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I replace dmy trans twice my shifter twice last pontiac ill buy piece of s___________t.
I have a 2000 gp gt 3800. It has about 106,000 miles. It shifts hard every now and then, and it has also lost overdrive. So at about 70 mph it just whines out. The tach will just keep going and the car will not shift gears. Any guess what the problem maybe. I would really appreciate the help. My email address is (JasonLJordan@yahoo.com)
I have a 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix with 126000 miles on it and the automatic transmission. Sometimes the car will shift harshly into gear (as I've seen happens with several others) and sometimes it doesn't. I can turn the car off and when I turn it back on, it could be better. This has been happening for quite a while. When it is shifting hard like this, the car does not run well. Pick-up is very weak and the engine temp seems to run hot. What can I do that won't cost thousands of $$?
To the comment below, if your grand prix has the V6 engine you most likely have a lower intake manifold leaking which is why your temp gauge is higher than normal. all GM 3.3, 3.4 engines are notorious for intake coolant leaks.
1999 GrandPprix... problem seems to be in the gear shift!!! It doesn't not want to go into park and reverse is touchy as well... the keys obviously won't release because the gear shift won't engage into park often!!! Is this a "linkage problem"... how do I fix it? There are no problems shifting once it is going... doesn't shift hard... shift odd... run poorly; it all seems to be coming from the inside... gearshift! email answers to peoplerstranj@aol.com PLEASEEEE.
Well I'm having prob with my 1997 SE, it seems to st udder on excel,i changed a bunch of parts like purge valve, purge pump, maf senser, fuel fiter, wires,spark plugs, pcv ,and my car sometimes cut out on excl, also codes keep popping up, Po 411,Po102,411 is emissions,102 is for maf senser, how ever the parts to emissions seemed to cure the code problem, but still have the code 102,i bought the car from the country with 360,000 kilometers on it I love my ride,pleas help me find the cure.love Canada.
Well I'm having prob with my 1997 SE, it seems to st udder on excel,i changed a bunch of parts like purge valve, purge pump, maf senser, fuel fiter, wires,spark plugs, pcv ,and my car sometimes cut out on excl, also codes keep popping up, Po 411,Po102,411 is emissions,102 is for maf senser, how ever the parts to emissions seemed to cure the code problem, but still have the code 102,i bought the car from the country with 360,000 kilometers on it I love my ride,pleas help me find the cure.love Canada.
We have a 2000 Grand Prix GT with about 165000 km on it. It seems we are having all of the same trany problems as everyone else, gotta hate PONTIACS, which is why I have an Acura. Anyways, yesterday we noticed a significant amount of trany fluid on our driveway. We want to cut our loses and trade this piece of CRAP in, but it has to be drivable first. Does anyone know if we can still have that solenoid fixed after the major leakage?
I have a 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix. I have owned the car for two years and have had no problems.. until the other day. I would push the gas peddle and it didn't seem to want to accelerate. And then I noticed my engine light on. And then when I would get up to about 80km/hr it would start sputtering and the temp gauge started to rise. Now that my car has been turned off the engine light is off, but it isn't running great at all! Any ideas? I love my car, but everyone warned me about buying a Pontiac!
Hey I have a just bought a 2000 GTP about 2 months ago and I now just used up the 3000 mile warranty on it.. which is not good because the other day my service engine soon light came on. so I took my car to auto zone and they said my torque converter is stuck off... i have no idea what that means.. does anyone know if this is easy to fix and cheap? and what does it mean to have the torque converter to be stuck off?
Thanks, Ryan.
I have a 2000 grand prix gtp that I have owned for almost two years now. I should of known better when I seen records of maintenance from previous owner. The supercharger was replaced along with all the coils, brakes replaced three times and just proper maintenance. It had 107000 on it I personally have put 30000 on it. NOW its starting making really bad noise from drivers front. I jacked it up and put it on jack stands and put in drive and it still makes bad grinding noise thus eliminating my suspicions of bad tires. Took it to a transmission shop and they said it was transmission. Not what I wanted to hear!
I bought a used 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix, last year. Have had no problems until a few weeks ago, when it kinda started sputtering. Once I reached 70mph or so, it stopped. Yesterday when I cranked it, there was a loud 'tapptapptapp' noise. A friend listened to it and said maybe the "rocker arm"? I also found transmission fluid in my radiator, and water in my transmission fluid.
Now what? Any ideas on what this is going to cost me? I'm still paying for the car...
"I bought a used 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix, last year. Have had no problems untill a few weeks ago, when it the kinda started sputtering. Once I reach 70mph or so it stopped. Yesterday when I cranked it there was a loud tapptapptapp noise. A friend listened to it and said maybe the "rocker arm"? I also found transmission fluid in my radiator, and water in my transmission fluid.
Now what? Any ideas on what this is going to cost me? I'm still paying for the car.."
Well, if you continue to drive, you're gonna mess it up. It could be that you just have a bad trans cooler and need a new radiator and what not. Id check it before driving it more.
Thanks..but it is totally parked after the noise. I am trying to find a shop to get it into. How do you find a mechanic you can trust? Especially as a woman saying: "uuuhh..it's going taptaptap"? I just moved out of state and have no friends to ask..sucks.
I have a 1999 GTP that I bought new in late '98.
The first 100,000 miles were okay.
At 103,000 (after the 100K warranty of course) an exhaust valve spring broke and I replaced it myself for a few hundred dollars after the dealership wanted a few thousand dollars to do it.
From then on, I decided to do all work myself because I knew the dealership would NEVER be cheap.
Sure enough, shortly after wards the air conditioning compressor seized up and had to be replaced, an exhaust manifold cracked and was replaced, the flex down-pipe tore requiring the catalytic converter to be replaced, a few sets of front brake rotors were needed, three power window regulators went out, all four struts were long-dead, and a couple of faulty fuel injectors made hot starts unbearable.
Then at about 150,000 miles the crank position sensor started acting fruity and the car would die almost right on schedule as soon as I hit the gas from a green light.
I put up with that until 165,000 miles when the transmission had a melt down and I lost the torque converter lock up along with fourth gear.
So I replaced both the engine and transmission with 60,000 mile units, and now at 185,000 miles (80,000 on running gear) I have the transmission out again because it started slamming gears and stuttering whenever it felt like it.
I'm hoping the pressure control solenoid is the answer to this problem because I don't want to take this car apart ever again. As it is, I will also be replacing a lot of gaskets since the engine is covered in oil, and I will be replacing the water pump too since it is leaking.
I've driven this car a lot, but I am not satisfied with its long-term reliability. After my own personal experience and the research I've done, I think it's only fair to conclude that these are simply 100,000 mile cars.
As absurd as it sounds, I'm baffled as to why my alternator is still working--or my fuel pump for that matter. I figured those would have been the first to go in 1999.
If you are considering buying one of these cars used, or if you already own one, then be prepared to face a torrent of endless issues.
And I didn't even get started with the interior....
That's my two cents.