Pontiac Grand AM Complaints

5,577 consumer complaints on file.

#850399November 17, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, SUSPENSION:FRONT
WHILE DRIVING UPHILL CAR MADE A LOUD NOISE AND THE FRONT END WAS SHIFTING TO THE RIGHT. ALSO, ENGINE HAD EXPLODED AND VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#853032November 17, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL
DEFECTIVE SOLENOID EVAPORATED/EMISSION CANISTER BROKE, CAUSING THE FUMES TO ENTER AND BUILD INTO THE FUEL TANK WHICH ALREADY HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE. DEALR REPLACED SOLENOID 3 TIMES. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#852855November 15, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
WHEN STARTING VEHICLE &TURNING SIGNAL SWITCH ON, IT WILL START SMOKING, AND LEFT TURN SIGNAL LIGHT WILL STAY ON. DEALR CLAIMS SWITCH NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#852906November 15, 1999
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
A PIN WITHIN THE STEERING WHEEL MECHANISM DISENGAGED OR POPPED OUT OF THE POSITION, CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO TILT AND REMAIN TILTED WILL DRIVING WHICH COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#852908November 15, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS BRAKE PROBLEMS; WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES UNDER NORMAL STOPPING CONDITIONS AT ANY TYPE OF ROAD SURFACE, BACK BRAKES LOCKED UP. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. MECHANIC WAS NOT ABLE TO DETECT WHAT CAUSED THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURHTER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714827November 15, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
AS STALLING EPISODES CONTINUED AND I COMPLETED NORMAL MAINTENANCE SERVISES, FINALLY A LOCAL PONTIAC DEALER DID COMPHREHENSIVE TESTS AND CHECKED WITHOUT CONCLUSIVE ANSWER TO PROBLEM . ON OCT.13TH.99. THE CAR BROKE DOWN , BACK FIRED, COULD NOT BE RESTARTED, WAS TOWED TO A PONTIAC DEALER WHO SAID HEAD GASKET HAD 1-1/2 INCH RUPTURE. NO REPAIR WAS DONE. CAR OPERATES AGAIN,AND CONTINUIES TO STALL. CAN IT BE ELECTRICAL CONECTION PROBLEM OR WHAT?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714812November 15, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I HAD TO PAY FOR LEGAL FEES AND FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF MY CARS CRACKED HEAD BECAUSE THE WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER IT WITH OUT IT BEING CAUSED BY A LUBRICATED PART, I FOUND OUT THAT ALL QUAD 4 ENGINE HEADS ARE KNOWN FOR THIS PROBLEM AND HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO A DIFFERENT MATERIAL, I THINK PONTIAC SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPLACEMENT SINCE THEY KNEW OF THIS PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714731November 13, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849315November 12, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
HAD PARKED VEHICLE IN GARAGE. HEARD HORN GO OFF. HUSBAND OPENED DOOR TO CHECK & FLAMES SHOT OUT. CALLED FIRE DEPARTMENT. FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED. INSIDE OF VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. FIRE DEPARTMENT INDICATED FIRE ORIGINATED IN THE IGNITION SWITCH DUE TO A SHORT IN THE ELECTRICAL WIRES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#852808November 12, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY FOR ONLY 10 MI NUTES IT WAS ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. FIRE DEPARTTMENT CAME TO PUT FIRE OUT. CONSUMER CONTACTED MANUFACTURER ALSO DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714671November 11, 1999
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
HAVE HAD ALL BUT 1 OF 4 DOOR PANELS REPLACED. NOW GETTING INTO ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WHEN INSTRUMENT PANEL WENT HAYWIRE, CAR WOULD NOT START NEXT DAY. WHEN I TRIED TO START THE CAR THE TRUNK OPENED. WHEN I TOOK THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION THE GAUGES LIT UP AND STAYED ON WITHOUT A KEY. THIS WAS 2 DAYS AFTER THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED. NOW CAR WILL NOT START AT ALL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714574November 10, 1999
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
POWER STEERING FAILS WHEN ON WET ROAD. LOSS OF POWER STEERING CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL INTO DEEP PUDDLE AND SUBSEQUENT WATER DAMAGE TO ENGINE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714598November 10, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM
FRONT BRAKES OVERHEAT, ROTORS WARP
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#850086November 9, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
WHILE DRIVING SMOKE AND A BURNING SMELL CAME FROM THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WHICH CAUSED A FIRE. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#850585November 9, 1999
SEAT BELTS
WHILE IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC DRIVER BEHIND CONSUMER REAR ENDED CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. SEAT BELTS DID NOT RETRACT, CAUSING PASSENGER TO BE THROWN FOWARD. HAD TO CATCH HERSELF WITH HER ARMS ON DASHBOARD OR FACE WOULD HAVE HIT THE DASHBOARD. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#852732November 9, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
WHILE DRIVING TO THE STORE ABOUT A HALF OF MILE AWAY, HEARD A HISSING SOUND IN THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. CONSUMERR THEN SAW SMOKE, AND STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND GOT OUT. THEN THE ENTIRE VEHICLE WENT UP IN FLAMES. THERE WAS NO WARNING BEFORE. POLICE SAID THAT IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE ELECTRICAL PANEL INSIDE OF THE DOOR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714479November 8, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I HIT A POT HOLE GOING ABOUT 25MPH AND BROKE THE RIGHT ENGINE MOUNT MAKING THE CAR UNDRIVABLE. IT WAS A LOANER WHILE MY GRAND AM IS IN THE SHOP, SO I DON'T HAVE TO PAY, BUT THERE IS BARELY MORE THAN 36000 MILES ON THE CAR AND THE ENGINE MOUNT SHOULD NOT BREAK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#852578November 4, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE STEERING WHEEL / THE DASHBOARD & THE SUNROOF. *YC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714308November 4, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
VEHICLE STALLS WHILE DRIVING, AT SLOW SPEED, ACCELERATING FROM STOP, WILL START AFTER A 15 MINUTE DELAY, HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO DEALER 5 TIMES AND ALL REPAIRS HAVE NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#852454November 3, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
WHILE DRIVING ENGINE MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE IDLE TO BE TOO HIGH, RESULTING IN VEHICLE ACCLERATING AND SLOWING DOWN. THIS MAY CAUSE A CRASH. THE BRAKING SYSTEM IS HAVING MORE WEAR AND TEAR. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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