Pontiac Grand AM Complaints

5,577 consumer complaints on file.

#10187074April 4, 2007
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE
I HAVE A 2002 PONTIAC GRAND AM. I BOUGHT THE CAR ONE YEAR AGO. THE CAR NOW HAS 38,000 MILES ON IT. A FEW MONTHS BACK, THE CAR STARTED DOING THIS THING WHERE SOMETIMES IT WOULD START, OTHER TIMES IT WOULD NOT. I WAS LEFT STRANDED WITH MY SON IN THE CAR NUMEROUS TIMES. BUT, WHEN I WOULD GET THE CAR TOWED TO GET FIXED SOMEWHERE, THE CAR WOULD START RIGHT UP. FINALLY AFTER WEEKS OF FRUSTRATION, THE LOCALE PONTIAC DEALERSHIP REPLACED MY PASSLOCK MODULE. THE CAR HAS BEEN STARTING SINCE. BUT NOW THERE IS ANOTHER PROBLEM. THE CAR IS OVERHEATING. I HAVE HAD IT IN AND OUT OF THE SHOP THREE TIMES NOW, GETTING DIFFERENT THINGS DONE, AND IT IS STILL OVERHEATING. THIS CAR IS JUST ONE PROBLEM AFTER ANOTHER. I HAVE SPENT A TOTAL OF 2000 ON REPAIRS, TOWS, AND CAR RENTALS. THE EXTENDED WARRANTY HASN'T PAID A PENNY,(AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THE BEST YOU CAN GET), AND I AM NOW OUT OF MONEY, CAN'T DRIVE MY CAR, AND STILL HAVE 3 YEARS OF 325.00 A MONTH CAR PAYMENTS. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH PONTIAC. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER PONTIAC PRODUCT. THEY ARE EXTREMELY UNRELIABLE. I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING THESE PROBLEMS EITHER. THERE IS A WEBSITE, (EDMUNDS.COM,) WHERE YOU CAN READ ABOUT ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE WITH GRAND AM'S, HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10186945April 3, 2007
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I OWN A 2001 GRAND AM SE 2.4L. I'VE HAD NOTHING BUT TROUBLES WITH THIS CAR SINCE I BOUGHT IT. HERE'S THE LIST OF SOME OF THE THINGS I'VE HAD TO REPLACE ON THE CAR: ALTERNATOR, STARTER, IGNITION MODULE, COILS AND HOUSING UNIT, AND NOW THE PASSLOCK SYSTEM IS JUNK!! THIS CAR HAS SEVERAL TIMES PUT ME IN DANGER BECAUSE OF IT STALLING JUST AFTER STOPPING OR JUST AFTER GOING AFTER A START. WHICH MEANS I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION WHEN IT STALLS. I'M TAKING IT TO THE DEALER FRIDAY TO GET THE PASSLOCK SYSTEM FIXED BECAUSE MY SECURITY LIGHT IS ON. I WANT THIS CAR TO BE RECALLED OR TO GET REIMBURSED FOR THE COST AND TIME I'VE HAD TO PUT INTO THIS CAR WHICH IS A LOT$$$*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10186548March 30, 2007
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
MY WIFE AND CHILDREN WERE DRIVING ON THE AUTOBAHN AND THE ENGINE DIED. SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE ENGINE WOULD NOT START AND SHE HAD IT TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED SERVICE CENTER. THE TIMING CHAIN HAD BROKE AND DAMAGED THE ENTIRE ENGINE. I WAS TOLD I WOULD HAVE TO GET A NEW ENGINE SHIPPED TO GERMANY AT A COST OF $9000. THE CAR HAD 52000 MILES ON IT AND HAD BEEN RECENTLY SERVICED. THE WARRANTY HAD JUST EXPIRED AT 50000 MILES AND GM SAID THE ENGINE WAS NOT THEIR PROBLEM ANYMORE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10186598March 30, 2007
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS
THE TURN SIGNALS HAVE NOT WORKED FOR QUITE SOME TIME, THE HAZARD LIGHTS EITHER. CONTACTED PONTIAC TO SEE IF SPECIAL POLICY # 04098 APPLIED, DUE TO VIN # WAS TOLD THAT IT DID NOT. I WAS REFERRED TO GM DEALERSHIP FOR FURTHER ASSISTANCE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10186315March 27, 2007
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH
I HAVE A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM GT. WHENEVER THE TURN SIGNAL IS ON IT RELAYS TO THE HAZARD SWITCH AND A CLICKING SOUND IS HEARD TO NOTIFY THE DRIVER THAT THE SIGNAL IS ON. WELL LAST YEAR THERE WAS TIMES WHEN THE TURN SIGNAL WOULD ALL OF A SUDDEN STOP. I WOULD HAVE TO MESS WITH THE HAZARD SWITCH A FEW TIMES AND THEN THE BLINKERS WOULD WORK AGAIN. THIS WAS OCCASIONAL FOR ABOUT A YEAR THEN LAST MONTH THE CLICKING WOULD SOMETIMES NOT STOP EVEN WHEN THE TURN SIGNAL IS NOT ON. ALSO IT WOULD ERRATICALLY CLICK VERY FAST AGAIN WITH THE TURN SIGNAL NOT ON. I CHECKED OUT INFO ON THE WEBSITE AND APPARENTLY A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. HERE IS THE FORUM OF SEVERAL POSTINGS OF SIMILAR PROBLEMS HTTP://WWW.AUTOWEB.COM/CONTENT/RESEARCH/FORUMS/INDEX.CFM/ACTION/POSTS/FID/2831 I NOTICED THERE IS A RECALL FOR SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS ON A 2000 BUT WHEN I CALLED PONTIAC THEY SAID IT CAN NOT BE FOR A 1999. WHY, IF SO MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH AND ITS CONNECTION TO THE CLICKING IN THE HAZARD SWITCH, DOES PONTIAC NOT RECALL THIS ITEM? *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10186212March 26, 2007
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
ON MARCH 23, 2005 MY CAR ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN AND WOULD NOT STOP, WHICH ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. CONTACTED GM ,AND THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I HAD IT AT THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM SO THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10186223March 26, 2007
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS
CLICKING COMING FROM THE DASHBOARD BEHIND THE HAZARD SWITCH. HAZARD SWITCH HAS BEEN REPLACED DUE TO RECALL, BUT CLICKING CONTINUED. IT CLICKED CONSTANTLY, HAZARDS AND TURN SIGNALS WORK.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10186036March 23, 2007
AIR BAGS
TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THREE OF THE CUSTOMERS CHILDREN WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH THE DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING. NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED BEFORE OR AFTER THEY DEPLOYED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED BRUISES AND SOME ABRASIONS FROM THE AIR BAG , INCLUDING A MINOR INJURY TO HIS EYE WHEN A PIECE OF PLASTIC POPPED OFF. GMC OFFERED THE CONTACT $3,000 FOR THE VEHICLE, AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD ASSUME LIABILITY. HOWEVER, THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 95,000. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HER DAUGHTER ALSO SUSTAINED MINOR BURNS AND INJURIES. UPDATED 10/16/07 *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10185333March 16, 2007
STRUCTURE
I HAVE HAD TAKEN MY 2004 GRAND AM SE TO THE DEALERSHIP (MIKE RAISOR PONTIAC IN LAFAYETTE, IN.) ATLEAST 6 TIMES I KNOW OF. EVERY TIME IT WAS FOR THE SAME ISSUE (AIR LEAK). A GM REP CAME OUT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO DRIVE MY CAR, AND THAT REP STATED THAT MY CAR DID HAVE AN AIR LEAK, BUT IT WAS ACCEPTABLE TO HIM. GM WOULD NOT TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP HAD REPLACED QUATER PANEL AFTERQUARTER PANEL, LOWERED THE TRUNK DECK, REPLACED WINDOWS AND WINDOW APPLIQUES, FIXED DENTS IN THE ROOF ON EACH SIDE OF THE SUNROOF AND I THINK THATS A LITTLE TO MUCH.I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER GM PRODUCT AGAIN AS LONG AS I AM DRIVING. THE DEALERSHIP WAS FULL OF NOTHING, BUT FALSE PROMISES. I HAVE REPORTED THIS PROBLEM SEVERAL TIMES AND NOTHING GETS DONE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10185017March 14, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH
MY 2003 PONTIAC HAS A CLICKING IN THE DASH UNDERNEATH THE HAZARD SWITCH. WHEN I TURN ON TURN SIGNAL THE CLICKING GOES IN RHYTHM WITH THE SIGNALS BUT WHEN I TURN THE SIGNALS OFF IT CONTINUES TO CLICK, SOMETIMES FAST SOMETIMES SLOW. THIS IS VERY ANNOYING AND I AM AFRAID THERE MAY BE A SHORT THAT MAY CAUSE A FIRE. I HAVE CHECKED THE INTERNET AND COME TO FIND THAT MANY PONTIAC OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. THEY HAVE TOLD PONTIAC ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND THEY JUST IGNORE THE COMPLAINTS. I FEEL THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM WITH ALL THE COMPLAINTS OF THIS MATTER. THIS PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE OCCURRING IN MANY PONTIAC'S RANGING FROM 1995 TO 2004. I HAVE A 2003 GRAND AM GT. I HOPE THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED MANY COMPLAINTS FOR THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE THROUGH MY INVESTIGATING THIS PROBLEM I HAVE FOUND SO MANY WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. PONTIAC HAS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE'S VEHICLE CATCHES ON FIRE AND BURNS A HOUSE DOWN WITH AN ATTACHED GARAGE. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS MATTER AND LET ME KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10185023March 14, 2007
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH
I HAVE A 2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM. I RECEIVED A NOTICE THAT THE HAZARD SWITCH WAS RECALLED AND I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER SHIP TO HAVE IT REPLACED. AFTER THAT I HAD A CLICKING NOISE THAT WAS INTERMITTENT SO I TOOK IT BACK AND THEY REPLACED IT AGAIN...STILL HAVE THE CLICKING NOISE. THEN THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH THIS SEEMS TO BE A KNOWN PROBLEM IN THE PONTIAC'S AND SHOULD BE RECALLED ALONG WITH THE HAZARD SWITCH. IF THE PROBLEM WAS NOT SUCH A KNOWN ISSUES I WOULD NOT BE COMPLAINING. MATTER OF FACT THIS IS MY FIRST COMPLAINT EVER ON A VEHICLE. I HOPE PONTIAC REALIZES THERE IS A PROBLEM BEFORE IT CAUSES FIRE OR SOMETHING THAT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. HOWEVER, I DO THINK IT IS A DEFAULT AND PONTIAC SHOULD BE REIMBURSING FOR THIS PROBLEM. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10185069March 14, 2007
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH THE CONTACT DROVE OVER A MANHOLE COVER ,CAUSING THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG TO DEPLOY. THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATING PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE INSURANCE COMPANY DEEMED THE VEHICLE TOTALED SINCE THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED. THE CONTACT COULD PROVIDE A COPY OF POLICE REPORT AND PHOTOS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10185121March 14, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH
OUR 2002 PONTIAC GRAND AM ALSO DEVELOPED THE ANNOYING "CLICKING" NOISE THAT SOUNDED AS IF THE BLINKERS WERE ON WHEN THEY WERE NOT. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE MULTI-FUNCTION TURN SIGNAL SWITCH SUPPLIED TO GM BY TRW. HOW DO I KNOW THIS? A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE IS EMPLOYED WITH TRW AS THE QUALITY ENGINEER ON THE P90 LINE AND INFORMED ME OF A DESIGN CHANGE TO THE SWITCH DURING THE 2002 MODEL YEAR. HE SUPPLIED ME WITH A REPLACEMENT SWITCH THAT CORRECTED THE ISSUE. WHEN WILL/IS GM GOING TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THIS ISSUE AND RECALL ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES? *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10184959March 13, 2007
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM
MY FUEL GAUGE HASN'T WORKED FOR YEARS. I HAVE RAN OUT OF GAS ON A FEW OCCASIONS BUT NOW KNOW TO USE MY TRIP METER, SO WHEN I HIT 200 MILES I NEED TO FILL UP SOON. I ALSO NOTICE IT JUST DOESN'T STICK AT A 1/4 OF A TANK IT SOMETIMES FLIPS BACK AND FORTH FROM FULL TO EMPTY TO FULL BACK TO EMPTY. IT JUST GOES BEZERK. IT IS THE SENSOR AND BY NOW I THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE A RECALL BUT I GUESS THAT PROBABLY WON'T HAPPEN. IT SHOULD FOR GM SAKE. PONTIAC WERE ALWAYS GOOD VEHICLES NOT ANYMORE WHEN THEY WON'T BACK UP WHAT THEY SELL.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10185009March 13, 2007
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
1993 GRAND AM WAS INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT. THE CAR WAS HIT IN THE FRONT RIGHT PASSENGER SIDE. THEN IT CAUGHT FIRE FROM THE FRONT OF VEHICLE. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
2
#10184914March 12, 2007
STEERING:RACK AND PINION, STEERING
THE STEERING ON MY 1994 GRAND AM IS BROKEN. THE BOLTS THAT MOUNT THE STEERING GEAR TO THE CRADLE HAVE RUSTED AND BOTH ARE SEPARTED. THERE WAS A RECALL ON MY 89 GRAND PRIX AND I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM ON MY 92 CORSICA. 8JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10184440March 7, 2007
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH
TURN SIGNAL FLICKERS AFTER TURN MADE OR EVEN IF NO TURN WAS MADE . I NOTICED VEHICLES IN 2000 HAD RECALLS AND THESE WERE REPLACED . *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10184092March 3, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE
PASSLOCK SECURITY SYSTEM ON 1997 PONTIAC GRAND AM DISABLES CAR'S ABILITY TO START. I HAVE HAD IGNITION SWITCH FIXED 2 TIMES ALREADY- THE LAST TIME BEING 2 YEARS AGO. AND THEY WANT ME TO REPLACE IT AGAIN! *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10183783February 28, 2007
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TURN SIGNAL ON THE 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM WAS INOPERATIVE. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN ATTEMPTING TO USE THE SIGNAL IT WILL START THEN, WITHOUT WARNING, IT WILL BECOME INOPERATIVE. SOMETIMES THE TURN SIGNAL WOULD NOT WORK AT ALL. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH PONTIAC, AND THEY INFORMED HIM THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF RECALL 03V327000. THE VEHICLE WAS NEVER TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAD 93000 MILES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10183672February 27, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
I WAS GOING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE LIGHT ON MY DASH THAT SHOWS MY SPEED WENT OUT, IT WAS DARK AND I HAD NO IDEA HOW FAST I WAS GOING. THE TURN SIGNAL LIT UP AND AFTER THAT I TRIED TO TURN MY TURN SIGNAL ON TO TURN AND IT WOULD NOT WORK. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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