Grand Prix GT

• Automatic transmission
• 103,000 miles

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I bought my 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix GT about 3 years ago from a dealership with about 50K miles on it. I kept up with the oil changes, changed the fuel filter, got all new spark plugs...basically I kept it well maintained. I even checked out the recall they did a few months ago but they said I already replaced the part they were recalling on my own. Well, last Friday I was on my way home from work (about 15 minutes away) and when I was pulling into my parking space the car stalled. I saw a very light mist of smoke coming from the hood so I popped the hood. In the time it took me to walk from the driver seat to the engine, the hood was so hot I couldnt open the latch and the hood started to bubble. I looked under the car and saw flames underneath the car. I ran away from the car to find an extinguisher. The car was engulfed in flames less than 1 minute later. I called 911 and watched as the windshield, tires, and something in the engine exploded. The heat was so fierce it melted the blinker on a car several parking spaces over and the citing on the front of my apartment building and even my sneakers. I bought the car with the money I earned while deployed in a war zone (I am military) and owned it right out. The insurance company is doing the investigation right now but I am being told that I will probably get blue book value for my car...not enough to buy a decent car by itself. Seeing all these similar problems being posted with this car makes me sick. Why isn't someone stepping in and saying enough is enough?! This has to be a manufacture problem. The firefighters were only 2 minutes away when I called and by the time they got there the whole front seat was engulfed in flames. What if I couldn't have gotten out in time?!