Pontiac Grand AM Complaints

5,577 consumer complaints on file.

#10010728March 19, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
SUDDEN SPEED WHILE DRIVING OVER 60 MPH. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10010691March 18, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
I HAVE TRIED REPEATEDLY TO WORK WITH GENERAL MOTORS REGARDING REPETITIVE BRAKE AND ROTOR ISSUES ON MY 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM....ACCORDING TO MY RESEARCH, THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS BEARING RESEMBLANCE TO MY ISSUES AND GM CLAIMS THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10012027March 18, 2003
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THE TURN SIGNALS AND HAZARD LIGHTS BECAME INOPERATIVE. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10010622March 17, 2003
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL
HAVE HAD PASSENGER WINDOW BREAK 3 TIMES NOW AND PONTIAC WILL DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. THE DRIVER SIDE HAS BROKEN ONCE SO FAR. THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND THEY NEED TO BE DONE AGAIN. THE CAR SHAKES WHILE BRAKING. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10010628March 17, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I OWN A 1996 PONTIAC GRAND AM, I NOTICED SB #020601014 REGARDING THE MANIFOLD INTAKE GASKET - I HAD TO REPLACE TWO ON MY GRAND AM. I WAS TOLD IT IS TYPICAL EVERY 50,000 MILES, YET I PREVIOUSLY OWNED A GRAND AM AND KNOW PLENTY OF PEOPLE WHO DO AND HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM. WHAT MAKES MATTERS WORSE IS THAT IT IS A $900.00 JOB, AND I HAD TO DO IT TWICE! I AM LISTING THE MOST RECENT DATE - THE SECOND OCCURRENCE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10010449March 14, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
INTERNAL LEAK FROM INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET REQUIRING REPLACEMENT. ALL HOSES HAD TO BE REPLACED INCLUDING UPPER/LOWER RADIATOR , THROTTLE BODY COOLANT, AND INTAKE GASKETS...TOTAL COST $1621.00. TECHNICIAN SAID HE HAS SEEN APPROXIMATELY. 2 TO 3 GRAND AMS IN SHOP FOR SAME DEFECT. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10011821March 14, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
THE FRONT BRAKES DID NOT HOLD, WHICH CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10011688March 13, 2003
SUSPENSION:REAR
THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10011294March 10, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR WHEEL AND THE BRAKES DID NOT HOLD. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10010197March 9, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
MY 1997 PONTIAC GRAND AM IS LEAKING COOLANT INTO THE OIL. I FIRST NOTICED THIS PROBLEM AT AROUND 40000 MILES. I WOULD PERIODICALLY HAVE TO ADD COOLANT TO THE VEHICLE BECAUSE IT WAS LOW. I THOUGHT IT WAS NORMAL. NOW THE PROBLEM IS REALLY BAD, TO THE POINT THAT I DO NOT DRIVE THE CAR NOW WITH 80000 MILES. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10010093March 7, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
IF CAR DOES NOT RUN FOR 10 MINUTES OR SO, IT STALLS WHEN DRIVEN. WHEN RESTARTED, IT BOGS VERY BADLY FOR A FEW MINUTES, THEN IS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN. THIS OCCURS IN ANY WEATHER CONDITIONS AND HAS BEEN OCCURRING SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR IN 1998. IT IS A 1997.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10008516March 6, 2003
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
IN THE PAST 4 MONTHS, I HAVE REPLACED MY HEATER CORE, BECAUSE IT IS PLASTIC, AND THEN THE RADIATOR, NOW THE HEAD GASKET. PROBLEMS OF THIS NATURE FIRST SURFACED WITH HEATER CORE FAILURE, WHICH IS MADE OF PLASTIC AND THEN PROCEEDS THROUGH THE COOLING TO SYSTEM, TO MY CURRENT PROBLEM, HEAD GASKET REPLACEMENT. THE WATER PUMP AND TRANSMISSION HAVE BOTH BEEN REPLACED, WHILE UNDER THE NEW CAR WARRANTY. I TOOK MY CAR TO HARDIN PONTIAC IN ANAHEIM, CA AT 3 PM ON MARCH 4TH. THEY HAVE NOW HAD MY CAR 2 DAYS AND THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME ANOTHER $80 TO FURTHER DIAGNOSE MY COOLANT LEAK. I HAVE OPENED A FILE W/PONTIAC, REF # 1-78-69-0865. PONTIAC DETERMINED THAT, AS I AM THE SECOND OWNER, THE AGE OF THE CAR (1996) AND NUMBER OF MILES (82,622) THEY HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY. I EXPLAINED TO HER, THAT WHILE I AM THE 2ND OWNER, I PURCHASED THE CAR WHILE IT WAS STILL UNDER THEIR 3 YEAR/36,000 MILE WARRANTY. AND WHILE UNDER WARRANTY, MY TRANSMISSION & WATER PUMP HAD BEEN REPLACED. THE COOLING SYSTEM PROBLEMS BEGAN WHILE UNDER THE NEW CAR WARRANTY. ALSO GM'S N' CAR SERIES HAS NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THEIR COOLING SYSTEMS, I AM BEING PENALIZED, PRIMARILY, BECAUSE I AM THE SECOND OWNER, RATHER THAN THE ORIGINAL OWNER. MY CAR HAS BEEN MAINTAINED AND SERVICED AS SPECIFIED IN THEIR OWNER??S MANUAL. WHILE SPEAKING W/PONTIAC, I WAS TOLD THERE IS AN OPEN RECALL ON THE IGNITION SYSTEM, APPARENTLY IT IS KNOW TO OVERHEAT AND MELT, RENDERING THE CAR UNDRIVABLE. IT APPEARS GM'S OVERHEATING ISSUES ARE NOT LIMITED TO THEIR COOLING SYSTEM AND CHEAP PLASTIC PARTS. I REQUESTED THAT THE SERVICE REP, MR. ROMERO, EXPLAIN WHY HE FELT THEY NEEDED TO FURTHER DIAGNOSE MY COOLANT LEAK, IS THE HEAD GASKET LEAKING, OR NOT? MR. ROMERO, DID INDEED DIAGNOSE WHAT HE TERMED AN "EXTERNAL COOLANT LEAK' IN OTHER WORDS A LEAK AT THE HEAD GASKET. AT THIS POINT, I HAVE INSTRUCTED ERNIE TO HANDLE THE RECALL PROBLEM WITH THE IGNITION ONLY. PONTIAC HAS MINIMIZED THE PROBLEM AND CONVEYED THAT IT DOES NOT WARRANT IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10008424March 5, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I OWN A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM. I HAVE A COOLANT LEAK AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT IS FROM AN INTAKE GASKET. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS AND THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE AS COMMON AS A HOUSE PLANT. WHY HAS GM NOT BEEN FORCED INTO A RECALL? OR BETTER YET, WHY HAS GM NOT DONE THE RIGHT THING AND ISSUED A RECALL?*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10009707March 4, 2003
AIR BAGS
VEHICLE COLLIDED HEAD-ON WITH A DEER WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 45 MPH. THE DEER DIED ON IMPACT AND CAUSED EXTENSIVE FRONT END DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *NLM *TS
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10009799March 4, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
WHILE THE CONSUMER MERGED ON THE HIGHWAY AN EXPLOSION OF SMOKE CAME FROM UNDER THE DASHBOARD. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10009637February 28, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
THE ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED EVERY 2 MONTHS DUE TO PREMATURE WEAR.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10008141February 26, 2003
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:REAR WINDOW
I RENTED A 2003 PONTIAC GRAND AM ON FEB. 04, 2003. IT WAS VERY COLD, AT NIGHT, AND SNOWING HEAVILY. I TURNED ON THE REAR DEFOGGER. IT FAILED TO CLEAR THE REAR WINDOW, AND I TURNED IT ON AGAIN AFTER NOTICING THAT IT HAD TURNED OFF. ABOUT 30 SECONDS LATER THE REAR WINDOW EXPLODED; THERE WAS NO PROJECTILE FOUND. MY WIFE, WHO WAS WITH ME WHEN IT HAPPENED, AND I BELIEVE IT HAS TO BE A FACTORY DEFECT, AND WE SHOULD NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE, YET WE ARE BEING CHARGED BY BUDGET, WHO WAS CHARGED BY THE DEALER, FOR THE REPAIR. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10009287February 25, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
THE BRAKE LINE SEPARATED FROM THE CALIPER.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10008075February 25, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHEN THE VEHICLE IS NOT START IN TWO TO THREE DAYS, THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS SOME HOW DRAINING THE BATTERY. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE BATTERY ON THREE OCCASIONS SO FAR. THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER STATED THAT IF THE VEHICLE IS NOT STARTED WITHIN TEN DAYS, THE BATTERY WILL LOSE ITS CHARGE. WHEN THE PROBLEM OCCURS, THE REMOTE LOCKS WILL NOT WORK. THERE IS NO POWER TO ANY OF THE INSTRUMENT PANELS. CAR WILL NOT START. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10009297February 25, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
OIL LEAKED ONTO THE ENGINE, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SMOKE.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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