Pontiac Grand AM Complaints

5,577 consumer complaints on file.

#10354857September 10, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM SE. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY FAIL TO START. HE WAS ABLE TO TURN THE KEY IN THE IGNITION BUT THE ENGINE WOULD NOT ENGAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO ADVISED THAT THE PASS LOCK SECURITY SYSTEM WAS DEFECTIVE. THE MECHANIC RESET THE SECURITY SYSTEM. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT STATED HE WOULD HAVE TO TURN THE KEY TO THE ON POSITION FOR APPROXIMATLEY 10 MINUTES AND THEN RETURN TO THE OFF POSITION IN THREE SETS OF 12 BEFORE THE VEHICLE WOULD RESTART. THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THE SECURITY PASS LOCK WAS FAULTY AND REPLACED A PART RELATIVE TO THE SECURITY SYSTEM BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE FAILURE PERSISTED AND THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 132,500.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10354168September 7, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I HAVE 3 DIFFERENT PROBLEMS WITH MY 2003 GRAND-AM AND AFTER DOING RESEARCH I'VE FOUND OUT THAT NUMEROUS OF OTHERS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS. 1ST COMPLAINT-THE PASS LOCK SECURITY. WHEN I GO TO START MY CAR THE ENGINE WILL NOT TURN OVER. THIS MAY HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES A DAY. MY LAST GRAND-AM DID THE SAME THING. I FOUND THAT YOU HAVE TO TURN TO KEY TO THE ON POSITION AND WAIT 10 MINUTES. ON SATURDAY I HAD 4 STOPS TO MAKE AND ALL 4 TIMES IT WOULD NOT START. 2ND COMPLAINT- I'VE ALMOST GOTTEN REAR ENDED DUE TO THE FACT MY TURN SIGNALS DO NOT WORK ALL THE TIME. IV'E READ ON SEVERAL POST SIGHTS THAT PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. SEVERAL SAID THAT WHEN THE HAZARD BUTTON WAS REPLACED IT THE PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED. 3RD PROBLEM AND THE MOST SERIOUS. SEVERAL TIMES THIS YEAR FROM OUT OF NOWHERE MY ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS. TWICE I WAS AT A STOPLIGHT AND HAD MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE PEDAL AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR JUST TOOK OFF, THANK GOODNESS I WAS NOT CLOSE TO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME OR I WOULD HAVE REARENDED THAT CAR. MY HUSBAND TOLD ME TO LOOK AND SEE IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS ON MY CAR. I DID AND I FOUND OUT THAT 2003 GRAND AMS WERE HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM. I CALLED GM AND REPORTED THE PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD THAT MY VIN# DID NOT FALL WITHIN THE VIN RANGE!!! I'M HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND MY VIN# IS NOT IN THE SAME RANGE????...I DON'T GET IT. WHY ARE THESE PROBLEMS NOT BEING LOOKED INTO BY GM? IF SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM WHY IS GM NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10353700September 3, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM KEEPS ACTIVATING. HAD KEY SWITCH AND INSTRUMENT CLUSTER REPLACED. STILL HAPPENING!!!!! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10352492August 28, 2010
SUSPENSION:FRONT
LEFT FRONT SPRING ON 1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM BROKE IN GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT CAUSING LEFT FRONT TIRE TO GO FLAT. LOCAL MECHANIC SAYS PROBLEM IS WIDESPREAD. HAVE OLD PARTS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10352382August 27, 2010
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN WITH SMOKE EMITTING. THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY A CERTIFIED MECHANIC WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE STEERING COLUMN MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY ADVISED THAT THERE WAS NOT A RECALL RELATED TO THE DEFECT. NO ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 104,718.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10352182August 26, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I HAVE OWNED MY 2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM SE FOR 2 YEARS. IT WAS GIVEN TO ME FROM MY MOTHER. BEFORE OWNING THE CAR, MY MOTHER COMPLAINED OF THE TURN SIGNAL NOISE CONSTANTLY GOING AT A SPORADIC RATE AT RANDOM TIMES. IT STILL MAKES THIS NOISE AT A CONSTANT RATE TO THIS VERY DAY. AT TIMES, I EVEN NOTICE A VERY TINY AMOUNT OF SMOKE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. I RESEARCHED THIS ONLINE AND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AMONG GRAND AM OWNERS. SINCE I HAVE SEEN OTHERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF THERE IS A RECALL ON THE VEHICLE. I GAVE MY VIN AND I WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS NO RECALL ON THE CAR ALTHOUGH I DO SEE A RECALL ABOUT THE HAZARD LIGHT SWITCH ONLINE. I BELIEVE THIS COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. IT HAS NOT HAPPENED TO ME YET, BUT IF IT DOES ANY I AM HURT AS A RESULT, THERE WILL BE A LAWSUIT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10352185August 26, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SECURITY LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING IN INTERSTATE 80 TO KEARNEY NEBRASKA. DEALERSHIP IN FREMONT TOLD ME NOT TO TURN OFF CAR UNTIL I GOT TO DESTINATION. TOLD IT MAY NOT START AGAIN. TALKED TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS ONE IN KEARNEY NEBRASKA AND ONE IN FREMONT NEBRASKA. THE DEALERSHIP IN KEARNEY SAID THEY COULD NOT GET TO IT DUE LARGE VOLUME OF BUSINESS. TOLD ME TO LEAVE IT IN ON POSITION FOR 10 MINUTES THEN RESTART CAR. I GOT BACK TO FREMONT AND THE DEALERSHIP IN FREMONT VERIFIED THE PROBLEM. THE SECURITY SENSOR WAS HAVING TROUBLE ACKNOWLEDGING THE KEY AND THOUGHT SOMEONE WAS STEALING THE CAR. THE CAR POSSIBLE NOT START AGAIN OR SHUT DOWN.THE FREMONT DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE IGNITION CYLINDER AND WIRING HARNESS. IT COST $630.00. I ASKED IF THEY HAD HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM. THEY SAID YES, THAT THEY HAD SEEN IT QUITE FREQUENTLY. I CHECKED THE INTERNET AND THERE WERE NUMEROUS BLOGS AND STATEMENTS TO THE SAME SITUATION THAT OTHERS HAD EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10351700August 25, 2010
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE BRIGHT ENOUGH FOR HER TO SEE THE ROADWAY AND HINDERED HER VISION WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT. THE CONTACT CHANGED THE BULBS BUT THE HEADLIGHTS STILL DID NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE ILLUMINATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENTIRE HEADLIGHT UNIT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 140,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10350778August 20, 2010
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:ANTI-THEFT DEVICES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED TO CORRECT THE FAILURE BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO ADVISED THAT THE ANTI THEFT ALARM SYSTEM WAS CAUSING THE VEHICLE NOT TO START. THE MECHANIC ADVISED THAT THE BASIC CONTROL MODULE (BCM) WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 31,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10350283August 18, 2010
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM GT. THE CONTACT STATED THE TURN SIGNALS AND HAZARD LIGHTS WOULD ONLY OPERATE ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS. THE CONTACT LOCATED A RECALL FOR THE FAILURE (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 03V327000- EXTERIOR LIGHTING: HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS: SWITCH) BUT WAS INFORMED BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT HER VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 135,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 141,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10349780August 16, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE SECURITY LIGHT HAS BEEN GOING ON AND OFF SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR USED BACK AT THE END OF JUNE. I WENT TO GO PAY A BILL SHUT THE CAR OFF PAID THE BILL AND RETURNED BACK TO THE CAR. I WENT TO PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND THE CAR WOULD NOT TURN ON AND THE SECURITY LIGHT WAS BLINKING. I THEN HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE PASSLOCK SENSOR WAS AT FAULT AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE SENSOR ASSEMBLY AND IGNITION SENSOR WHICH ENDED UP COSTING ME ALMOST 600 BUCKS! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10348493August 10, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START BECAUSE OF THE PASS LOCK SYSTEM. THE CONTACT HAD TO WAIT 30 MINUTES BEFORE THE VEHICLE WOULD START. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC BUT THE MECHANIC COULD NOT FIND THE ISSUE BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALER WANTED TO LOOK AT THE VEHICLE BUT HE COULD NOT DO ANYTHING UNLESS THEY WERE ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT IN ORDER TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM THE TUMBLERS IN THE IGNITION AND THE BODY CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REPAIR DOES NOT REMEDY THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT HE COULD POTENTIALLY BECOME STRANDED WHENEVER THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10348153August 9, 2010
AIR BAGS
MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING OUR 1996 PONTIAC GRAND AM AT APPROXIMATELY 30MPH WHEN THE AIRBAG SUDDENLY DEPLOYED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10348194August 9, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE SECURITY LIGHT CAME ON, THE VEHICLE STALLED. IF THE KEY WAS LEFT IN THE ON POSITION, THE SYSTEM WOULD RESET ITSELF AND THE VEHICLE WOULD FUNCTION NORMALLY. A MECHANIC TOLD THE CONTACT THAT RESETTING THE SYSTEM COULD CAUSE THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TO FAIL. THE CONTACT PREVIOUSLY OWNED A GRAND AM THAT CAUGHT FIRE BECAUSE OF THIS FAILURE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE PASS LOCK SYSTEM WAS FAILING. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 52000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10347562August 5, 2010
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EQUIPMENT, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
CAR WON'T START. LEAVES ME (WIDOW) STRANDED WHEREVER I AM, AWAITING TOW TRUCK. THESE ARE WHAT HAVE BEEN REPEATED CULPRITS - DEFECTIVE PASS DOOR LOCK, DEFECTIVE HAZARD SWITCH (2 REPLACEMENTS) FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH (2 REPLACEMENTS), FAULTY IGNITION PASS LOCK SENSOR... THIS CAR HAS ALOT OF FAULTY REPLACED OVER AND OVER AGAIN SINCE 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009 AND 2010... LATEST REPLACEMENT OF FAULTY PASS DOOR LOCK SENSOR IS LISTED BELOW... *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10346866August 2, 2010
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT NOTICED THE TURNING SIGNAL AND THE HAZARD LIGHT WOULD FAIL INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT INQUIRED ABOUT NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 03V327000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING: HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS: SWITCH). THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE CONTACTS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT YET REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 88,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10345961July 28, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM, PASSLOCK SECURITY SYSTEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10345252July 26, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS. THE CONTACT STATED THE FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE PASS LOCK MECHANISM. WHEN THE VEHICLE THOUGHT IT WAS BEING STOLEN, IT WOULD NOT ALLOW HER TO ACCELERATE. SHE WOULD MAKE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO TURN THE KEY IN THE IGNITION BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 120,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 156,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10344881July 23, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH THE SECURITY LIGHT ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE ENTIRE SECURITY SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START WITHOUT TURNING THE IGNITION INTO THE ON POSITION AND ALLOWING IT TO REMAIN IN THE ON POSITION FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 118,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10344434July 21, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC GRAND-AM SE. THE DASHBOARD PANEL FAILED AND BROKE INTO PIECES. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT. THE DASHBOARD PANEL WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THEY WILL NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE DUE TO THE AGE OF THE VEHICLE AND MILEAGE. THE CONTACT STATED WOULD LIKE FOR THE MANUFACTURER TO REPAIR THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 119,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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