Pontiac Grand AM Complaints

5,577 consumer complaints on file.

#891029June 22, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH CONSUMER HIT A TREE AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DAMAGE TO FRONT END OF VEHICLE. HAS NOT CONTACT DEALER YET.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#891047June 22, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
PASSENGER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED UNEXPECTEDLY WITHOUT A COLLISON. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS NOTIFIED MANUFACTURER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#747236June 22, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
THE BRAKE SYSTEM ON THIS CAR HAS HAD PROBLEMS FROM DAY ONE, AT APPROX. 3,000 MI. THE ABS SYSTEM LIGHT CAME ON AND WAS "REPAIRED" UNDER WARRANTY. AT APPROX. 5,000 MI. THE ABS/BRAKE WARNING LIGHT BOTH CAME ON THE DEALER KEPT THE CAR FOR 2 1/2 DAYS "REPARING THE SYSTEM". THE ONLY PROBLEMS UP UNTILL NOW HAVE BEEN THE ABS/BRAKE WARNING LIGHT BOTH COMING ON AT THE SAME TIME, TURNING THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON WOULD CLEAR THE LIGHTS AND SEEM TO CLEAR THE PROBLEM. AT ABOUT 48,000 MI. THE PEDEL WOULD OCCASIONALY DROP VERY CLOSE TO THE FLOOR WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES(MORE SO UNDER LIGHT BRAKING). NOW THE PEDAL MUST BE PUSHED TO THE FLOOR TO SLOW AND STOP. AS OF TODAYS BRAKE INSPECTION, MY LOCAL MECHANIC TELLS ME TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALER, BECAUSE THERE IS SOMTHING WRONG WITH THE MASTER CYLINDER/ABS MODULATOR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890776June 20, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, EARLY MORNING START AND VEHICLE FAILED TO START. CONSUMER MADE A SECOND ATTEMPT TO START AND VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, FIRE STARTED IN THE STEERING WHEEL COLUMN. FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED ,AND EXTINGUISHED FIRE BEFORE ANYMORE DAMAGE WAS DONE TO VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890813June 20, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
WHILE VEHICLE IS IN OPERATION IT IS MAKING A 'SCREECHING' NOISE. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND DETERMINED THAT FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. - HOWEVER, REPAIRS CANNOT BE MADE DUE TO PARTS NEEDED BEING ON BACKORDER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#747095June 20, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
WHILE DRIVING, MY RADIO, CLOCK, CRUISE CONTROL, AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP WORKING. THIS WOULD USUALLY HAPPEN WHEN I WOULD USE THE TURN SIGNALS. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS A FUSE, BUT LATER REALIZED IF I JIGGLED THE KEY IN THE INGNITION, THESE THINGS WOULD START WORKING AGAIN. THE IGNITION SEEMS TO HAVE A LOT OF PLAY, AS IF IT NEEDS TO BE TIGHTENED. I CAN ALMOST TURN THE IGNITION ALL THE WAY AROUND WITHOUT TOUCHING THE KEY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#561671June 18, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
THE CONSUMER FEELS THAT THE DEFECTIVE IGNITION THE THE VEHICLE WHICH CAUSED IT TO SMOKE IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO RECALL 00V-287, THE COMPONENT FAILED PRIOR TO NOTIFICATION AND THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT BUT WAS TOLD THAT SHE WAS NOT ENTITLED TO REFUND. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890564June 18, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS, INTERIOR LIGHTING
A FUSE KEEPS BLOWING, CAUSING VEHICLE'S DASH AND TAIL LIGHTS TO GO OUT. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON. TAKEN TO DEALER ON 21 DEC 2000. DEALER REPLACED PARKING RELAY, LEFT TAIL LIGHT. CIRCUIT BOARD WAS MELTED , AND REPLACED IT. ON 27 DEC 2000, DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS AND DASHLIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING. DEALER REPLACED 15 AMP PARK FUSE THAT HAD BLOWN AND CHECKED GROUND WIRE. ON 2 JAN 2001, DASH LIGHTS AND BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING. DEALER REPLACED 15 AMP FUSE AND GROUND WIRING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#746924June 16, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, STEERING
CHRONIC BRAKE PROBLEMS - ROTORS/PADS REPLACED 3 TIMES OTHER WORK 3 MORE TIMES---STEERING ASSEMBLY REPAIRED/REPLACED PARTS 3 TIMES-----PROBLEMS STILL PRESENT IN VEHICLE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#746933June 16, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
BRAKES BEING A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE SHOULD LAST MORE THAN A YEAR OND 10,000 MILES!!!! THE VEHICLE HAS ONLY 42,000 MILES WITH 2 BRAKE PROBLEMS AND IT APPEARS TO BE A -COMMON- (AS TOLD TO US BY THE SERVICE MANAGER AT OUR LOCAL PONTIAC DEALER) PROBLEM ESPECIALLY WITH '99 GRAND AM'S PLEASE RESPOND WITH FEEDBACK AS MY PREGNANT WIFE IS THE DRIVER OF THIS CAR AND HAS LUCKILLY NOT YET BEEN HURT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#561660June 15, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY
IGNITION STARTED SMOKING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN AND THEN WOULD NOT START, THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED, CONSUMER LATER RECEIVED RECALL 00V287, DEALER STATED THERE WAS NO WAY TO TELL IF THE PROBLEM WAS RELATED TO THE RECALL BECAUSE THE RELAY SWITCH HAD NOT BEEN INSTALLED, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT IF HER REPAIRS ARE RELATED TO THE RECALL. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890489June 15, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
CONSUMER PARKED VEHICLE AT 8:15 AM, WHEN SHE CAME BACK TO VEHICLE BETWEEN 9:30 AND 10 AM, AND IT WAS BURNING. FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT OUT FIRE. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. CAUSE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. RECEIVED RECALL LETTER 00V287000, BUT REPAIRS HAD NOT BEEN PERFORMED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#746855June 14, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
IGNITION WILL NOT REMAIN IN THE ON POSITION. IT IS POSSIBLE TO START THE VEHICLE AND GENTLY RELEASE THE KEY BUT AS YOU DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD A BUMP OR SOME TYPE OF CONTACT WITH THE KEY WILL CAUSE THE IGNITION TO SHUT OFF. LOSING ALL POWER IMMEDIATELY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890268June 13, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
WHILE TRAVELING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED VEHICLE SWERVED TO AVOD HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND WENT INTO A DITCH. THEN, WENT BACKED ACROSS ROAD AND WENT INTO A CULVERT WHERE THE VEHICLE IMPACTED A TREE. BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. CONSUMER'S STEP SON WAS DRIVING VEHICLE AND WAS KILLED IN CRASH, TWO OTHER PASSENGERS SUFFERED RESTRAINT BELT INJURIES, AND WERE RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
1
#746737June 12, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
BRAKE GRINDING WHEN PRESSED AND A CATCHING SOUND WHEN TIRE IS ROTATING. I HAVE HAD NEW ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS PUT ON. STILL MAKING SAME SOUNDS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890208June 12, 2001
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
AIR CONDITIONER WOULD GIVE OFF SOME TYPE OF GAS ODOR WHENEVER VEHICLE IS AT A STOP. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP. WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC AIR CONDITIONER WAS RECYCLING AIR FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT THROUGHOUT VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#561530June 11, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
CONSUMER STATES WHEN TAKING FOOT OFF ACCELERATOR, VEHICLE STARTS TO PULSATE AND WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED IT TAKES APPROXIMATELY 3 TO 4 FEET TO STOP, WHILE VEHICLE IS BUCKING AS IF THE ABS ARE ENGAGING, RPM NEEDLE GOES CRAZY. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#746634June 10, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
IN EARLY SPRING OF 2000, THE HORN STARTED BY ITSELF. IT WOULD START BLAIRING AT ANY TIME. IT HAPPENED OFF AND ON DURING THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. I WOULD ESTIMATE 3-4 TIMES, WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. THE ONLY WAY I COULD STOP IT WAS TO TAP ON THE HORN. IN LATE JUNE, IT HAPPENED 5 - 6 TIMES IN ONE WEEK. I FINALLY PULLED THE FUSE AND TOOK IT TO STAN OLSEN PONTIAC HERE IN OMAHA. THEY REPLACED THE HORN MODULE. I WAS TOLD IT WAS BENT, BUT THEY COULD NOT TELL ME HOW THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED. I WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THIS BENT PLATE WAS PUTTING PRESSURE ON THE AIR BAG, AND I WAS VERY FORTUNATE THAT THE BAG NEVER DEPLOYED, OTHERWISE, I COULD HAVE BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT WHICH PROBABLE WOULD HAVE BEEN QUITE SERIOUS. I PAID A TOTAL OF $692.74 TO HAVE THIS REPLACED. I HAVE ALWAYS TAKEN GREAT CARE OF MY CAR, BUT AS YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THIS IS OF GREAT CONCERN. AFTER RECEIVING THE RECALL ON THE IGNITION SWITCH, WHICH I HAD REPLACED, I BECAME CONCERNED THAT MAYBE THIS MODULE COULD HAVE BEEN DEFECTIVE FROM THE MANUFACTURER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#561519June 8, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY
CONSUMER STATED THAT VEHICLE JUST STOPPED COMPLETELY AND WOULD NOT START AGAIN, CONSUMER HAD BEEN AWAITING PARTS FOR RECALL ON RELAY KIT, CONSUMER HAD CAR FIXED AT OWN EXPENSE AND WAS TOLD SHE WOULD BE REIMBURSED MONIES PAID OUT OF POCKET. *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890037June 8, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
FUEL PUMP BROKE WHILE DRIVING. DEALER HAS REPLACED T FUEL PUMP. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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