Pontiac Grand AM Complaints

5,577 consumer complaints on file.

#8001300December 31, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING ENGINE WILL HEAT UP WITHOUT A PRIOR WARNING. CONSUMER HAS TO DRIVE OFF THE ROAD AND ALLOW ENGINE TO COOL DOWN. WILL NOT COOL DOWN ON ITS OWN. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8001301December 31, 2001
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN, COULD START WINDSHIELD WIPERS, BUT THEY WILL QUIT AFTER A FEW MINUTES OF OPERATION. DEALER COULD NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8001302December 31, 2001
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT IN DARK HEADLIGHTS WILL QUIT WORKING IN TIME TO TIME. CONSUMER HAS TO FLICK THE SWITCH, AND THEY WILL START WORKING AGAIN. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#756117December 28, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
ON 12/21/01 I WAS INVOLVED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT WHERE THE INDIVIDUAL AT FAULT RAN A RED LIGHT AND CRASHED INTO MY VEHICLE. UPON THE ARRIVAL OF THE PARAMEDICS, I WAS RESTRAINED AND TOLD I HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY, BECAUSE MY AIRBAGS NEVER ACTIVATED AND TO AVOID FURTHER INJURY. EVEN AFTER MY REMOVAL FROM THE VEHICLE, THE AIRBAGS NEVER ACTIVATED. I WAS TOLD THAT IF I WERE NOT WEARING MY SEATBELT I WOULD BE DEAD TODAY, BUT SOMEHOW I MUST HAVE INCURRED THE CHEST PAIN UPON CONTACT WITH THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CAR IS TOTALED. PRESENTLY MY ONLY INJURY IS WITH MY LOWER BACK, THE PAIN IN MY CHEST HAS SUBSIDED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#755960December 23, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
GASOLINE WAS LEAKING ALL OVER THE ENGINE. COULD HAVE EASILY CAUSED A FIRE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8000956December 19, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH FOR NO REASON, THIS OCCURRED ONE DAY AFTER AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND REMAINED ON. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#8000873December 18, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN DRIVING AND APPLYING BRAKE PEDAL, A POPPING NOISE CAME FROM THE BRAKES. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN BRAKES ARE COMPRESSED AT STOPLIGHTS AND STOP SIGNS IT CAUSES A SURGE IN THE STEERING WHEEL. *YD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#755722December 17, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
TANK PUNCTURED BY MINOR ROAD HAZARD - MASSIVE GAS SPILL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8000712December 14, 2001
TIRES, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES AT ANY SPEED, AND IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO BALANCE WHEELS. DEALER REPLACED FRONT ROTORS. THIS DID NOT REMEDY PROBLEM. AFTER 2 MORE TRIPS TO DEALER, CONSUMER WAS TOLD PROBLEM WAS TIRES SHIFTING ON RIMS. PONTIAC KNEW THIS, BUT HAD NO REMEDY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900626December 10, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
WHILE TRAVELING AT 5 MPH CONSUMER PRESSED THE BRAKES AND THEY LOCKED UP, CAUSING CONSUMER TO REAR END ANOTHER DRIVER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900631December 10, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE, POWER TRAIN
VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO OVER 10 MPH. SPEEDOMETER STOPPED, VEHICLE LOST POWER, AND WAS NOT ABLE TO ACCELERATE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED A COMPUTER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#755477December 10, 2001
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH
HEADLIGHT SWITCH ON THESE VEHICLES ARE OF A BAD DESIGN OR HAVE A WIRE IN THE WRONG PLACE (CAUSING IT TO GET CUT) . THE HEADLIGHTS CAN GO OUT AT ANY TIME, POSSIBLY CAUSING A CRASH. I HAVE TALKED TO OTHER GRAND AM OWNERS AND THEY TOO ARE HAVING OR HAVE HAD A PROBLEM SIMILAR TO MINE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#755408December 7, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
EXPERIENCE VIBRATION WHEN BRAKING. ROTOR WERE WARPED AND REPLACE AT 15,000 MILES. NINE MONTHS AND 9,500 MILES LATER, ROTORS ARE WRAPED AGAIN AND NEED TO BE REPLACE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#899827December 4, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT, STEERING:RACK AND PINION, SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING, HEARD A LOUD NOISE WHICH CAME FROM FRONT END. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER. *AK TO CORRECT THE NOISE PROBLEM, THE DEALER INSTALLED NEW ROTORS AND BRAKES IN THE FRONT AND BACK. THE NOISE STILL CONTINUED AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE RACK AND PINION. NEXT, THE DEALER REPLACED THE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS. THE DEALER ALSO AGREED TO REPLACE THE TIRES WITH MICHELIN BRAND. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#755270December 4, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
BRAKE PADS ARE SEPARATING FROM METAL HOUSING. LOSS OF BRAKE PADS COULD EASILY LEAD TO A SUDDEN AND CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE ENTIRE BRAKING SYSTEM. REQUEST A RECALL OF ALL 1999 GM C VEHICLES TO INSPECT BRAKE PADS FOR DEFECTS. PREMATURE FAILURE OF BRAKE PADS OCCURRED RECENTLY ON MY SON'S LATE MODEL GM VEHICLE ALSO. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#785802December 3, 2001
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT TURN UNLESS MOVING THE STEERING WHEEL, THE RACK AND PINION ASSEMBLY CAN SHIFT SIDEWAYS A COUPLE INCHES BEFORE IT HITS AND THEN STARTS TURNING THE WHEEL, MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE UPPER STUD INTO THE FIREWALL HAD BROKEN OFF AND THE CALMP HOLDING THE RACK AND PINION ASSEMBLY WAS BENDING ON THE LOWER STUD UNTIL IT FINALLY BROKE OFF. *ET
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#755085November 29, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
THIS COOLANT SYSTEM HAS FLUID THAT DOES NOT NEED TO BE REPLACED FOR OVER 100,000 MILES. HOWEVER, THE WATER PUMP MAY HAVE TO BE REPLACED AT ONLY 50,000. PONTIAC CALLED THIS NORMAL. IT SEEMS A LITTLE DECEPTIVE TO ADVERTISE A FLUID THAT LASTS SO LONG WHEN THE MECHNICAL PARTS MAY NOT. PONTIAC AND GM WOULD NOT OFFER REPAIR ASSISTANCE. THE REPAIR COST OVER $800.00. MANY LOCAL MECHANICS, SOME PONTIAC, SAID THIS WAS NOT NORMAL FOR THIS PART, BUT GM AND PONTIAC STILL REFUSED TO OFFER ANY WARRANTY ASSISTANCE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#754920November 26, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY
WHEN IT RAINED HARD, WATER LEAKED UNDER BOTH DOOR PANELS (FOR MANY MONTHS PRIOR TO SERVICE AT 31000 MILES). LARGE QUANTITIES OF WATER LEAKED IN, SATURATING THE CARPETS IN BOTH THE FRONT AND REAR SEATS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CAR. BROUGHT INTO DEALERSHIP 08/03/01, AND DEALERSHIP REMOVED DOOR PANELS AND ADDED SECOND STRIP OF SEALER TO WATER DEFLECTORS FOR BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT DOORS. WAS TOLD THAT THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN FACTORY-INSTALLED AND WAS MISSING. WORK COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. SOLVED PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#754828November 23, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
AFTER ROUTINE FRONT BRAKE PAD REPLACEMENT AT 29,000 MILES, I BEGAN NOTICING A SCRAPING/GRINDING SOUND COMING FROM FRONT WHEELS/BRAKES. DEALER STATED IT WAS A BAD BEARING AND REPLACED THE RIGHT FRONT HUB AND BEARING ASSEMBLY UNDER WARRANTY. TWO WEEKS LATER, SAME NOISE OCCURRED. THIS TIME DEALER SAID IT WAS DUE TO METALLIC PADS. NOISE BECAME WORSE, AND ONE WEEK LATER CAR WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE DEPARTMENT. THIS TIME I WAS TOLD IT WAS DUE TO INSIDE OF TIRE RUBBING ON INSIDE OF WHEEL RIM.??? SILICONE WAS APPLIED AND NOISE WENT AWAY. FIVE DAYS LATER NOISE HAS REOCCURRED. HAVE NOTICED MANY SUCH REPORTS. CAN ANYTHING BE DONE?*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#754634November 17, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT, SUSPENSION:FRONT, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
ENGINE IS MISSING OR COUGHING WHILE STOPPED AT RED LIGHT,TRANSMISSION & TRANSAXLE IS SLIPPING,CAR KEEPS PULLING LEFT TO RIGHT & TIRES ARE WEARING DOWN ON LEFT SIDE DUE TO LEFT FRONT END HAS A MAJOR PROBLEM, BOTH FRONT ROTORS KEEPS WEARING DOWN,LEFT FRONT WHEEL AREA HAS A RUBBING & GRINDING NOISE THAT CAN NOT BE FOUND, ENGINE KEEPS OVER HEATING,BRAKES KEEPS PULLING & PULSATES WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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