Pontiac Grand AM Complaints

5,577 consumer complaints on file.

#10024617June 20, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
FRONT BRAKES, ROTORS AND CALIPERS AND PADS HAD BEEN CHANGED IN TH IN THE LAST PAST 2 YEARS; ROTORS. 3 TIMES, PADS 3 TIMES, AND ONE TIME THE CALIPER. DEALER NOT NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10024621June 20, 2003
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION, POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
NHTSA RECALL 00-V-372-000; VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH MANUAL TRANS AXLES (RPO M86) FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 114, "THEFT PROTECTION." WHEN A DRIVER ATTEMPTS TO SHIFT FROM 5TH GEAR TO REVERSE, A SHIFT INHIBITOR CAUSES THE TRANSMISSION TO BE MECHANICALLY IN 4TH GEAR EVEN THOUGH THE SHIFT LEVER INDICATES REVERSE GEAR. CONSUMER HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023426June 19, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
INTAKE GASKET FAILED AT 78,000, TWO WEEKS LATER IT FAILED AGAIN. TWO AND ONE HALF MONTHS LATER THE CRANKSHAFT FAILED TO DUE DETERIORATION OF BEARINGS CAUSED BY LEAKING OF ANTIFREEZE IN THE ENGINE. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10024666June 18, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD, WHEELS, STRUCTURE:BODY:BUMPERS
VEHICLE FIRE. NAR 06/18/2003. *MR DAMAGES TO THE HOOD, ENGINE, BUMPER, AND WHEELS. *CB
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023348June 18, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
THERE ARE 3- 2001 GRAND AM'S IN MY FAMILY AND 1- 2000 GRAND AM. ALL 4 CARS HAD TO HAVE THE BRAKES REPLACED BEFORE 40,000 MILES....... *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023210June 17, 2003
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
THE TURN SIGNALS ON MY 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM SOMETIMES FAIL TO WORK. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023244June 17, 2003
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH
TURN SIGNAL MAKES CLICKING NOISE AS IF IN USE BUT IS ACTUALLY NOT IN USE. CLICKS SPORADICALLY AND FREQUENTLY. EVEN IF TURN SIGNAL HAS NOT BEEN USED FOR SEVERAL MILES IT WILL START CLICKING ON IT'S OWN. HAS JUST NOW STARTED CLICKING WHEN CAR IS NOT STARTED. THE TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS DO NOT COME ON JUST THE NOISE IT MAKES AS IF THE TURN SIGNAL IS IN USE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023266June 17, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THERE IS CONSISTENT, LOUD CLICKING FROM THE INTERNAL ENGINE. THE WARRANTY WAS ABOUT TO EXPIRE AND THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR REFUSED TO WORK ON THE CAR. AFTER ANOTHER DEALER BROUGHT THE CAR TO THEM, THEY AGREED TO WORK ON THE CAR. PONTIAC GM WAS CONTACTED. GM SAID THAT THERE IS A DESIGN PROBLEM WITH SOME OF THESE PONTIAC GRAND AM'S. THEY SAID THAT WHEN THE ENGINEERS COME UP WITH A FIX, IT WILL BE FIXED. THIS WAS 3 MONTHS AGO AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. I CANNOT TRADE THE CAR IN BECAUSE OF THESE PROBLEMS. THE CAR HAS BEEN FIXED UNDER WARRANTY THREE TIMES AND BEEN TOWED IN TO THE DEALER TWICE. I HAVE COMPLAINED TO NO AVAIL. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10024071June 16, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF IN THE PARKING WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE FROM ENGINE. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023145June 16, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
I HAVE A 99 PONTIAC GRAND AM GT WITH 72000 MILES. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL ISSUES WITH THE CAR. FIRST, (AT APPROX 50K) THE COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON, I TOOK IT TO FIRESTONE AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE WATER PUMP AND THE SERPENTINE BELT. THE BRAKES GRIND AND I HAD THE PADS/ROTORS CHECKED AND THEY CHECK OUT OKAY? OCCASIONALLY, THE CAR WILL SPUTTER UNDER ACCELERATION FOR NO REASON. THE COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN AT 71K AND NOW THE GASKET HAS TO BE REPLACED AT MY OWN COST. FROM MY RESEARCH, GM AND PONTIAC KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM, BUT WILL NOT ISSUE THE RECALL. THEY CONTINUE TO POCKET THE MONEY FROM THOSE THAT ARE UNINFORMED AND FROM THOSE WHO ARE. IF I COULD, I WOULD GET RID OF THIS CAR AND NEVER BUY A GM PRODUCT AGAIN. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023065June 14, 2003
SEATS
I HAVE A 92 PONTIAC GRAND AM AND THE PASSENGER SEAT DOES NOT LOCK INTO PLACE. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF I WERE TO BE IN CRASH? PONTIAC SAYS THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THIS BUT I FOUND SOMETHING ON THE WEB THAT SAYS THERE WAS. IT WAS ON THIS WEB SITE. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023022June 13, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
CAR HAS NOT STARTED ON FOUR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THE FIRST ABOUT A YEAR AGO. THE LAST THREE WERE WITHIN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. ALL WITHIN ONE WEEK. THE STARTER CRANKS THE ENGINE, BUT THE ENGINE WILL NOT START. ON THE FIRST INCIDENT THE "QUICK FIX" WORKED. THAT IS TURN THE IGNITION SWITCH ON FOR 15 MINUTES THEN TRY AGAIN. THE CAR WAS DRIVEN TO DEALER BUT NO PROBLEM FOUND. THE LAST THREE TIMES THE CAR WAS TOWED TO DEALER. ALL THREE TIMES NO PROBLEM FOUND. THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED ON THE SECOND OCCASION, THE CRANK SENSOR WAS REPLACED ON THE THIRD, NOTHING REPLACED ON FOURTH. DEALER SAYS THEY UNDERSTAND OUR CONCERN. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10021506June 12, 2003
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
PANEL AND TRIM ON DOORS PEELING UP AND COMING UNDONE ON ALL FOUR DOORS. HAD A PREVIOUS GRAND AM, SAME YEAR, DID THE SAME THING. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10021451June 11, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I HAVE A 1996 PONTIAC GRAND AM WITH A QUAD 4 ENGINE IN IT. THE ENGINE HAS 100,050 MILES ON IT, I TOOK VERY GOOD CARE OF IT, OIL CHANGES ON TIME DID ALL OF THE MAINTENANCE ON IT REQUIRED IN THE BOOK, ETC, ETC. I STARTED THE CAR THE OTHER DAY AND THE WHOLE THING JERKED FORWARD, MADE A LOUD BANG THEN WOULD NOT DO ANY THING BUT TURN OVER REALLY FAST. I HAD IT TOWED IN TO MY MECHANIC AND FOUND OUT THAT MY ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE EXHAUST VALVES SMASHED INTO THE PISTONS AND DID A LOT OF DAMAGE. FROM WHAT I WAS TOLD BY THREE DIFFERENT MECHANICS IS THAT THE QUAD 4 ENGINE MADE BY GM IS THE WORST ENGINE EVER DESIGNED AND SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN PUT OUT ON THE MARKET. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT ON THIS TYPE OF CAR OVER 100,000 MILES WAS LUCKY AND THAT KIND OF MILES ON THIS ENGINE IS CONSIDERED HIGH MILEAGE. I WAS TOLD ONE OF TWO THINGS COULD HAVE CAUSED THIS AND THAT BOTH PROBLEMS ARE COMMON IN THIS CAR. THE FIRST CAUSE COULD HAVE BEEN THE HYDRAULIC FLUID THAT CAUSES THE MANIFOLD GASKET TO OPEN WHEN THE CAR IS SHUT OFF SLUDGED UP AND THIS CAUSED THE TIMING TO MIS ALIGN AT START UP AND CAUSED THE VALVES AND PISTONS TO SMASH TOGETHER. THE SECOND COMMON CAUSE FOR THIS IN THIS TYPE OF ENGINE IS THE PIN IN THE CAM SHAFT SNAPPED OFF AT START UP AND CAUSED THE TIMING TO JUMP AND CRASH THE PISTONS AND VALVES TOGETHER. BOTH PROBLEMS ARE KNOWN BY GM, YET THE CONSUMER IS NOT ALERTED SO THEY CAN GO IN AND GET THE CAM PIN CHECKED OR HAVE THE FLUID CHECKED FOR SLUDGING. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10021405June 11, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
WHEN ATTEMPTING TO TURN OFF MY VEHICLE THE KEY WOULD NOT GO TO THE OFF POSITION TO RELEASE MY KEY. ALL ELECTRICAL DEVICES (HEAD LIGHTS, DASH LIGHTS,ETC...) WOULD STAY ON. I DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY AND THEN BROUGHT IT TO A DEALER THE NEXT MORNING. THEY STATED THERE WAS A FAILURE IN THE SHIFT INTERLOCK SOLENOIV AND THE INGNITION LOCK CYLINDER ALSO NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. MY CAR HAS 33,000 MILES AND HAS MAINTANANCE REGULARLY(OIL CHANGE,ETC...). THE DEALER WANTS TO CHARGE $520 TO FIX A FAILED PART. THEY ALSO STATED IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN. ANY INFORMATION ON THIS WOULD BE WONDERFUL. THANK YOU.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10021425June 11, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
ERLS FUSE BLOWS, WHICH CAUSES THE CRUISE CONTROL TO STOP WORKING ALONG WITH THE A/C, ALSO THE REVERSE LIGHTS STOP WORKING, AND WHEN DRIVING AT 70 MPH INSTEAD OF THE RPM'S RUNNING ABOUT 2500 THEY ARE AT 3500 WHEN THE FUSE BLOWS. BROUGHT IT TO DEALER TO BE FIXED, THEY PUT A 25 AMP FUSE IN IT WHEN IT ONLY TAKES A 15 AMP FUSE AND SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. OF COURSE THAT BLEW EVENTUALLY ALONG WITH SOME SMOKE FROM THE FUSE PANEL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10021329June 10, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING, INTERIOR LIGHTING, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL
I HAVE HAD MANY PROBLEMS WITH MY 2001 GRAND AM. LIKE OTHERS MANY TURN SIGNALS FAILED, I HAVE HAD WATER LEAKS, THE DOME LIGHT FELL OUT OF ITS CASING AND WAS DANGLING BY ITS WIRES. IN MAY OF 2003 THE COMPUTER AND ITS WIRING WERE REPLACED (AT ONLY 31000) AFTER AN INCIDENT OF VERY RUFF SHIFTING. A SEPARATE CONSISTANT PROBLEM THAT REMAINS UNSOLVED IS THE CAR'S OCCASIONAL EPISODES OF NOT WANTING TO START. DURING THESE EPISODES IT SOUNDS AS IF THE STARTER WILL CRACK, BUT IT JUST WILL NOT START. THE ONLY WAY TO GET IT STARTED AT THESE TIMES IS TO TAP THE GAS PEDAL! IT HAS BEEN TAKEN TO TWO DEALERSHIPS FOR THIS PROBLEM. THEY HAVE REPLACED A FUEL INTAKE VALVE AND PUT NEW PROGRAMMING IN THE COMPUTER. NOTHING THEY EVER DO SOLVES THIS PROBLEM AND USUALLY THEY TELL ME THAT THEY CAN NOT RECREATE THE PROBLEM AND THEREFORE CAN NOT FIX IT. EVEN AFTER HAVING A NEW COMPUTER THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10021294June 9, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
VEHICLE KEEPS OVER HEATING EVEN AFTER BEING IN A REPAIR SHOP OVER 6 TIMES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10021240June 8, 2003
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
WHILE DRIVING, THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR PANEL CAUGHT ON FIRE. CONSUMER IS AWARE OF SAFETY RECALL FOR POWER WINDOW CONTROL MODULE REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN WITH NO INSIDE DOOR PANEL (BARE METAL EXPOSED). THE WINDOW WAS BEING HELD UP WITH PLASTIC TAPE, AND THE VEHICLE CANNOT BE LOCKED DUE TO THE FIRE DAMAGE TO THE DOOR. ALSO THE VEHICLE HAS THE STENCH OF SMOKE FROM THE FIRE IN THE DOOR. WE THINK THIS MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE POWER WINDOW DEVICE. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10021247June 8, 2003
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAK. CAR HAD 55,000 ORIGINAL MILES. PISTON SLAP ALSO BEGUN TO OCCUR. TRANSMISSION HAD PROBLEMS, ONLY REVS TO 4K RPM, WILL NOT GO HIGHER THAN 4K RPM. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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