What is the reason for smoke to come out of my steering colum on the right side near the ignition? and is this a common problem or a saftey issue that was recalled?

Asked by Mell5131 Sep 26, 2007 at 03:03 PM about the Pontiac Grand Prix

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littlehorn answered 17 years ago

I believe there was a recall on this in the mid to late '90s cars. You don't state your year of Grand Prix but at any rate, sounds like you have some fried wires in your ignition system. Get it fixed before there's a fire.

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crazzy450r answered 17 years ago

you got some serios problems . get it fixed asap you will have a fire

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usaboy answered 17 years ago

you have a bad (defective) turn signal swich. never heard of or seen one catch on fire... replace the switch and the smoking will stop....this problem existed on 88-94 models

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