1999 Pontiac Grand Prix defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE
  Engineering Analysis EA07008 · opened Jun 12, 2007 · closed May 1, 2008 · led to recall 09V116000

  By letter dated march 12, 2008, general motors corp. (gm) has notified the agency that it will conduct a safety recall (identified by nhtsa recall number 08v-118) to address a defect in approximately 207,542 model year (my) 1997-2003 buick regal gs and pontiac grand prix gtp vehicles equipped with the l67 supercharged …

• ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE
  Preliminary Evaluation PE07006 · opened Jan 29, 2007 · closed Jun 12, 2007

  On january 29, 2007, the office of defects investigation (odi) opened a preliminary evaluation to investigate alleged non-crash fires originating in the engine compartment in certain model year (my) 1999-2002 pontiac grand prix gtp vehicles equipped with the ?l67? Supercharged version of the general motors (gm) 3800 se…

• 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
• AIR BAG INFLATOR
  Engineering Analysis EA01014 · opened Jun 11, 2001 · closed Aug 26, 2002 · led to recall 02V027002
• DRIVER AIR BAG MALFUNCTION
  Preliminary Evaluation PE01002 · opened Jan 10, 2001 · closed Jun 11, 2001

  Odi is aware of one reported incident of a driver-side air bag inflator separation in a model year 1999 pontiac grand prix.an investigation of the incident revealed that a two-inch, disk-shaped fragment of the aluminum inflator assembly ruptured the air bag, broke off portions of the air gab cover flaps, and struck the…