2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX — Complaint #639831
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NHTSA Complaint about FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:PRESSURE RELIEF DEVICES filed September 24, 2007
NHTSA complaint #639831 (ODI reference 10203951) concerns a 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX and was filed on September 24, 2007. The owner reports the failure occurred on September 21, 2007. The vehicle had 142,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to North Carolina based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as fuel system, other:storage:tank assembly:pressure relief devices, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: yes, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. A complaint that flags a crash, fire, or fatality is escalated on NHTSA's internal review queue and factors more heavily into any Preliminary Evaluation decision on this make and model. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same PONTIAC GRAND PRIX cohort independently describe similar fuel system, other:storage:tank assembly:pressure relief devices failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. TWENTY MINUTES AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE CONTACT'S DRIVEWAY, HE NOTICED FLAMES UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. HE GRABBED HIS WATER HOSE AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THE VEHICLE SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07E021000 (FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:PRESSURE RELIEF DEVICES). THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 142,000. UPDATED 01-17-08. *KB
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 639831 |
| ODI Number | 10203951 |
| Date Filed | September 24, 2007 |
| Failure Date | September 21, 2007 |
| VIN | 1G2WR121XYF |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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