Pontiac Grand AM Complaints

5,577 consumer complaints on file.

#10163029July 21, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
BOTH THE HAZARD SWITCH AND MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH SHORTED OUT AT THE SAME TIME CAUSING THE NEED TO REPLACE BOTH SWITCHES. THE HAZARD SWITCH SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME A RECALL, BUT GM WOULD NOT REIMBURSE ME FOR THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH AS WELL. THE DEALER'S MECHANIC COULD NOT TELL ME WHICH SWITCH CAUSED THE OTHER TO FAIL.
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No
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10163027July 21, 2006
VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW FELL OFF TRACK WHEN TRYING TO ROLL UP WINDOW USING AUTOMATIC SWITCH. THE REGULATOR, MOTOR AND SASH-FRT. HAD TO BE REPLACED.
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No
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No
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0
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0
#10163033July 21, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT AND COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON AT THE SAME TIME, EVENTUALLY CAUSING THE HEAD GASKETS TO BLOW. BESIDES HAVING TO REPLACE THE GASKETS, THE OXYGEN SENSOR HAD TO BE REPLACED AS WELL. ALSO, WHILE THE CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, AT 32,567 MILES, THE DEALER FOUND A COOLANT LEAK AT THE UPPER INTAKE GASKETS AND LOWER INTAKE GASKETS, AND REPLACED BOTH GASKETS, AS WELL AS THE OIL PUMP DRIVE SEAL AND RELATED PARTS.
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No
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0
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0
#10162904July 19, 2006
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS IN HOT WEATHER. MANUAL INTERVENTION REQUIRED TO PULL ACCELERATOR PEDAL BACK UP. RECALL AVAILABLE ON SAME MODEL OF VEHICLE RELEASED IN NOV 11 2004, BUT THIS VIN IS NOT ON THAT RECALL. HAVE HAD ACCELERATOR PEDAL LOOKED AT ONCE ALREADY NO PROBLEMS WITH ACCELERATOR PEDAL REPORTED BY DEALER. *NM
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No
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10162498July 16, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET ON PONTIAC GRAND AM. *JB
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No
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No
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0
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0
#10162027July 10, 2006
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUM 04V528000 RECALL DATE OCT 27 2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM CAR ACCELERATES WHEN FOOT IS NOT ON PEDDLE WHEN BRAKING IT TAKES TIME FOR ENGINE TO IDLE DOWN WHICH IS WARE ON MY BRAKES THIS PROBLEM HAS INCREASED. *NM
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10161618July 6, 2006
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
CONSTANT RATTLING LED TO DISCOVERY OF DAMAGED COIL SPRINGS.......ALL 4 OF THEM HAD TO BE REPLACED AS EVERY ONE WAS BROKEN. *JB
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10161689July 6, 2006
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH
THE BLINKERS AND HAZARD LIGHTS OF THIS VEHICLE FAIL TO WORK AT TIMES. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN REARENDED A FEW TIMES. THEY WORK INTERMITTENLY. I CALLED THE DEALER BECAUSE THERE IS A RECALL AND THEY SAID THAT MY CAR ISNT ELIGIBLE. BUT IT IS A 2000 GRAND AM, LIKE THE OTHERS BEING RECALLED, ITS GOT 115000 MILES ON IT AND IT IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. *NM
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10161495July 5, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH
I JUST RECENTLY REPLACED THE COOLANT INTAKE IN MY 2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM SE 6 CYLINDER. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT HE HAS SEEN THIS MANY TIMES BEFORE AND THAT IT IS A COSTLY MANUFACTURING ERROR. I ALSO HAVE TO REPLACE MY MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH WHEN THE TURN SIGNAL RECALL CAME OUT. I HAVE DONE A LITTLE RESEARCH ON THE COOLANT INTAKE PROBLEM AND AS I HAVE STATED I HAVE FOUND THAT AS WELL AS MY GM DEALER HAVE ALL NOTED THAT THERE IS A DESIGN FLAW WITH THE GASKET IN IT'S RELATION TO THE DEX-COOL COOLANT (THE COOLANT IS ACIDIC AND EATS AWAY AT THE GASKET WHICH LEADS TO COOLANT GETTING INTO ENGINE OR OIL GETTING INTO COOLANT). I WOULD LIKE TO LOOKED AT FURTHER. *JB
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No
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10161502July 5, 2006
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL
I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY PONTIAC GRAND AM FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS NOW. I HAVE HAD THE FUEL FILTER REPLACES, THE COILS, COVER AND PLUGS. 350.00 LATER, IT IS FOUND TO SUPPOSEDLY BE THE INJECTORS. MY MECHANIC STATED HE FOUND OUT THAT A BULLETIN WAS ISSUED FOR THE INJECTORS THAT THEY WERE HAVING INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH THEM. WHY WAS THERE NOT A RECALL? NOW IT IS GOING TO COST ME ANOTHER 650.00 FOR PARTS AND LABOR. IF THERE IS A CHRONIC PROBLEM, WHY IS THERE NOT A RECALL OR WHY IS PONTIAC NOT REPLACING THE PARTS AT THEIR EXPENSE?*JB
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10161534July 5, 2006
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
I WAS PULLING MY 1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY WHEN THE CAR WAS MAKING A STRANGE SCRAPING NOISE. I LOOKED UNDER THE CAR AND DID NOT SEE ANYTHING TOUCHING THE GROUND. I DID NOT DRIVE THE CAR. MY HUSBAND CHECKED IT OUT AND PULLED THE CAR OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY. THE WHEEL POPPED AS HE WAS DOING THIS. THE CAR WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET SO HE HAD TO PULL IT FORWARD. THE TIRE WAS SHREDDED. AFTER JACKING UP THE CAR, HE SAW THAT THE SPRING WAS BROKEN AND WAS POKING INTO THE TIRE. LUCKY FOR US THIS HAPPENED AT HOME. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD STILL BE HERE. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY AT THE GARAGE. WE HAVE NOT HEARD BACK YET. WE ARE A BIT WORRIED, MY BROTHER-IN-LAW ALSO HAS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM AND ALL FOUR OF HIS SPRING ASSEMBLIES BROKE WHEN HE HIT A POT HOLE SEVERAL WEEKS AGO. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10161358July 4, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE
FOR ABOUT A YEAR THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE ANTI-THEFT (PASSLOCK) SYSTEM, RENDERING IT DISABLED UNTIL THE IGNITION KEY IS LEFT IN THE ON POSITION FOR ABOUT TEN MINUTES. IT CAN THEN BE STARTED. THIS IS DANGEROUS AS WELL AS IT IS GOING TO EVENTUALLY CAUSE A FAILURE OF THE IGNITION SYSTEM. I SPOKE WITH THE SERVICE WRITER AT MY PONTIAC DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT IT COULD BE MY IGNITION SWITCH, BUT SHE HAD NO DEFINITE ANSWER TO MY PROBLEM. ALSO, REPLACING THE SWITCH WOULD COST ME ABOUT $400.00. WE NEED A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM! IT SEEMS THAT A LOT OF THESE CARS ARE PROBLEMATIC IN THIS AREA! *JB
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10161605July 3, 2006
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH
2000 GRAND AM HAS PROBLEMS WITH HAZARD AND TURN SIGNALS. *TS THE CONSUMER IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TURN SIGNALS AS DESCRIBED IN RECALL 03V327000. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE E WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *NM
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10161234July 2, 2006
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:UNIT
THE TURN SIGNALS AND HAZARD LIGHTS ARE DEFECTIVE AND DO NOT WORK 99% OF THE TIME. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM AND THEY DID NOT FIX IT FOR ME. DEALERSHIP SAID THAT IT WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. HAVE HAD SEVERAL TICKETS DUE TO NOT PROPERLY USING MY TURN SIGNALS. *JB
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10161175June 30, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
MY DAUGHTER HAS A 2003 PONTIAC GRAND AM GT. SHE HAD BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT HER BRAKES NOT FEELING QUITE RIGHT BEFORE 15,000 MILES AT 17,000 WE HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT BRAKE PADS AND RESURFACE THE ROTORS. WEEKS AFTER THE REPAIR SHE BEGAN COMPLAINING ABOUT THE BRAKES AGAIN. SINCE THEY HAD JUST BEEN REPAIRED I TOLD HER SHE HAD TO BE MISTAKEN. SIX MONTHS LATER SHE WAS STILL COMPLAINING AND WE TOOK THE CAR TO OUR OWN MECHANIC. HE TOLD US THE REAR BRAKE PADS WERE FINE BUT THE ROTORS WERE DETERIORATED BEYOND REPAIR. THE CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AT 25000 MILES ,MOSTLY HIGHWAY MILES,SO WE EXPECTED THE CAR TO BE FIXED UNDER THE WARRANTY. THE DEALER REFUSED TO FIX IT UNDER THE WARRANTY. HE CLAIMED MY DAUGHTER WAS AN INEXPERIENCED DRIVER AND MUST HAVE BEEN HARD ON THE BRAKES . HE WANTED TO FIX THE CAR FOR $1000. REPLACING BOTH FRONT AND REAR ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS. THE ROTORS WERE APPARENTLY ROTTING UNDERNEATH THE PADS. THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN,THE ROTORS ARE DEFECTIVE AND SHOULD BE RECALLED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. *NM
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10161069June 29, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:ANTI-THEFT DEVICES
SECURITY SYSTEMS KEEPS LOCKING MY CAR AND IT WON'T START. THEY SAY ITS THE HALL EFFECT SENSOR ON THE IGNITION SWITCH. I JUST PURCHASED THIS CAR AND I LOVE PONTIACS, BUT I WILL NOT PURCHASE ANOTHER ONE IF THIS PROBLEMS ISN'T RESOLVED. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 4 TIMES SINCE I PURCHASED THIS CAR. NO KEYLESS REMOTES CAME WITH THE CAR SO I AM NOT SURE WHY THIS IS HAPPENING. THIS IS BEGINNING TO GET REALLY FRUSTRATING. *NM
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10160806June 26, 2006
STRUCTURE, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ALUMINUM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD WAS PITTED VERY BADLY WHICH CAUSED DUST TO COME FROM THE AREA. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED CONCERNED ABOUT THE HEALTH HAZARDS THIS COULD CAUSE. THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK UPDATED 7/18/2006 - THE WINDOW ON THE PASSENGER SIDE HESITATED WHILE GOING UP AND DOWN. THE CONSUMER FOUND RUST UNDER THE DASHBOARD. *NM
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10160555June 23, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SEPT. 2005 MY 1997 PONTIAC GRAND AM WOULDN'T START. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS COMPLETELY LOCKED. COULDN'T GET THE KEY INTO THE SWITCH,TRIED TO SHAKE STEERING WHEEL AND TRIED BANGING ON THE SWITCH AND TRIED FORCING THE KEY IN, BUT NOTHING WORKED. HAD TO TAKE COVER OFF UNDER THE STEERING WHEEL AND PUSH A BOTTOM THAT I FOUND AND IT UNLOCKED, THEN IT STARTED. EVEN THE DASH LIGHT STOPPED WORKING. BEEN DRIVING WITH NO DASH LIGHT FOR A WHILE. IT STARTED DOING IT AGAIN, BUT HIS TIME THE BUTTON UNDER THE STEERING WHEEL WOULDN'T WORK. HAD TO PUT A TOGGLE SWITCH IN, TO EVEN START. I TURNED THE KEY ON PUSHED THE TOGGLE SWITCH AND IT STARTED. THAT LASTED TILL 6-7-06. THAT DAY I TURNED ON THE SWITCH AND IT SOUNDED LIKE THE STARTER WAS HUNG. NOW MY POWER WINDOWS WONT WORK, THE POWER DOOR LOCKS STILL WORK. FOUND RECALL ONLINE, THE CODE NUMBER IS 02008B, IT SAYS THE ENGINE FAILS TO START WHEN THE DRIVER HOLDS THE KEY IN THE START POSITION FOR A PERIOD, HIGH CURRENT FLOWS THROUGH THE IGNITION SWITCH, AND SOMETIMES PRODUCES HEAT TO MELT INTERNAL SWITCH PARTS. TOWED CAR TO PONTIAC DEALER 6-22-06 THINKING MAYBE THE RECALL WOULD FIX MY PROBLEM. I TOLD HIM TO DO A DIAGNOSTIC TEST ON IT AND IT CAME BACK THE IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER IS BAD. THEN HE TOLD ME THE PRICE AND I SAID, I CANT AFFORD THAT. HE SAID, THAT IT HAD TO BE FIXED BEFORE HE COULD FIX THE RECALL. THEY WANTED $222.86 FOR THE PART AND $275.88 FOR LABOR, $7.27 FOR MISC. $14.58 FOR TAXES THEN HE CHANGED IT $20.00 FOR MISC. TOTALING TO $533.32 TO FIX THE CYLINDER. I TOLD HIM I FOUND RECALLS ONLINE AND EVEN COPIED THEM AND BROUGHT IT TO HIM. BUT HE SAID, THAT HE'S GOT TO GO BY WHAT HE HAS ON HIS RECALL FROM GM. I SAYING IF ITS NOT ON HIS RECALL THEN IT SHOULD BE. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THE IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER. SO I HAD IT TOWED TO ANOTHER PLACE THAT WOULD PUT THE IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER IN FOR $239 INCLUDING PARTS AND LABOR. *NM
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10161570June 22, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM), STEERING, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
1999 GRAND AM TRACK LIGHT ILLUMINATED, C-3 LIGHT ILLUMINATED, WATER LEAKED ON THE PASSENGER REAR FLOOR BOARD, THERE WAS A CLUNKING NOISE WHEN TURNING. *TS THE DEALER REFLASED THE PCM AT 3560 MILES. THE TRACK LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN AT 3790 MILES. THIS TIME THE DEALER . THE BLOWER MOTOR SMELL BAD AND ONLY WORKED ON HIGH SPEED. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT THE BLOWER MOTOR SHORTED OUT AND IT WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD 8626 MILES. THE COMPARTMENT OVER THE REAR VIEW MIRROR WOULD NOT REMAIN LATCHED. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10160479June 22, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE
MY 2002 PONTIAC GRAND AM RANDOMLY FAILS TO START. SEEMS TO BE THE PROBLEM WITH SECURITY FEATURE ON GRAND AMS. PROBLEM GETS TEMPORARY SOLVED AFTER RESETTING THE FEATURE BY KEEPING THE KEY IN "ON" POSITION FOR 10 MINUTES, HOWEVER IT OCCURS AGAIN IN THE FOLLOWING DAYS. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE LOCAL SHOP THAT COULD NOT FIND THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM. TAKING IT TO THE DEALER NEXT. *NM
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
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