Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | |||||
| 020730022B | 10/01/2003 | 020730022A | 10004755 | Service engine soon light on with diagnostic trouble codes p0716 and / or p0717, p0730, p0753, p0758, p1860, p1887 or other miscellaneous transmission trouble codes set. *tt | 01/06/2004 |
| 020730002 | 05/01/2002 | 000604037A | 635008 | Some customers may comment that the service engine soon (ses) indicator is illuminated and that while the light is illuminated, transmission shifts are extremely harsh. *tt | 10/16/2002 |
| 020730014A | 07/01/2002 | 020730014 | 635006 | Information on servicing 4t65-e transaxle spacer plate and gaskets for various models from 1997 through 2002. *tt | 10/15/2002 |
| 020730014 | 04/01/2002 | 634997 | Information on servicing 4t65e transaxle spacer plate and gaskets. *tt | 10/11/2002 | |
| 020730022A | 09/01/2002 | 020730022 | 634931 | Service engine soon light on with diagnostic trouble codes p0716 and / or p0717, p0730, p0753, p0758, p1860, p1887 or other miscellaneous transmission trouble codes set. *tt | 10/10/2002 |
| 050202 | 02/05/2002 | 629760 | Information regarding customer complaints of antilock brake system (abs) or traction control lights on. *tt | 04/05/2002 | |
| 000604037A | 11/01/2001 | 000604037 | 628862 | Some customers may complain that the service engine soon (ses) indicator is illuminated with harsh transmission shifts. *tt | 03/21/2002 |
| 010101 | 06/13/2001 | 623413 | Information regarding windnoise complaints. *slc | 10/29/2001 | |
| 4T65E | 06/20/2001 | 623439 | Information regarding certain models including the 2001 buick rendezvous automatic transmission input sun gear thrust bearing. *slc | 10/29/2001 | |
| 4T65E | 01/01/2001 | 623474 | Information regarding automatic transmission torque converter oil seal, a request for information. *slc | 10/29/2001 | |
| 010852005 | 07/01/2001 | 620825 | Some customers may comment that the rke key fob will not function unless they are close to the vehicle. the range of the rke system is somewhat less than desirable, 2-3 feet (less than 1 m) in some cases, before system will function. | 08/31/2001 | |
| 121000 | 10/12/2000 | 617673 | Information on the relocation of the remote keyless entry receiver module. *tt | 03/22/2001 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | |||
| 03/09/2012 | 86000 | ||
| My father help me purchase a 2001 pontiac grand prix just over a month ago. originally i noticed a hesitation that would happen twice just for factions of a second. after the second time this happened i noticed that my tac would drop to 0 then the trac off light would come on. on march 9th i was driving through an intersection when the car started hesitation. i was surprised when the car did not pick back up, i am not sure if the engine had completely stopped but my power steering was gone and pushing the gas pedal did nothing. i had to milk the car up to a spot where i had to force the car to turn. i turned the ignition off for maybe a minute then started it back up. my 3 year old was in the back seat crying that she had to potty so i turned around in hopes that the car would make it up to a gas station. when i pulled out the trac off' light came on and the tac dropped but the car ran fine. i have drove the car another 60miles since and have not even the trac and tac issues since right after the incident. i bought this car because i was scared to have my daughter riding in my old one but now i am more worried about this car. i have spent a lot of time and have found hundreds upon hundreds of post about people having this same issue. | |||
| 12/01/2011 | 75000 | ||
| Driving to work december 1, 2011, i noticed a burning smell and then a fire through the dash. i immediately pulled over and removed dash panel and threw snow into dash trying to put out the fire. within a number of minutes the engine fire was out of control and the car was completely engulfed in flames. this resulted in a complete loss of the vehicle. it is believed the underhood fire was a result of the issue of gm safety recall #09047. the safety recall work was performed by a dealership on may 18,2009. i do not believe this fix has prevented the underhood fires on many of these recalled vehicles. | |||
| 10/30/2011 | 173041 | ||
| I was driving my car in a suburban area at approx 20 mph when i noticed smoke coming out from under the hood. i immediately turned onto a side street and within 15 seconds of noticing the smoke there were flames shooting out from under my hood and the drivers side wheel well. i threw the car into park and got out. a passerby was already calling 911 and within less than a minute of my exiting the vehicle the entire front end was on fire. the fire department arrived and put out the fire and stated that there was so much damage to the front end of the car that they were unable to give a definite cause, but suspected electrical. the entire car is totaled, the fire was so hot it melted the driver window and the windshield and destroyed it within minutes. no electrical issues were noticed immediately prior to this incident, only change noted was that the passenger window rolled up a bit more slowly than normal. | |||
| 08/12/2011 | |||
| Our 2001 pontiac grand prix, which has roughly 125,000 miles on it, stalls and dies at various speeds. it is not supercharged, but it does have the 3.8 liter series ii engine. the vehicle will shudder momentarily and, if the car's going fast enough, the momentum of the torque convert spinning manages to restart the engine in default, allowing it to keep running. however, the tcs trac off light comes on and the tachometer drops to 0 until the car is shut off and restarted. sometimes, the car will stall at low speed and, minus the shudder, everything else occurs as described above, except that the car simply dies. the ses light has lit up a few times, but there is no clear reason for it to do so, since, once restarted, the engine runs just fine. occasionally, however, idle is a little rough; the engine sometimes drops to almost 400 rpm when sitting with the engine running, then slowly climbs back up to about 600-750 rpm. more alarmly personally, however, is the fact that roughly 11 days ago, the car completely died twice on the same day, in a 15-second period. while coming home from work on the freeway, the car completely died (the oil pressure light came on and everything). having pulled onto the shoulder and restarted, i did not travel more than 100 feet before it happened again, this time on the freeway off-ramp. i restarted again, and it drove home normally. relatedly, the car is sometimes next to impossible to start. depending on the circumstances, one of two things will happen; either the engine will turn over but not run; or the engine will not turn over, and the starter solenoid will simply click behind the firewall. the battery was replaced less than a month ago, and no serious electrical faults have occured since it was replaced, aside from the above problems. | |||
| 06/06/2009 | 1 | ||
| Recall. *tr | |||
| 04/17/2009 | 70000 | 1 | |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2001 pontiac grand prix. the contact stated that the paint on the hood of her vehicle abnormally chips. while driving approximately 50 mph, she noticed flames on the panel of the front driver's side window. she used a small bottle of water to douse the flames and smoke. currently, all of the power windows are inoperative. the vehicle has not been inspected to determine the cause of the failures. the failure and current mileages were 70,000. updated 06/09/09 *bf updated 06/09/09.*jb | |||