Pontiac Grand AM Complaints

5,577 consumer complaints on file.

#8020177October 4, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
PROBLEMS STARTING UP VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8020271October 4, 2002
STEERING
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY THERE IS A WINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8020049October 2, 2002
STEERING:COLUMN
STEERING COLUMN TILT IS BROKEN WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8019930October 1, 2002
AIR BAGS
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED ON A SEVERE CAR CRASH AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOYED.DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. NLM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#567669September 30, 2002
TIRES
WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 65 MPH THE LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT. THE LEFT FRONT BUMPER AND FENDER OF THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED.(NO TIRE INFO GIVEN) (OHIO TRAFFIC REPORT 10-91-477) *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767762September 26, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
IGNITION STARTED SMOKING WHILE TRYING TO TURN KEY IN IGNITION. MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8019537September 26, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT HAD COME TO A SUDDEN STOP. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8019545September 26, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE HAVING VEHICLE SERVICE BY ANOTHER DEALERSHIP WAS INFORMED THAT RECALL FOR IGNITION SWITCH WAS NOT DONE, BUT IS STATED AS BEING DONE IN GMC DATE SYSTEM,BY ANOTHER DEALERSHIP. WHEN OTHER DEALERSHIP WAS CONTACTED,THEIR REPLY WAS FOR THE CONSUMER TO PAY TO HAVE RECALL DONE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8019548September 26, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
CONSUMER STATES WHILE HAVING VEHICLE SERVICED WAS INFORMED THAT THE RECALL ON THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS NOT DONE,BUT ON GMC DATABASE STATES THAT IT WAS DONE.WHEN THE DEALER WAS CALLED AND INFORMED OF THIS THE DEALER REPLIED THAT THE CONSUMER WOULD BE CHARGED FOR RECALL REPAIR. *AK *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8019549September 26, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER STATES THAT ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT WAS TRAVELING AHEAD OF CONSUMER SUDDENLY CAME TO A STOP. CONSUMER WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP IN TIME AND REAR ENDED OTHER DRIVER. CONSUMER STATES THAT NONE OF THE VEHICLE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8019440September 25, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
NHTSA RECALL 02V070000 IGNITION SWITCH; MARTIN CADILLAC COMPANY, INC., LOS ANGELES, CA; VEHICLE HAS HAD RECALL PERFORMED TWICE WITH THE PROBLEM OF THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILING, REOCCURING. THE OWNER IS TAKING THE VEHICLE BACK IN FOR A THIRD TIME TO GET IGNITION SWITCH REPAIRED, FOR A THIRD TIME. THE DEALERSHIP IS RELUCTANT OF REPAIRING RECALL ITEM A THIRD TIME, WHICH IS FRUSTRATING THE CONSUMER. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8019234September 23, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION WITH A TREE AT 30-35 MPH IMPACT AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8019100September 19, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
ONE DAY CONSUMER UNSUCCESSFULLY ATTEMPTED TO START VEHICLE. REMOVED KEY AND VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. VEHICLE CHECKED BY DEALER, WHO ADVISED CONSUMER THAT TOO HIGH VOLTAGE WAS USED WITH IGNITION SWITCH. CONSUMER ADVISED CONFIRMATION OF OPEN RECALL 00V287000 ON VEHICLE, BUT MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN UNRESPONSIVE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767418September 19, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS ON DISC BRAKES ARE MADE FROM ALUMINUM ALLOY AND BOTH CALIPERS WERE CLOSE TO FAILURE BY 50,000 MILES. PISTON IN CALIPER WAS SO WORN THAT IT WOULD CHATTER WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED AT A COMPLETE STOP. THIS DEFECT COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE PISTON TO LODGE IN CALIPER OR SEAL TO FAIL AROUND PISTON CAUSING BRAKING FAILURES. REPLACEMENT CALIPERS ON THE MARKET SUPPOSEDLY FIX THIS DEFECT. WHY HASN'T MANUFACTURER LOOKED INTO THIS POTENTIALLY HARZARDOUS DEFECT?*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#567518September 18, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
WHILE IN MOTION, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS RELATING TO THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS BEGAN TO ILLUMINATE AND DIM SPORADICALLY. CONSUMER TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND THEN TURNED THE IGNITION ON. THE VEHICLE STALLED, PRESENTING IT INOPERABLE AT THAT TIME. THE STEERING BECAME STIFF AND CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO SWITCH GEARS TO NEUTRAL. SMOKE BEGAN TO EMIT FROM THE DASHBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT FACILITY AND REPAIRED BECAUSE THE GM FACILITY WAS CLOSED. THE REPAIR SPECIALIST INFORMED CONSUMER THE PROBLEM TRACED BACK TO THE IGNITION SWITCH, WHICH REQUIRED REPLACEMENT OF AN ALTERNATOR AND A BATTERY RECHARGE. PONTIAC WAS CONTACTED SHORTLY (REQUEST C20753090) AND INFORMED CONSUMER THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF ANY PROBLEMS OR RECALL RELATING TO THE INCIDENT. IN APRIL 2002, GM SENT CONSUMER A RECALL LETTER (02V07) REGARDING FAULTY IGNITION SWITCHES. CONSUMER WAS REIMBURSED FOR THE IGNITION SWITCH REPAIR, BUT HAS NOT BEEN REIMBURSED FOR REPAIR CAUSED BY THE FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH. CONSUMER EXPECTS GM TO REIMBURSE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE COST. *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767353September 18, 2002
SUSPENSION
TOOK MY PONTIAC GRAND AM GT1 INTO THE DEALER AFTER I WAS OUT ON THE HIGHWAY AND EXPERIENCE A VIBRATION FROM THE STREERING WHEEL. I WAS TRAVELING AT ABOUT 60 MPH WHEN A VEHICLE CUT OVER INTO MY LANE FORCING ME TO BRAKE. I THEN NOTICED A LOT OF VIBRATING ON THE STEERING WHEEL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8018815September 17, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING 50MPH A CAR HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE IN FRONT RIGHT, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CAUSING SERIOUS INJURIES.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#8018854September 17, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING AT 35/40 MPH INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, CAUSING INJURIES TO PASSENGER.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#8018569September 12, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH, POWER TRAIN, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
WHILE DRIVING 45MPH GAUGES/ODOMETER, AND TAIL LIGHTS GO OUT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#766935September 10, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
KEY WILL NOT COME OUT OF IGNITION AFTER PUTTING INTO PARK. STICKS AT VARIOUS TIMES AND FOR VARIOUS LENGTHS OF TIME. THE LIGHTS STAY ON WHICH HAS DRAINED THE BATTERY TWICE. HAVE HAD THREE DIFFERENT LOCAL DEALERS CHECK. THEY DID THINGS LIKE GREASE IT, MAKE NEW KEYS AND SCRATCH THEIR HEAD. NONE OF THESE HAVE SOLVED MY PROBLEM. I PURCHASED THE CAR AS A "PROGRAM CAR" WITH 14967 MILES ON IT. THE PROBLEM STARTED SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE IN 1996. AFTER 5 YEARS OF THINKING I WAS ALONE WITH THIS ANNOYING PROBLEM, I RECENTLY FOUND SIX LOCAL OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND NOW I SEE ABOUT TEN OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THIS WEB SITE. I DID HAVE THE MOST RECENT RECALL DONE BUT THE DEALER SAID IT DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS PROBLEM BUT DIDN'T HAVE ANY ANSWERS ON HOW TO FIX IT. I HAVE SENT E-MAILS TO PONTIAC WITH NO REPLY. I REALIZE THIS MAY NOT FALL INTO SAFETY ISSUES BUT IT IS A WIDE PROBLEM THAT NEEDS LOOKED INTO. WITH THE IGNITION LEFT IN THE ON POSITION, IT MAY BE A FIRE HAZZARD, NOT TO MENTION HARD ON BATTERIES. I AM TOT HE POINT OF SEEKING LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO GET THIS PROBLEM SOLVED. THIS IS THE LARGEST, MOST ANNOYING PROBLEM I HAVE HAD, OTHER THAN THIS, I HAVE LIKED THE CAR. PLEASE, PLEASE HELP ME FIX THIS!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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