Locate an Auto Repair Shop in Medford, Oregon

You really behind the loop on that one. All it was a government assisted effort to discredit Toyota and scare people into buying Government Motors cars. It worked! Some Toyota car owners were selling their cars at giant loss because they were scared to death (hope you're a not one of them!). Toyota's image not as shiny as it was anymore even if not NHTSA nor even NASA found a thing. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- An intensive 10 month investigation into possible causes of unintended acceleration in Toyota cars found no fault with the automaker's electronic throttle control systems, the Department of Transportation announced Tuesday (Feb 8). http://money.cnn.com/2011/02/08/autos/nhtsa_nasa_toyota_final_report/index.htm But NHTSA also mentioned another possible cause: drivers pushing the gas instead of the brakes. Many drivers may have confused the gas and brake pedals a problem that may account for "the vast majority" of the unintended acceleration incidents the agency investigated, NHTSA deputy administrator Ron Medford said at Tuesday's NHTSA press briefing.

You were in the right place. Moorestown is still one of the better south Jersey towns. I kind of like Medford as well. I wonder if they ever got the lakes back in Medford Lakes. The dam that created the lake collapsed in a storm and a good year later you had all these houses with docks on dry land. Their pleas for the state to fix things fell on deaf ears because it was a private dam. These people actually owned the dam but wanted someone else to pay for it. Ah! Just looked it up. At one point or another they replaced the dams.

From the link... Officials with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said they reviewed consumer complaints and warranty data in detail and found that many of the complaints involved cases in which the vehicle accelerated after it was stationary or at very low speeds. NHTSA Deputy Administrator Ron Medford said that in many cases when a driver complained that the brakes were ineffective, the most likely cause was "pedal misapplication," in which the driver stepped on the accelerator instead of the brakes Once again, the simplest explanation appears to also be the correct explanation. Why am I not surprised???

The one thing I would caution on replacing the ignition is to remember that the key (depending on year) has a computer chip. If you have to replace the key it will cost a lot more. Unless you can figure out a way to bypass Pontiac.

I have two possible solutions for you. First, a $10 part - check the blower motor resistor. It is located behind the AC motor, kind of hard to get at but with small hands its not too bad. You can google images and schematics. Second, and seems to be a consistent problem with the Grand Prix, the ignition switch. Sounds odd, but apparently all the wiring runs through this switch (where you put the key in). Be aware that if this is the problem, the next issue you will have is that the car will intermittently not start at random times. Good luck. ;)