1998 Pontiac Grand Prix transmission problems
Owners reported transmission problems in 18 complaints for the 1998 Pontiac Grand Prix, 3% of the complaints on file.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 18 3% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 1 fire.
What owners wrote
Battery blew-up and started small fire after I noticed the positive termanal leeking as I diconected the battery it blew acid all over the car and myself causing a small fire after replacing the factery AC delco battery the transmision slips when switching from 2nd gear to 3rd gear.
The gas tank is not sealed in the middle allowing gas and fuel vapor to leak from car! All the sway bar on the driver side has separated due to the rack and pinion, car has no sound when turning to the right but if you try and turn the car to the left it is as if the power steering is going out and make a loud grinding noise and is getting very difficult to turn left, also the windshield wiper do not work proper and cause problems in the rain, the key get stuck in the ignition all the time,feel as if motor is…
Other problems reported for the 1998 Pontiac Grand Prix
- Engine 120 complaints
- Lighting 95 complaints
- Steering 94 complaints
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 55 complaints
- Electrical system 54 complaints
- Brakes 40 complaints
- Air bags 26 complaints
- Fuel system 20 complaints