Other Engine Info: Has Active Fuel Management System
Other Restraint System Info: Has Occupant Sensor
Plant City: Oshawa #2 (OST)
Plant Company Name: GMNA
Plant Country: Canada
Plant State: ON (Ontario)
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: 367P Sedan
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Windows: 4
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK
WHEN TRAVELING ON SNOW PAVEMENT SURFACE AND UPON DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL, REAR BRAKES LOCKED UP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO GO INTO A SKID, RESULTING IN VEHICLE ROLLING DOWN INTO A DITCH AND HITTING A TREE. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED ALSO THERE WAS AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF FRONT END DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED MANUFACTURER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
2006
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GXP. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECREASED SPEED AND LOST POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS INOPERABLE AND NO WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FAILURE WAS WITH THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH WAS NOT SUITABLE FOR THE ENGINE SIZE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED WHO STATED THAT IN ORDER TO DIAGNOSE A TEST ON THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE WHO FILED A CASE ON THE CONTACT'S BEHALF (CASE NUMBER: 71-1090706145). THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 85,000.