Pontiac Grand AM Complaints

5,577 consumer complaints on file.

#744088April 15, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE CAR HAS BEEN GIVEN A LOT OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS AND NOW ONE OF THE PULLEYS THAT HOLDS THE ENGINE'S BELT BROKE, ALSO MY HORN DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744018April 13, 2001
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:FLASHER UNIT
IS NOT AN IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEM IS NOT A FUSE PROBLEM. IS NOT A BULB PROBLEM. MAY BE IN WIRING/FLASHER. TURN SIGNALS AND HAZARD FLASHERS QUIT WORKING FOR NO REASON WHEN VEHICLE IS MOVING OR STOPPED. DOES NOT MATTER IF HOT OR COLD OR IF ENGINE IS RUNNUNG OR NOT. WILL BE REFERED TO DEALER FOR WARRANTY EXAM AND REPAIR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#560774April 12, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
VEHICLE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING BRAKE PROBLEMS, BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE, WITHIN THE LAST 4 1/2 YEARS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885787April 12, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT
WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS BOTTOM OF FRONT SUSPENSION FAILED, CAUSING RIGHT FRONT WHEEL TO BREAK OFF, AND OTHER DAMAGE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743940April 12, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CYLINDER CRACKED, SMALL LEAK OF ENGINE COOLANT ONTO EXHAUST MANIFOLD. HAVE TO KEEP CHECKING AND ADDING ANTIFREEZE TO COOLING SYSTEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885689April 11, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT
CONSUMER PURCHASED VEHICLE WITH 13 MILES ON IT. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN 4 TIMES. BRAKES WERE REPLACED FOR KNOCKING AND GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM FRONT END. ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES/ PADS AND STRUTS WERE ALL CHANGED TO RECTIFY PROBLEM. REPAIRS HELD UP A WEEK AND REPEATED. CONSUMER PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY UP TO 75,000 BECAUSE SO MANY PROBLEM WERE HAPPENING TO VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885694April 11, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH ON FLAT ROAD PASSENGER'S AIRBAG DEPLOYED. CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER HOOD. RAISED HOOD, AND SAW SMOKE FROM DRIVER'S SIDE. AT THAT MOMENT, DRIVER'S AIRBAG DEPLOYED. ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF. PONTIAC TOOK NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743909April 11, 2001
STEERING:RACK AND PINION, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
THE DEALER REPLACE THE FRONT RACK, THE "A" ARMS LOWER BALL JOINTS AND CV BOOTS...DID THIS 3 TIMES...NOW IT IS DOING IT AGAIN...AND THEY WONT REPLACE IT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743910April 11, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT, STEERING:RACK AND PINION, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINT, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ON SERVERAL OCCASIONS I AM HAVING MAJOR FRONT END PROBLEMS, FROM THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT POPING, TO THE WHOLE FRONT END POPING, THE DEALER REPLACED THE RACK THE CV BOOTS 3 TIMES, THEY KEPT BUSTING, LOWER BALL JOINTS, "A" ARMS, THIS CORRECTED THE PROBLEM FOR A BIT, THEN THE CV BOOT FRACTURED AGAIN THEY WOULDNT REPLACE, NOW THE FRONT IN POPS HORRIABLY WHEN YOU MAKE A TURN TO THE RIGHT AND ADD A LITTLE TORQUE, TOOK TO DEALER, NO DIAGONSIS, TOOK TO AN INDEPENDENT AGENT, EVERYTHING SEEMS FINE, ONLY THING HE CAN THINK OF IS A BREAK IN A SPOT WELD ON THE FRONT END, IE THE TUBING THAT SUPPORTS THE ENGINE AND FRONT SUSPENSION, I HAVE EVENT CONTACTED PONTIAC CUSTOMER CARE CENTER AND THEY SAY THE PROBLEM IS NO LONGER THERES, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO LET YOU TEST THE CAR AND HEAR THE NOISE, AND SEE IF IT WOULDNT MAKE YOU A TAD BIT UNEASY ABOUT DRIVING IT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885550April 10, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
HORN IS HARD TO PRESS, CONSUMER HAS TO USE TWO HANDS TO PRESS ON HORN. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743789April 9, 2001
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
THE PAINT IS CHIPPING ON MY HOOD. IT STARTED IN 1995. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY DEALERSHIPS THAT THEIR WAS A RECALL ON PAINT. I WAS NOT NOTIFIED BY GM, AND WHEN I LAST ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT THEM THE SRVC REP SAID THEY REMEMBERED A RECALL BUT COULDN'T FIND IT NOW. ALSO, EVERY WINTER SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR THE HORN GOWS OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHEN IT GETS BELOW FREEZING. MY POWER DOOR LOCKS KEEP GOING OUT. ARE THEY RELATED TO THE HORN? SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR, THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT LOCKS IN UPRIGHT POSITION BUT DOES NOT SLIDE BACK INTO PLACE IF THE LEVER IS USDE ON THE BACK OF THE SEAT. IS THERE A TSB? I FOUND A TSB ON YOUR WEB-SITE FOR THE HORN AND POSSIBLY FOR THE DOOR LOCKS. WHAT DO I DO?*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743711April 8, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
I KILLED IT AT A SERVICE STATION GONNA GET SOME WATER AND IT HAS NEVER STARTED SINCE THEN. THE GAS COMES OUT OF HOSE WHEN DISCONNECTED FROM INJECTOR BUT CONNECT THE LINE BACK AND THE FUEL INJECTION DOESNT GET GAS. I AM A SINGLE MOTHE WHO CAN NOT AFFORD THIS TYPE OF THING. A MAN PULLED IN SERVICE STATION AND SAID HE HAD SAME PROBLEMS WITH HIS 89 GRAND AM. I ALSO LOOKED IN MY HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER AND LOTS OF 89 GRAND AMS FOR SALE WITH NON WORKING MOTORS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743726April 8, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WE HAVE OIL IN THE COOLING SYSTEM AND WATER IN THE OIL NOTE: THIS WAS NOT DUE TO A CRASH AS INDICATED IN REPORT PROVIDED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743667April 7, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
AIR BAGS DEPLOYED FOR NO APPARANT REASON RIGHT SIDE FIRST, THEN 3 TO 5 MINUTES LATER THE LEFT SIDE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743633April 6, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
PREMATURE DEFECTIVE REAR ACTION DRUM WITHIN TRANSMISSION REQUIRED TRANSMISSION REBUILD BY LOCAL TRANSMISSION SHOP. NO ACCIDENT OR ON ROAD FAILURE OCCURRED, POPPING/THUMPING SOUND WAS OCCURING UPON LIGHT ACCERLERATION FROM A DEAD STOP.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743642April 6, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING, STEERING:LINKAGES
MY WHEEL BEARING BROKE AT A LOW MILEAGE AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TIE ROD ON THE RIGHT WAS ABOUT TO BREAK ALSO. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885314April 6, 2001
WHEELS:RIM, TIRES
TURNING RIGHT OR LEFT VEHICLE MAKES NOISE. IT FEELS LIKE RIM IS OVER LAPPING OR TIRES IN FRONT SEEM TOO BIG. VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT DEALER 6-7 TIMES. DEALER DIDN'T THINK IT WAS AN ISSUE. THEY HAVE SCRAPED AND PAINTED RIMS, THINKING IT WILL CORRECT IT. *AK THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO FIX THE PROBELM AND THE CONSUMER WAS SCARED DRIVING THE VEHICLE. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743503April 4, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
BRAKES -EXCESSIVE VIBRATION WHEN BRAKES APPLIED - DEALER REPLACE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS/ ENGINE - RATTLES ON START UP FOR A FEW SECONDS. DEALER FLUSHED ENGINE, SAID CARBON DEPOSITS HAD BUILT UP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885010April 4, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR, VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
ELECTRICAL DEFECT KEEPS SHORTENING OUT ALTERNATOR / POWER MIRROR MOTORS AND HEADLIGHTS. CONSUMER HAS REPLACED 5 ALTERNATORS WITHIN 5 YEARS AND 9 MONTHS. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743468April 3, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
I WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLISION TRAVELING AT 35MPH THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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