Pontiac Grand AM Complaints

5,577 consumer complaints on file.

#10882222July 2, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WINDSHIELD AND REAR WINDOW WERE BROKE AND BOTH HAVE BROKE INTO SHARDS. WINDSHIELD WAS APPROXIMENTLY 3" IN DIAMETER AND HALF INCH WIDE AND REAR WINDOW WAS APPROXIMENTLY 5" AND QUARTER IN WIDE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10877118June 28, 2016
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PONTIAC GRAND AM. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS FAILED TO ACTIVATE. THE LIGHT BULBS WERE REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED CONTINUOUSLY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 123,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10874893June 17, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY WAS TURNED TO THE ON POSITION, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START AND THE ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE KEY FOB WAS REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000. UPDATED 08/04/16*LJ
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10874326June 15, 2016
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THE HAZARD SWITCH MAKES A NOISE LIKE THE HAZARD LIGHTS ARE FLASHING WHEN THEY AREN'T EVEN ON. TO GET MY BLINKERS TO WORK I HAVE TO PUSH THE HAZARD BUTTON ON AND OFF SEVERAL TIMES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10874327June 15, 2016
ENGINE
THE OIL PRESSURE SWITCH WENT OUT CAUSING ME TO LOSE A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF OIL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10872181June 2, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
WILL NOT TURN OVER UNLESS YOU LEAVE THE KEY ON FOR 8 MINUTES-PASS LOCK ISSUE I AM TOLD AND IS QUITE PREVALENT.....WHY IS THERE NOT A RECALL????
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10870578May 24, 2016
VISIBILITY/WIPER, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
TO START WITH I READ THE COMPLAINTS AND WAS WONDERING HOW MANY COMPLAINTS DOES IT TAKE FOR SOMETHING TO BE RECALLED. THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW FALLS, PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW HAS SCRATCHES ON IT FROM I AM GUESSING THE REGULATOR, THE DASH IS SEPARATED FROM THE WINDSHIELD, THE STRUTS, AND SPRINGS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, ABS LIGHT STAYS ON, THE SUSPENSION FEELS LIKE THE CAR IS FALLING APART THROUGH EVERY BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE HEADLIGHTS ARE FOGGED UP AND POINT DOWN. SIDE MIRROR HAS BEEN REPLACED AND WE VISITED SEVERAL AUTO YARDS TO TRY TO FIND A DASH AND SIDE MIRROR AND WOULDN'T YOU KNOW IT ALL THE MODELS OF THE GRAND AM WAS MISSING THE PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR WHERE IT HAD BROKE OFF AND ALL OF THEM THE DASH WAS SEPARATED FROM THE WINDSHIELD. I AM NOT SURE AS TO WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THE DASH COMES COMPLETELY OFF BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE IN THE CAR WHEN IT DOES HAPPEN. AND I DON'T WANT TO DRIVE A CAR THAT HAS THIS MANY ISSUES AND NO ONE IS RESOLVING THE PROBLEMS. NOW THE CV BOOT HAS TO BE REPLACED. I AM SO FRUSTRATED RIGHT NOW SEEING THE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS AND ONLY SIX RECALLS THAT IS A PROBLEM. I AM SORRY TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PRODUCT YOU PUT OUT. I GUESS IT WILL TAKE SOMEONE GETTING HURT OR KILLED TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEMS AND I HOPE YA'LL CAN SLEEP GOOD AT NIGHT KNOWING ALL THESE PROBLEMS HAVE EXISTED FOR THIS LONG AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE. TIRED OF PUTTING MONEY INTO SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THE SAME ISSUES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10870287May 23, 2016
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BOTH REAR DOOR CHILD SAFETY LOCKS WERE ENGAGED, BUT FAILED TO UNLOCK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10865918May 20, 2016
STEERING
CLOCK SPRING HAS A DISK THAT IS NOT A UNIFORM DESGINE DUE TO IT SPLITTING AND BOWING OUT. STEERING WHEEL STICKS WHEN TURNED EITHER DIRECTION AND HORN IS SET OFF AS WELL. THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS ALSO ON AND WOULD ASSUME THAT IT WOULD NOT INFLATE IN THE EVENT OF A FRONTAL COLLISION. PONTIAC FEELS THAT THE DISK THAT SHOULD BE ONE SOLID PIECE THAT I BELIEVE IS TWO PIECES, IM RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR DEFECTIVE CRAFTSMANSHIP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10865140May 16, 2016
STEERING, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THIS QUESTION SHOULD BE "TELL US WHAT HAPPENS". MY DIRECTIONAL LEVERS AND LIGHTING TO SIGNAL RIGHT OR LEFT DOES NOT WORK MOST OF THE TIME. THE LIGHT GOES ON BUT IT DOESN'T BLINK AT ALL. I WOULD SAY THIS IS A PROBLEM 97% OF THE TIME. THIS MAY ALSO HAPPEN WITH MY HAZARD LIGHTS. I UNDERSTAND UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER THAT SHE WAS A RECALL IN 2003, BUT MY CAR WAS NEVER RECALLED UNDER MY VIN NUMBER. THIS HAPPENS EITHER WHEN THE CAR IS IN MOTION OR WHEN IT IS STILL. IT HAPPENS ON CITY STREETS, AND HIGHWAYS AND EVEN IN MY DRIVEWAY. THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE ALSO HAD THE FLASHERS CLEANED AND THE FLASHER RELAY REPLACED BY MY MECHANIC.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10864610May 12, 2016
AIR BAGS, STEERING, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
IGNITION FROZEN, UNABLE TO MOVE VEHICLE WITHOUT TOW. NO SHIFT REALEASE, AND UNSAFE IN THE EVENT OF ENGINE STALL ON OPEN ROADWAYS. VEHICLE IS DEAD ONCE YOU SHIFT INTO PARK TO RESTART.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10863271May 4, 2016
AIR BAGS
AIR BAG WHEN OFF WHEN I WAS WAITING TO PULL AUT OFF PARKING LOT. HAVE INJURY TO MY SHOULDER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10861427April 26, 2016
STEERING, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHEN TRYING TO START THE CAR THE STEERING LOCKS UP AND YOU HAVE TO MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL BACK AND FORTH FOR IT TO CATCH AND FINALLY WILL START LIKE IT KEEPS LOCKING UP. MY SON BOUGHT THIS CAR AS HIS FIRST CAR SO NO SURE HOW LONG IT HAS BEEN LIKE THIS DOING THIS AS WE PURCHASED FROM A FRIEND AND HE DID SAY THAT SOMETHING WAS UP WITH THE STEERING WHEN TRYING TO START.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10860356April 19, 2016
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TURN SIGNAL FUNCTION INTERMITTENTLY WORKED. AT TIMES, WHEN THE CONTACT NEEDED TO USE THE TURN SIGNAL, THE FUNCTION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. MORE THAN ONE DEALER SPECULATED THAT THE FAULTY HAZARD SWITCH MAY NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED NO REMEDY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10859905April 16, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES
PROBLEM: THE STEEL BRAKES LINE GOING TO THE FRONT AND BACK RUPTURED AT THE SAME TIME DURING WHAT WAS TO BE AN EMERGENCY STOP. THEY WERE ON TOP OF THE ABS MODULE AND WERE HEAVILY RUSTED. HENCE, THERE WAS NO BRAKING EXCEPT BY PULLING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WHEN I WAS CUTOFF BY ANOTHER CAR AND HAD TO JUMP THE CURB TO AVOID A COLLUSION. LUCKILY NO DAMAGE TO ME OR THE CAR, EXCEPT TWO RUPTURED BRAKE LINES. I WAS IN CHICAGO ON CITY STREETS IN THE DIVERSEY SHERIDAN ROAD AREA. I HAD THE DAMAGED AREA REPLACED AND TRADED IN THE CAR....UNSAFE. THESE LINES SHOULD HAVE BEEN COATED WITH SOME TYPE OF RUST PREVENTATIVE COMPOUND.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10855627April 15, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I HAVE A TWO DOOR GRAND AM AND BOTH WINDOWS ARE MESSED UP WHERE THEY WILL NOT POWER UP OR DOWN. THIS HAS PREVIOUSLY HAPPENED TO ME WHERE A PLASTIC BRACKET SNAPPED OFF INSIDE THE DOOR CAUSING THE WINDOW TO NOT WORK. THE WINDOW IS OFF THE TRACK AND SOMETHING IS BROKEN ON THE INSIDE CAUSING THIS TO HAPPEN. THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH PONTIAC GRAND AMS. IT HAS BEEN WELL DOCUMENTED BUT GM HAS NOT ISSUED ANY RECALL ON IT. I FEEL IT IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AS I CAN'T USE EITHER WINDOW, DRIVER OR PASSENGER SIDE, IN MY CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10854062April 7, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS REMAINED ON AND ILLUMINATED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR WAS OPEN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WAS SUPPOSED TO SHUT OFF ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE EMITTED A FUEL ODOR AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V400000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 171,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10853627April 5, 2016
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TURN INTO A PARKING LOT, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A CEMENT BLOCK. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED WHIPLASH THAT DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 188,000. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10853618April 5, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
REGULAR OCCURRENCES STARTED AT 120K MILES, THESE ARE ALL ISSUES WHICH PREVIOUSLY COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FILED BY CURRENT 2004 GRAND AM OWNERS BUT HAVE NOT BEEN CORRECTED AND I HAVE CALLED EVERY 6 MONTHS FILING THESE COMPLAINTS. 1) GAS FUMES ARE COMING IN THE CAR WHEN IT IS RUNNING OR SITTING STILL IDLING, 2) BLINKERS START BLINKING ON THEIR OWN AROUND 80 DEGREES F OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE, MECHANIC SAID IT WAS BECAUSE GREASE IN STEERING COLUMN BECOMES THIN AND SHORTS OUT OTHER WIRING CAUSING THE SMOKE (FIRE) WHICH COMES FROM STEERING COLUMN, THIS OCCURS EVERY SUMMER TO FALL WHEN TEMPS ARE 80 DEGREES OR HIGHER), 3) HORN DOES NOT WORK, MECHANIC REPLACED HORN MECHANISM BUT IT DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE & I AM CONCERNED THE AIR BAG SYSTEM WON'T WORK EITHER SINCE THEY ARE INTER TWINED IN THE STEERING COLUMN, 4) THE DASH IS WARPING, CRACKING AND BREAKING HORRIBLY, IT CAUSES A STICKY HAZE (GAS) ON MY WINDSHIELD CAUSING ISSUES WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT, I CONTINUALLY WIPE OFF BUT IT DOES NOT HELP, 5) THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR 2K MILES, THE MECHANIC STATES IT IS A FUEL SYSTEM INDICATOR CODE, INDICATING THE FUEL CAP IS NOT FITTING CORRECTLY, WHICH HE HAS CONFIRMED IS INCORRECT. STARTING AT 142K THE CAR OVERHEATS (I JUST GOT THE WATER PUMP AND THERMOSTAT CHANGED), THE CAR SHAKES TREMENDOUSLY AND SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING WHEN TEMPERATURE GAUGE IS INDICATING THIS OVERHEATING, LEAVING THE CAR UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN SINCE NO POWER STEERING ETC, THE REPLACEMENT OF THE PARTS HAS NOT CORRECTED THE ISSUE. I AM VERY TIRED AND WORRIED ABOUT MY FAMILY'S SAFETY IN THIS CAR. PLEASE ASSIST AS I HAVE BEEN CALLING SINCE 2013 ABOUT THE #'D ISSUES. THANK YOU. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10852261March 29, 2016
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TURN SIGNALS BECAME INOPERABLE. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SMOKE. THE HOOD WAS RAISED AND THE ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE. A PEDESTRIAN EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A FIRE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED SMOKE INHALATION THAT DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0

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