Pontiac Grand AM Complaints

5,577 consumer complaints on file.

#815311August 5, 1997
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
WHILE DRIVING 45MPH STEERING COLUMN CAME APART. TOOK TO DEALER & MECHANIC SAID PIVOT PIN FELL OUT; HAD TO DISASSEMBLE STEERING COLUMN & REPLACED & REINSTALLED PIVOT PIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#522529August 5, 1997
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED TO 60 MPH AND STAYED THERE MOMENTARILY BEFORE DROPPING DOWN. UPON APPROACHING A TOLL EXIT, THE VEHICLE STALLED. IT TOOK SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO RESTART. ENGINE SOMETIMES IDLES VERY HIGH AT START UP AND SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT WOULD COME ON. ENGINE WOULD HAVE TO BE SHUT DOWN TO CORRECT IDLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#522495August 2, 1997
POWER TRAIN
AT HIGHWAY SPEED, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#518207August 1, 1997
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#814586July 30, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, PEDAL WILL SUDDENLY GO TO FLOOR, CAUSING INCREASE IN STOPPING DISTANCE. BRAKES ALSO GRAB, CAUSING ABRUPT STOPPING, VARIOUS SPEEDS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#814516July 29, 1997
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD CRACKED FROM THE BOLT TO THE EDGE OF THE HEAD, AND IS LEAKING COOLANT INTO THE MOTOR. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#814535July 29, 1997
SEAT BELTS
PASSENGER'S RESTRAINT BELT BROKE. THE DEALER WILL NOT REPLACE OR REPAIR BECAUSE THE CAR IS NO LONGER UNDER WARANTY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#814459July 28, 1997
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN CAR REACHES A CERTAIN SPEED IT HAS A PROBLEM SHIFTING INTO THE NEXT GEAR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#520019July 22, 1997
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ENGINE STALLS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#814378July 18, 1997
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THE EXUAUST GAS RECICIRLATION (EGR) HAD BEEN REPLACE FIVE TIMES ACCORDING TO THE COMSUMER, THE ENGINE LIGHT COME ON AT 50 MPH. OVER HEATING LIKE GOING TO BLOW UP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#814317July 17, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
DRIVING, STARTED APPLYING BRAKES; CAN FEEL & HEAR GRINDING NOISE; WOULD HAPPEN AT VARIOUS SPEEEDS; BRAKE PADS GRIND INTO ROTORS, BUT PADS NOT WORN. TOOK TO DEALER & HAD PADS REPLACED & ROTORS TURNED; NOISE STILL EXISTS. NOT UNDER WARRANTY & DEALER DOES NOT KNOW WHAT CAUSES PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#814260July 16, 1997
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE CONSUMER NOTICED A LOUD SOUND FROM THE ENGINE COMPARMTENT, AND THE VEHICLE STALLED AND CUT OFF. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER REPLACED THE CAM SENSOR. PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#814094July 11, 1997
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
DRIVING ABOUT 25 MPH PASSED OUT DUE TO HIGH SUGAR LEVEL; HIT 4X4 FENCE POST & CEDAR TREE HEAD ON; UPON IMPACT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. VEHICLE ROLLED OVER ON DRIVER'S SIDE & THEN FLIPPED BACK; HIT HEAD & HAD CONCUSSION; VEHICLE TOTALED. *AK IT WAS THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG THAT DID NOT DEPLOY. *YH
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#814058July 10, 1997
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
STEERING COLUMN: BOLTS THAT COME OUT OF DASH AND THAT HOLD STEERING COLUMN TO DASH HAVE SHEARED OFF, CAUSING STEERING COLUMN TO BECOME VERY LOOSE TO THE POINT THAT IT SHAKES AND SHIMMERS. THIS CAUSES THE LIGHTS/TURN SIGNALS AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO WORK IMPROPERLY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#519187July 8, 1997
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CYLINDER HEAD GASKET FAILED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#813734July 2, 1997
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
THE FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT BELT WILL LOCK, BUT WHILE DRIVING THE BELT COMES UNDONE WITHOUT ANY WARNING. DEALER WILL NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM, AND THIS IS A STATE LAW THAT EVERYONE MUST WEAR SEAT BELT. THE SEAT BELT WILL NOT STAY LOCKED WHEN VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#533930July 1, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:ROTOR
BOTH FRONT ROTORS RUSTED CAUSING BRAKING PROBLEMS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#518986June 30, 1997
STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:HOSES/LINES/PIPING/FITTINGS, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
TRUNK DOOR RUSTED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#813635June 30, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
OWNER HAS ABS BRAKES; VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES ALSO OWNER HAD VEHICLE AT DEALERS SIX TIMES, AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#518969June 26, 1997
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THE VEHICLE JUMPS WHILE SHIFTING INTO DRIVE AND THEN IT STALLS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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