Pontiac Grand AM Complaints

5,577 consumer complaints on file.

#10117306April 4, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE DRIVER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117328April 4, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
RECALL 02V070000 CONCERNING IGNITION SWITCH. IGNITION SWITCH WIRING MELTED. DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT REPAIR FREE OF CHARGE BECAUSE THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10116339April 4, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
I WAS DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY AT 70 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING, MY DRIVERSIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED. I WAS IN SHOCK AND HAD TEMPORARY HEARING LOSS. BOTH OF MY LIPS WERE BLOODIED, I WAS BURNED ON MY NECK AND I STILL HAVE OCASSIONAL RINGING IN MY EARS. I DON'T KNOW HOW, BUT WHEN MY LINE OF VISION WAS CLEAR, I SAW I HAD MAINTAINED THE POSITION IN MY LANE AND CONTINUED TRAVELING. THEN, A FEW MINUTES LATER, MY PASSENGER- SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING. THANKFULLY, MY GIRLFRIEND WAS SLEEPING IN THE BACKSEAT. AGAIN I HAD TEMPORARY HEARING LOSS, BUT KEPT DRIVING UNTIL I GOT TO MY HOME. I CONTACTED GENERAL MOTORS DEALERSHIP, BUT THEY DID NOT FEEL THEY COULD HELP SINCE THEY HAD NOT HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM. THERE WERE A SERIES OF PHONE CALLS BETWEEN GENERAL MOTORS, MY DAD AND ME. OUT OF THE BLUE IN ONE CONVERSATION, GENERAL MOTORS ASKED IF I HAD WATER ON MY FLOORBOARD AND WHEN I SAID THAT I DID, THEY SAID THE AIRBAGS PROBABLY DEPLOYED BECAUSE OF THIS AND IT WAS MY FAULT FOR NOT GETTING THAT FIXED. WHEN MY DAD ASKED WHAT THAT HAD TO DO WITH THE AIRBAGS AND IF THEY WERE AWARE THAT THIS WAS A PROBLEM, THEY SAID IT WAS A ROUTINE QUESTION. SUBSEQUENTLY, A GENERAL MOTORS DEALERSHIP HAS CONCLUDED THAT WATER UNDER THE PASSENGER SEAT CAUSE THE COMPUTER MODULE TO CORRODE. THEY ARE WILLING TO REPLACE THE AIRBAGS AND THE COMPUTER, BUT NOT FIX THEY WATER PROBLEM THAT THEY INDICATED MAY HAVE CAUSED THIS. WE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS PROBLEM WITH INDEPENDENT MECHANICS AND HAVE SINCE RECEIVED TECHNICAL BULLETINS STATING THAT THE WATER PROBLEM IS INHERENT TO THIS VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10117373April 4, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL:AUTOMATIC (ASC)
WHILE DRIVING A LOUD CLICKING NOISE FROM THE FRONT END WAS PRODUCED. DEALER STATED THE CONTROL ARM AND THE STABILIZER BAR BUSHINGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10116288April 3, 2005
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:FOG LIGHTS
EVERY SINCE I GOT MY 2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM THE FOG LIGHTS MAY WORK FOR A WEEK AND THEN THEY GO OUT .I HAVE CHANGED BOTH OF THE BULBS AND THEY STILL WILL NOT WORK I FEEL THE GM CORP SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON THEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10116292April 3, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
I HAD MY 2000 GRAND AM IN FOR A TURN SINGNAL PROBLEM, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE INTAKE GASKETS ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF LEAKAGE.MY CAR ONLY HAS 32500MILES ON IT.RM*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10116249April 2, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
COOLANT LIGHT BEGAN TO COME ON INCREASINGLY OFTEN SO I HAD IT CHECKED OUT AT THE GARAGE WHERE I WORK. I WAS TOLD THE LOWER INTAKE GASKET WAS LEAKING AND IF IT DIDN'T GET FIXED WATER AND ANTIFREEZE WOULD GET INTO MY OIL. THIS CAR ONLY HAS 76,XXX MILES ON IT. I KNOW OF TWO OTHER PEOPLE THAT OWN THESE CARS AND THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM I DO. THIS IS NOT SAFE IF THE ENGINE FREEZES UP.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10116176March 31, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO OVERHEAT WITHOUT CAUSE. HAD COOLANT SYSTEM CHECKED AND REPLACED WATER PUMP, RADIATOR CAP AND COOLANT. NOTICED THAT OIL COLOR HAD BEGAN TO TURN A LIGHTER SHADE OF BROWN. REPAIRMAN INFORMED ME THAT WATER WAS LEAKING DUE TO A FAULTY GASKET AND LEAKING INTO THE LOWER INTAKE. 700 DOLLAR REPAIR. ALSO INFORMED THAT A TSB HAD BEEN ISSUED AND THAT GM WAS PAYING FOR SOME REQUESTS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117157March 28, 2005
SUSPENSION:REAR
PONTIAC GRAND AM 2000, LOSS OF CONTROL AND ROLLOVER. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, SUDDENLY THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE FELT LOOSE AND THE VEHICLE SWERVED WHICH CAUSED HIM TO LOSE CONTROL. UPON INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE LEFT REAR TRAILING ARMS WERE NOT ATTACHED TO THE LEFT REAR KNUCKLE. INSPECTION OF THE BOLTS THAT ATTACHED THE TRAILING ARMS TO THE KNUCKLE SHOWED THAT THE END OF THE BOLT WAS BROKEN. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10113202March 28, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE PASSENGER'S AIR BAG INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK AIR BAG DEPLOYED IT CRACKED THE DASH BOARD AS WELL AS WINDSHIELD. REPLACED AIRBAG, WINDSHIELD AND DASH BOARD. GENERAL MOTORS REFUSED TO REIMBURSE CONSUMER BECAUSE VEHICLE WASN'T TAKEN TO DEALER. *BF *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10114800March 26, 2005
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
THERE WAS A CLICKING SOUND IN THE DASH NEAR THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH. IT WOULD CONSTANTLY CLICK AS IF THE BLINKER WAS ON WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. HE MECHANIC SAID IT WOULD EVENTUALLY WOULD WEAR OUT AND NEED REPLACED COSTING $350. IT HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED YET. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10114801March 26, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THERE SEEMS TO BE A ELECRTICAL MALFUNCTION WITH MY 99 GRAND AM SE/4DR.THE DOME LIGHT SEEMS TO WORK ONCE IN A WHILE.ALSO THERE HAS BEEN IGNITION PROBLEM.MEANING A FEW TIMES WHILE DRIVING THE GAUGES, AS WELL AS, ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS COME ON.THE CAR DRIVES WELL DURING THIS MALFUNCTION.ALSO THE REAR DEFOGGER HAS STOPPED WORKING.I HAD READ THE OWNERS MANAUL AND FLOWED THE DIRECTIONS,BUT FOUND NO FUSE IN THE RELAY BOX PRETIANING TO THE REAR DEFOGGER.THERE SEEMS TO BE PROBLEM WITH STARTING THE CAR.MEANING: IT DOESN'T ALWAYS SEEM TO START RIGHT AWAY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10112814March 24, 2005
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
POWER STEERING FAILED, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO TURN THE VEHICLE LEFT/RIGHT. MANUFACTURER WILL BE CONTACTED BY CONSUMER.*AK THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE POWER STEERING PUMP AND THE PRESSURE AND RETURN HOSES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10109650March 24, 2005
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION DUE TO A CHATTERING NOISE THAT OCCURRED WHEN THE WEATHER WAS COLD. THE TECHNICIAN DETERMINED THAT THE WINDSHIELD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10114568March 23, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
VEHICLE SMELLED OF ANTIFREEZE SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE. THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TWICE TO THE DEALER FOR THE SMELL. I HAVE NOW BEEN INFORMED THAT THE INTAKE GASKET HAS BEEN LEAKING. PONTIAC HAS BEEN CONTACTED, AND I WAS INFORMED BY ONE REPRESENTATIVE THAT THERE HAD BEEN A PROBLEM, BUT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE PARTICULAR YEAR OF THE VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10114464March 22, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
BLINKER SWITCH SOUND KEEPS ON TICKING AT A RAPID PACE EVEN THOUGH THE BLINKER IS TURNED OFF. I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A RECALL ISSUE WITH 2000 AND 2001 GRAND AMS AND HAVE HEARD NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS IN 2002. WHY NO RECALL?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10114335March 19, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
I HAVE A 2001 GRAND AM, WHICH I DO LOVE. I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE SAME CAR, HAS THE SAME PROBLEM THAT I HAVE. THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET MUST BE REPAIRED, WHICH COST 1000 TO FIX. I REALLY THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THE CAR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10113785March 16, 2005
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
THE FRONT WINDSHIELD OF THE CONSUMER'S 1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM WAS NOT SEALED PROPERLY (PINCH WELL WAS NOT PRIMED). *NM THE WINDSHIELD STARTED TO BECOME LOOSE WHICH ALLOWED AIR INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10115133March 15, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
INTERMITTENTLY CONSUMER WOULD BE UNABLE TO START THE VEHICLE. ALSO, IT STALLS. CONSUMER IS ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE AFTER 45 MINUTES. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10114076March 14, 2005
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR
RIGHT PASSENGER MIRROR FAILED CATASTROPHICALLY WHILE BEING WASHED IN AN AUTOMATIC CAR WASH. MIRROR WAS COMPLETELY TORN FROM ITS MOUNTS AND LEFT HANGING BY THE WIRING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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