Ownership Cost for 2006 Pontiac Grand Prix Base
Estimated: $36598 over the next 5 years
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | $1697 | $815 | $713 | $645 | $577 | $4447 |
| Insurance | $1530 | $1583 | $1639 | $1696 | $1755 | $8203 |
| Fuel | $1560 | $1607 | $1663 | $1730 | $1807 | $8367 |
| Maintenance | $2763 | $1774 | $946 | $666 | $2291 | $8440 |
| Repairs | $977 | $1138 | $1298 | $1417 | $1627 | $6457 |
| Taxes & Fees | $463 | $463 | $463 | $463 | $463 | $686 |
| Total Ownership Costs | $8990 | $6970 | $6325 | $6197 | $8118 | $36598 |
| Model year | COMPONENT | Complaint |
| 1998 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | CONSTANT MOISTURE IN HEADLIGHTS, THIS CAUSES LIMITED VISABILITY. THE PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR FLEW OUT WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED ACCIDENT OR INJURY TO PERSON IN PASSENGER SEAT. BOTH POWER WINDOWS HAVE FAILED TWICE, REGULATOR HAS BEEN REPLACED ON DRIVERS SIDE, PASSENGER SIDE HAS BEEN TIGHTENED AND THEY ARE BOTH BROKE AGAIN. DRIVERS SIDE MIRROR IS LOOSE COULD FLY OUT. DOOR PANELS ARE LOOSE THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN FIXED. FOG LIGHT AND TAIL LIGHT HAVE BOTH BURNED OUT ALREADY. DOOR LOCK COVER POPPED OUT CAUSING WIRES TO BE EXPOSED. DRIVERS SIDE WAS LOOSE HAD IT FIXED. CIGERETTE LIGHTER NEVER WORKED. WE ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE IF ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE RELATED TO AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM IN THE CAR. MANUFACTURER CONTACTED NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE AS OF YET. THIS IS VERY FRUSTURATING |
| 2006 | POWER TRAIN | 4T65E-HD AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. CAR DOES NOT ENGAGE ANY GEAR TO INCLUDE REVERSE. ACCORDING TO GENERAL MOTORS, THIS TRANSMISSION IS RATED TO HANDLE 280 POUND FEET OF TORQUE. HOWEVER, IT WAS MOUNTED IN A VEHICLE (2006 GRAND PRIX GXP) WHICH BY GENERAL MOTORS' OWN ADMISSION MAKES 323 POUND FEET OF TORQUE. THEREFORE, BY GENERAL MOTORS' OWN ADMISSION, THE TRANSMISSION THEY SELECTED FOR THIS VEHICLE WAS NEVER DESIGNED TO HANDLE THE MOTOR TO WHICH OF WAS MATED. MAX TORQUE FOR THIS VEHICLE OCCURS AT JUST 3800 RPM. IT WOULD SEEM THEN THAT AN INDIVIDUAL WOULD NOT NEED TO BE ENGAGING IN HARD OR ABUSIVE DRIVING TO EXCEED THE DESIGN SPECIFICATION OF THIS TRANSMISSION. *TR |
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