1994 Pontiac Grand AM complaints

THE PIN IN THE STEERING IS BENT, CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO BE LOOSE. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THIS PART FOUR TIMES PRIOR TO THIS . THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

BRAKE PADS ARE REPLACED ANNUALLY.

THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR FAILED TWICE IN FOUR YEARS.

AIR CONDITIONER FAILED.

THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEATBELTS MALFUNCTIONED WHEN PRESSING THE BRAKES. THE SEATBELTS WILL NOT RETRACT, WHICH WILL NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK

BRAKES WILL GRAB, JERK FORWARD, AND RELEASE, THE ABS BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON AND SOMETIMES NOTHING HAPPENS. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

THE VEHICLE STOPS AT HIGH SPEEDS FOR NO REASON. THE CAR GOES INTO NEUTRAL ALL BY ITSELF. THE STEERING COLUMN BECOMES LOOSE. THE PIN HOLDING IT IN PLACE BREAKS.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START ENGINE, SMOKE CAME FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH. A SMALL FIRE OCCURED UNDER THE CENTER PARK PLUG WIRE.

CYLINDER HEAD CRACKED. (QC-AW)

ABS BRAKES: PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR. HAS NO BRAKES. FRONT BRAKES MAKE NOISE/GRIND. PADS REPLACED 4-5 TIMES. STEERING WHEEL: PIN FELL OUT 4 TIMES. COLUMN DOES NOT LOCK. AIR CONDITIONER: NOT WORKING. JUST NOISY, NO AIR. TOOK TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS. *AK

PIVOT PIN IN STEERING COLUMN SLIPS INTO A HINGE MECHANISM FOR TILT WHEEL TO MOVE UP OR DOWN. WHEN THESE PINS SLIP OUT, BECAUSE THEY ARE ONLY PRESSED IN, THE STEERING WHEEL BECOMES LOOSE. BOTH PINS HAV ECOME OUT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER, BOTH HAVE NOT COME OUT AT SAME TIME. THE POART THAT CAME OUT WAS PIVOT PIN IN STEERING COLUMN P/N 26045314.

CONSUMER STATES THROTTLE STICKS, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE EXCESSIVELY. DEALERS NOTED CAUSE TO BE A THROTTLE CONTROL CABLE. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR. WHEN VEHICLE IS IN GEAR IT WILL NOT EXCEED SPEEDS OF 25 MPH. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE LEADING TO VEHICLE FIRE.

PIVOT PINS CAME OFF CAUSING STEERING WHEEL TO LOOSEN.

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STALLS WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING WHICH ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THE DEFECTIVE ENGINE WIRES WERE "TOO SHORT", CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL. *AK DEALER STATED THAT THE WIRES IN THE WIRING HARNESS NEAR THE TRANSMISSION WERE STRETCHED TIGHTLY AND HAD CHAFED AND WORN OFF THE INSULATION, CAUSING A SHORT WHICH IN TURN WOULD CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO STALL. *SLC

IGNITION COIL WAS REPLACED AT 44,000 MILES AND AGAIN AT 62,000 MILES. CONSUMER STOPPED AT A DRIVE THROUGH AND THE VEHICLE CUT OFF. WHEN STARTING IT UP, IT BACKFIRED, AND STARTED SHAKING REAL BAD AND CUT OFF AGAIN. THE CAR STARTED RUNNING, AND CUT OFF AGAIN AND WOULDN'T START AT ALL. VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. *AK

MECHANISM ON THE STEERING TILT BROKE, CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO BOUNCE AROUND IN THE CHANNEL THAT IT IS IN, AND IT WOULD NOT TILT ANYMORE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE MECHANISM WITH A NEW ASSEMBLY, BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

ENGINE ROD FAILED.

ENGINE MOUNTS FAIL TO KEEP ENGINE FROM MOVING BACK AND FORTH CAUSING WIRING TO WEAR THROUGH. ENGINE MOVES VIOLENTLY WHEN SHIFTING.

IGNITION SYSTEM SHORTED OUT/SMOKED.

ABS BRAKE PROBLEMS; DURING REGULAR BRAKING, NO INCLEMENT WEATHER, WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THERE WERE NO BRAKES. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO AVOID A CRASH WHEN VEHICLE WENT OFF THE ROAD. DEALER STATED THAT IT WILL COST $2,000.00 TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM WITH THE ABS. *AK

CONSUMER BEEN HAVING PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE TURNING OFF FOR NO KNOWN REASON. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER SHOP SENT JANUARY 1998.PROLEM STILL EXISTS AND STILL KEEPS TURNING. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AIR BAG UPON IMPACT DURING REAR END COLLISION. VEHICLE SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. PRIOR TO ABOVE COLLISION.

DURING COLLISION SEAT BACKS COLLAPSED.

PIVOT PINS FOR HINGES THAT ALLOW STEERING COLUMN TO TILT, SLIP OUT OF THE HOLES. THERE IS NOT ANY TYPE OF TIGHTENING DEVISE TO KEEP THEM IN PLACE, ONLY TENSION FOR THE FIT. WHEN THEY SLID EOUT, THE STEERING WHEEL WILL ROCK.

BRAKES FAILED. IN MOST CASES WHEN BRAKES FAIL THERE IS A HISSING SOUND, THEN NO PEDAL RESISTANCE, SOME RESISTANCE THEN A THRUSH OF RESISTANCE TO FOOT. BRAKES MUST BE PUMPED IN ORDER TO FUNCTION. BRAKE FUNCTION IS ALSO LOST WHEN MAKING TURNS. MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED TWICE. FUNCTIONED FINE FOR APPROX. 1 MONTH AFTER FIRST REPAIR AND APPROX. TWO WEEKS AFTER SECOND REPAIR. ADVISED BY REPAIR SHOP TO TAKE VEHICLE TO MANUFACTURER FOR REPAIR OF RIGHT SENSOR ON RIGHT FRONT BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT TRAINED FOR REPAIR OF THIS PROBLEM.

WHEN ENGAGING HIGH BEAMS, FAILURE OCCURS.

WHEN TRAVELING AT 15 MPH THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE STRUT FELL OFF, CAUSING THE TIRE TO COLL APSE AT AN ANGLE, RESULTING IN THE CONSUMER LOSING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, PARTS REPLACED. *AK

PREMATURE TRANSMISSON FAILURE.

HOOD FLEW OPEN SMASHING WINDSHIELD.

NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AIR BAG DURING REAR END COLLISION, RESULTIN GIN INJURIES. *AK

THE STEERING WHEEL WAS VERY LOOSE AND ABOUT TO COME OFF.

TRAVELED ON INTERSTATE WHEN THE WHEEL AND DRUM CAME OFF THE AXEL. WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65MPH, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY WHEN VEHICLE HIT A HILL IN MIDDLE OF REVENE. VEHICLE FLEW INTO MID-AIR, LANDING ON PASSENGER'S SIDE, STILL SLIDING BEFORE RETURNING TO UPRIGHT POSITION AND HITTING A SECOND HILL. CONSUMER WAS WEARING SEAT BELT.

WHENEVER THE DIMMER LIGHTS ARE USED, ALL THE LIGHTS WOULD GO OUT. CAN PLAY WITH DIMMER & SWITCH AND ALL LIGHTS BACK ON AGAIN. TURN SIGNAL DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. NEEDS TO USE EMERGENCY FLASHER TO GET THE TURN SIGNAL TO WORK LIKE IT SHOULD. *AK

SHOCK ABSORBING UNIT MALFUNCTION.

ENGINE MOTOR FAILED DUE TO THE HEAD GASKET CRACKING.

THE DEFECTIVE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT BUCKLE AND THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE PLASTIC BROKE OFF UNEXPECTEDLY, CAUSING THE BUCKLE TO DISLODGE WHICH WONT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. *AK

BRAKE PADS FAILED.

DURING VEHICLE COLLISION NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG. MJS

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT ANY MPH

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT ANY MPH THE ENGINE SUDDENLY ACCELARATED BY ITSELF THAT, THE CONSUMER HAS TO STEP ON THE BRAKES TO CONTROL THE ACCELERATION OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

LOUD NOISE, JERKING AND THE SLIPPING, OCCURRED AT ERRATIC TIMES, ALSO ROLLS AFTER STOPPING, DEFECTED ANTI-BRAKE MOTOR.

REAR WINDSHIELD SHATTERED WHILE PARKED.

GROUND WIRE ATTACHED TO THE TRANSMISSION BROKE, CAUSING COMPLETE POWER LOSS.

WHILE DRIVING 45MPH STEERING COLUMN CAME APART. TOOK TO DEALER & MECHANIC SAID PIVOT PIN FELL OUT; HAD TO DISASSEMBLE STEERING COLUMN & REPLACED & REINSTALLED PIVOT PIN. *AK

ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD CRACKED FROM THE BOLT TO THE EDGE OF THE HEAD, AND IS LEAKING COOLANT INTO THE MOTOR. *AK *SLC

WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE CONSUMER NOTICED A LOUD SOUND FROM THE ENGINE COMPARMTENT, AND THE VEHICLE STALLED AND CUT OFF. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER REPLACED THE CAM SENSOR. PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *AK

STEERING COLUMN: BOLTS THAT COME OUT OF DASH AND THAT HOLD STEERING COLUMN TO DASH HAVE SHEARED OFF, CAUSING STEERING COLUMN TO BECOME VERY LOOSE TO THE POINT THAT IT SHAKES AND SHIMMERS. THIS CAUSES THE LIGHTS/TURN SIGNALS AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO WORK IMPROPERLY. *AK

NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG IN A CRASH OF 40 MPH. DUP OF 812417, ADDED ON 25-FEB-98. *AK