Pontiac Grand AM Complaints (1998)

172 consumer complaints on file.

#10142319November 9, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS, EQUIPMENT
I OWN A 1998 GRNAD AM GT AND FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS I HAVE HAD FUEL INJECTOR PROBLEMS. I HAVE HAD ALL SIX INJECTORS REPLACED TWICE TOTALING OVER $600.00 EACH TIME. OTHER PEOPLE THAT I KNOW WHO ALSO OWN 1996-1999 GRAND AMS/GRAND PRIX HAVE ALSO SEEM TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS. THE INJECTOR CLEANERS THAT ARE ONE THE MARKET DON'T SEEM TO GET RID OF THE BUILD UP AND EVENTUALLY THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED. I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS SOME KIND OF DEFECT IN THE INJECTORS AND WOULD LIKE AN INVESTIGATION TO FIND OUT. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10128604July 13, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
PONTIAC GRAND AM AIR BAGS ARENT SAFE AT ALL MINE BUSTED OUT FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER IT BURNED MY ARM AND LEFT A BRUISE AND COULD'VE CAUSED A WRECK!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10124271June 6, 2005
CHILD SEAT, CHILD SEAT:HARNESS:STRAP/WEBBING
DT: THE HARNESS OF THE CAR SEAT LOOSENS AND POPS OUT. THE PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED SINCE THE PURCHASE OF THE CAR SEAT. HAS NOT CONTACTED MANUFACTURER TO SEE IF THERE IS A WAY OF REPAIRING THE CAR SEAT. HAS NOT CHECKED TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY RECALLS. AFTER PLACING THE CHILD IN CAR SEAT, WHILE DRIVING, STRAP POPS OUT OF THE BRACKET IN THE BACK OF CAR SEAT. PROBLEM ONLY HAPPENS SOMETIMES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10124376June 6, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
IN AUG. 2004 MY 1998 PONTIAC GRAND AM SE CAUGHT FIRE IN THE STEERING COLUMN AND FRIED EVERYTHING IN THE COLUMN , ALTERNATOR, AND BATTERY.THE LOCAL PONTIAC DEALER REFUSED TO WORK ON THE CAR SO I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL GARAGE.THEY FIXED WHAT THEY COULD CLEARLY SEE WAS DAMAGED AND SENT ME ON MY WAY. SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE ALTERNATOR REBUILT FOUR TIMES AND BATTERY REPLACED THREE TIMES .THE CAR HAS TO BE JUMPED SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK. THE ALTERNATOR KICKS IN AT 800 RPM. AND THE CAR IDLES AT 500 RPM.( COMPUTER CONTROLLED) MEANING THAT THE BATTERY IS CONSTANTLY DISCHARGING BELOW 35 MPH, OR WITH THE AIR AND EVERYTHING ON .WHEN IT GOES ABOVE 800RPM THE ALTERNATOR KICKS IN AND BOILS THE BATTERY TRYING TO PLAY CATCH UP. I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE MAY 2005 (#04002) AND TOOK THE CAR TO THE GM DEALER IN BATESVILLE,AR.I TOLD THEM ABOUT THE FIRE AND DAMAGE .THEY CHANGED THE RELAY AND WIRE UNDER THE RECALL AND ADVISED THAT THEY COULD NOT FIX THE DAMAGE DONE BY THE FIRE,OR EVEN CHECK AND DIAGNOIS THE DAMAGE STILL EXISTING,WITHOUT APPROVAL FROM G.M. . ICONTACTED G.M. (MIKE DEMEYER) AND WAS IINFORMED THAT THEY WOULD PAY FOR THE DAMAGE THAT WAS FIXED BY THE LOCAL GARAGE ,BUT WOULD NOT PAY TO FINISH FIXING THE REST OF THE DAMAGE THAT WAS NOT FIXED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120165May 7, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
NOISE HEARD IN FRONT END GOING OVER BUMPS. FAILURE= LOWER CONTROL ARM REAR BUSHINGS SEPARATING FROM CONTROL ARM.LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES. CORRECTION+ REPLACEMENT OF LOWER CONTROL ARMS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10113202March 28, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE PASSENGER'S AIR BAG INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK AIR BAG DEPLOYED IT CRACKED THE DASH BOARD AS WELL AS WINDSHIELD. REPLACED AIRBAG, WINDSHIELD AND DASH BOARD. GENERAL MOTORS REFUSED TO REIMBURSE CONSUMER BECAUSE VEHICLE WASN'T TAKEN TO DEALER. *BF *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10114568March 23, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
VEHICLE SMELLED OF ANTIFREEZE SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE. THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TWICE TO THE DEALER FOR THE SMELL. I HAVE NOW BEEN INFORMED THAT THE INTAKE GASKET HAS BEEN LEAKING. PONTIAC HAS BEEN CONTACTED, AND I WAS INFORMED BY ONE REPRESENTATIVE THAT THERE HAD BEEN A PROBLEM, BUT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE PARTICULAR YEAR OF THE VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10115763March 10, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
PONTIAC GRAND AM 1998, PASSENGER AIR BAG DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON, SHATTERED WINDSHIELD. *BF *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10113479March 4, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE
UPON RECEIVING A RECALL LETTER AND TAKING THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR RECALL REPAIRS CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION UNTIL SHE TOOK IT TO DEALER. HOWEVER, THE DEALER CLAIMED THE VEHICLE NEEDED AN IGNITION SWITCH AND CHIP. ALSO, CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE SECURITY SYSTEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10111193January 24, 2005
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
THE CONSUMER REPORTED PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE'S DOOR'S, BRAKES AND OTHER COMPONENTS. *NM *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10098598November 10, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
I WAS INFORMED THAT THE PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE DIFFICULTY DRIVING MY GRAND AM AND THE LOUND CLUNKING NOISE AND THE INTENSE "SHIMMY" WAS BECAUSE MY RIGHT LOWER CONTROL ARM HAD SNAPPED AND MY LEFT LOWER CONTROL ARM WAS CRACKED ABOUT TO SEPARATE AS WELL. I DO KNOW A LITTLE ABOUT CARS AND THIS DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A NORMAL MAINTENANCE PROBLEM. THIS IS COSTING ME WELL OVER 600.00 TO REPAIR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10099421November 4, 2004
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO TURN LEFT. DEALER STATED THAT RACK AND PINION FAILED. A RECALL FOR THE STEERING RACK AND PINION WAS ISSUED, HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10096941November 3, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES
WHILE DRIVING. THE DASH ILLUMINATED AND THEN SHUT DOWN. THE BATTERY CABLE CAME UNDONE. SHUTTING THE VEHICLES ELECTRICAL SYSTEM COMPLETELY DOWN. THE CONSUMER HIS WIFE, AND DOG WERE TRAPPED INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE WINDOWS WOULD NOT COME DOWN THE DOORS WOULD NOT OPEN, THE BRAKES BECAME INOPERABLE. THEY COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE AUTOMATIC KEY BUTTON WOULD NOT WORK. ALSO THE BRAKES WENT OUT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. DOOR HANDLES WOULD NOT OPEN DOOR. BREATHING BECAME DIFFICULT WHILE THE CONSUMER AND FAMILY HAD NO WAY TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. *TC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10096408October 26, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
SEVERE ACCELERATION WHEN AUTO IS MOVING AT SLOW OR IDLE SPEED WHEN MOVING FROM A COLD START OR NEARLY COLD START. MOST NOTICEABLE WHEN AUTO IS MAKING A TURN AFTER A COLD START OR NEARLY COLD START. THE PROBLEM OCCUR 100% OF THE TIME WHEN DESCENDING FROM A PARKING DECK AND REACHING THE LOWER LEVEL OR LOWEST LEVEL OF THE PARKING DECK. MY ACTION IS TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL UNTIL IT DROP BACK TO A NORMAL IDLING SPEED, WHICH NORMALLY TAKE( AS A GUEST), ABOUT 45 TO 60 SECONDS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10094563September 28, 2004
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
WHILE BACKING OUT IN REVERSE OR DRIVING VEHICLE HAD A RATTLING SOUND. CONSUMER NOTICED THAT WHILE SHIFTING THE STEERING WHEEL JERKED. CONSUMER DROVE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10093122September 23, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
I HAVE HAD LOWER CONTROL ARM FAILURES ON BOTH SIDES OF MY 1998 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE REAR BUSHING PULLS APART CAUSING A SEVERE SHIMMY WHEN BRAKING AT HIGH SPEEDS AND CLANKING WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS. IT IS EITHER A DESIGN OR MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THE DEALER HAS REFUSED TO PAY COSTS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10092725September 20, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING, STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH ON A WET ROAD SURFACE VEHICLE SWERVED. CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AN DIT WAS WAS FORCED OFF THE ROAD INTO A WOODED AREA, WHERE VEHICLE SPINNED SEVERAL TIMES AND HIT SEVERAL SMALL TREES. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A BODY SHOP. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE RIGHT TIE ROD WORE OUT AND THE LEFT TIE ROD WAS GETTING WORN OUT. CONSUMER STATED, THAT FRONT WHEEL BEARING WAS REPAIRED UNDER A RECALL ON MAY 5, 2004 AT A DEALER. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089036September 2, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL
1998 PONTIAC GM RECALL IGNITION SWITCH HIGH CURRENT FLOW, THE DEALER RED MCCOMBS SUPIRIOR PONTIAC ADDED A RELAY SWITCH, AND NEVER REPLACED THE ORIGINAL IGNITION SWITCH THAT HAD BEEN SUBJECTED TO THE HIGH CURRENCY FLOW, NOW THE VEHICALE IS BACK IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT NEEDING THE IGNITION CYLINDER AND THE IGNITION SWITCH REPLACED IF THE ORIGINAL DEFECT RECALL WOULD HAVE BEEN SOUGHT OUT CORRECTLY BY THE DEALER THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE BEEN SAFE. THE DEALER BILLED THE MANUFACURE FOR A INSTALLATION WIRE HARVEST, AND ON MY WORK ORDER FROM THE DEALER I SHOW ONLY THE RELAY KIT TO BE REPAIRED, THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD THE OPTION OF REPLACING THE IGNITION SWITCH BUT THE CHOSE NOT TO THIS WAS AN INCOMPLETE RECALL WORK . *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089196August 18, 2004
AIR BAGS, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THROUGH A SCHOOL ZONE GOING LESS THAN 25 MPH AND CRUISE CONTROL KICKED IN. THE VEHICLE CROSSED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND WENT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT. THE VEHICLE HIT A TREE AND IT WASN'T UNTIL THE VEHICLE STOPPED THAT THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. WHEN THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED THEY BLACKED THE PASSENGERS EYES. *AK *NM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10087826August 12, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO STOP. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE BRAKE PADS AND FRONT ROTOR NEEDED REPLACE DUE TO CORROSION. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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