NHTSA complaint: 2004 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX — ENGINE
GM RECALL 14574....I WAS DRIVING WITH MY GIRLFRIEND WHEN SHE NOTICE SMOKE COMING FROM THE AIR VENT! I WAS PARKED AT A RED LIGHT THEN I NOTICE SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF MY CAR SO I DECIDED TO PULL OVER IMMEDIATELY INTO A HALF EMPTY PARKING LOT AND QUICKLY PUT MY CAR IN PARK IN POP THE HOOD, AS SOON AS I OPEN IT FLAMES SHOT RIGHT AT ME, I QUICKLY SHUT THE HOOD IN TOLD MY GIRLFRIEND TO GET OUT BECAUSE THE CAR WAS ON FIRE, I RAN TO A NEAR BY AUTO BODY SHOP IN GOT A FIRE EXTINGUISHER IN PUT THE FIRE OUT. MIND YOU THIS WAS A WEEK AGO AND IM JUST NOW RECIEVING THIS RECALL LETTER. MY LIFE WAS IN DANGER AND ALSO MY PASSENGER. IAM GLAD MY DAUGHTER WASNT IN THE CAR WHEN THIS HAPPEN . IF I WOULD OF GOT THIS LETTER SOONER I WOULD OF NOT DROVE OR SENT THIS CAR TO A JUNK YARD IN GOT A NEW ONE. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION IN THIS IS NOT THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAD WITH THIS CAR IT USE TO CUT OFF ON ME WHEN I WAS IN TRAFFIC FOR NO REASON . I GOT ALL THE CENSORS FIXED AND KEPT THIS CAR IN GOOD CONDITION.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation