1999 Pontiac Grand AM complaints

PASSENGER'SSEAT, MANUAL SEAT, WILL NO LONGER STAY IN POSITION, SLIDES BACK AND FORTH, EVEN WITH NO PASSENGER IN SEAT. NOT TAKEN TO DEALER YET.*AK

EXCESSIVE RUBBING NOISE ORIGINATING FROM LEFT AND RIGHT FRONT WHEELS.*AK (TIRESIZE: P225/50R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P225/50R16 )

THE DEALER HAS REPLACE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS 3 TIMES BRAKE PADS 1 AND I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN SCHEDULED TO GO BACK TO DEALER FOR SAME PROBLEM FOR A THE 4 TIME . THE CAR NOW HAS 40000 MILES BUT ABOUT EVERY 10000 MILES THEY HAVE TO REPLACE ROTORS.*AK

LOW COOLANT LIGHT ON DASHBOARD CAME ON. CONSUMER ADDED DEX SPECIAL COOLANT TWICE, APPROXIMATELY A HALF GALLON OF 50% WATER/50% COOLANT. PREVIOUSLY, EVERY TIME 3,000 MILE OIL CHANGE INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON, CONSUMER NOTICED THAT COOLANT LEVEL WAS LOW. THIS TIME, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP , AND FOUND OUT THAT COOLANT WAS GETTING INTO OIL, CAUSING OIL TO BE A MILKY COLOR. *NOTE: CONSUMER WAS TOLD IT COULD POSSIBLY BE CAUSED BY A DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKET OR MANIFOLD INTAKE. DEALERSHIP IS IN POSSESSION OF VEHICLE.*AK CONSUMER STATES SO FAR THE NEWLY INSTALLED UPPER AND LOWER GASKETS ARE HOLDING, CONSUMER STATES HE HAS SPOKEN TO 3 INDEPENDENT MECHANICS WHO STATE THAT THE PROBLEM IS PROBABLY WITH THE MANIFOLD INTAKE GASKETS AND NOT THE HEAD GASKET, THESE THREE PEOPLE INDICATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO IMPROPER TORQUE OF DEFECTIVE GASKETS. *SLC

WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL BACK AND FORTH, NOISE WAS HEARD, MORE NOTICEABLE WHEN TURNING TO THE RIGHT. CONSUMER RETURNED TO DEALERSHIP IN JULY 2000 BECAUSE NOISE WAS STILL PRESENT WHEN DEALERSHIP ORIGINALLY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH STEERING. A PRIVATE MECHANIC STATED THAT "THUMP" COULD BE EMITTED FROM RACK AND PINION STEERING SYSTEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK THERE IS A 3 TO 6 SECOND DEOAY IN THE TRANSMISSION WHEN ENGAGING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE, SOMETIMES SLIPPAGE OCCURS MOMENTARILY AFTER THE CAR ENGAGES INTO DRIVE,BATTERY LEAKS CONSOLE LATCH FAILED. NLM

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT REMAINED ON AND VEHICLE CONTINUED TO RUN ROUG/HESITATED WHEN APPLYING ACCELERATOR PEDAL, AND WHILE DRIVING OFF. VEHICLE BEEN TO DEALER SHOP ON NINE OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. *AK FUEL INJECTOR KEEP FAILING. THE DEALER REMOVED GAS TANK AND REINSTALLED IT AFTER AIR DRYING. HOWEVER, THE CHECK THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON EVERY 25-300 MILES. *YH

WHILE TRAVELING AND WHEN DEPRESSIG BRAKE PEDAL NOTICED A GRINDING NOISE AND PULSATION IN PEDAL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

HORN OPERATES INTERMITTENTLY WHILE ENGINE IS RUNNING. HOWEVER, IT WORKS CORRECTLY WHEN THE IGNITION IS OFF.*AK

CONSUMER PURCHASED VEHICLE WITH 13 MILES ON IT. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN 4 TIMES. BRAKES WERE REPLACED FOR KNOCKING AND GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM FRONT END. ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES/ PADS AND STRUTS WERE ALL CHANGED TO RECTIFY PROBLEM. REPAIRS HELD UP A WEEK AND REPEATED. CONSUMER PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY UP TO 75,000 BECAUSE SO MANY PROBLEM WERE HAPPENING TO VEHICLE.*AK

THE DEALER REPLACE THE FRONT RACK, THE "A" ARMS LOWER BALL JOINTS AND CV BOOTS...DID THIS 3 TIMES...NOW IT IS DOING IT AGAIN...AND THEY WONT REPLACE IT

ON SERVERAL OCCASIONS I AM HAVING MAJOR FRONT END PROBLEMS, FROM THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT POPING, TO THE WHOLE FRONT END POPING, THE DEALER REPLACED THE RACK THE CV BOOTS 3 TIMES, THEY KEPT BUSTING, LOWER BALL JOINTS, "A" ARMS, THIS CORRECTED THE PROBLEM FOR A BIT, THEN THE CV BOOT FRACTURED AGAIN THEY WOULDNT REPLACE, NOW THE FRONT IN POPS HORRIABLY WHEN YOU MAKE A TURN TO THE RIGHT AND ADD A LITTLE TORQUE, TOOK TO DEALER, NO DIAGONSIS, TOOK TO AN INDEPENDENT AGENT, EVERYTHING SEEMS FINE, ONLY THING HE CAN THINK OF IS A BREAK IN A SPOT WELD ON THE FRONT END, IE THE TUBING THAT SUPPORTS THE ENGINE AND FRONT SUSPENSION, I HAVE EVENT CONTACTED PONTIAC CUSTOMER CARE CENTER AND THEY SAY THE PROBLEM IS NO LONGER THERES, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO LET YOU TEST THE CAR AND HEAR THE NOISE, AND SEE IF IT WOULDNT MAKE YOU A TAD BIT UNEASY ABOUT DRIVING IT

TURNING RIGHT OR LEFT VEHICLE MAKES NOISE. IT FEELS LIKE RIM IS OVER LAPPING OR TIRES IN FRONT SEEM TOO BIG. VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT DEALER 6-7 TIMES. DEALER DIDN'T THINK IT WAS AN ISSUE. THEY HAVE SCRAPED AND PAINTED RIMS, THINKING IT WILL CORRECT IT. *AK THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO FIX THE PROBELM AND THE CONSUMER WAS SCARED DRIVING THE VEHICLE. *YH

MY WHEEL BEARING BROKE AT A LOW MILEAGE AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TIE ROD ON THE RIGHT WAS ABOUT TO BREAK ALSO. *AK

PREMATURE WEAR OF BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS. DEALER HAS REPLACED PADS FOUR TIMES AND ROTORS TWICE.*AK *SLC

WHILE IN OWNERSHIP OF MY GRAND AM I HAVE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLACED ONCE AND I AM STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM PLUS NOW EXPERIENCING SMOKE FROM EXHAUST WHILE DRIVING, BOTTOM LINE TOO MANY PROBLEMS FOR A CAR THATS NOT EVEN TWO YEARS OLD YET.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

EXPERIENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH BRAKES NOT STOPPING VEHICLE PROPERLY. HAS TO APPLY HARDER TO GET VEHICLE TO STOP. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS FOR REPAIRS, AND PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. ALSO, ON TWO OCCASIONS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE SHUTDOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

BRAKES STARTED TO VIBRATE AT 50MPH THEN PROCEEDED TO GET WORS.. TOOK TO DELERSHIP AND THE ROTORS AND PAD EXTREMELY WORN DOWN, OIL WAS ALSO LEAKING FROM THE FRONT PASS. TIRE, THE FRONT CRANK SEAL WAS LEAKING AND HAD TO BE REPLACED THEY FIXED IT AS SOON AS THE PARTS WERE AVAILABLE

STEERING WHEEL MADE NOISE AND DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DROPPED OUT AND FELL IN LAPS. VEHICLE PULLED TO LIGHT, AND DASHLIGHT FLASHED ON AND OFF. ALSO HORN WAS INOPERABLE. *AK CONSUMER STATES THERE IS A NOISE IN BRAKE PEDAL, ALSO ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AIR CONDITIONER AND HEATER INOPERABLE. DUE TO SQUEAKY STEERING, DEALER REPLACED STEERING RACK WHICH WAS LOOSE AND SET TOE. RADIO INOPERABLE. *SLC

THE ROTORS HAVE BEEN FIXED THREE TIMES FOR WARPING AND I AM STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, AND THEY ARE TELLING ME THAT IT IS FIXED. YOU CAN HEAR THAT THEY ARE STILL NOT RIGHT WHEN YOU DRIVE THE CAR.*AK

CONSUMER'S WIFE WAS DRIVING WHEN ABS BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED. SHE ATTEMPED TO BRAKE, AND HAD NO REAR BRAKES. *AK

ARROW PONTIAC SAYS THE ALTERNATOR IN THE 1999 GRAND AMS HAS AN ALTERNATOR THAT WHINES AND/OR WHISTLES THAT IS CHARACTERISTIC OF THE ALTERNATOR. THEY SAY THE ALTERNATOR IS NOT FAULTY. I THINK IF THE ALTERNATOR CONSTANTLY WHINES OR WHISTLES THEIR IS A PROBLEM. IT STARTED ABOUT A MONTH AGO WITH JUST UNDER 39,000 MILES ON THE CAR. I DO BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE CORRECTED BY THE DEALER OR MANUFACTURER AT THEIR EXPENSE. NOT MINE. IT IS WINTER AND THE NOISE IS VERY DISTRACTING WITH THE WINDOWS UP WHAT WILL IT BE LIKE IN THE WARM WEATHER. THE PARKING LOT ATTENDENT SAYS HE CAN HEAR ME "WHISTLING DOWN THE STREET." ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO HELP ME CORRECT THIS PROBLEM IN LIEU OF PAYING $400 WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THE DEALER SAYS THE ALTERNATOR IS NOT FAULTY THEREFORE THEY CAN NOT REPLACE IT. I CANT' BELEIVE THERE IS 99 GRAND AMS RUNNING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY- ALL WHINING. BY THE WAY NOT THAT IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE TO YOU BUT THIS IS MY 5TH PONTIAC FROM THE SAME DEALER 4 NEW, ONE USED. I WROTE TO PONTIAC YESTERDAY BUT I AM SURE THEY WILL BE OF NO HELP EITHER.

WHEN DRIVING AND UPON ATTEMTPING TO MAKE A SUDDEN STOP BY DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, WAS USED TO STOP VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER HAS REPLACED PARTS; BUT, PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, HORN WOULD NOT STOP BLOWING, AIR BAG FELL INTO CONSUMER'S LAP. *SLC

HORN WAS ACTIVATED AND DID NOT GO OFF. WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR CHECK UP ON ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, AND IT WAS REPAIRED. *AK THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO FIND WHERE THE HOREN WAS SHORTING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER DUE TO RADIO MALFUNCTIONING, DOME LIGHT AND ABS LIGHT COMES ON AND DAS LIGHT BLINKS ON AND OFF. STEERING SQUEAKS DUE TO LOOSE STEERING RACK. CIGARATE LIGHTER INOPERATIVE AND REPLACED. AIR BAG WAS LOOSE AND REPLACED. *YH

WHILE DRIVING IN DARK INTERIOR LIGHTS ON DASHBOARD AND HEADLIGHTS STOPPED WORKING. DEALER SAID THAT IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE. *AK CONSUMER STATES AFTER DEALER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED, THE LIGHTS, RADIO, AND CRUISE STOPPED WORKING AND THERE WAS A BURNING SMELL. *SLC

HORN WAS STUCK, DEALER REPLACED HORN RING AND MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH. DEALER REPLACED AIR BAG, IT WAS LOOSE. STEERING RACK SQUEAKED, DEALER REPLACED STEERING RACK AND SET TOE, CONSUMER STATES STEERING RACK HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE HOWEVER NOISE IS STILL THERE AND THERE IS A SMELL. ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED AT ALL TIMES. RADIO FAILED. VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING STEPPED ON BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP VEHICLE, BUT BRAKES DID NOT WORK. FRONT BRAKES WENT OUT WITHOUT A PRIOR WARNING, AND HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO THAT PROBLEM. *AK STEERING SQUEAKS DUE TO LOOSE STEERING RACK. CIGARET LIGHTER INOPERATIVE AND WAS REPLACED. HORN WAS STUCK DUE TO HORN RING AND MULFUNCTON SWITCH FAILURES. AIR BAG WAS LOOSE AND REPLACED. *YH

CONSUMER STATES EVERY SO OFTEN, WHEN STARTING VEHICLE, THERE IS A STRONG FUEL ODOR, ONCE CONSUMER SMELLED FUEL AFTER DRIVING 2 MILES, DEALER STATES THERE IS NO PROBLEMS AND THAT THE SMELL IS NORMAL, CONSUMER ASKED FOR THAT STATEMENT IN WRITING, HOWEVER PONTIAC WOULD NOT PUT IT IN WRITING. *SLC

I HAVE SEEN MANY OTHERS COMMENTING ON SAME PROBLEM IN DISCUSSION AREAS ONLINE. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED IN SUMMARY. *AK

BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS ARE PREMATURELY WEARING, CAUSE UNKNOWN. ALSO, A BOLT ON PARKING BRAKE SHEARED OFF. *AK THE CONSUMER POINTS OUT THAT THREE SETS OF ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS BEEN REPLACED WITHIN TWO YEARS. *YH

POWER STEERING PUMP REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY, JANUARY 2000, REPLACED AGAIN IN JANUARY 2001, OUT OF WARRANTY CUSTOMER PAID FOR REPLACEMENT. NO HELP FROM DEALER & CONCERNED IT WILL GO BAD AGAIN. FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS, JANUARY 2001, BOTH SIDES BAD, 57,000 MILES ON CAR, NO HELP FROM PONTIAC OR DEALER ON PROBLEM. *AK

INNER TIE ROD IS BREAKING OFF, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. INSURANCE GROUP HAS 3 CLAIMS ON THIS SITUATION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

EXCESSIVE VIBRATION AND GRINDING NOISE WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, VIBRATION IS FELT THROUGHT THE STEERING WHEEL. CONDITION HAS REPEATED FIVE TIMES, THREE TIMES THE DEALER RESURFACED THE ROTORS, REPLACING PADS ONCE ( I PAID), ONCE ROTATING THE TIRES ( I PAID) AND NOW THEY ARE REFUSING TO PERFORM ANY WORK (MILAGE). THERE IS A TECH SERVICE BULLETIN THAT STATES THE ROTORS SHOULD BE REPLACED (#00-05-23-002, FEB, 2000). *AK

POWER STEERING WENT OUT TWICE IN VEHICLE, REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. CONSUMER FELT THIS COULD HAPPEN AGAIN. *AK

VIBRATION AND SHIMMY WHEN APPLYING BRAKES TO VEHICLE. *AK

DEER CROSSING ROAD; HIT ACCELERATOR PEDAL INSTEAD OF BRAKES; HIT GUARDRAIL HEAD ON, VEHICLE SPUN AROUND, AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. FRONT END TOTALED. DRIVER SUFFERED FACIAL INJURIES. *AK

BOTH SIDEVIEW MIRRORS HAVE BROKEN OFF. *AK

WHILE DRIVING TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME, BRAKES LOCKED UP, NO STEERING ABILITY, VEHICLE JUST SHUT OFF, THEN SPUNNED AROUND TWO 360 DEGREE CIRCLES, DRIVER'S SIDE BACK HIT GUARD RAIL FIRST, THEN DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT HIT GUARD RAIL, NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS IN CRASH. CJ

EXCESSIVE WEAR OF FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WITHIN 34,000 MILES. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REPLACED ROTORS AND PADS. *AK THE ROTOTS FAILED TWO MORE TIMES AND THE DEALER REPLACED THEM. *YH

THIS IS THE THIRD TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON A '99 PONTIAC THAT I AM AWARE OF. MANUFACTURE/DEALER CONTACTED AND OFFERED NO HELP.*AK

WHILE AT STOP SIGN ANOTHER VEHICLE REAR ENDED CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. RESTRAINTS DID NOT WORK, THROWING CONSUMER AGAINST STEERING WHEEL, AND SHE SUSTAINED INJURIES. *AK

RIGHT WHEEL BEARING FAILED AT 50,000 MILES , CAUSE UNKNOWN . PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

I HAVE REPLACED MY BRAKES 2 TIMES IN 3MONTHS, AND ALSO ROTORS/CALIPERS AND DRUMS WERE REPLACED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 65MPH ON FREEWAY VEHICLE STALLED. FINALLY RESTARTED . TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP. MECHANIC REPLACED PCM. DROVE FROM FLORIDA TO CALIFORNIA, MADE A STOP IN ARIZONA DUE TO BRAKE ROTORS WARPING. REPLACED AND ADJUSTED ROTORS AND BRAKES. WHILE DRIVING IN CALIFORNIA, VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN. FAILED TO RESTART AFTER BEING PARKED. BATTERY REPLACED AFTER BEING TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. KEY REFUSED TO BE RELEASED FROM IGNITION. AIR CONDITIONER MOTOR FAN REPLACED. SHIFTER CABLE WAS REPLACED. RIGHT TURN SIGNAL LAMP REPLACED. OIL LIGHT COMES ON BEFORE THE 3000 MILE SCHEDULED OIL CHANGE, DEALER FAILED TO SET COMPUTER BUTTON, CONSUMER FEELS THIS MIGHT HAVE HAD TO DO WITH VEHICLE STALLING AND NOT STARTING. *SLC

THIS THE 2ND TIME THE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY THE 1ST TIME I HIT A DEER AT 55 MPH THE 2ND TIME MY GIRLFRIEND LOST CONTROL AND TURNED SIDEWAYS IN THE ROAD AND HIT THE HILLSIDE AT APPX 50 MPH HARD ENUF TO LIFT THE VEHICLE IN THE AIR AND TURN IT 90DEGREES AND SMACK THE BACK OF THE CAR INTO THE HILLSIDE. *AK

AT 8,654 MILES (MARCH 2000), A PONTIAC SERVICE DEPARTMENT REPLACED ALL BRAKE PADS AND RESURFACED MY ROTORS. I BROUGHT THE CAR INTO THE SHOP BECAUSE IT WAS DIFFICULT TO STOP THE CAR WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES, AND THE CAR WOULD PULSATE WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AT HIGH SPEEDS.

COMPLAINED REPEATEDLY ABOUT THIS TO DEALER. ADNMITTED DESIGN FLAW. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED IN SUMMARY. *AK

I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE WITH 13, 000 MILES ON IT. SINCE I BOUGHT THIS CAR I HAVE EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS WITH MY BRAKING SYSTEMS. WHILE BRAKING SOMETIMES THE CAR SEEM TO NOT WANT TO STOP WHILE BRAKING ON A DOWN SLOPE IT SHAKES. I'VE CHANGE MY BRAKES THREE TIMES SINCE I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE. MOSSY MOTOR CHANGE THE BRAKES AND ROTORS IN SEPTEMBER, 2000 CHANGE THE FRONT ROTORS WHICH WERE WARPPED AND REPLACED THE ROTROS AND PADS PER BULLETON. I'M STILL EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THIS. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE BACK TO MOSSY TWICE SINCE THEY CHANGE IT AND THEY SAID THAT THEY SEE NOTHING WRONG. HOWEVER I STILL EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS. I ASK OTHER FOLKS WHO OWN THE SAME TYPE OF VEHICLE THEYR ARE EXPERIENCE THE SAME.. THIS IS DANGEROUS. I AM ALSO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS WITH LEFT FRONT AND RIGHT FRONT WINDO INOP REGULATORS WHICH HAD TO BE CHANGED. BATTERY REPLACEMENT AND STILL EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS WITH THAT. BACK REAR LIGHTS .. . THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD MAJOR PROBLEMS. PLEASE TELL ME WHAT I CAN DO. *AK

ENGINE SLUGGISH, CAR MISFIRES, ROUGH IDLE. INITIALLY (10/20/99) DEALER SAID IT WAS GAS CAP-REPLACED, 2ND TIME (07/10/00) REPLACED #2 SPARK PLUG & BOOT - CK ENGINE LIGHT ON CODE STORED WAS PO300 CARBON TRACKING ON SIDE OF PLUG; THIRD TIME LAST WK (HAVE NOT DROVE) TAKING TO DEALER THIS WK.