Pontiac Grand AM Complaints

5,577 consumer complaints on file.

#10125623June 17, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS
DT: THE PROBLEM BEGAN ON 6/14/05 WHEN ALL LIGHTS CAME ON AND ALL GUAGES WENT TO ZERO, THE POWER DOOR LOCKS AND WINDOWS FAILED AS WELL. THE VEHICLE HAD NO BRAKES, IT COASTED TO A STOP, AND SHUT DOWN, OWNER WAS LOCKED IN VEHICLE. THE ALTERNATOR AND BELT WERE REPLACED, OWNER GOT IN BACK SEAT BECAUSE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. TOW TRUCK DRIVER TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE BUT IT HAD A COMPLETELY DEAD BATTERY. OWNER WAS ABLE TO GET OUT FINALLY WHEN THEY WERE TRYING TO RESTART THE BATTERY. SHE GRABBED THE HANDLE AND WAS ABLE TO GET OUT. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN IMPOUND LOT, AND THE ALTERNATOR WAS CHANGED AT TOW PLACE BY A MECHANIC. IT WAS 90 + DEGREES OUTSIDE AND NO FRESH AIR WAS COMING IN THE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10125704June 17, 2005
AIR BAGS
I DROVE FROM THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, HEADING TO RENO, NV TO VISIT FAMILY. I WAS DRIVING A 2003 PONTIAC GRAND AM SE1 3.4L. THE CONDITIONS OF THE ROAD WERE WET, AS IT WAS RAINING. THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT WAS 75MPH - I WAS TRAVELLING AT 68MPH. I WAS INVOLVED IN A SINGLE CAR ACCIDENT, IN FORT BRIDGER, WYOMING. A SEMI-TRUCK CUT IN FRONT OF ME, IN THE LEFT LANE, FROM THE RIGHT LANE - SPLASHING ALOT OF WATER OVER MY VEHICLE. I HYDROPLANED AND MY CAR SPUN OUT OF CONTROL TO THE RIGHT. I HIT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD GUARD RAIL WITH THE LEFT/FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, AND THEN THE CAR SLID ACROSS THE ROAD RAMMING THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD GUARD RAIL, DEAD CENTER IN THE REAR END. I WAS WEARING MY SEAT BELT, BUT I WAS STILL SLAMMED AND JOLTED FORWARD AND SIDEWAYS. NEITHER OF MY DUAL FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE SPEED THAT WAS CALCULATED BY THE HIGHWAY PATROL AT THE TIME THAT I HIT THE GUARD RAIL WAS AT A MINIMUM OF 60-65MPH. THE AIR BAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED WITH EITHER IMPACT OF THE FRONT AND REAR, AT A MINIMUM SPEED OF 35MPH, AND THEY DID NOT. I HAVE PICTURES OF THE VEHICLE FROM THE INCIDENT.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10125382June 15, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM 6 CYLINDER WITH 31,000 MILES. ENGINE COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON. ADDED COOLANT, BUT LIGHT COMES ON 2 WEEKS LATER. FIND A SMALL LEAK ON RIGHT SIDE OF ENGINE AT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASGET WHERE COOLANT IS SEEPING OUT OF THE ENGINE. PONTIAC WANTS $800 TO FIX PROBLEM, PONTIAC MECHANIC TELLS ME THIS IS VERY COMMON FOR THIS TYPE ENGINE. SEARCH AROUND AREA AND FIND SOMEONE TO DO IT FOR $500. DURING REPAIR I FIND OUT THAT COOLANT WAS LEAKING INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE ENGINE. COOLANT WAS IN THE OIL. TOTAL REPAIR BILL IS $550. THIS PROBLEM SHOULD HAVE BEEN DEALT WITH BY GM OR PONTIAC. A RECALL SHOULD BE INITIATED ON THIS VEHICLE OR COMPENSATION SHOULD BE MADE TO THOSE WHO WERE STUCK WITH A COSTLY REPAIR BILL ON A POORLY DESIGNED AND DEFECTIVE ENGINE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10125280June 14, 2005
EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:ACCESSORY SCISSOR/SCREW/BOTTLE JACK/LIFT
DT: CONTACT STATES THE AREA WHERE THE JACK STAND IS PLACED TO CHANGE A TIRE IS CORRODED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO FALL FROM THE JACK STAND. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10125310June 14, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES
FIRST TIME MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING CAR SHE HAD A VERY HARD TIME STOPPING THE CAR AS IF THE GAS WAS STUCK ON. A FRIEND LOOKED AT IT STATED THAT THE THROTTLE WAS STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION. GARAGE HAD IT 3 DAYS. CHANGED THROTTLE DID IT AGAIN 1 DAY LATER CALLED GARAGE BACK HAS NOW BEEN THERE 2 DAYS.. STILL WAITING
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10125063June 13, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
I HAVE A 1999 GRAND AM GT THAT I BOUGHT A MONTH AND HALF AGO. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR STARTED TO OVER HEAT AND LOSING A LOT OF COOLANT! WE REPLACED THE THEROMSTATE, RADIATOR CAP, FLUSHED THE SYTEM AND STILL WAS OVER HEATING!!! NOW THE CAR IS BROKE DOWN AND NEEDS A HEAD GASKET OR EVEN NEED TO REPLACE BOTH HEADS!! NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THE WHOLE COOLANT SYSTEM!!. I THINK THAT THIS IS PRETTY BAD THAT GM KNOWS THAT THESE TYPES OF VECHILE'S ESPECIALLY 3.4 ARE HAVING THESE PROBLEMS, BUT ARE NOT TRYING TO NOTHING ABOUT IT. WHEN I BOUGHT MY CAR I EXPECTED IT TO RELIABLE SINCE IT WAS THAT NEW, THE WORST THING IS THAT I PAID STRIAGHT CASH FOR IT AND DON'T EVEN GET TO ENJOY IT!!!. I THINK GM KNOWS THAT THEY MESSED UP AND THAT DEX COOL IS WHAT THE WHOLE PROBLEM IS, BUT THEY DON'T CARE SINCE THERE NOT THE ONE WHO HAS THE WORRY'S. PLUS PEOPLE HAS TO HAVE TRANSPORTATION SO THEREFOR THEY TAKE IT TO THE GM DEALERSHIP TO GET FIX. SO THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS THAT GM KNOWS IT SHOULD BE RECALLED BUT WHY SHOULD THEY WHEN THATS JUST PUTING MONEY IN THERE POCKET.!!!!!!!!!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10125200June 13, 2005
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH
TURN SIGNAL SWITCH APPEARS TO BE FAILING - SOMETHING GM ADDRESSED ON EARLIER MODEL VEHICLES AND ACROSS A WIDE RANGE OF GM VEHICLES. TURN SIGNAL SWITCH APPEARS TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE EVEN AFTER THE TURN SIGNAL IS RETURNED TO IT'S OFF POSITION. CLICKING IS RANDOM AND USUALLY VERY FAST - LIKELY THE RESULT OF CURRENT ARCING GIVEN EARLIER RECALLS REGARDING THE TURN SIGNAL AND HAZZARD LIGHT SWITCH. GM HAS ISSUED A RECALL FOR THIS ON EARLIER VEHICLES. OFTEN REFERRED TO BY OWNERS AS "NERVOUS BLINKER SYNDROME." DEALER PLANS TO CHARGE $250 TO FIX DESPITE RECALLS ON EARLIER MODELS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10125032June 12, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS, SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
I HAVE A 1999 GRAND AM,PURCHASED NEW. LESS THAN 35000 MILES. IN MARCH AS I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVE THE ENTIRE FRONT RIGHT OF MY CAR LITERALLY "FELL" WITH A DEAFENING BANG. UPON SERVICE WE FOUND THAT THE SPRING HAD BROKEN AND PUNCTURED MY TIRE. IT WAS EMBEDED IN THE TIRE AND WAS DIFFICULT TO REMOVE. IF I HAD BEEN DRIVING MY CAR DOWN THE ROAD IN TRAFFIC I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. THE IMPACT OF JUST BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVE WAS JOLTING AND TERRIFYING. THEN TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE AS I WAS MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN ONTO A SUBDIVISION STREET FROM A MAJOR ROAD JUNE 7, 2005, I HEARD AND FELT A LOUD BANG ONCE AGAIN. I IMMEDIATLEY STOPPED THE CAR AS PEOPLE RAN TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED AND IF I WAS OK. LAYING IN THE STREET WAS A PIECE OF COIL. THIS TIME IT WAS THE BACK RIGHT SPRING WHICH BROKE. FORTUNATELY IT DID NOT PIERCE THE TIRE AND I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR OFF THE ROAD. AT THIS TIME I REFUSE TO DRIVE THIS HAZARDOUS CAR. IT IS COSTING PLENTY TO HAVE THE REST OF THE SPRINGS ON THE CAR REPLACED. THIS SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED ESPECIALLY WITH SUCH LOW MILAGE AND ROUTINE MAINTAINANCE. I DO NOT FEEL THAT IT TAKES A DEATH TO INVESTIGATE THIS FURTHER. THIS IS APPARENTLY A DOCUMENTATED LONG STANDING PROBLEM ACCORDING TO THE RECORDS I HAVE RESEARCHED. I DID MAKE SURE THAT THE NEW SPRINGS PURCHASED WERE A DIFFERENT BATCH AND ISN'T IT SAD THAT DEALERS ARE STOCKING THESE SPRINGS BECAUSE THEY WERE APPARENTLY FRACTURED INTERNALLY WHEN INSTALLED WHEN THE CAR WAS BUILT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10124803June 9, 2005
STEERING, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
DT: STEERING IS GOING OUT ON THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE IS IN THE SHOP DUE TO A RECALL ON THE HAZARD SIGNAL. WHEN PUTTING ON THE TURN SIGNAL TO GO LEFT OR RIGHT THE STEERING WOULD SOUND LIKE IT MAKES AWHISTLING NOISE. FROM UNDERNEATH IT SOUNDS LIKE KNOCKING OR RATTLING SOUND.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10124810June 9, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
DT: VEHICLE KEEPS SHUTING OFF AND WILL NOT START). TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER THREE TIMES, BUT PROBLEM WAS NOT FIXED. CONSUMER VEHICLE TOOK TO ANOTHER DEALER, AND TO OTHER MECHANICS, THEY WOULD NOT FIXTHE PROBLEM . THEYTOLD CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE MANUFACTURER, AND CONSUMER HAD TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALE. THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM STILL HAS NOT BEEN FOUND OR FIXED, THE VEHICLE'S SECURTY LIGHT COMES ON, AND IF CONSUMER SHUTS OFF VEHICLE THEN THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START, CONSUMER BELIEVES VEHICLE WAS IN ACCIDENT BEFORE CONSUMER PURCHASED IT USED FROM DEALER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
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
#10124272June 6, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
RECURRING PROBLEM WITH WATER GETTING INTO PASSENGER SIDE FUSE BOX. WE HAVE REPAIRED 4 FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. GM HAS A TSB LETTING YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, DUE TO EITHER A DEFECTIVE WATER DEFLECTOR IN THE DOOR OR A PASSENGER SIDE "A" PILLAR SEAM PROBLEM. SHOULD BE A RECALL AS WE HAVE ALREADY REPAIRED ONE CUSTOMER ONCE AND THEY ARE COMING IN AGAIN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM.
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
#10123980June 2, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE
WIFE AND CHILD STRANDED BY MELTED PASSLOCK IGNITION SENSOR, PART NUMBER 12458191. NO PREVIOUS SYMPTOMS OF PROBLEM. FOUND ON VARIOUS WEB SITES OTHER PEOPLE HAD SAME, EXPENSIVE PROBLEM. CAR WAS LESS THAN 2 YEARS OLD WITH LESS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10123993June 2, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
MY CAR STARTED OVER HEATING, THE COOLANT LIGHT WAS GOING ON AND OFF, WHEN I CHECKED THE COOLANT THERE WAS NONE IN THERE, BUT THE DAY BEFORE I CHECKED IT AND IT WAS AT THE CORRECT LINE. SO I FILLED IT UP ONCE MY CAR COOLED DOWN AND BY THE TIME I GOT HOME WHICH IS ABOUT 4 MILES THERE WAS NO COOLANT LEFT. SO I TOOK IT IN TO A LOCAL SHOP AND THEY ADVISED ME THAT THERE IS A LEAK IN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS, WHICH IS NOW GOING TO COST ME AROUND 600 TO FIX. WHEN I RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM ONLINE I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS ISN'T A RARE THING, IT IS HAPPENING TO ALL OF THE GRAND AM'S . ALSO THE GUY AT THE SHOP SAID HE IS FIXING ABOUT 3 A MONTH JUST LIKE MY CASE. THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10124713June 2, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
2004 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX SHUTS DOWN WHILE DRIVING AND THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKING ABILITY ARE LOST.*MR *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10122373May 28, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
CAR WOULD HESITATE WHEN STARTING. THEN IT FINALLY DIDN'T START. IT WAS TOWED AND AFTER BEING TOWED IT WOULD START AGAIN. AFTER THIS HAPPENING A COUPLE OF TIMES IT WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND IT WAS DECIDED IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP. THIS CAR IS NOT 5 YEARS OLD YET!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10122228May 26, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:ROTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
THE CAR WAS BOUGHT USED IN JULY OF 2003, IT HAD 36K. IN FEBUARY 2005 THE CAR HAD 53K, AND NEEDED THE FROMT BRAKE PADS CHANGED. THE PADS WERE CHANGED, AND IT'S NOW MAY 2005, AND THE PADS ARE ALMOST GONE. I'VE SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNETY AND FOUND THAT SEVERAL OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH THERE CAR..PLEASE HELP...
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10095491May 26, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
DURING AN ACCIDENT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER ALSO INDICATED THAT THE BRAKES FELT CHOPPY. *NBF THE CONSUMER WAS INJURED. *TC *TT *SC THE CONSUMER SENT IN A FOLLOW UP LETTER INCLUDING A POLICE NARRATIVE THAT EXPLAINED THAT THE CONSUMER WAS SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL, WENT ACROSS AN EXIT AND STRUCK A LIGHT POLE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROADWAY EDGE WHILE IT WAS RAINING. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT DURING THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE BRAKES DID NOT ENGAGE AND THE ACCELERATOR WAS STICKING DURING THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE SOMEONE TO GET BACK TO HIM IN REFERENCE TO THE FINDINGS OF THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION. *TC *BF THE CONSUMER REQUESTED A LISTING OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE PONTIAC GRAND AM 2003. *SC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10121942May 23, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:PADS
BRAKES - I HAD A TERRIBLE SQUEELING COMING FROM THE BRAKES REPLACED PADS 5X'S AND ROTORS 3X'S
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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