I had been home for approximately 5 minutes after about a 45 minute drive when I heard a loud pop outside followed by a loud boom. I looked out window a saw that my car was on fire. The fire department was called to put out the fire. I bought this car in August of 2007 from friends and I have not had any problems with it since. It appears that the fire started under the hood. The hood was melted to and fire personal had to pry it open to put out the fire. Battery is still intact. My car is destroyed and I am now carless. I need to know what caused this. Please help.

- Lineville, AL, USA

The contact owns a 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix. Ten minutes after the vehicle was parked, it burst into flames. The insurance company had the vehicle towed and the cause of the fire has not been determined. The fire originated from the driver's side of the vehicle. A fire report was filed. The current and failure mileages were 43,000. Updated 02-07-08.

- Fayetteville, NC, USA

Date of incident: 03/22/2006 I drove my 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix gtp to a department store over my lunch hour. I parked the car and went inside. I came outside less than 10 minutes later and my vehicle was in flames. The fire department arrived and put the fire out and my vehicle was towed. After my insurance company viewed the vehicle the determined the fire started in the engine and it was totalled. I have recently done some thorough investigating to find out that this has happened to several vehicles.

- Coon Rapids, MN, USA

The contact owns a 1999 Grand Prix GT. The contact parked the vehicle and after 10 minutes, the vehicle caught on fire in the parking lot. The failure mileage was 132,000. Prior to the fire there were no indications of any engine problems. The fire was present underneath the hood of the vehicle. The fire department extinguished the fire, and stated that the cause was an electrical failure. The contact has pictures and the fire department report.

- Toledo, OH, USA

The car caught on fire while my daughter was buying books for school. The fire dept was called and now the car is totaled.

- Green Cove Springs, FL, USA

Had 1999 Grand Prix for seven months already had problems with drivers window not winding down. A part of the passenger door panel started to come off. Now drivers seat belt won't latch, and is currently in the shop for broken valve spring and damage to the head gasket as a result from the broken valve spring. Car only had 1 other owner and was running perfect also had perfect service records.

- Chesapeake, VA, USA

Car was parked and caught on fire while engine was turned off. The car was destroyed, the whole engine department was consumed. Fire dept came. GM sent engineer out to inspect damage. Contacted GM, and they did not share results of that report, stated nothing was wrong, -no defect found.

- Ventnor, NJ, USA

Problems with car failure on 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix. (stalling problem) the service department could not duplicate the problem.

- Unknown, DC, USA

After parking the vehicle for ten minutes, a fire started under the hood on the driver side.

- Pleasant Ridge, MI, USA

Multiple repair problems--air plate was repaired--new engine installed after having only 54,000 miles with regular oil changes--electrical problem with radio display--now back passenger tire/possible axle, strut; sounds like back tire is about to fall off upon hitting bumps in the road/driveways or turning. I have not had this checked out-am now unable to drive vehicle.

- Tn, TN, USA

Drove 10 minutes to work, 10 minutes later, someone yelled "there is a car on fire!" I found out it was mine. Flames were showing under the engine compartment. The vehicle was totaled. GM blamed the fire on the dealer installed alarm system. There was no warning of anykind. The fire spreaded quickly.

- Tempe, AZ, USA