. WITHIN 4 MONTHS THE POWER STEERING LINE BREAKS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. BRAKE SENSOR REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY FRONT LEFT TIE ROD REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. THESE ARE PROBLEMS THAT OCCURRED WITHIN A 9 MONTH TIMESPAN. DURING THIS TIME YOU COULD PRESS ON THE GAS AND THE VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE/STALL/SHAKE AND TIMES LUNGE FORWARD AS YOU TRY TO EASE FORWARD. THIS OCCURRED THE ENTIRE TIME I HAD THE VEHICLE AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM WHEN IT WAS UNDER THE WARRANTY. DRIVING HOME THE STABILITY/TRACTION CONTROL SENSOR LIGHTS CAME ON,THEM REDUCED ENGINE POWER CAME ON AND THE CAR WOULD NOT DRIVE OVER 15 MILES. NOW AT 34000 MILES AND A INDICATOR LIGHT SHOWING THEY FIGURED IT WAS THE SENSOR ON THE GAS PEDAL ($360). OH FORGOT TO MENTION DEALERSHIP ALSO STATED DURING THAT WARRANTY TIMEFRAME UNLESS SOMETHING BREAKS OR A INDICATOR LIGHT COMES ON THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. AFTER THAT THEY FOUND I ALSO NEED A FRONT RIGHT OUTER TIE ROD ($285). CONTACTED GM BECAUSE I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE PAID FOR THE GAS PEDAL. TO MAKE A LONG SHORT SHORT IT'S BEING EVALUATED AND SINCE I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE MY CAR THERE ANOTHER NIGHT OR PERHAPS OVER THE WEEKEND UNTIL THEY CONFIRMED WITH THE SALES MANAGER REIMBURSEMENT MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE. *TR ## VIN FAILED ##

WHILE LEAVING MY PARKING SPACE, TAPPED THE BRAKE PEDAL, BRAKE PEDAL SEEMED TO RESIST BEING APPLIED. WHILE STILL IN THE PARKING LOT, TRYING TO STOP, NOTICED THE BRAKES PULSATING AS IF THE ABS SYSTEM WAS TRYING TO KICK ON. WITH SIMILAR RESISTANCE AS BEFORE AS PULSATING CEASED. HAPPENS DAILY NOW. TODAY 9/4/12 THE ABS & TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS BOTH CAME ON SHOWING BOTH NEED SERVICED. EACH TIME THIS HAS OCCURRED, THE PAVEMENT HAS BEEN DRY WITHOUT ANY APPARENT GRAVEL AT THE LOCATIONS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL MECHANIC, WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WHICH LOCATED THE FAILURE AT THE AIR INJECTION PUMP. THE AIR VALVE FAILED DUE TO WATER DAMAGE. THE AIR INJECTION PUMP AND AIR VALVE WERE REPLACED. THE CONTACT FELT THAT THE REPAIR WAS NOT GOING TO PERMANENTLY CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,550 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 68,650.

I DRIVE A 2008 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GXP AND HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION.WHEN COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP AND THEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE THE CAR WILL STRUGGLE TRYING TO GO.THEN WE WILL GET A BIG JOLT AS THE CAR SLIPS INTO GEAR.WE HAVE ALMOST GOT IN AN ACCIDENT FROM THIS AS WE WERE TURNING INTO A STORE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR WILL NOT GO.AS ON COMING TRAFFIC IS COMING WE PURSUE TO TRY TO PUSH A LITTLE HARDER ON THE GAS PEDAL BEFORE FINALLY GETTING A BIG JOLT AND THE CAR GETS INTO GEAR. WE HAVE TOOK THE CAR OVER 9 TO 10 TIMES TO DEALERSHIP AND FILED A COMPLAINT WITH GM.THE DEALERSHIP CLAIMS THAT THEY ARE HAVING ISSUES DUPLICATING THE ISSUE.I DON'T KNOW HOW WHEN IT HAPPENS MORE THAN OFTEN. ITS GETTING PRETTY BAD AND SOON I HAVE A FEELING IT IS GOING TO GO OUT. WE WERE ABLE TO GET ARE WARRANTY ON THE CAR EXTENDED SINCE WE HAVE BEEN TAKING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THIS ISSUE SINCE AROUND 60 K MILES. WE ARE GOING BACK THIS WEEK TO DROP IT OFF AGAIN.FEELS LIKE A TORQUE CONVERTER AND THEY WILL NOT CHECK ANY OF THE TRANSMISSION PARTS. WE HAVE EVEN REQUESTED TO PAY OUT OF POCKET TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE TRANSMISSION AND TAKE IT APART TO SEE IF THEY CAN FIND ISSUES.THEY HAVE DECLINED IT AS IF THEY DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT.I DID SOME RESEARCH AND THIS IS WHAT THEY CLAIM THE ISSUE IS "CONVERTER RELIEF VALVE IS THE MAIN CULPRIT IN THE 4T65-HD (AS USED IN THE LS4 APPLICATION) TCC FAILURES.THIS VALVE BLEEDS OFF AT TOO HIGH A PRESSURE,WHICH DAMAGES THE TCC OVER TIME" UPON THE DEALERSHIPS REQUEST WE HAVE HAD ARE TRANSMISSION FLUSHED,FUEL INJECTORS CLEAN AND ON THE 8TH TIME TAKING IT THERE HAVE FOUND THAT TWO MOTOR MOUNTS WERE BROKEN AND THEY CLAIM THAT THIS IS WHAT THE ISSUE WAS. $1,500 DOLLARS LATER AFTER THE REPAIR WE ARE STILL HAVING NOTHING BUT ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION.GM NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING TO GET THIS FIXED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR EVEN KILLED. *JS

BRAKELINE CONNECTION UNDER VEHICLE (IN FRONT OF WHERE DRIVER SITS) COULD BECOME CRACKED OR BROKEN IF KNOCKED BY ROAD DEBRIS, OR BUMPS IN THE ROAD. I NOTICED THIS ON MY 2008 GRAND PRIX GXP, SO NOT SURE IF THIS MODEL SITS LOWER TO THE GROUND THAN OTHER GRAND PRIX MODELS. WATCHING RESERVOIR FLUID LEVEL TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH IS LOST OVER A MONTH. I DISCOVERED AFTER NOTICING A BURNT FLUID SMELL IN THE CABIN AFTER 16 MAR 2012. PARTICULARLY STRONG AFTER HARD BRAKE SITUATION I WAS TOLD BY LOCAL DEALER THAT THERE WAS NO WARRENTY ON THIS VEHICLE, AND THAT THE PARTS MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE ANYMORE.