1993 Pontiac Grand AM complaints

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER LOOKED AND SAW THAT THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT AND THE OIL LIGHT GO OFF AND ON. *AK

CONSUMER TRIED TO START VEHICLE WHILE PAWL IS ON PARK THE VEHICLE WON'T START THEN CONSUMER HAS TO MOVE PAWL TO NEUTRAL SO SHE COULD START VEHICLE, AND THAT BEEN HAPPENING FOR LONG TIME. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED.

GOING AROUND A CORNER WITH THE STEERING WHEEL IN THE MIDDLE POSITION, THE TILT FAILED. THIS CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO MOVE UP AND DOWN FREELY TO THE POINT STEERING WAS VERY DIFFICULT.

BRAKES FAILED.

INGNITION WILL NOT TURN WHEN KEY IS INITIALLY INSERTED INTO SWITCH. AFTER TAPPING/HITTING KEY SEVERAL TIMES, WHILE IN IGNITION , IT WILL EVENUTALLY TURN. THE SAFETY MECHANISM THAT IS INCORPORATED INTO THE IGNITION SWITCH DOES NOT FUNCTION.

OXYGEN SENSOR FAILED, CAUSING STALLING.

CRACKED CYLINDER HEAD/CRACKED HEAD GASKET, BRAKES ROTORS REPLACED PRIOR TO SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE AT APPROXIMATELY 20,000 MILES AND 43,000 MILES.

FRONT BACK REST OF SEAT FLIPPED FORWARD DURING EMERGENCY STOPPING.

TRANSMISSION FAILURE.

BRAKES WEAR PREMATURELY. OWNER HAS REPLACED THE BRAKES FIVE TIMES. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

ENGINE HEAD CRACKED, CAUSING ANTI-FREEZE TO LEAK. THE DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK

THE "FLASHER FUSE" MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE TURN SIGNALS AND THE HAZARD LIGHTS TO BECOME INOPERATIVE. PROBLEM OCCURRED 3 TIMES. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINTHE LOCATION OF THE FLASHER. *AK

RECALL 93V153000, IGNITION SWITCH; THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALERSHIP SAID THAT MR CAPALANO IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. BUT, MOBILE AUTO REPAIR SAID DIFFERENTLY. THEY SAID THAT CONSUMER'S VIN IS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *AK

ABS WILL RELEASE AND ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO ROLL FORWARD BEFORE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP WHILE MAKING A LOUD POPPING SOUND.

LOSS OF DRIVE AND REVERSE WHEN VEHICLE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. TO RECEIVE FORWARD DRIVE VEHICLE MUST BE SHIFTED TO FIRST OR SECOND GEAR. CHANGING TRANSMISSION FLUID AND FILTER SOLVES PROBLEM FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

SPARE TIRE COMPARTMENT IS FILLED WITH WATER.

CRACKED ENGINE HEAD.

WHEN TRAVELING AND UPON DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO MAKE A NORMAL STOP ON WET PAVEMENT OR WHEN GRAVEL IS PRESENT IN THE ROAD, PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE/BRAKE FADE AWAY. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT MOVES FOWARD. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

STEERING FEELS LIKE IT GOES COMPLETELY OUT. THIS FEELINGS LASTS A SPLIT SECOND, BUT GETS DRIVER'S ATTENTION REAL QUICKLY. DEALRS AND MANUFACTURER COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM.

GAS TANK LEAKAGE CAUSED BY RUST.

VEHICLE HAD TROUBLE STARTING. DEALER REPLACED STARTER SAFETY SWITCH WHICH REMEDIED THE PROBLEM. *AK

GAS TANK FAILED AT SEAM DUE TO PREMATURE RUSTING, ALLOWING FUEL TO LEAK.

AFTER BEING DRIVEN APPROX. 20 MINUTES, THEN PARK, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT NEAR FIRE WALL.

ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD/ENGINE HEAD GASKET/ALTERNATOR AND BELT TENSIONER FAILED. *AK

TRAVELING 10 MPH URING RAINYLIGHT SNOW AND APPLIED ABS BRAKES TO STOP AT STOP LIGHT, BRAKES FAILED TO DISENGAGE AND VEHICLE ALMOST WENT TROUGH STOP LIGHT. *AK

(IN REFERENCE TO 93V153; THE DEFECTIVE IGNITION SWITCH MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO START ON ITS OWN WITHOUT THE KEY IN IGNITION AND CAUSED A FIRE. *AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AT STARTUP WHEN VEHICLE HAD 41000 MPH AND WAS LESS THAN 3 YEARS OLD. *AK

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TRACE MODULE ON IGNITION FAILURE.

A FUSABLE LINK FAILED IN THE IGNITION SYSTEM DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL SHORT, THEREBY IGNITING THE CABLES LEADING TO THE STARTER, RESULTING IN A FIRE. *AK

PASSENGER'S RESTRAINT BELT BROKE. THE DEALER WILL NOT REPLACE OR REPAIR BECAUSE THE CAR IS NO LONGER UNDER WARANTY. *AK

ENGINE HEAD IS CRACKED AND ANTI-FREEZE HAS LEAKED INTO THE OIL WHICH HAS RUINED THE ENGINE. *AK

UPON TAKING VEHICLE FOR INSPECTION OF NOISE COMING FROM THE RIGHT FRONT, MECHANIC DISCOVERED THAT THE TRANSAXLE MOTOR MOUNT WAS BROKEN. THE MOTOR MOUNT HAS BEEN REPLACED. *AK

THE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT, CAUSING THE CRANKCASE TO BE FILLED WITH WATER , AND THE OIL PUMP TO BE INOPERATIVE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STOP RUNNING. *AK

WHEN RAINING OR ICE GETTING ON THE CAR THE ICE MELTS AND LEAKS INTO THE REAR SEAT, TOOK TO DEALER NINE TIMES WITH PROBLEM AND CAN'T FIX PROBLEM . *AK

THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM ON THE VEHICLE IS BAD. THE OWNER HAS HAD SEVERAL BRAKE PADS, SHOES, AND OTHER RELATED PARTS WEAR OUT BEFORE THEIR SCHEDULED TIME. THE VEHICLE HAS LITTLE OR NO BRAKING CAPABILITY. *AK

UPON DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL THE REAR BRAKES GRAB, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER HAS REPLACED THE ABS BRAKING ASSEMBLY. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES,THE VEHICLE'S BRAKES FAILED, PEDAL TRAVEL WITHOUT RESISTANCE TO THE FLOOR/GRAB/VEHICLE SLIDES TO A STOP. *AK

PASSENGER'S AND DRIVER'S SIDE SEATS WILL NOT LOCK DUE TO FAILURE OF SEAT TRACK ANCHORS, WHEN MAKING A SUDDEN STOP SEATS FALL FORWARD. SEATS LOCK ON IMPACT ONLY. *AK

SOMETIMES WHEN DRIVING OR STARTING CAR T CAR CUTS OFF, TOOK TO DEALER, COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE IT STALLS, OWNER NOTES THAT HE HAD COMPUTER MODULE REPLACED BUT PROBLEM CONTINUES TO OCCUR. *AK

ENGINE OIL LIGHT, INTERMITTENTLY COMES ON WHEN VEHICLE IS STATRED, NO LOSS OF OIL, IN FOR REPAIR 2, NO PROBLEM FOUND. *AK

ABS BRAKES LOCKED UP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SLIDE THROUGH INTERSECTION.

WHENEVER IT RAINS THE VEHICLE CUTS OFF, THE SPARK PLUG/ ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY HAVE BEEN REPLACED AT THREE DIFFERENT TIMES AND THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. PLEASE DESCRIBE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE PASSENGER SIDE DASH AREA. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

THE SEAT RECLINER MECHANISM FAILED, CAUSING THE SEAT TO RECLINE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS REARENDED FROM A DEAD STOP POSITION. *AK

HEAD GASKETS REPLACED.

WHEN TURNING INTO A PARKING LOT WITH THE TILT STEERING WHEEL IN THE UP POSITION, THE TILT MECHANSIM BROKE AND CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO FALL INTO THE DRIVER'S LAP. *AK *JB

WHEN DRIVING SOMETIMES THE ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKES STOP ON THEIR OWN . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK