1993 Pontiac Grand AM complaints

THE RIGHT SIDE ELECTRICAL DOOR LOCK DOESN'T WORK AT ANY TIME. THE DOOR LOCK ORIGINALLY WORKED WHEN I GOT THE CAR, HOWEVER, TORE UP A FEW MONTHS LATER. I DID NOT BUY THE CAR NEW SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF THE MANUFACTURERWAS LIABLE, BUT IT IS WORTH CHECKING INTO. I KNOW OF SEVERAL OTHER GRAND AM OWNERS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS PLUS INGINITION WHICH I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCE YET. I WAS JUST CONCERNED WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN NEXT THAT COULD BE MORE SERIOUS THAN WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH. I DIDN'T THINK MUCH ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM UNTIL CONFIRING WITH OTHERS DEALING WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS. SO I LOOKED TO SEE IF MY VECHICLE AND OTHERS HAD EVER HAD A RECALL AND FOUND THERE WAS A RECALL IN SEPT. 1993. I WOULD LIKE A RESPONSE CONCERNING THESE PROBLEMS AND IF ANYTHING COULD BE DONE ABOUT THEM. OR IF IT IS JUST FOR FIRST TIME OWNERS. SINCERELY, BUFORD MCINTOSH

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH HEATER COIL/ENGINE GASKET REPLACEMENTS SINCE 60,000, 72,000, 77,000, 79,000, AND 112,000. ALL REPAIRS MADE AT SAME DEALER. NOW AT 127,000 MILES PROBLEM REOCCURRED. DEALER/MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO REPAIR BECAUSE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

CYNLIDNER HEAD CRACKED. *AK

VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND LEAKED OIL. CONSUMER TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC TOLD HIM THAT ENGINE HEAD GASKET CRACKED. *AK

THE ENGINE HAS A COOLANT LEAK DUE TO CRACKED HEAD. YH

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

PAINT PEELING ON HOOD AND BUBBLING. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN THE SUMMARY. *AK

TRANSMISSION SOLENOID HAS GONE BAD, CAUSING CAR TO STALL AT STOP SIGN HAPPENS WHEN CAR IS WARM, TOLD THAT THIS IS A VERY VERY COMMO PROBLEM, TURN SIGNALS WILL NOT WORK EVERYTHING CHECKED AND HEY STILL WILL NOT WORK, MAF SENSOR IS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY MAY BE UNDER GOOODWILL WARRANTY IM NOT SURE, NONE OF THE PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN FIXED YET, PLEASE HELP ME. *AK

STEERING WHEEL TILT WILL NOT LOCK, IT FLOPS UP AND DOWN. COMSUMER BELIEVES THIS IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE WHEEL IS JUST FLOPPING WHILE DRIVER IS TURNING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER ONCE BEFORE FOR SAME PROBLEM, AND HAS TO BRING VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER FOR SAME DEFECT. *AK

A SPECIAL EXTENDED WARRANTY GRANTED TO OWNERS OF CERTAIN VIN ENGINE CODES TO REPLACE CRACKED CYLINDER HEADS BY PONTIAC..MY VEHICLE MET THE MILEAGE AND IN SERVICE TIME SPECS BUT MY VIN NUMBER IS NOT WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF PONTIAC'S COVERAGE (CERTAIN MANUFACTURING PLANTS WITH HIGH INCIDENTS OF FAILURES)..THE CRACKED HEAD OCCURRED WITHOUT CAUSE AND PONTIAC REFUSED TO COVER THE FAILURE. *AK

TWO ENGINE HEAD GASKETS FAILED. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER MANUFACTURER'S EXTENDED WARRANTY. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

I WAS DRIVING APX. 25-30 MPH ON SLUSH COVERED ROADS. I SAW THE CAR AHEAD OF ME BRAKING, SO I STARTED TO APPLY STEADY PRESSURE. I WAS APX 8-10 CAR LENGTHS BEHIND, BUT I STARTED TO SLIDE. SO APPLIED MORE FIRM PRESSURE, STILL NOTHING. SO FINALLY I REALIZED MY BRAKES WERE NOT DO ANYTHING SO I PUSHED THEM TO THE FLOOR AND SLOWLY TURNED THE WHEEL TO THE RIGHT, TO GO IN THE DITCH. I CONTINUED TO SLIDE. MY ABS DID NOT WORK AT ALL. SOMEHOW MY CAR SLID LEFT AND I ENDED UP IN ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHERE I GOT HIT HEAD ON BY TWO DIFFERENT CARS, AND GOT HIT ON THE SIDE A COUPLE OF TIMES. MY CAR WAS TOTALED, BUT LUCKILY I WAS NOT HURT THAT BAD. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS VEHICLE WILL SHUT DOWN DOWN AND DIE. PRIOR TO THE VEHICLE SHUTTING DOWN, THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH FLASHED ON AND OFF. DEALER HAS INSPECTED AND REPAIRED VARIOUS PARTS OF THE VEHICLE, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. THE MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK

COMPONENT #1 (BRAKES)-BRAKES WEAR OUT EVERY THREE MONTHS REGARDLESS OF DRIVING CONDITIONS OR DRIVING HABITS, HAVE HAD ALL COMPONENTS ASSOCIATED WITH BRAKES REPLACED AND PROBLEM STILL OCCURS; COMPONENT #2 (IGNITION) - ALMOST EVERY TIME I ACCELERATE FROM A STOP, THE ENGINE HESITATES AND SHUDDERS FOR APPROXIMATELY 3-5 SECONDS REGARDLESS OF WEATHER CONDITIONS OR TEMPERATURE OF ENGINE; COMPONENT #3 (TRANSMISSION) - ON MOST RIGHT TURNS THERE IS A CLUNK THAT EMINATES FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE; COMPONENT #4 (WINDOW) - THE WINDOW ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO ROLL DOWN OR UP, ESPECIALLY IN COOLER WEATHER

ON SERVERAL OCCASIONS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ENGINE STALLING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, AT APPROXIMATELY 60-70 MPH). VEHICLE BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON SIX OCCASIONS, AND NOTHING COULD BE FOUND. PROBLEM STILL INTERMITTENTLY REOCCURING. *AK

THE ENGINE MOUNTS ON MY VEHICLE HAVE FAILED, THE EFFECT IS WHEN I MOVE MY CAR FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE OR VISVERSA THE ENGINE MOVES MOVING THE WHOLE CAR INCLUNDING ALL THE EXHAUST SYSTEM BELOW...VERY BIG SAFTEY HAZARD BECAUSE ENGINE CAN FALL OUT RIGHT UP UNDER....CAR IS ONLY 6 YEARS OLD.....I'VE DRIVEN MANY CARS FOR MANY YEARS AND NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM....ANYTHING YOU DO WILL BE APPRECIATED...I CALLED THEM ALREADY AND TOLD THEM THAT THEY SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THIS....CAUSE MY FRIEND HAS ONE AND HIS IS DOING THE EXACT SAME THING....THATS WHY I AM E-MAILING YOU....PLEASE RESPOND ASAP...

THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT GOT FIRE UNEXPECTEDLY WITH NO ELECTRICAL PROBLEM BEFORE INCIDENT. SMELL ELECTRICAL BURNING AFTER THE INCIDENT. THERE WAS NO FUEL OR OTHER LEAKING. TOTAL LOSS AFTER THREE MINUTES OF QUICK EXTINGUISHED BY USING FIRE EXHINGUISHERS. INSURANCE DECLARED TOTALED LOSS. THE PARTS SHOWED A LOT OF FLAMMABLE PLASTIC PARTS AND WIRINGS. THIS IS NOT PROPER DESIGNED AS ALL THE WIRINGS WERE INTERGRATED IN ONE CABLE.

A/C USED R-12 SYSTEM HAD FAILED TWICE DUE TO LEAK EVAPORATOR. THE ORIGINAL EVAPORATOR LEAKED AND WAS REPLACED BY UNDER FACTORY APPROVED WARRANTY WHEN MY CAR WAS THREE YEARS OLD. THEN FAILED AGAIN THREE YEARS LATER WITH SAME PARTS. LOSS R-12 TWICE INCIDENTS DUE TO POOR DESIGNED PARTS ON PURPOSED TO MAKE A WINDFALL PROFITED BY FACTORY. THE CAR WAS TOTALED LOSS ON NOVEMBER 11, 1999 DUE TO ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE.

POWER WINDOW MOUNT WAS REPLACED ONCE ON JULY 1998 WHILE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY. IT THEN FAILED AGAIN AFTER THE CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. IWANTED TO KNOW IF THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH MY MAKE AND MODEL.

WHEN STARTING VEHICLE &TURNING SIGNAL SWITCH ON, IT WILL START SMOKING, AND LEFT TURN SIGNAL LIGHT WILL STAY ON. DEALR CLAIMS SWITCH NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *AK

ABS BRAKE PROBLEMS; WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES UNDER NORMAL STOPPING CONDITIONS AT ANY TYPE OF ROAD SURFACE, BACK BRAKES LOCKED UP. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. MECHANIC WAS NOT ABLE TO DETECT WHAT CAUSED THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURHTER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING SMOKE AND A BURNING SMELL CAME FROM THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WHICH CAUSED A FIRE. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

THE TURNING SIGNAL SWITCH FAILED, CAUSING SMOKE WHICH RESULTS IN THE LEFT TURNING SIGNAL TO STAY ON. DEALER CLAIMS SWITCH NEEDS TO BE REPLACED . *YC

TCC SOLENOID FAILED. NLM

A CRACKED ALUMINUM HEAD ON THE ENGINE CAUSED VEHICLE TO EXPERIENCE SHUTTERING / STALLING. *YC

WHENEVER THE FUSE IS REPLACED, THEY WOULD CAUSE SPARKS. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE. THE FUSE CONNECTS THE CIGARETTE LIGHTER & THE DOOR LOCKS. THE WIRES WOULD BE SHORTED OUT. WILL BE TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECKED.

VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED WHEN INVOLVED IN A CRASH, AND THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG. VEHICLE WAS HIT ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE, FORCING THE VEHICLE INTO A RETAINING WALL, AND HITTING A LIGHT POLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

I BOUGHT A USED 1993 PONTIAC GRAND AM FROM MISSOURI MOTORS IN POPLAR BLUFF MISSOURI. I BEGAN TO NOTICE THAT THIS CAR WAS USING ANTIFREEZE FASTER THAN IT WAS USING GASOLINE! I FOUND AN ARTICLE IN CONSUMER REPORTS MAGAZINE THAT SAYS 1992 AND 93 GRAND AMS HAVE A PROBLEM WITH A COOLANT LEAK, AND THAT I CAN POSSIBLY GET IT REPAIRED FOR FREE. I TOOK MY CAR TO BLACKWELL BALDWIN IN POPLAR BLUFF MO. (THE G.M. DEALER) THEY SAID THAT MY CAR MATCHED UP PERFECTLY WITH THE CARS GM WAS FIXING FOR FREE: ALL EXEPT FOR THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER. THIS IS TOTAL BULL! MY CAR IS THE EXACT SAME MODEL, AND THE EXACT SAME YEAR WITH THE EXACT SAME ENGINE AND THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AS THE CARS G.M. IS FIXING! IS THIS LEGAL? IS THEIR AN ATTORNEY IN MY STATE WHO SPECIALIZES IN LEMON VEHICLES? THE USED CAR DEALER I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM NEVER TOLD ME ABOUT THE PROBLEM, AND THEY HAD TO HAVE KNOWN, BECAUSE THE ANTIFREEZE ENDS UP IN THE OIL. BLACKWELL BALDWIN SAID THE CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE IN THIS CONDITION, AND I WANT TO KNOW WHAT I CAN DO TO GET G.M. TO FIX THEIR LEMON.

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS BLEW OUT. A SERVICE RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON THE VEHICLE. BECAUSE VEHICLE EXCEEDED THE WARANTY PERIOD , IT WILL BE REPAIRED AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

ENGINE FLYWHEEL TENSIONER BROKE AWAY FROM THE ENGINE. THE BOLT HAD BROKEN IN HALF. THIS CAUSED THE ENGINE TO DIE OUT & THE VEHICLE HAD NO POWER/ NO CONTROL. *AK

WHEN DRIVING CAR APPROXAMETELY 30 TO 40 MILES THE TEMP LIGHT COMES ON AND SAYS THE CAR IS OVERHEATING AND THE FUEL SUPPLY SHUTS OFF FOR NO APPARENT REASON. HAVE HAD THE CAR TO ONE PERSON AND HE PUT IN NEW TEMP GAUGE. THEN TO A DEALER HE PUT IN A NEW COMPUTER AND STILL DID NOT FIX IT. SAID HE COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH IT.

I RECENTLY NOTICED A RECALL ON ALL GMAC TRUCKS DUE TO PROBLEMS WITH THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM. WHILE MY CAR IS A SEDAN MODEL, I AM EXPERIENCING THE SIMILAR PROBLEMS. I WOULD APPRECIATE FURTHER INVESTIGATION CONSIDERING THIS VECHILE IS ONLY A 1993 MOD

THERE IS A LEAKAGE WITHIN THE RADIATOR WHICH CAUSES FLUID TO LEAK ONTO TH ENGINE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THSIS VEHICLE. *AK

ON TWO OCCASIONS THE HEAD CYLINDER CRACKED, CAUSING LEAKAGE. *YC

MY ALTERNATOR ALSO FAILED IN 1997. *AK

CYLINDER HEAD CRACKED AT BACK AND LEAKING COOLANT, REPAIRED ONCE AND FAILED AGAIN.

WHILE DRIVING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TRAVELS TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

PROBLEM RELATES TO INTERMITTENT FLASHING CHECK OIL LIGHT ON DASH. NOTED THAT SERVICE BULLETIN NUMBER 93-8-2 MAY ADDRESS PROBLEM. HAVE REQESTED SERVICE BULLETIN VIA E-MAIL BUT NOT RECEIVED.

ENGINE HEAD GASKET WENT OUT ,CAUSING WATER TO GO INTO OIL,CAR NOT RUNNING. *AK

PONTIAC SENT A LETTER ON NOVEMBER 1995 ABOUT A SPECIAL WARRANTY FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A CRACKED ENGINE HEAD PROBLEM. I EXPERIENCED THE LOSS OF COOLANT FROM A CRACKED HEAD IN JUNE 1997. THE MECHANICS WHO WORKED ON MY CAR ADVISED THAT I SHOULD REPLACE THE ENTIRE ENGINE INSTEAD OF FIXING JUST THE CRACKED HEAD BECAUSE THE DAMAGE WAS TOO GREAT. PONTIAC REFUSES TO STAND BY WARRANTY. DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS CORRECT PLACE TO REPORT IT.

NOTE: THE VIN I LISTED IS CORRECT. HOWEVER, THE OTHER INFORMATION SUCH AS ENGINE SIZE, CYLINDERS, ETC. MAY BE INCORRECT). I AM THE OWNER OF A 1993 PONTIAC GRAND AM, VIN #[XXX]. PRESENTLY, MY VEHICLE HAS A CRACKED CYLINDER HEAD WHICH HAS CAUSED COOLANT TO LEAK OUT OVER THE ENGINE AND EVERYWHERE ELSE UNDER THE HOOD. THERE IS A HORRIBLE ODOR EMITTED AND THE OIL LIGHT REPEATED FLICKS ON AND OFF EVEN THOUGH THERE IS SUFFICIENT OIL. THE VEHICLE HAS STALLED OUT ON ME AND CHUGS ALONG LIKE IT IS NOT GETTING GAS PROPERLY WHEN I TRY TO ACCELERATE. THE PLUGS WERE ALSO GETTING WET WITH COOLANT WHICH WAS ALSO WHY MY VEHICLE KEPT STALLING OUT. THE TECHNICIAN WHO EXAMINED MY VEHICLE FOUND A SERVICE BULLETIN (NO. 57-61-26A) IN WHICH HE FELT MY VEHICLE SHOULD BE COVERED. I THEN TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, ALONG WITH A COPY OF THIS BULLETIN TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE. I HAVE NOW BEEN TOLD THAT MY VEHICLE WILL NOT BE COVERED BY THE DEALER AND THAT THE COST FOR REPAIR IS APPROXIMATELY $4,000. I WAS TOLD THAT MY VIN IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE SERIES OF VIN NUMBERS LISTED IN THE BULLETIN. I AM LOOKING FOR HELP TO DETERMINE IF ANY OTHER BULLETINS HAVE BEEN ISSUED, AFTER THE ORIGINAL, THAT WOULD BE INCLUSIVE OF MY VEHICLE'S VIN. I FIND IT EXTREMELY HARD TO SWALLOW THAT MY VEHICLE HAS EVERY THING WRONG WITH IT THAT IS LISTED IN THE BULLETIN AND OTHER VEHICLES WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS ARE BEING REPAIRED AT NO COST AND JUST BECAUSE MY VEHICLE'S NUMBERS DON'T MATCH, I HAVE TO PAY ENORMOUSLY. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO

THE WATER PUMP FAILED AT 99500MILES AND THE CYLINDER HEAD CRACKED AT 99800. I LET THE DEALER AND PONTIAC KNOW THE CAR AT THE TIME I BOUGHT IT WAS WARRANTED 100,000 MILES OR 7 YEARS. THEY TOLD ME ONLY CERTAIN VIN NUMBERS WERE UNDER THAT RECALL/WARRANTY. COULD YOU PLEASE INVESTIGATE I AM A RETIREE AND YOUR HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPREACIATED. THANK YOU JOETTA GILL

ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $143.00 PER ROTOR,(CURRENT GM PRICE FOR PART), NOT INCLUDING INSTALLATION. DESIGN/METAL DEFECT ALSO CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE FRONT BRAKE PADS WHICH WILL RESULT IN THE REPLACEMENT OF SAME AT AN ADDITIONAL EXPENSE. THESE PADS WERE JUST PUT ON THE VEHICLE IN 1998, LESS THAN 5000 MILES AGO.

WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH AND MAKING A TURN THE STEERING COLUMN BROKE, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL. CONSUMER HELD THE STEERING COLUMN VERY HARD TO GET THE VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN SO THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T LOCK UP. *AK

WAS STOPPED BEHIND A 93 PONTIAC VAN, WAS STRUCK FROM THE REAR BY A 1995 FORD F-150...... THERE WAS A SUDDEN ACCELERATION WITH THE BRAKE STILL APPLIED....... THE INPACT TO THE FRONT CAUSED MORE DAMAGE THAT THE FORD TRUCK GOING 40 MILES PER HOUR ON IMPACT TO THE REAR....... BUMBER WAS NOT HIT IN THE FRONT IT ALL IT ABOVE THE BUMBER GRILL HOOD.