1997 Pontiac Grand Prix defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 1997 Pontiac Grand Prix. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES
  Engineering Analysis EA02030 · opened Oct 22, 2002 · closed Mar 9, 2004 · led to recall 04V090000

  Ea02-030 is closed with gmea02-030 is closed with gm?s actions in 03v-473 and 04v-090 recalling approximately 529,000 my 1998-99 c- and h-body vehicles equipped with defective fuel pressure regulators.these vehicles were equipped with plastic intake manifolds that are unable to contain pressures that occur in some back…

• ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES
  Preliminary Evaluation PE02050 · opened Jun 13, 2002 · closed Oct 22, 2002
• POWER RACK AND PINION STEERING FAILURE
  Engineering Analysis EA02003 · opened Apr 4, 2002 · closed Dec 10, 2002 · led to recall 02V286000

  The lower pinion bearing in the rack and pinion steering assembly may fail.gm will recall 1997-98 grand prix built between 1-mar-96 and 31-oct-97; and 1996-98 u-vans/j-cars built between 1-jan-96 and 31-oct-97.see attached summary.

• STEERING RACK AND PINION
  Preliminary Evaluation PE01038 · opened Nov 14, 2001 · closed Apr 4, 2002

  Odi has received 200 complaints fromt consumers and 1,238 from gm alleging failure or lockup of the steering rack and pinion unit (r&p).this alleged condition can result in the loss of steering control of the vehicle and a crash can result.gm has reported six crashes in which eight people have sustained injuries rangin…

• WINDSHIELD WIPER
  Engineering Analysis EA99024 · opened Aug 20, 1999 · closed Jan 13, 2000

  By letter dated december 12, 1999, gm notified nhtsa of its plans to conduct a safety related defect campaign to remedy 155,149 of the subject vehicles.the vehicle population for the campaign includes the 1997 buick regal/century and pontiac gran prix models built during the period from the start of production through …

• WINDSHIELD WIPER
  Preliminary Evaluation PE99028 · opened Apr 16, 1999 · closed Aug 20, 1999

  Incidents of wiper failure (owner reports and warranty) are very high, and many of the reports indicate that the failures are still occurring in 1999.

• OVERSENSITIVE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENTS
  Recall Query RQ98013 · opened Aug 26, 1998 · still open · led to recall 98V146000

  On june 26, 1998, general motors begain a safety recall, 98v-146, to recalibrate the air bag sensing and diagnostic module (sdm) in the 1996 and some 1997 j body cars, cavalier and sunfire.due to certain calibrations in the air bag sdm, there is an increased risk of inadvertent air bag deployment in a low speed crash o…