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1998 Pontiac Grand Prix review from North America

"More expensive than having a girlfriend!!!"

What things have gone wrong with the car?

I hardly know where to start with problems I've had with this car.

Had the engine completely rebuilt twice within 10,000 miles, because of poor engineering. Cost about $8000. First time was from detonation, and the second was from bearing failure. Mechanic said he would not fix it under warranty, because it was a performance car.

Car rides horrible, and has a lot of road noise and rattles.

HUD hardly ever works.

Brake pedal feels funny; like the booster is starting to go on it.

Water leaks into driver's side window when it rains, and windows are VERY slow to go back up.

Today I just noticed that I have a puddle of water on the passenger floor; I think it is coming from the A/C.

This car is stored all the time, and only driven on occasion, and the paint is still chipping and spider cracking all over where it is fiberglass.

General comments?

I have owned this car for 4 years now, and have only put approx 27000 miles on it, and it cost me almost 11K in repairs.

I would advise anyone, if they are looking to buy one, to stay as far away from it as possible.

I also own a cheap 92 Toyota Paseo, and I would rather rely on that to get me someone than my piece of crap Grand Prix.

I have always taken pride in owning american cars, but I have to look out for my best interest, which is going with a foreign car that has much less problems. I will never again, unless I get one hell of a deal, buy another american made automobile!!!

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Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? No
Model year1998
Year of manufacture1997
First year of ownership2003
Most recent year of ownership2007
Engine and transmission Supercharged 3.8 Automatic
Performance marks 8 / 10
Reliability marks 1 / 10
Comfort marks 2 / 10
Dealer Service marks  
Running Costs (higher is cheaper) 2 / 10
Overall marks (average of all marks) 3.3 / 10
Distance when acquired54000 miles
Most recent distance82000 miles
Previous carChevrolet Lumina
Date of Entry 10th July, 2007

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