1999 Pontiac Grand AM complaints

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN COMING TO A STOP THE BRAKES WILL SKIP AND GRAB BEFORE STOPPING. THE LOW TRAC LIGHT HAS ILLUMINATED ALSO. MR

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE LOW COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP,THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *MR

FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS ON DISC BRAKES ARE MADE FROM ALUMINUM ALLOY AND BOTH CALIPERS WERE CLOSE TO FAILURE BY 50,000 MILES. PISTON IN CALIPER WAS SO WORN THAT IT WOULD CHATTER WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED AT A COMPLETE STOP. THIS DEFECT COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE PISTON TO LODGE IN CALIPER OR SEAL TO FAIL AROUND PISTON CAUSING BRAKING FAILURES. REPLACEMENT CALIPERS ON THE MARKET SUPPOSEDLY FIX THIS DEFECT. WHY HASN'T MANUFACTURER LOOKED INTO THIS POTENTIALLY HARZARDOUS DEFECT?*AK

WHILE DRIVING 50MPH A CAR HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE IN FRONT RIGHT, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CAUSING SERIOUS INJURIES.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 35/40 MPH INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, CAUSING INJURIES TO PASSENGER.*AK

MEDAL SHAVINGS IN TRANSMISSIONS HAD PROBLEM UNDER WARRETEY AND WAS FIX, WE THINK,SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS PROBLEM WHEN WE BELIEVE THE PROBLEM WAS NEVER FIX RIGHT THE FIRST TIME. WE'LL NEVER EVER WILL OWN A PONTIC AGAIN AND WILL BE GETTING RID OF IT IF WE CAN AND WILL NOT TALK VERY WELL OF ANY PONTIAC .*AK

A SQUEAKING NOISE WHEN BRAKING OR ACCELERATING. CAUSE UNKNOWN. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER 5 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM, ONLY PARTS WERE REPLACED AND PROBLEM REOCCURRED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 25MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING SERIOUS INJURIES.*AK

BRAKE ROTORS HAVE TO BE REPLACED DUE TO VEHICLE MAKING NOISES WHEN BRAKING. ALSO, THERE IS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CONTACTED DEALER, ANDDEALER IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE SHUTDOWN. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN IN RAINY WEATHER. DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO SEE AFTER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED THEREFORE HITTING A CURB. NO INJURIES. *TT

CONSUMER STATE THE POWER STEERING HOSE ON THE POWER STEERING PUMP SEPARATED CAUSING THE FLUID TO LEAK RESULTING IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*JB

WHILE DRIVING BOTH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIRBAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING, RESULTING IN CONSUMER'S VEHICLE COLLIDING WITH THE CURB. VEHICLE CHECKED BY DEALER, WHO STATED THAT AIRBAG DEPLOYED AFTER VEHICLE HIT CURB. DEALER WILL NOT SERVICE VEHICLE UNTIL GMC COMES TO INSPECT.*AK

WHEN PRESSING BRAKES THERE'S VIBRATION IN STEERING WHEEL AND IN BRAKES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORAMTION.*AK

BRAKE ROTORS HAVE WARPED AND BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES. ONCE AT 20977, AT 29687 AND THEN AT 44726. BRAKE PEDAL MAKES A CREAKING SOUND WHEN PUSHING DOWN ON PEDAL. MECHANIC TOLD ME HAD NEVER HEARD SUCH A SOUND AND COULD NOT FIX IT. ALSO ADVISED ME TO GET RID OF CAR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AS IT DRIVES AS IT HAS MORE MILES ON IT THEN IT ACTUALLY HAS.STILL MAKING SOUND AND WORRIED THAT THEY ARE GOING TO COMPLETELY BREAK. POWER STEERING AND ALTENATOR WENT AT 44726 MILES AND HAD TO PAY FOR THOSE ALONG WITH THE LAST ROTOR REPLACEMENT AS CAR IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. WHEELS ALSO MAKE RUBBING SOUND WHEN TURNING EITHER WAY. CALLED GM WHEN FIRST STARTED AND WAS TOLD THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND NOTHING HAS EVER BEEN DONE. MECHANICS ALSO CAN NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT PROBLEM. I FEAR FOR MY LIFE IN THIS CAR. *AK

WHEN MY SONS WERE DRIVING BACK TO CAMP PENDLETON WHERE THEY ARE STATIONED, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, FLOATED TO THE LEFT, THEY WENT OVER AND DOWN A HILL, CAR WAS TOTALED. ONE SON RECEIVED A CUT FINGER REQUIRING TEN STICHES, THE OTHER RECEIVED A FRACTURED COLLARBONE. *AK

FUEL IS LEAKING FROM UNDERCARRIAGE OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS CONSTANTLY BEING FILLED W/GAS AND IT WAS POURING OUT FROM BENEATH THE CAR.*AK

FRONT END DAMAGE ALONG WITH OTHER, NEITHER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WHY??*AK

DRIVER WINDOW FELL DOWN INTO DOOR WHILE DRIVING, MOTOR HAD TO BE REPLACED.*AK. CONSUMER STATED THE ENTIRE WINDOW ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED, BECAUSE THE MOTOR ITSELF COULD NOT BE PURCHASED SEPARATELY.*JB

PLASTIC HEADLIGHT LAMP LENSES ARE FADING, IT IS HARD FOR HEADLIGHTS TO COME THROUGH SO CONSUMER CAN SEE WHILE DRIVING. CAUSE UNKNOWN DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK *TT

REAR LT SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD DURING CRASH /ROLLOVER, CHILD CAR-BOOSTER SEAT AND CHILD WENT THROUGH THE REAR WINDOW. TETHER STRAP ONLY THING HOLD CHILD/BOOSTER SEAT. CHILD WAS EJECTED FROM CAR.*AK

RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING SNAPPED INTO 2 PIECES WHILE PARKED. SPRING JAMMED AGAINST TIRE.*AK

CIGARETTE LIGHTER DOES NOT WORK, HAZARD LIGHTS AND BLINKERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY, GAS CAP IS BROKEN, WINDSHIELD HAS 3 CHIPS, RADIO VOLUME KNOB WORKS INTERMITTENTLY, STEERING HAS JERKED WHEN ROUNDING CORNERS, HEATER FAN SPEEDS 1 AND 2 DO NOT WORK AT ALL, CRUISE DOESN'T WORK INTERMITTENTLY, RUBBER MOLDING ON DOOR COMING OFF, DEALER SAYS NEED ALL NEW BRAKE PADS AND FRONT ROTORS

FRONT PASSENGER WINDOW FELL DOWN ONTO DOOR WHILE DRIVING, ONE WEEK LATER, DRIVERS WINDOW FELL DOWN. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED.*AK DEALER NOTIFIED. *TT

TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN SLIPPING SINCE I BOUGHT CAR. A SERVICE DEPT. WORKER TAKING ME BACK TO WORK POINTED IT OUT. WHEN YOU PUT IT IN REVERSE IT TAKES A FEW SECONDS FOR IT TO GO INTO GEAR. IN THE WINTER IT IS VERY HARD TO GET OUT OF PARK. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THIS WAS NORMAL, BUT I HAD NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN IN ANY OTHER CAR I OWNED. WHEN DRIVING IT SOMETIMES DOES NOT ALWAYS SHIFT WHEN IT IS SUPPOSE TO AND THEN WHEN IT DOES IT SLAMS INTO THE NEXT GEAR. WHEN BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVE AND THEN PUTTING IT INTO DRIVE TO GO DOWN THE DRIVE IT WON'T GO INTO TO GEAR (DRIVE) FOR QUITE AWHILE. I HAVE REPORTED THIS TO DEALERSHIP THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A COMPUTER PROBLEM AND THEY REPROGRAMED IT. WHEN I CALLED PONTIAC THE DEALERSHIP TOLD THEM THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. BUT TOLD ME IT WAS THE COMPUTER. SO IF I KEEP THIS CAR WHAT HAPPENS NOW THAT THERE IS NOT WARRANTY WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FALLS OUT.*AK

REPLACED BRAKES MYSELF BECAUSE IT WASN'T COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, HAD CAR IN TO BE SERVICE AND WAS TOLD BRAKE PADS WERE DEFECTIVE. BUT BECAUSE I HAD REPLACE THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I CALLED PONTIAC RECENTLY BECAUSE ANOTHER GRAND AM OWNER TOLD ME THAT WAS NOT TRUE. A WOMAN TOOK MY COMPLAINT SHE DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS RIGHT BUT AFTER TALKING TO THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT WAS CORRECT. I SAID I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR A DEFECT ON A NEW CAR. I HAVE GOTTEN VERY BAD SERVICE FROM THE DEALERSHIP. AND THE BRAKES ARE BAD AGAIN AFTER ONLY 18,000 MILES THIS TIME.*AK

WAS MERGING ONTO FREEWAY RAMP, FRONT PASSENGER SIDE NICKED REAR LEFT BUMPER OF CAR IN FRONT, (WHO BROKE IMMEDIATELY), AIRBAG INFLATED AND BLINDED DRIVER. DRIVER THEN RAN INTO CENTER DIVIDER, CAUSING EXTENSIVE INJURY AND DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE COOLANT LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON DASHBOARD , INDICATING LOSS OF ANTI FREEZE. DEALER STATED THAT INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

SOMETIMES WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START VEHICLE THERE'S A HESITATION. CONSUMER INDICATES THAT IF VEHICLE STALLS ON HIGHWAY AT 80 MPH SOMEONE CAN BE KILLED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AKI

VEHICLE SHAKES WHEN DRIVING. ALSO, WHEN ACCELERATING AT LOW SPEEDS TRACTION LIGHT COMES ON, AND WHEN GOING OVER A BUMP THERE'S A CLUNKING NOISE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT ON FIRE, THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED.*JB

CONSUMER STATES WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THERE IS A VIBRATION, THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE FRONT ROTORS TWICE SO FAR.*JB

THE MANIFOLD INTAKE FAILED AND THE ENTIRE SET HAD TO BE REPLACED AT $808.63. THE SERVICE GARAGE THAT DID THE REPAIR AND THE PONTIAC DEALERSHIPS THAT I CONTACTED SAID MANY GRAND AMS HAD BEEN BROUGHT IN RECENTLY WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. IN FACT, THE DEALERSHIPS HAD A WAITING LIST FOR THE REPAIR WORK BECAUSE THE PARTS WERE ON BACK ORDER (SINCE SO MANY HAD TO BE REPLACED). THE DEALERSHIPS STATED THAT A RECALL MIGHT BE DONE IN THE NEAR FUTURE BECAUSE THEY FELT THE PARTS WERE DEFECTIVE.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THERE IS A SQUEAKING NOISE COME FROM THE FRONT WHEELS WHILE DRIVING. MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*JB

ENGINE CALL 518 381 6262 JIM DIDONNA REPAIR GARAGE. *AK

WINDSHIELD WAS NOT SEALED PROPERLY...WATER LEAKED INTO FUSE BOX...REPAIRED MANY TIMES UNDER WARRANTY AND OTHERWISE AT LOCAL DEALERSHIP...FUSE BOX WAS NEVER REPLACED...LED TO FIRE THAT BURNED INTERIOR TOTALLING CAR.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM HEATER VENT AT LEFT SIDE OF DASH. ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF, AND FIRE PUT OUT. DAMAGE WAS $7000.00, NO INJURIES. *AK CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY DEALER THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN A FUSE OR FAULTY WIRING WHICH IGNITED A FIRE IN THE VEHICLE. *JG

INTAKE MANIFOLD MALFUNCTIONED. WATER LEAKED INTO ENGINE. TOOK TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHEN BRAKING THERE IS VIBRATION, FRONT ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 TIME DUE TO WARPING.*JB.*SLC

MANY BREAK PROBLEMS PADS WEAR OUT VERY QUICKLY.

HAD TO REPLACE BRAKE PADS A 2ND TIME. REPLACE WITH CERAMIC BRAKE PADS SUGGESTED BY BRAKE SPECALIST.*JB

WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. *AK THE CONSUMER LOST STEERING CONTROL SEVERAL TIMES IN MAKING LEFT TURNS. THE FRONT PART OF THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED.*YH

THE OUTSIDE REAR VIEW MIRRORS ARE VERY EASILY DAMAGED (IE. AS REPORTED BY NUMEROUS CAR WASHES THROUGH OUT THE COUNTRY - WWW.CARWASH.COM; JUST SEARCH FOR "PONTIAC MIRRORS"). THE PROBLEM IS WIDELY KNOWN, EVEN BY GM, BUT THEY REFUSE TO FORMALLY ACKNOWLEDGE IT BECAUSE THEY PROBABLY DO NOT WANT THE EXPENSE OF A RECALL OR TSB TO FIX THE PROBLEM. IT IS DUE TO A FAULTY DESIGN OF THE MIRROR BASE - IT IS MADE OF CHEAP PLASTIC AND IS DAMAGED VERY EASILY, RENDERING THE MIRROR A SAFETY CONCERN. THE MIRROR IS THE RIGID KIND (DOES NOT FOLD IN, AS SOME DO) BUT AGAIN INSTEAD OF HAVING A SOLID BASE SUPPORT STRUCTURE (IE. MADE OF METAL) IT IS MADE OF PLASTIC. THE MIRROR ONCE DAMAGED BECOMES LOOSE AND VIBRATES WHILE DRIVING RESULTING IN THE MIRROR SHAKING AND NOT BEING ABLE TO PRESENT A CLEAR VIEW. IN ADDITION TO THE PROBLEM WITH MY CAR, I KNOW 2 OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM, ONLY TO BE TOLD BY GM THAT IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY AND HAD TO PAY FOR IT TO BE FIXED OUT OF THEIR POCKET. I CAN SUPPLY ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION / INFORMATION IF REQUIRED.*AK

UPON PUTTING THE VEHICLE INTO REVERSE THE DRIVER STATES THAT SHE HEARD SOMETHING MAKE A VERY SNAP. THE COIL SPRING HAD COMPLETELY BROKEN. THE FRONT CORNER ON THE PASSENGER SIDE HAD DROPPED DOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.

I HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THE ROTERS RAIDO REPLACED 2 TIMES, THE DOORS BUBBLE, MANY ISSUES TO WRITE. THE CAR IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRENTY, HOW EVER IT WAS MY UNDER STANDING THET THE COOLENT SYSTEM WAS COVERED FOR 150,00, THE INTAKE GASKET NEEDS REPLACEING THE CAR HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR ALMOST 2 WEEKS , COULDNT FIND THE PART. THIS ISSUE IS OUT OF POCKET 800.00. VERY DISSATIFIED WITH GM, NO EFFORTS TO GIVE A CAR TO USE, DEALER WILL CHARGE 20.00 A DAY, WHO CAN AFFORD THAT WHEN 800.00 HAS TO BE PAID TO GET THE CAR RUNNING AGAIN. BECAUSE THE CAR IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRENTY, THE CUSTOMER IS OUT OF LUCK FOR ANY KING OF HELP. I WILL SUGGEST WHEN ASKED NOT TO BUY A PONTIAC, OR GM VERY DISAPOINTED.*AK

PASSENGER FRONT SIDE WINDOW WILL NOT GO UP OR DOWN. CONSUMER FEELS THE SWITCH IS DEFECTIVE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CONSUMER EXPERIENCING VARIOUS PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE SUCH AS STRONG FUEL SMELL INSIDE OF VEHICLE, INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAKING, ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH / FLUTTERS AND DIES WHILE DRIVING, STRONG FUEL SMELL, BAD RELAY IN A/C, ORANGE JELLY-LIKE SUBSTANCE IN ENGINE OIL, ABS LIGHT ON WHEN STEPPING ON BRAKE, CONSUMER ALSO STATED THAT ALL LIGHTS WERE COMING ON, HOWEVER DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK *TT

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED.*AK

WHILE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS IN A STAND STILL POSITION ANOTHER VEHICLE REAR ENDED CONSUMER'S VEHICLE, CAUSING CONSUMER'S VEHICLE TO REAR END TRUCK IN FRONT. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. MANUAL STATED AIR BAG SHOULD NOT DEPLOY ON A REAR END COLLISION. CONSUMER BELIEVES FAULTY SENSORS ARE THE REASON FOR AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. *JG *AK