Pontiac Grand AM Complaints

5,577 consumer complaints on file.

#837696May 10, 1999
STEERING:RACK AND PINION:RACK
STEERING RACK WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE FIREWALL HAS CORRODED, CAUSING THE BOLTS TO BECOME LOOSE AND FALL OFF WHICH COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#706186May 3, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
NO SUMMARY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#706195May 3, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHEN ACCELERATING FROM COMPLETE STOP, VEHICLE GOES NOWHERE AND GUAGES ON INSTRUMENT PANEL GO HAYWIRE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#837270April 29, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED UNEXPECTEDLY WITHOUT WARNING WHICH MAY HAV E RESULTED IN A CRASH. BEEN TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES, AND REPLACE A LOOSE WIRE, BUT PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURRING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#837228April 28, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, FRONT BRAKE DISC CALIPERS ARE OUT OF ROUND, CAUSING BRAKES TO LOCK UP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#545257April 28, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE CONTINUALLY STALLS, UNABLE TO RECTIFY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#545242April 28, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE NOT TO GO BACKWARD AND FORWARD MOTION WAS SPORADIC. NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#837147April 27, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN DRIVING AND DRIVER PRESSES THE ACCELERATOR, VEHICLE WILL STALL AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN ACCELERATE AND TAKE OFF. VEHICLE WAS AT DEALERSHIP, AND THEY REPLACED FUEL PUMP/OIL PUMP AND COMPUTER ANALYSIS WERE DONE. RECENTLY BRAKES SEEMED TO BE PERFORMING POORLY. UPON BRAKING, STOPPING DISTANCE EXCEEDED APPROXIMATELY HALF CAR LENGTH. PLEASE ADD VIN.#. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#706025April 27, 1999
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THSIS VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#705938April 24, 1999
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WIFE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD-ON,IMPACT AT 35 MPH AND BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#705940April 24, 1999
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#705945April 24, 1999
WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
FRONT RIGHT LUGS SHEARED OFF CLEAN COMPLETELY, CAUSING THE WHEEL & TIRE TO DROP AND PUTTING THE AUTO TO THE PAVEMENT ON IT'S FRONT. RAIL AND ROTOR AND SPINNING THE AUTO SOMEWHAT. PONTIAC REFUSES TO COVER UNDER WARRANTY SAYING THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT CAUSED IT, BUT IT WASN'T THEIR FAULT. IT TOOK THEM 1 MONTH TO DECIDE THAN LEAVING THE AUTO UNREPAIRED AT THE DEALERSHIP, AND CAUSED ME TO RENT AN AUTOMOBILE. THEN FINALLY PAID MYSELF TO GET THE CAR BACK IN USE. LOSS OF 1 MO. USE, HAD TO PAY THE MONTH'S LEASE EVEN THOUGH CAR WAS NOT DRIVEABLE, AND WHEN THEY FIXED IT, THEY DID IT IN 4 HOURS! *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#836987April 22, 1999
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER AND WENT FORWARD ON A GRAVEL ROAD, AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG NEVER DEPLOYED. CAR HAS NOT BEEN SEEN BECAUSE IT WAS TOTALED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#837030April 22, 1999
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
VEHICLE WAS IN A SIDE IMPACT ACCIDENT THAT TURNED THE CAR OVER. VEHICLE WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE FROM THE SIDE, SPEED UNKNOWN. UPON IMPACT BOTH DRIVER'S SIDE/PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#705824April 20, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CRACKED CYLINDER HEAD - FOUND BY MECHANIC UPON INSPECTION DURING OIL CHANGE. REPORTED TO PONTIAC AS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT, THEY WOULD NOT ACCEPT BLAME OR HELP DEFER COST OF REPAIR DUE TO MILEAGE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#705779April 19, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
MY MOST RECENT PROBLEM INCLUDED TRANSMISSION FAILURE, AND ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC THIS HAD BEEN HAPPENING FOR A VERY LONG TIME. THE FOURTH GEAR OF THE TRANSMISSION AND THE CLUTCH WERE BURNED OUT. I'VE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE A WATER PUMP ON THE VEHICLE. IMMEDIATELY AFTER PURCHASE, I NOTICED ANTI-FREEZE LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD JUST DIE WHILE DRIVING ALONG. I ATTEMPTED TO GET THE DEALER TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE AND DID GET HIS VERBAL AGREEMENT HOWEVER, HE LIED AND WOULDN'T FOLLOW THROUGH. I SUPPOSE BECAUSE HE KNEW HE'D SOLD ME A LEMON AND WAS MORE THAN EAGER TO STATE HIS CASE, THAT HAD NO LEMON LAW. THERE ARE VARIOUS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS ESPECIALLY WITH THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND I SUPPOSE IT MAY BE SOMETHING ELECTRICAL THAT CAUSES MY VEHICLE TO DIE WHILE DRIVING ALONG. THERE IS NO WARNING, THE VEHICLE JUST GOES DEAD. DURING STOPS IT SEEMS THAT AT TIMES THE REAR END JUST HAS A MIND OF ITS OWN; ALMOST AS IF IT WANTS TO KEEP GOING WHILE THE FRONT END HAS STOPPED - IT'S SORT OF LIKE A SKIPPING EFFECT. OTHER ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS INCLUDE THE PASSENGER DOOR LOCK NOT OPERATING WITH THE POWER DOOR LOCK, THE RADIO DISPLAY IS LIT AT TIMES AND SOMETIMES IT'S NOT, SINCE I'VE HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPAIRED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND ETS LIGHTS WHICH HAVE BEEN ON SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, ARE NO LONGER LIT. DURING THE WATER PUMP FAILURE THE DEALERSHIPS REMEDY FOR IT WAS TO DISCONNECT THE ELECTRICAL WIRING WHICH PROMPTED ME THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS ARE NUMEROUS. MY CAR IS A LEMON!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#705720April 17, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CYLINDER HEAD CRACKED. FOUND BY MECHANIC UPON INSPECTION DURING OIL CHANGE, REPORTED TO PONTIAC, THEY WERE UNINTERESTED IN MY REPORTING THE PROBLEM AND WOULD NOT HELP WITH THE EXPENSE OF THE REPAIR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#836750April 14, 1999
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
STEERING COLUMN RUSTED, CAUSING THE COLUMN TO BREAK WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#836686April 13, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VEHICLE HAD A COOLANT LEAKAGE. DEALER CONTACTED, AND DIAGNOSED PROBLEM AS A CRACKED ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD. VEHICLE ALSO CONTINUOUSLY RAN HOT. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. REPAIRWORK WOULD BE AT OWNERS EXPENSE, EST. $1,000.00. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#835989April 12, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING AT 20-25 MPH VEHICLE STARTED MAKING NOISE, THEN JUST CUT OFF. DEALER CONTACTED AND STATED TIMING CHAIN MALFUNCTIONED. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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