Pontiac Grand AM Complaints

5,577 consumer complaints on file.

#704874March 24, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR, VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:ELECTRICAL HEATING ELEMENT, POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:HOSES/LINES/PIPING/FITTINGS, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS, STEERING:LINKAGES, POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT, SEATS
PONTIAC PRIDES ITSELF ON DRIVING EXCITEMENT, IT SHOULD ACTUALLY BE THAT IT IS A DRIVING NIGHTMARE. THIS CAR HAS HAD SO MANY PROBLEMS. THIS IS THE LIST OF CURRENT AND PAST PROBLEMS WHICH INCLUDES: THE TRUNK LEAKS/ INCORRECT SPEEDOMETER THAT CAUSED TWO SPEEDING TICKETS/DRIVER'S FLOOR AND UNDER THE FRONT RIGHT SEAT ARE ALWAYS WET. ALSO,REPLACED BATTERY TWICE/ALTERNATOR/STARTER/ RADIATOR AND ALL HOSES AFTER A SUDDEN "EXPLOSION." IN ADDITION, THERMOSTAT HAD BEEN REPLACED AT LEAST 4 TIMES AND MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR ONCE. THE REAR WINDOW DEFOGGER NO LONGER WORKS, RIGHT SIDE POWER WINDOW DOES NOT GO BACK UP/THE TAPE DECK IS BROKEN, FRONT LUMBAR I SEAT BROKE AROUND 40,000 MILES. THE FRONT RIGHT AND LEFT WHEEL BEARINGS HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES/TIE RODS HAVE BEEN REPLACED ONCE ON THE RIGHT AND TWICE ON THE LEFT/ ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED AND FRONT BRAKES WORE OUT WITH IN 15,000 (TYPICAL OF MOST PONTIACS JUST GOING BY THE COMMENTS OF OTHER PONTIAC OWNERS THAT I KNOW. THIS LIST IS QUITE LONG AND EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTING, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE CAR IS NOT PAID FOR YET AND ONLY HAS 125,000 MILES ON IT AND IS A 1992 MODEL. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 205/55/R16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#545032March 24, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HEAD GASKET FAILED. *YC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#544533March 23, 1999
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
INTERIOR OF HEAD LAMPS HAS DEVELOPED A GREASY FILM ON THEM RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704666March 20, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#835945March 18, 1999
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
WHILE IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT AND TURNING AROUND, THE SEATBACK BROKE, AND CAUSED THE DRIVER TO FALL BACKWARD, WHICH IF DRIVING WOULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704405March 13, 1999
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
THIS VEHICLE WAS IN A FRONT END COLLITON, STRIKING A TREE HEAD ON AT APROX. 20MPH. THE DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. RESULTING IN HEAD INJURYS, AND FACIAL CONTUSIONS AND LACERATIONS TO DRIVER. UNFORUNATELY, THE DRIVER (MYSELF), WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#835830March 12, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN DRIVING AT 65MPH AND WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP TWICE, AND THE VEHICLE IS BACK IN SHOP AGAIN. DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704331March 12, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS, VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM, STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE, STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
THERE IS A WIRING SHORT AND THE INTERIOR LIGHTS WILL GO OFF AND SOMETIMES THE HEADLIGHTS. USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN USING TURN SIGNAL. ALSO WHEN TURNING ON FLASHERS THE ABS LIGHT COMES ON. THE RIGHT INTERIOR TURN SIGNAL LIGHT STAYS ON WHEN LIGHTS ARE ON. ALSO THE STEERING COLUMN VINYL COVERING OVER THE AIRBAG HAS SPLIT DOWN THE PONTIAC SYMBOL EXPOSING THE AIRBAG.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704352March 12, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
AT 65,000 MILES THE CYLINDER HEAD CRACKED CAUSING COOLANT TO MIX WITH THE ENGINE OIL. SINCE THE CYLINDER HEAD WAS REPLACED, THE CAR RUNS VERY POORLY IN COLD WEATHER. NOW A LITTLE OVER A YEAR LATER, AT 88,000 MILES, COOLANT IS ONCE AGAIN MIXING WITH THE OIL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#835707March 11, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
WHILE DRIVING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TRAVELS TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#835746March 11, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE ACCELERATES AND STOPS WITHOUT AND PRIOR WARNING. THIS PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN REPAIR SHOP THREE TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM, AND DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704304March 11, 1999
AIR BAGS
NO SUMMARY
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#704328March 11, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
STARTING IN 1996 APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR AFTER THE PURCHASE OF THE CAR A LEAK DEVELOPED IN THE FUEL TANK, THE TANK WAS REPLACED. APPROXIMATELY 8 MONTHS LATER ANOTHER LEAK DEVELOPED; THE TANK WAS PATCHED THEN EVENTUALLY REPLACED. TWO ADDITIONAL TANKS WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR. THE DEALER PROVIDING SERVICE NOTED IN EACH CASE THAT THE TANK HAD BEEN STRUCK BY AN OBJECT, CAR LIFTS HAD PRESSED UP ON THE TANK FROM BELOW OR THAT THE GAS CAP WAS DEFECTIVE. IT HAS BEEN MY OPINION THAT STRESSES THE FUEL TANK CAUSED THE LEAK TO OCCUR DUE TO TANK DEFECTS, POOR INSTALLATION OR BY THE FACT THAT AT EACH DEVELOPMENT OF A LEAK THE FUEL TANK HAD JUST BEEN FILLED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#835638March 10, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, BRAKES SQUEAK AND THERE IS SOME KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE BRAKES. CONSUMER STATES THAT BRAKES TALK TO HER, AND GO STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD . ALSO, WHEN CONSUMER IS BACKING OUT AND TURNING TO THE RIGHT THERE IS A POPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#835452March 4, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
FRONT RIGHT DISC BRAKE CALIPER HANGS UP AND DOES NOT RETURN PROPERLY AND TEARS THE ROTOR UP SEVERELY. BRAKE PULSATION OCCURS. DEALER CONTACTED AND IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT CANNOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#781997March 4, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
VEHICLE OVERHEATS EASILY AND TURNS OFF WHEN COMING CLOSE TO A COMPLETE STOP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#544233March 3, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
VEHICLE HAVING TROUBLE STARTING. CONSUMER CHARGED BATTERY AND WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL FAILURE RESUTING IN INJURY TO DRIVERS HANDS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#703990March 3, 1999
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
AS OF TODAY, DEALER SERVICE DEPT REFUSES TO INVESTIGATE CAUSE OF STEERING FAILURE DUE TO SUBSEQUENT DAMAGE FROM HITTING CURB, WILL ONLY REPAIR UNDER INSURANCE CLAIM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#703965March 2, 1999
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKED OUT DUE TO A PART THAT FAILED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#835380March 1, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. NO PRIOR WARNING. INSURANCE COMPANY SAID IT MAY BE DUE TO FAULTY WIRING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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