Pontiac Grand AM Complaints

5,577 consumer complaints on file.

#10033207August 20, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
I HAVE A 2003 PONTIAC GRAND AM GT COUPE THAT I BOUGHT NEW. IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP TWICE SINCE MAY WHEN I BOUGHT IT. THE PROBLEM WAS THAT PONTIAC'S LANCING PLANT DID NOT FINISH THE CAR BEFOR THEY PUT IT OUT FOR SALE. THERE WERE GROUND WIRES MISSING AND SOME THAT WERE NOT CONNECTED OR HOOKED UP BACKWARDS. THIS CAUSED SEVERAL DIFFERENT PROBLEMS INCLUDING HAVING THE ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY RUINED. I CALLED PONTIAC TO GET THE ADDRESS OF THE PLANT THAT MADE THE CAR SO I COULD REPORT THE PROBLEM TO THEM AND WAS TREATED LIKE I WAS STUPID BUY EAN DUNKIN THE PERSON ON THE PHONE. THEY OFFERED A SMART CARE PACKAGE PLAN FOR UP TO 12000 MILES AS COMPINSATION FOR THE INCONVENIENCE. I BECAME UPSET BY THE WAY THE MAN WAS TALKING TO ME AND ASKED FOR A $1000 REBATE AND THE SERVICE PACKAGE. HE TOLD ME HE WOULD HAVE TO CALL BACK. WHEN HE DID HE SAID NO AND WITHDREW THE OFFER FOR THE SERVICE PACKAGE. I ASKED TO SPEAK TO A SUPERVISOR AND WITH IN AN HOUR I HAD A CONTACT PHONE NUMBER AND ACCEPTED THE SERVICE PACKAGE. I JUST GOT THE LETTER AND IT SAYS THAT IT WILL TAKE 8 WEEKS TO PROCESS. BY THEN I WILL HAVE HAD TWO OIL CHANGES AS IT IS DUE FOR ANOTHER AND THE 12000 MILE LIMIT THEY PUT ON WILL BE ALMOST OVER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10033100August 19, 2003
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
I WAS REAR-ENDED BY FOUR CARS ON 410E IN SAN ANTONIO. MY SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN ME IN MY 1995 PONTIAC GRAND-AM AND I WAS INJURED. I AM NOW OUT OF WORK FOR A WEEK DUE TO A HEAD TRAUMA AND MY CAR WAS TOTALLED!. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10033016August 18, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING - REPLACED BATTERY/ALTERNATOR- PROBLEM IS IN WIRING??? FYI.....3RD ALTERNATOR PUT IN CAR SINCE PURCHASED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10033017August 18, 2003
STRUCTURE:BODY
PARTS FALLING OFF CAR- RIGHT DOOR PANEL, RIGHT SIDE MIRROR, BUTTON ON GEARSHIFT, DRIVER SIDE CONTROL PANEL(BUTTONS FOR WINDOWS,DOOR, LOCKS,MIRROR) . *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10033018August 18, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
FIRE IN STEERING COLUMN - LIGHTS NOW STUCK ON BRIGHT - OTHERWISE I HAVE NO LIGHTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10033019August 18, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
LEAKING ANTIFREEZE FROM HEAD GASKET. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10033020August 18, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION - WON'T SHIFT OUT OF SECOND. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10032974August 17, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
EVER SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR I HAVE HAD CONTINUOUS PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES. I"VE HAD THE ROTORS AND PADS REPLACED THREE TIMES. AND TO THIS DAY I'M STILL HAVING PROBLEMS. IT SEEMS THEY ARE WARPPED AGAIN. I'VE ALSO HAD THE RACK AND PINION REPLACED TWICE, DUE TO FLUID LEAKS FROM THE TOP OF IT. I NOW HAVE 56K ON IT NOW AND THERE IS STILL A CLUNK WHENEVER I STEER TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT THAT THE DEALERSHIP HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND. ALTHOUGH THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN GOOD TO ME, I WON'T BUY ANOTHER PONTIAC.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10032929August 16, 2003
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
MY TURN SIGNALS WORK WHEN THEY WANT...IF I PLAY WITH THE HAZARD SWITCH THEY WILL WORK AGAIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10034047August 15, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
RADIATOR IS LEAKING COOLANT DUE TO A FAULTY GASKET. CAUSE OF THE LEAKAGE IS STILL BEING DETERMIND BY DEALER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10032881August 15, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
AT 23,000 MILES HAD PROBLEM WITH MY BRAKES PULSATING, I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKES AND ROTORS. AT 41,000 MILES HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES PULSATED AGAIN, IT USUALLY HAPPENS AT SPEEDS ABOVE 45, WHICH MAKES IT HAD TO KEEP CONTROL OVER THE VEHICLE, THE DEALER SAID MY BRAKE PADS WERE FINE, BUT I SHOULD HAVE THE ROTORS RESURFACE WHEN I GET MY BRAKE PADS REPLACED. AT 43,000 MILES HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT END ( ON THE DRIVERS SIDE) AND STEERING. THE FRONT ENDS WAS MAKING ALOT OF NOISE WHEN I WENT OVER BUMPS LIKE SAMETHING WAS BROKEN, AND IT WAS GOING TO FALL APART . THE STEERING, WHEN GOING OVER 45 MILES PER HOUR WITH A 25 DEGREE RIGHT TURN WOULD JERK, BUT IF I HAD THE ETS OFF, THE STEERING WOULD BE COME VERY LOOSE, MAKING IT SEEMS LIKE I HAD NO STEERING AT ALL. THE DEALER FIXED THE PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT END, WHICH THEY TIGHTEN AND LUBE, BUT DID NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10030011August 15, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN THE VEHICLE CHANGED GEARS, THE VEHICLE JERKED INTERMITTENTLY. *AK *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10024139August 15, 2003
CHILD SEAT, CHILD SEAT:SHELL:INFANT
THE CONSUMER WAS PUSHING STROLLER WITH CHILD SEAT ATTACHED IN PLACE. (BABYTREND MODEL # 6076) WITHOUT WARNING THE SEAT WAS EJECTED FROM CARRIER AND CAUSED THE CHILD TO FALL OUT. *AK *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10033785August 13, 2003
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:INTERIOR
BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER EXTERIOR MIRRORS ARE HANGING FROM THE VEHICLE, NO LONGER MOUNTED TO THE DOORS. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10033791August 13, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 02V070000 FOR IGNITION SWITCH. VEHICLE WOULD NOT START ONE EVENING. CONSUMER TOOK CAR TO DEALER FOR RECALL REMEDY. DEALER STATED THAT IGNITION CYLINDER AND BATTERY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND PROBLEM WAS NOT WITH IGNITION SWITCH. CONSUMER BELIEVESPROBLEM WAS WITH SWITCH, BUT DEALER WOULD NOT INSTALL RELAY TO CORRECT RECALL FIRST. DEALER WAS REQUESTING PAYMENT FOR REPLACEMENT OF CYLINDER AND BATTERY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10033796August 13, 2003
STRUCTURE
DASHBOARD IS RISING WHICH COULLD PREVENT AIR BAGS FROM DEPLOYING UPON IMPACT. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10032729August 13, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT WITHOUT IMPACT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10032553August 11, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
FRONT BRAKE ROTORS ON 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM DEFECTIVE. ABNORMAL PITTING (LARGE CAVITIES) AND CORROSION ON INSIDE SURFACE OF ROTORS. BRAKING OF VEHICLE DIFFICULT. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10032590August 11, 2003
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THERE WAS A SHORT IN THE LEFT REAR TAILLIGHT ASSEMBLY WHICH IS CAUSING LEFT BLINKER TO SHORT OUT AND/OR BLINK FAST. WHEN CHECKING FOR A USED REPLACEMENT ASSEMBLY, WE DISCOVERED THAT WE COULD NOT FIND ONE THAT HAD NOT ALREADY SHORTED OUT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10031186August 10, 2003
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH
ON 2 SEPARATE DAYS/OCCASIONS TURN SIGNALS FAILED TO OPERATE IN EITHER DIRECTION. AFTER PARKING CAR I USED 4 WAY FLASHERS TO VERIFY THAT ALL BULBS WERE OK AND BLINKING. TURN SIGNALS THEN OPERATED PROPERLY IMMEDIATELY AFTER. APPEARS TO BE INTERMITTENT PROBLEM, HAVE NOT YET TAKEN CAR TO DEALER FOR WARRANTY WORK. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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