NHTSA Complaint #10224458 — 2002 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX

I HAVE A RANDOM AND INTERMITTENT STARTING PROBLEM THAT MY PROFESSIONAL MECHANICS CANNOT SOLVE AND FOR WHICH THERE IS NO DIAGNOSTIC CODE OR EVEN A CHECK ENGINE ALERT. SOMETIMES WHEN I TRY TO START THE CAR, IT WILL CRANK BUT NOT TURN OVER, AND EVENTUALLY, NOTHING HAPPENS. IF I WAIT 2 HOURS, THE CAR WILL START. ALSO, THE CAR HAS STALLED AND NOT RESTARTED FOR AN HOUR WHEN IT IS PUT INTO PARK. IT HAS STALLED WHEN I STARTED IT AND PULLED AWAY FROM REFUELING, AND IT SOMETIMES IDLES ROUGHLY AS IF IT IS GOING TO STALL AT ANY SECOND WHICH, AT TIMES, IT HAS DONE. I PAID PROFESSIONALLY CERTIFIED GM AND OTHER MECHANICS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS TO INVESTIGATE THIS ISSUE WITH NO RESULTS. IN THE PAST, I HAD THE EXHAUST SYSTEM REPAIRED BY GM. I HAVE HAD FUEL LINES, THE ALTERNATOR, THE THERMOSTAT, THE STARTER, THE BATTERY, THE EXHAUST, AND OTHER THINGS ON THE CAR INVESTIGATED AS POSSIBLE SOURCES OF THE PROBLEM. OTHER WORK DONE HAS BEEN A GASKET REPLACEMENT, BECAUSE ONE WAS LEAKING, AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL ELECTRONIC DIAGNOSTIC CHECKS RUN, AND NOTHING COMES UP. I HAVE MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP DONE REGULARLY ON THIS CAR, SO IT IS NOT THAT THE CAR IS NOT PROPERLY TAKEN CARE OF. IT GETS REGULAR OIL CHANGES, HAD THE TRANSMISSION, RADIATOR AND BRAKE FLUSHES DONE AT APPROPRIATE TIMES, AND IS CHECKED OVER EVERY FALL AS A PRECAUTION. HOWEVER, MY CAR ABSOLUTELY CANNOT BE RELIED UPON TO DRIVE ANY DISTANCE. THE PROBLEMS OCCUR WITH SHORT OR LONG TRIPS AND IN ALL TYPES OF WEATHER, WHETHER I DRIVE FAST OR SLOW, OR WHETHER I AM IN HEAVY OR LIGHT TRAFFIC, ALTHOUGH AFTER DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC IS WHEN IT SEEMS TO NOT WANT TO START THE MOST. I THINK THAT GM SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A POSSIBLE REASON FOR THESE ISSUES. I HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE SINCE I FIRST BOUGHT THE CAR, AND I AM TIRED OF INVESTING MONEY INTO TRYING TO SOLVE A PROBLEM WHICH HAS ALL THE MECHANICS MYSTIFIED, INCLUDING GM ONES. *TR