Pontiac Grand AM Complaints

5,577 consumer complaints on file.

#10051975February 19, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED INADVERTENTLY. THE CAUSE HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. *NM THERE WAS A 15 SECOND DELAY BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER RECEIVED MINOR ABRASIONS FROM THE AIR BAGS. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10058405February 18, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE, EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL
I HAVE REPLACED THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET TWICE ON MY 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM. ONCE IN 02/2002 AND AGAIN IN 01/2004. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10058320February 17, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VEHICLE LEAKING COOLANT FROM LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. LEAK WAS BOTH INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10058147February 14, 2004
TIRES, TIRES:BEAD, SUSPENSION:FRONT
FRONT END NOISE.BOUGHT CAR USED. 2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM GT WITH 28990 MI. AT TIME OF PURCHASE. HAVE 36450 MI. NOW. HAVE BROUGHT BACK TO DEALER 4 TIMES SINCE BUYING FOR SAME NOISE. FINALLY TOLD ON LAST VISIT THAT IT IS THE TIRES.FIRST INCIDENT IN 5/2003.NOW TOLD I HAVE TO BUY NEW TIRES TO GET RID OF NOISE.RIDICULOUS SINCE THEY KNEW OF PROBLEM AND DID NOTHING TO MAKE ME AWARE OF THIS AT TIME OF PURCHASE.HAVE SERVICE BULLETIN AND HAVE READ MANY COMPLAINTS ALONG SAME LINE FOR THIS CAR.DON'T PLAN ON SPENDING A DIME ON TIRES AS IT IS THEIR DEFECT IN MATCHING TIRES TO RIMS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10057137February 13, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
AT 30000 MILES INTAKE GASKET WAS LEAKING DEALER REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY AT 60000 GASKET LEAKING AGAIN, DEALER AND PONTIAC REFUSED TO COVER UNDER WARRANTY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10059124February 13, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, AIR BAGS
CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT AN INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAK. CONSUMER WORRIED THAT THE LEAK MAY DAMAGE THE ENGINE. *AK IN TWO 2 1/2 YEARS, THE CONSUMER REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR, WATER PUMP, SERPENTINE BELT, TWO THROTTLE POSITION SENSORS, IGNITION COILS, THERMOSTAT, 1 MODULE, BATTERY, AND THE AIRBAG WAS GRADUALLY COMING OUT WITHOUT FORCE. *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10058108February 13, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE HESISTATES VIOLENTLY WHEN ACCELERATING FROM REST. SIMULTANEOUSLY ALL OF THE GAUGES GO TO MAXIMUM VALUE AND RETURN TO REAL VALUES QUICKLY (MUCH LIKE AT ENGINE START-UP). HESISTATION CEASES AND CAR PERFORMS AS NORMAL. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED ABOUT 6 TIMES OVER 5 YEARS. THE TOTAL LACK OF ENGINE POWER IS UNNERVING AND HAS LEAD TO ONE NEAR MMISS ACCIDENT WHILE TRYING TO COMPLETE A LEFT TURN AHEAD OF UNCOMING TRAFFIC AS ENGINE HESISTAED AND NEARLY STALLED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10058125February 13, 2004
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
THE POOR ENGINERING OF WINDOW CLIPS. BEING PLASIC BREAK WHEN COLD. CAUSING WINDOWS TO FALL DOWN WHILE DRIVING. BOTH WINDOWS HAD SAME PROBLEM. ACCORDING TO PARTS DEALERS THIS HAPPENS OFTEN TO THIS YEAR CAR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10057983February 12, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING AND AT ANY BRAKING CONDITIONS WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKES PEDAL WAS DELAYED WHICH RESULTED IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10057023February 11, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY
I OWNED A 1994 PONTIAC GRAND AM THAT CAUGHT FIRE APPROXIMATELY 9/30/02 AND I RECENTLY LEARNED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE IGNITION SWITCH ON CERTAIN MODELS BECAUSE OF FIRE THAT COULD OCCUR. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT I NEED TO DO TO FILE A CLAIM SINCE I LOST MY VEHICLE DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE FIRE THAT OCCURED. THE VEHICLE WAS UNDER MY PRIOR NAME OF ZOBEIDA DIAZ. THAT WAS THE NAME ON THE TITLE. TITLE IS HELD BY FIRST FIDELITY BANK OF OKLAHOMA CITY SINCE I STILL OWE ON THE LOAN FOR THIS VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10057814February 10, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE DASHBOARD (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). *PH *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10057844February 10, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND LEAKED ANTIFREEZE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED IT WAS LEAKING FROM THE MANIFOLD GASKET. CONSUMER HAD PROBLEM REPAIRED AND PAID FOR IT. THIS WAS AFTER THE MECHANIC RESEARCHED AND DETERMINED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT A RECALL, BUT A SERVICE BULLETIN. CONSUMER WAS CHARGED $570.00 FOR REPAIRS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10056805February 9, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN
AC/HEATING FAN NO LONGER WORKS ON SETTINGS 1 OR 2
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10056804February 9, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
DRIVER SIDE POWER WINDOW FAILURE. NEEDED TO REPLACE MECHANISM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10056824February 9, 2004
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
POWER WINDOWS ON THE DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE BROKE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10056827February 9, 2004
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW REGULATOR NEEDS REPLACEMENT ALONG WITH A NEW WINDOW. SAME THING HAPPENED TO THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW IN JUNE 2003. ACCORDING TO MY MECHANIC OF 24 YEARS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM HE HAS ENCOUNTERED WITH THIS CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10056716February 7, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL
ABOUT A YEAR AGO I PURCHASED A 95 PONTIAC GRAND AM SE FROM PRICE POINT USED CAR SUPER CENTER. WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR I WAS TOLD BY THE PERSON SELLING IT TO ME THAT IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR A KID GOING TO COLLEGE THAT IT WAS RELIABLE AND SUCH... WELL I GOT THE CAR, NOT ONLY IS IT NOT RELIABLE IT KEEPS BREAKING DOWN ON ME. FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR OF OWNING THE CAR IT HAS OVERHEATED TOO MANY TIMES TO COUNT... I CONTACTED THE DEALER BUT THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE OF BEING BOUGHT AS IS... SO I TOOK IT TO AN A PLACE CALLED AUTO LAB... THEY SAID THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM OF IT OVERHEATING SAID IT WAS A HEAD GASKET BLOWN... SO AFTER IT WAS FIXED IT WORKED FOR ABOUT A WEEK THEN STARTED OVERHEATING AGAIN... I PROMPTLY TOOK IT BACK THEY SAID THAT I HAD BLOWN THE WATER PUMP AND FIXED IT A WEEK LATER AFTER GETTING IT BACK IT OVERHEATED AGAIN... THEY FINALLY DID A FINE INSPECTION OF IT AND SAID I NEEDED A NEW RADIATOR I FIGURED FINE GOT ONE AND IT STILL OVER HEATS THE ENGINE IS A 2.5 LITER QUAD 4.. ITS BEEN A YEAR NOW AND I HAVE YET BEEN ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO STOP OVERHEATING EVEN IN WINTER... AS A LAST DITCH EFFORT I AM WRITTING TO YOU WONDERING IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO FOR ME... I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT MY PARENTS HAVE PUT IN WELL OVER $3,000 INTO THIS CAR IN VEHICLE REPAIRS ALONE AND IT STILL HAS FAILED TO WORK. EACH TIME I TOOK IT BACK TO AUTO LAB THEY HAD IT FOR A LEAST A WEEK, AND OVER A MONTH STRAIGHT DURING THE SUMMER. I AM STILL PAYING ON THIS VEHICLE AND IT IS BLEEDING ME DRY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10057665February 6, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHEN DRIVING AT AN UNDETERMINED SPEED THE TRUNK OPENED WITHOUT WARNING. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT VEHICLE HAD AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10056693February 6, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
1998 GRANDAM, INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET AND FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR GASKET NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT 75,000 MILES. WHEN PRICING OUT REPAIRS I WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE GM V-6 ENGINE BY THE REPAIR SHOPS. THE INSIDE OF THE CAR WOULD SMELL LIKE GAS WHILE DRIVING ON VERY COLD DAYS. (NORTH DAKOTA) JUST SOUTH OF ALASKA.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10056697February 6, 2004
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
THE REGULATORS IN BOTH OF THE SIDE WINDOWS ARE NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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