Pontiac Grand AM Complaints

5,577 consumer complaints on file.

#10074045May 21, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
WHEN USING THE TURN SIGNALS THEY WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10074051May 21, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION LOCKS WITHOUT WARNING. AS RESULT, VEHICLE SURGES UNCONTROLLABLY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073968May 20, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:FLASHER UNIT
INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE SIGNAL AND HAZARD LIGHTS WILL NOT WORK PROPERLY. THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED OVER 40 TIMES IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073980May 20, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:FLASHER UNIT
TURN SIGNALS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY BUT FLASHER INDICATOR DID NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM. HOWEVER, THE SERVICE TECHNICIANS CLAIMED THEY WILL NOT DO THE NECESSARY REPAIRS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10068632May 20, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND CONSUMER PLACED THE KEY INSIDE THE IGNITION, AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. A BURNING SMELL WAS COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER LIFTED UP THE HOOD, AND SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE STARTER. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO FAILURE. *AK *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073789May 18, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS
CONSUMER HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AS NHTSA CAMPAIGNS # 03V327000: HAZARD WARNING SWITCHES THAT MAY EXPERIENCE SOLDER JOINT CRACKING CAUSED BY RAPID TEMPERATURE TRANSITIONS AND THE SOLDERING PROCESS. IF SOLDER JOINT CRACKING OCCURS AND RESULTS IN AN OPEN CIRCUIT, THE TURN SIGNALS/HAZARD LAMPS BECOME INTERMITTENT OR INOPERATIVE. DEALERSHIP INDICATED YOUR VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDE IN THIS RECALL DUE TO THE VIN#. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073811May 18, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE DRIVER NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRED WAS DEFLATED. THE DRIVER INSPECTED THE TIRE AND NOTICED THAT COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073726May 17, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE HESITATED WHILE ACCELERATING. UPON APPLYING THE BRAKES VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. CONSUME DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE DRIVER INFORMED THE MECHANIC THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED MORE THAN ONCE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072774May 17, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS, EQUIPMENT
BRAKE FAILURE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073747May 17, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE HESITATED WHEN ACCELERATING. THEN, CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND VEHICLE ACCELERATED. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, WHO WAS NOT ABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072782May 17, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE , THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE BLOW . WHICH CAUSED THE FRONT RIGHT SPRING TO BREAK OFF . LUCKLY , THE VEHICLE DID NOT FLIP OVER ON THE INTERSTATE . HAD TO GET THE CAR TOWED BECAUSE THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WAS LYING ON THE GROUND BECAUSED OF THE SPRING BRAKING OFF . HAD TO REPLACED "NEW ", RIGHT SPRING , RIGHT STRUT AND A NEW RIGHT TIRE FOR THE VEHIVLE . NOW HAVE TO REPLACE LEFT STRUT AND SPRING DUE TO CAR NOT LEVEL . 1999 GRAND AM SE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073933May 15, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
PROBLEMS WITH IGNITION SWITCH ON 1998 PONTIAC GRAND AM. *MR CONSUMER STILL HAVING PROBLEMS AFTER RECALL REPAIR ON IGNITION SWITCH. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073627May 14, 2004
SUSPENSION
VEHICLE SHAKES SEVERELY WHILE DRIVING.THE SHAKE IS WORSE WHEN THE BRAKE IS DEPRESSED. DEALERSHIP SERVICED THE VEHICLE 6 TIMES, IN WHICH THEY RESURFACED THE ROTORS, REPLACED THE BRAKE PAD ROTOR TWICE, ALIGNED THE FRONT END, AND ROTATED AND BALANCED THE TIRES. THE SHAKING THIS EXIST.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073662May 14, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
CONSUMER'S VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE AS DESCRIBED IN THE IGNITION SWITCH RECALL 04V036000. BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072464May 12, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:ABS WARNING LIGHT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
I HAVE A 2002 GRAND AM GT, AND THE ABS LIGHT STARTED COMING ON, TOOK TO TWO DIFF REPAIR SHOPS (ONE WAS A MIDAS) AND BOTH TOLD ME THE RIGHT FRONT BEARINGS AND ABS SENSOR HAD TO BE REPLACED, AND PROB THE LEFT ON IN NEXT CPL MONTHS. ALSO TOOK THE CAR TO A GM DEALER, ESTIMATE OF $475 FOR RIGHT BEARING AND SENSOR, AND PROB THE LEFT ONE IN NEXT FEW MONTHS. ALL 3 PLACES TOLD ME THAT ITS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THE GRAND AM, ALEROS AND SOME BUICKS (SAME FRONT END I GUESS)....
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072477May 12, 2004
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
POWER WINDOW REGULATOR BROKE. HAD PROBLEMS BEFORE. GETTING REPAIRED. NO AFTER MARKET PART AVAILABLE. GM PART AND INSTALLATION $327.00. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073487May 11, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:FLASHER UNIT
INTERMITTENTLY THE TURN SIGNAL FAILED TO FUNCTION. THIS OCCURRED BECAUSE THE FLASHER WAS DEFECTIVE. HAZARD WARNING SWITCH RECALL 03V327000 WAS ISSUED . BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10067314May 11, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
WHEN TURNING THE IGNITION VEHICLE WOULD NOT START RIGHT AWAY. DEALER HAD BEEN CONTACTED. *AK AFTER REPAIR ON IGNITION, RECALL FROM MANUFACTURER WAS RELEASED. CONSUMER IS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE REPAIR. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10067169May 11, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES THEY LOCKED UP. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT ROTORS AND BRAKE PEDAL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND REPLACED THEM. HOWEVER, PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10065027May 11, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH
DRIVER HEARD A CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE TURN SIGNAL. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT TURNING SIGNAL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK HAZARD SWITCH WAS REPLACED AS A DEFECT. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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