1999 Pontiac Grand AM complaints

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE ENGINE OVERHEATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THE ENGINE'S HIGH PERFORMANCE ADDITIVE CAUSED CORROSION TO THE ALUMINUM CYLINDER HEAD. THE CYLINDER HEAD WAS REPLACED WHICH CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. UPDATED 3/28/2006 - THE WATER PUMP FAILED. THE BATTERY AND BRAKES FAILED. THE COOLANT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE ANTIFREEZE HAD CONGEALED AND NEEDED TO BE FLUSHED AND REPLACED. THE DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT WENT OUT. THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW REGULATOR BROKE. *NM

1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM - ISSUE BEGAN AFTER WE SET THE EMERGENCY FLASHERS AND THEN PRESSED BUTTON TO RELEASE IN JAN 2006. TO DATE THE AUDIBLE CLICKING OF THE FLASHER INTERMITTENTLY ENGAGES. AUDIBLE CLICKING DURING TURN SIGNAL USE APPEARS NORMAL BUT ONCE THE SIGNAL CANCELS, THE CLICKING WILL CONTINUE ERRATICALLY. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED A LOUD POP FROM THE GARAGE WAS HEARD WHILE IN THE HOUSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN. THE FRONT COIL SPRING AND BOTH FRONT STRUTS WERE REPLACED. ALSO, THE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE WERE REPLACED A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. THE AIR MUST BE REFILLED IN THE TIRES EVERY 4-6 WEEKS. THE TIRE DEALERSHIP STATED IN ORDER TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM THE ENTIRE WHEEL ASSEMBLY WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. UPDATED 3/20/2006 - *NM

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK, MY INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET ON MY 1999 GRAND AM WAS TOTALLY DISSOLVED. I HAD IT TOWED TO A SHOP WHICH THE MECHANIC STATED WITH THE DEX-COOL IN THIS YEAR VEHICLE GM HAVE HAD PROBLEMS, WITH THE DEX-COOL EATING THE GASKETS AND WATER PUMP. I HAVE GONE THROUGH 2 WATER PUMPS ALREADY, AND NOW MY INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A CHARGE OF $700.00. *JB

STARTED WITH WARNING LIGHTS ON DASH COMING ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY, TOOK TO LOCAL GARAGE AND THEY PUT IT ON THE COMPUTER BUT NOTHING SHOWED UP. HUSBAND BOUGHT NEW BATTERY AND NEW ALTERNATOR. DID NOT HAVE THE PROBLEM FOR THREE MONTHS AND THAN I WAS COMING HOME FROM WORK AND ONE BY ONE THE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON, SPEEDOMETER, GAS GAUGE, ODOMETER, ETC...WENT TO 0 AND THE CAR JUST STOPS. THIS HAPPENS IN THE SPAN OF APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES. FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED I WAS IN THE OUTSIDE LANE OF A 4 LANE HIGHWAY. FORTUNATELY TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT AND NO ONE HIT ME. CAR WOULD NOT START AGAIN. TRUCK DRIVER PULLED HIS TRUCK BEHIND ME WITH FLASHERS UNTIL WE COULD GET MY CAR ACROSS TRAFFIC AND SAFELY TO THE SHOULDER. THIS HAPPENED 9/9/2005. TOOK MY CAR TO LOCAL GMC REPAIR SHOP AND THEY SAID IT WAS A FUSE BOX THAT WAS CORRODED DUE TO A LEAK AND REPLACED IT. RECOMMENDED THAT I HAVE MY CAR CHECKED FOR LEAKS WHICH I DID AND THERE WAS NONE WHICH AT THE TIME I THOUGHT WAS ODD BUT MY CAR SEEMED TO BE BETTER. 12/9/2005 SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN ONLY THIS TIME WHEN IT STARTED I WORKED MY WAY TO THE SHOULDER PRIOR TO MY CAR STOPPING. TOOK BACK TO SAME GARAGE, THEY PUT IT ON THE COMPUTER AND COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG SO THEY CALLED THE COMPANY FOR GUIDANCE. FIRST THEY THOUGHT IT WAS THE IGNITION SWITCH, REPLACED THIS BUT DID NOT STOP THE DRAIN ON MY BATTERY. THAN THEY THOUGHT IT WAS THE ONE SIDE OF THE MIDDLE FUSE BOX BUT AFTER REPLACING IT, DISCOVERED THAT WAS NOT IT, THAN THEY REPLACED MY

I OWN A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM WITH 80,000 MILES, THAT I BOUGHT NEW. ABOUT A MONTH AGO (JAN. 2006), THE GAS GAUGE FAILED. THE NEEDLE DROPPED TO EMPTY (WHEN THE CAR TANK WAS FULL). NOW I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH GAS IS IN MY TANK, OR WHEN IT WILL RUN OUT LEAVING ME STRANDED. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT WOULD COST $400 TO REPAIR. I CALLED PONTIAC DIVISION ABOUT THEM FIXING IT, AND THEY SAID IT WAS NOT ON THEIR RECALL LIST! I SAID I'VE OWNED CARS FOR OVER 45 YEARS AND HAVE NEVER HAD A GAS GAUGE FAIL! THEY SAID I SHOULD PAY TO HAVE IT REPAIRED AND IF THEY EVER DECIDE TO RECALL IT, THEY WOULD GIVE ME MY MONEY BACK. WELL, I'M A RETIRED DISABLED VETERAN AND CAN'T AFFORD $400 FOR A STUPID GAS GAUGE...SO NOW I GET IT FILLED UP EVERY DAY! *JB

WHERE TO START, .BOUGHT 1999 GRAND AM GT IN AUGUST OF 2002 AND ITHAS BEEN DOWNHILL EVER SINCE. REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR TWICE, HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET PROBLEM, WHICH WAS REPLACED, BUT STILL LED TO THE DEMISE OF MY ENGINE, CAUSING CAMSHAFT TO SNAP IN HALF. THOUGHT THE TROUBLE WAS OVER WITH THE REBUILT ENGINE THAT WAS PUT IN, BUT THAT WAS NOT THE CASE. THE WINDOW REGULATOR BROKE IN THE MIDDLE OF A SNOWSTORM ,CAUSING ME TO DRIVE WITH NO DRIVERSIDE WINDOW. WITH THE NEW REGULATOR I ASSUMED THAT THE WINDOW WOULD STOP SQUEAKING, WHICH DID NOT. I ASSUMED THE SCRATCHES ON WINDOWS WERE JUST FROM ME-SAND OR SOME OTHER ABRASIVE MATERIAL IN THE WINDOW TRACKS--AFTER REVIEWING OTHER COMPLAINTS I DISCOVERED I WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. HAVE EXPERIENCED VARIOUS ISSUES WITH THE NO TRAC/ABS LIGHTS, REPLACED THE WATERPUMP, DONE BRAKES 4 TIMES IN 4 YEARS, FRONT HEADLIGHTS ARE MILKY AND MAKE IT HARD TO SEE AT NIGHT. HAVE REPLACED THE STARTER 4 TIMES IN JUST THE PAST 2 YEARS. NEEDLESS TO SAY AFTER READING ALL COMPLAINTS I FEEL MUCH BETTER KNOWING THAT IT IS NOT JUST ME, OR MY CAR, BUT ALL PONTIACS. BOUGHT THE CAR FOR $10000, HAVE PUT OVER $5000 WORTH OF WORK INTO IT. WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER PONTIAC. *AK

TURN SIGNALS MALFUNCTION/INOPERABLE. 1ST REPLACEMENT (DEFECTIVE): MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH FAILED AT 31,825 MILES 2ND REPLACEMENT (DEFECTIVE): MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH FAILED AT 79,287 MILES ***PLEASE NOTE: GM'S SPECIAL POLICY #04098 WILL ONLY COVER REPLACEMENT OF THE HAZARD WARNING SWITCH. THE PART THAT HAS FAILED MULTIPLE TIMES IS THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH (PART #22676853). THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS AND GM IS NOT COVERING THE REPLACEMENT OF THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH! THE FAILURE OF THE TURN SIGNALS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION! *JB

AFTER ABOUT 100,000 MILES, I WAS TOLD THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET ON MY PONTIAC GM 1999 GRAND AM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED (COOLANT WAS LEAKING AND AFTER INVESTIGATION I SAW THAT THE DEXCOOL COOLANT WAS TO BLAME FOR WEARING OF THIS INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET). OF COURSE, MY VEHICLE IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY, AND GM WILL NOT COVER IT. IF I DIDN'T PAY (OR HAVE ) THE $1000 TO FIX THIS, I WAS PROBABLY GOING TO RUIN MY ENGINE. SO, I NEEDED TO SAVE UP, AND I AM AFRAID THAT WHEN I TAKE MY CAR IN TOMORROW FOR REPAIRS, THEY WILL TELL ME THE ENGINE WILL HAVE PROBLEMS. THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS ISSUES WITH THE DELCO INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. THIS WAS THE FIRST VEHICLE I PURCHASED AS NEW, AND EVEN THOUGH I WORK FOR THE AMERICAN AUTO INDUSTRY, THIS IS DETERRING ME FROM BUYING FROM GM AGAIN. I WOULD APPRECIATE THEM TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR A DEFECT THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. *NM

I BOUGHT MY 1999 GRAND AM IN OCT' 04. THE FIRST 2 MO. OF OWNING IT MY ALTERNATOR WENT OUT. A FEW MONTHS LATER I HAD TO REPLACE MY FRONT BRAKES. SHORTLY AFTER THAT MY(2ND) ALTERNATOR AND A/C PUMP WENT OUT NOT TO MENTION THE BATTERY TOO. OH AND NOT ONLY HAS THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT BEEN ON MOST OF THE TIME, A SECOND SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON! I HAVE NEVER KNOWN A VEHICLE TO HAVE 2 SERVICE ENGINE LIGHTS ON AT THE SAME TIME!! WAS THIS SOME KIND OF PREMONITION!? AS SOON AS I GOT THE CAR BACK,I WENT AND PICKED MY KIDS UP TO GO TO THE FAIR. WE WERE NOT EVEN 2 MILES OUT OF TOWN YET WHEN MY ENGINE STARTED OVERHEATING. I HAD TO PULL OVER AND WAIT FOR QUITE SOMETIME BEFORE I COULD MAKE IT HOME SAFELY WITH MY CHILDREN. NOW MY CAR THAT I'VE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON, NOT JUST PURCHASING THE CAR,BUT ALSO IN PARTS IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP FOR EITHER A BLOWN HEAD GASKET OR THE ENGINE BLOCK IS DAMAGED. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THIS IS HAPPENING TO A LOT OF THESE SPECIFIC CARS OR SHOULD I SAY ENGINE TYPE. NEVERTHELESS, THIS IS COSTLY AND VERY DANGEROUS TO EVERYONE WHO OWNS ONE OF THESE LEMONS!!!! SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE REAL QUICK WITH THESE PROBLEMS OR THE MANUFACTURE OF THESE VEHICLES WILL BE PAYING FOR MORE THAN JUST PARTS! *CB *NM

REPLACEMENT OF THE FOLLOWING PARTS ON 99 PONTIAC GRAND AM, R&R FUEL STRAINER & FILTER/FUEL FILTER/FUEL PUMP/FUEL INJECTION/WATER PUMP/ECM/2BRAKE JOBS/THERMOSTAT/ALSO I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH COOLANT SYSTEM OVERHEATING/ LOSS OF COOLANT/ FOG WINDOW/ SMELL OF COOLANT/ LOSS OF POWER/ LOW COOLANT CONTINUALLY I HAVE TO ADD COOLANT EVERY WEEK. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE HAVING NEW TIRES PUT ON VEHICLE AT A NEARBY GARAGE THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS BROKE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TO A REPAIR SHOP OR DEALERSHIP. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE AT THIS TIME.*AK UPDATED 12/07/05. *JB

I PURCHASED MY 1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM GT IN FEB. 2003 WITH 55000 MILES ON IT. IN JUNE 2004 WITHOUT ANY KIND OF WARNING IT DUMPED EVERY OUNCE OF COOLANT 2 BLOCKS FROM MY HOUSE. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED THAT THE MANIFOLD GASKET HAD BLOWN AND MY BATTERY WAS NO GOOD. THERE HAD NOT BEEN ONE PROBLEM WITH THE BATTERY UNTIL THE GASKET BLEW. I HAD THE CAR REPAIRED (500.00 DOLLARS). THEN THIS PAST APRIL 2005 I HAD TO HAVE THE WATER PUMP REPLACED. TWO DAYS AGO I NOTICE A PUDDLE OF COOLANT UNDER THE CAR, I INVESTIGATE IT'S ORIGIN AND THERE IS A STREAM OF COOLANT RUNNING ALONG THE SEAM OF THE MANIFOLD GASKET! I HAVEN'T EVEN PUT 10,000 MILES ON THIS CAR SINCE IT BLEW THE LAST MANIFOLD GASKET. GM KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM HERE, SHOW SOME INTEGRITY AND TAKE CARE OF THESE PROBLEMS! *JB

I OWN A 1999 GRAND AM SE. EVER SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR IN OCT '04 I HAVE BEEN HAVING NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH IT. THIS PAST JUNE I HAD TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. LEADING UP TO THAT THE CAR WOULD DIE AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK. I WOULD BRING IT TO THE DEALER (MORE LIKE TOW IT) AND I WOULD ALWAYS BE TOLD NOTHING IS WRONG. THEN YET AGAIN IT WOULD DIE. AFTER THAT THE STALLING BEGAN. I WOULD BE DRIVING AND THE CAR WOULD SHUT OFF. IT WOULD USUALLY TAKE UP TO 10 MINUTES TO TURN BACK ON. ONCE THE DEALER WENT "WELL MAYBE ITS YOUR LIGHTS, YOU LEAVE THEM ON." MY RESPONSE WAS HOW DO I LEAVE ON AUTOMATIC LIGHTS? I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE MY ALTERNATOR 3 TIMES AND HAVE HAD TO REPLACE MY BATTERY TWICE. IT GOT TO THE POINT THAT ONCE I SHUT OFF MY CAR THE ONLY WAY TO START IT WAS BY TAKING OUT THE MAIL RELAY CHIP FOR 2 MINUTES THAN REPLACING IT. THAN THE CAR WOULD START UP. FINALLY I WAS ON THE HIGH WAY AND OUT OF NO WHERE YOU HEAD A LOUD POP. THERE WENT THE HEADER, PISTONS, OIL GASKET. THE ENGINE BLEW. HOWEVER IT WAS NEVER A EFFECT OF THE OIL. I WAS ALWAYS CHECKING IT AND GETTING IT CHANGED ONCE EVER OTHER MONTH (I COMMUTED A LOT). SO I GOT A REBUILT ENGINE PUT IN AND THE PROBLEMS WENT AWAY... OR SO I THOUGHT. LAST NIGHT I WAS DRIVING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR STARTED SHAKING. IT WENT FROM A LITTLE TO A GREAT AMOUNT. THE MUFFLER IS MAKING AN ODD PUFF PUFF NOISE AND THE EXHAUST SMELLS LIKE WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID (ONLY WAS TO DESCRIBE IT). I PULLED IT INTO MY DRIVEWAY AND ON WENT THE TRAC OFF LIGHT AND TH

MY 99 PONTIAC GRAND AM IS SLOWLY LEAKING ANTI-FREEZE, THE MECHANIC I WENT TO KNEW EXACTLY WHERE TO LOOK, THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. HE SAID THEY ARE GETTING ONE OR TWO EACH WEEK AND DID NOT KNOW WHY THEY HAVE NOT RECALLED THE VEHICLE. I FIGURE THIS WOULD BE AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN AND I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF ANY VEHICLES LEAKING A COOLANT AFTER ONLY 60,000 MILES. *JB

POWER WINDOW MOTOR AND COMPONENTS EXPLODING WHILE VEHICLE IS MOVING. *JB

LOUD CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM CENTER CONSOLE SOUNDING LIKE TURN SIGNAL WHEN ON, BUT TURN SIGNAL IS NOT ON. TURN SIGNAL FUNCTIONS PROPERLY, BUT CONTINOUS CLICKING IS HEARD. TOLD BY MY DEALER THERE WAS GOING TO BE A RECALL IN 2004, HAZARD SWITCH WAS REPLACED AND PROBLEM IS STILL THERE. *NM

I HAVE A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM. IN NOVEMBER OF 2004 MY TURN SIGNAL STARTED TO MALFUNCTION. IT WOULD JUST NOT WORK FOR A PERIOD OF TIME THEN IT WORKED PART OF THE TIME. I STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM TO THIS DAY. NOW MORE THAN EVER IT HARDLY EVER WORKS. I AM NOW USING MY ARE WHENEVER I HAVE TO MAKE A TURN IN MY VEHICLE. I HAVE ASKED A MUNROE MECHANIC AS TO WHY IT WOULD MALFUNCTION AND HE STATED IT WAS PROBABLY AN ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION. I HAVE NOT HAD THE MONEY TO PAY FOR A MECHANIC TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE PROBLEM BECAUSE HE TOLD ME HE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE WHOLE ELECTRICAL PANEL. *NM

MY 99 PONTIAC GRAND AM STARTED HAVING COOLANT PROBLEMS, THE VEHICLE ENGINE TEMPERATURE WOULD GO UP AND DOWN FOR A MONTH, FINALLY THE VEHICLE JUST ONE DAY OVERHEATED. I HAD THE WHOLE COOLANT SYSTEM REPLACED, ( 600.00 LATER). ABOUT A WEEK OR TWO AFTER IT STARTED TO OVERHEAT AGAIN, BEFORE I COULD BRING IT BACK TO THE MECHANIC TO CHECK IT OUT, THE ENGINE BLEW. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO REPLACE THE ENGINE YET, NOR DO I KNOW IF I WILL AS THE VEHICLE IS NOT WORTH THE COST TO REPAIR. I REFUSE TO PAY ALMOST 2K TO GET AN ENGINE FOR SOMETHING ELSE TO GO WRONG.. I KNOW THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE COOLANT SYSTEM CAUSING THE ENGINE TO OVER HEAT.. MY MECHANIC SAID MY CAMSHAFT COMPLETELY SPLIT IN HALF, AND HE HAS NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE BUT KNOWS OF A FEW PEOPLE WHO HAVE SAME YEAR MAKE AND MODEL THAT THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO. IT CANT BE A COINCIDENCE. *JB

SPRING FAILURE PASSENGER FRONT. *NM

BROKEN COIL SPRING FAILURE - REAR OF VEHICLE - FOUND DURING YEARLY VEHICLE SAFETY INSPECTION. *NM

I WAS BACKING UP OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY WHEN I HEARD A LOUD "BANG" MY DRIVER SIDE FRONT FELL I TOOK MY CAR TO THE SHOP AND THEY DISCOVERED MY SPRING HAS BROKE IN HALF AND OF COURSE YOU CAN'T JUST FIX THE ONE SIDE BECAUSE IF THEY DID THE OTHER SIDE WOULD BREAK SO IT'S GOING TO COST $736.88 TO FIX THE FRONT SPRING AND IT'S SO VERY NICE OF PONTIAC TO HAVE THOSE SPRINGS IN STOCK I'M BEING SARCASTIC IF THEY KNOW THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH SPRINGS WHY WOULD THEY NOT DO A RECALL, BUT FROM WHAT I CAN GATHER IS THEY WON'T EVEN LOOK INTO UNLESS THERE IS A DEATH THAT IS VERY SAD THAT IT WOULD TAKE SOMEONE'S LIFE FOR THEM TO INVESTIGATE.*JB

GRAND AM 1999 BOUGHT USED WITH EXTENDED WARRANTY NOW EXPIRED AS MILEAGE IS 130,000. I HAVE REPLACED THE ROTORS AT LEAST 3 TIMES AND HAVE NOW BEEN TOLD BY BIG O TIRES THAT NOW WILL NEED TO CHANGE EACH TIME I DO THE BRAKES AS THE BRAKE LINERS ARE NOW HARDER THAN THE ROTORS MATERIALS. I HAVE DONE MANY BRAKE CHANGES, THE CAR STILL SHIMMIES WHEN YOU USE THE BRAKE, WAS TOLD THIS IS NORMAL. THE LAST TIME I WAS IN WAS TOLD JUST UNDER $600 TO DO THE BRAKES/ROTORS ETC AND MY SON REPLACED THE PADS AND DID COMMENT THAT WE DO HAVE TO REPLACE THE RIGHT ROTOR WITH THE NEXT BRAKE CHANGE. WE DO BRAKE CHANGES ABOUT ONCE A YEAR. *JB

GRAND AM 1999, MY PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR FELL OFF AFTER TOUCHING IT, FOUND THAT ALL THE PLASTIC SCREW HOLDERS WERE BROKEN, WE DISCONNECTED THE MIRROR AND CALLED FOR PRICING, VERY EXPENSIVE TO GET THAT PLASTIC SUPPORT PIECE. MY DRIVERS SIDE MIRROR WAS HANGING BY THE CABLES ONE MORNING WENT I WENT OUT TO GO TO WORK. I HAD USED PLASTIC TYPE STRING TO TIE IT ON, THEN TRIED DUCK TAPE BOTH TO NO AVAIL. MY NEIGHBOR TIRED SCREWS BUT THEY HAVE COME OUT, WILL TRY LONGER ONES TODAY. WHY DOES GM USE SUCH CHEAP PLASTIC TO HOLD A MIRROR THAT IS SUBJECT TO PRESSURE FROM NORMAL DRIVING ON HIGHWAYS. MY OTHER BIG ISSUE IS MY BACK PASSENGER WINDOW, I CAME OUT FROM WORK AND FOUND IT COMPLETELY OPEN, IT WILL NOT GO UP WITH THE MOTORIZED SWITCH AND WILL FALL DOWN WHEN IT FEELS LIKE IT, IT IS DIFFICULT DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, HAVE TRIED WEDGING IT, WILL HAVE TO GO DUCK TAPE I GUESS THAT AFTER READING REPORTS ON MY CAR STATS IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE. IT IS A SHAME THAT THE CAR FALLS APART BEFORE IT IS PAID FOR. *JB

WHEN DRIVING STEADILY OVER 50 MPH FOR A PERIOD OF 15 MINUTES OR MORE THE ENGINE REVS AT 2000 RPM OR HIGHER. WHEN GOING INTO NEUTRAL OR PARK IT REACHES 3000 RPM. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. IN THE BEGINNING IT WOULD STOP ONCE I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTED IT. NOW I MUST SIT AND WAIT FOR THE ENGINE TO COOL IN ORDER FOR IT TO STOP HAPPENING. I HAVE NOT YET REPAIRED THIS BECAUSE I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO RECREATE THE PROBLEM WHEN BRINING IT IN FOR SERVICE. THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON.

I WAS DRIVING MY 1999 GRAND AM, AND THE COIL SPRING SNAPPED AND FELL WHICH RESULTED IN THE TIRE GOING UP INTO THE WHEEL WELL AND THE SPRING PUNCTURED MY TIRE! I WAS ABLE TO GET IT OFF THE ROAD. I HAD IT TOWED HOME, I CALLED AROUND TO ALL OF THE PARTS STORES, ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT YOU CAN ONLY GET A COIL SPRING FROM A GM DEALER, SO I WENT TO THE DEALER AND BOUGHT A COIL SPRING, WHICH THEY HAD IN STOCK BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN SELLING THEM QUITE A BIT(IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM AROUND HERE). SO NOW I HAVE A TON OF MONEY WRAPPED UP IN THIS CAR BECAUSE OF THE COIL SPRING. IF THE OTHER ONE BREAKS AND I HAVE TO BUY ANOTHER NEW TIRE, I AM GOING TO BE VERY MAD. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY HAPPENING TO ALOT OF PEOPLE, AND I AM LUCKY THAT I DIDN'T WRECK, SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT FROM THESE SPRINGS BREAKING WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD.

BOTH DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE POWER WINDOWS HAVE FAILED. THE CABLES AND PULLEYS USED TO MOVE THE WINDOW UP AND DOWN GOT TANGLED WHICH CAUSED THE CABLE TO BECOME ENTANGLED IN THE MOTOR AND EVENTUALLY BROKE THE WINDOW CLIPS, CAUSING THE WINDOW TO DROP UNEXPECTEDLY. THE DRIVER'S SIDE WAS THE FIRST TO GO. IT TOOK MANY WEEKS TO FIND AN AFFORDABLE REPLACEMENT (PARTS RANGED FROM $100 TO $350). THREE DAYS AFTER REPAIR WAS MADE, THE PASSENGER WINDOW TOO DID THE SAME THING. NOW I HAVE ONLY ONE WINDOW THAT WORKS UNTIL AGAIN I CAN FIND ANOTHER AFFORDABLE PART TO FIX THE INCONVENIENCE. *NM

DT: 1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONSUMER STATED THE WINDOW TRACK HAS BROKE. THIS HAS BEEN FIXED TWICE, AND STILL DID NOT WORK PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE SHOOK WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE BRAKE PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED FOUR TIMES. THE ROTORS HAVE BEEN TURNED TWICE AND REPLACED ONCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS. *AK

ABOUT MARCH 1, 2005, STEERING MECHANISM WOULD VIBRATE AND LOSE CONTROL. FRONT BRAKES WOULD PULL THE CAR TO THE RIGHT. A SUBSEQUENT MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON FEBRUARY 7, 2005, ON I80, 7PM, GOING SOUTHBOUND. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS INJURED IN EITHER CAR ... MY CAR WAS HYDROPLANING DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS.

PONTIAC GRAND AM: I HAVE HEARD OF SEVERAL OWNERS HAVING REPAIRS FOR THE HEAD GASKET OR ALUMINUM HEADS MALFUNCIONING CAUSING CRACKED BLOCK. THE RADIATOR STARTS LEAKING IMPERCEPTIVELY, PROBLEM BEFORE YOU HAVE TIME TO NOTICE CAR OVERHEATS

I OWN A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM GT, BEGAN WITH A SLOW TRANSMISSION LEAK THAT PROGRESSED TO A LARGER ONE. CAR WAS TAKEN TO TRANSMISSION SHOP AND FOUND TO HAVE A CRACKED TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION WAS CRACKED COMPLETELY AROUND AND FELL OUT IN TWO PIECES WHEN TAKEN OUT. THE CRACK WAS AT THE DIFFERENTIAL, THAT CAUSED A PART TO GRIND THE INSIDE WALL OF THE TRANSMISSION TO THE POINT WHERE IT CRACKED COMPLETELY AROUND. EVERY MECHANIC I SPOKE TO NEVER HEARD OF THIS WITHOUT HITTING ANYTHING. I HAVE SEEN THIS HAPPEN TO MINE AND READ A SITE WHERE ANOTHER GRAND AM HAD THIS HAPPEN AND HIS PICTURES ARE IDENTICAL TO MINE. SO GOING FROM NEVER HEARING OF THIS FROM PROFESSIONAL MECHANICS TO HAPPENING TO TWO SEPERATE 1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM APPEARS TO HAVE A PATTERN. I REQUIRED TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF 1116.50

BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT COIL SPRINGS BROKE WHILE DRIVING , WITH THE LAST BLOWING OUT THE TIRE WHILE MY 16 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING.

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE FRONT TIRE MAKES A POPPING SOUND WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL LEFT OR RIGHT. THE CAR LEANED ON DRIVER'S SIDE. ONE COULD TELL THIS IF JUST STANDING OUTSIDE OF THE CAR AND LOOKING AT IT. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN HAVING THIS PROBLEM FOR ABOUT A YEAR, BUT IT GRADUALLY GOT WORSE.*AK

DT: HEADLIGHT UNIT, THE LENS IS NOT OF GOOD QUALITY AND AFTER A WHILE THE COVER TURNED MILKY AND MADE IT HARD TO SEE AT NIGHT. *NM *SB *NM

DT: THE PROBLEM BEGAN ON 6/14/05 WHEN ALL LIGHTS CAME ON AND ALL GUAGES WENT TO ZERO, THE POWER DOOR LOCKS AND WINDOWS FAILED AS WELL. THE VEHICLE HAD NO BRAKES, IT COASTED TO A STOP, AND SHUT DOWN, OWNER WAS LOCKED IN VEHICLE. THE ALTERNATOR AND BELT WERE REPLACED, OWNER GOT IN BACK SEAT BECAUSE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. TOW TRUCK DRIVER TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE BUT IT HAD A COMPLETELY DEAD BATTERY. OWNER WAS ABLE TO GET OUT FINALLY WHEN THEY WERE TRYING TO RESTART THE BATTERY. SHE GRABBED THE HANDLE AND WAS ABLE TO GET OUT. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN IMPOUND LOT, AND THE ALTERNATOR WAS CHANGED AT TOW PLACE BY A MECHANIC. IT WAS 90 + DEGREES OUTSIDE AND NO FRESH AIR WAS COMING IN THE VEHICLE. *AK

I HAVE A 1999 GRAND AM GT THAT I BOUGHT A MONTH AND HALF AGO. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR STARTED TO OVER HEAT AND LOSING A LOT OF COOLANT! WE REPLACED THE THEROMSTATE, RADIATOR CAP, FLUSHED THE SYTEM AND STILL WAS OVER HEATING!!! NOW THE CAR IS BROKE DOWN AND NEEDS A HEAD GASKET OR EVEN NEED TO REPLACE BOTH HEADS!! NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THE WHOLE COOLANT SYSTEM!!. I THINK THAT THIS IS PRETTY BAD THAT GM KNOWS THAT THESE TYPES OF VECHILE'S ESPECIALLY 3.4 ARE HAVING THESE PROBLEMS, BUT ARE NOT TRYING TO NOTHING ABOUT IT. WHEN I BOUGHT MY CAR I EXPECTED IT TO RELIABLE SINCE IT WAS THAT NEW, THE WORST THING IS THAT I PAID STRIAGHT CASH FOR IT AND DON'T EVEN GET TO ENJOY IT!!!. I THINK GM KNOWS THAT THEY MESSED UP AND THAT DEX COOL IS WHAT THE WHOLE PROBLEM IS, BUT THEY DON'T CARE SINCE THERE NOT THE ONE WHO HAS THE WORRY'S. PLUS PEOPLE HAS TO HAVE TRANSPORTATION SO THEREFOR THEY TAKE IT TO THE GM DEALERSHIP TO GET FIX. SO THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS THAT GM KNOWS IT SHOULD BE RECALLED BUT WHY SHOULD THEY WHEN THATS JUST PUTING MONEY IN THERE POCKET.!!!!!!!!!!

I HAVE A 1999 GRAND AM,PURCHASED NEW. LESS THAN 35000 MILES. IN MARCH AS I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVE THE ENTIRE FRONT RIGHT OF MY CAR LITERALLY "FELL" WITH A DEAFENING BANG. UPON SERVICE WE FOUND THAT THE SPRING HAD BROKEN AND PUNCTURED MY TIRE. IT WAS EMBEDED IN THE TIRE AND WAS DIFFICULT TO REMOVE. IF I HAD BEEN DRIVING MY CAR DOWN THE ROAD IN TRAFFIC I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. THE IMPACT OF JUST BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVE WAS JOLTING AND TERRIFYING. THEN TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE AS I WAS MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN ONTO A SUBDIVISION STREET FROM A MAJOR ROAD JUNE 7, 2005, I HEARD AND FELT A LOUD BANG ONCE AGAIN. I IMMEDIATLEY STOPPED THE CAR AS PEOPLE RAN TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED AND IF I WAS OK. LAYING IN THE STREET WAS A PIECE OF COIL. THIS TIME IT WAS THE BACK RIGHT SPRING WHICH BROKE. FORTUNATELY IT DID NOT PIERCE THE TIRE AND I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR OFF THE ROAD. AT THIS TIME I REFUSE TO DRIVE THIS HAZARDOUS CAR. IT IS COSTING PLENTY TO HAVE THE REST OF THE SPRINGS ON THE CAR REPLACED. THIS SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED ESPECIALLY WITH SUCH LOW MILAGE AND ROUTINE MAINTAINANCE. I DO NOT FEEL THAT IT TAKES A DEATH TO INVESTIGATE THIS FURTHER. THIS IS APPARENTLY A DOCUMENTATED LONG STANDING PROBLEM ACCORDING TO THE RECORDS I HAVE RESEARCHED. I DID MAKE SURE THAT THE NEW SPRINGS PURCHASED WERE A DIFFERENT BATCH AND ISN'T IT SAD THAT DEALERS ARE STOCKING THESE SPRINGS BECAUSE THEY WERE APPARENTLY FRACTURED INTERNALLY WHEN INSTALLED WHEN THE CAR WAS BUILT.

BRAKES - I HAD A TERRIBLE SQUEELING COMING FROM THE BRAKES REPLACED PADS 5X'S AND ROTORS 3X'S

1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM BRAKES GRING AND SQUEALING LOUDLY FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR NOW. I HAD THE BRAKES CHANGED 5 TIMES AND THE ROTORS CHANGED TWICE STLL WONT STOP.

DT: CONTACT OWNS 1999, PONTIAC, GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE GOING AROUND A CURB SHE LOST CONTROL OF STEERING. THE ABS LIGHT AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. WHILE PUSHING THE BRAKES IT WAS LIKE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT EVEN STARTING BECAUSE BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE CONTACT FINALLY GOT OFF THE ROAD SHE PULLED ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. SHE TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF, AND WHEN SHE WENT TO RESTART THE VEHICLE WHEEL LOOSENED . SHE PUT VEHICLE IN DRIVE, PUSHED ON THE ACCELERATOR, AND THEN PUSHED ON THE BRAKES AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE. ALSO, CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE THE RPMS AND SPEED ODOMETER REVVED UP TO 120 MPH AND BACK TO 5 MPH BEFORE SHE EVEN MOVED THE VEHICLE OR PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR. THIS ALMOST CAUSED HER TO HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE.*AK

ON THURSDAY MAY 12TH I OPENED MY CAR DOOR AND HEARD A LOAD CRACK, AFTER REVIEWING MY CAR WITH SEVERAL CO-WORKERS WE FOUND NOTING VISIBLE WRONG. ON SATURDAY MAY 14TH, I PULLED INTO MY DRIVEWAY HEARD ANOTHER LOAD CRACK AT THAT TIME THE SPRING ON THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT BROKE INTO TWO PIECES, 1 WITH A VERY SHARP EDGE WENT DIRECTLY INTO MY TIRE. (PS SAME THING HAPPENED TO MY GIRLFIENDS 00 GRAND AM LESS THEN 24 HOURS PRIOR TO MINE BREAKING)

DT: AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. IT HAD BEEN RAINING AND THERE WAS SAND ACROSS THE ROAD. CONSUMER HIT THE SAND AND STARTED SPINNING AND SPUN AROUND SEVERAL TIMES AT LEAST 5 TIMES, WENT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT AND HIT A BIG PINE TREE WITH THE FRONT OF THE CAR. THE AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. *TT

MY CAR WILL STALL WHEN DRIVING DOWN ROAD THEN WHEN I PUT THE BREAK ON AND STOP TO START IT AGAIN IT WILL REV UP IT WILL GO 40MILES AN HOUR I HAVE NEVER LET IT GO FASTER I BREAK SOME TIMES SHUT IT OFF. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SENCE NEW IN 1999 I HAVE TAKEN IT IN AND THEY CAN'T FIND WHAT IS WRONG .THEN SOME THING NEW STARTED AND THE LIGHTS WILL GO OUT AS I AM DRIVING JUST FOR 2-3 SECONDS ANS THE LIGHTS IN SIDE WILL ALSO GO OUT .MY RADIO LIGHT TO SEE TIME JUST STAYS OUT NOW SINCE THAT HAPPENED.THIS JUST HAPPEND ABOUT A MONTH AGO WITH FOR THE LAST TIME WHERE IT SURGED THEN REVED UP AND THE LIGHTS THING. AND ALSO THE LIGHT COVERS ARE REALLY BAD LIKE FOGGY NOT BRIGHT ANYMORE.

DT THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT WEBBING IS LOCKED UP RETRACTOR. CONTACT CANNOT USE THE SEAT BELT. *NM

I BOUGHT THIS CAR USED A MONTH AGO, AND ALREADY HAD TO REPLACE THE IGNITIION SWITCH. THE REPAIR FACILITY SAID IT WAS TOTALLY RUINED AND THAT I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO CAUSE IT, NOR WAS IT PREVENTABLE. THEY ALSO SAID THAT THEY HAVE REPLACE THIS SAME PART ON 5 OTHER GRAND AMS. *AK

1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM BRAKES CREEK ALL THE TIME HAD FIXED THREE TIMES, JUST LOST THE SPRING IN LEFT REAR TIRE , COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A ACCIDENT.

WHILE DRIVING 3 MPH OVER A MUD PUDDLE THE FRONT AIR BAG INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED. VEHICLE WAS STILL DRIVABLE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE LEFT FRONT SPRING BROKE. *BF *NM

COOLANT LIGHT BEGAN TO COME ON INCREASINGLY OFTEN SO I HAD IT CHECKED OUT AT THE GARAGE WHERE I WORK. I WAS TOLD THE LOWER INTAKE GASKET WAS LEAKING AND IF IT DIDN'T GET FIXED WATER AND ANTIFREEZE WOULD GET INTO MY OIL. THIS CAR ONLY HAS 76,XXX MILES ON IT. I KNOW OF TWO OTHER PEOPLE THAT OWN THESE CARS AND THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM I DO. THIS IS NOT SAFE IF THE ENGINE FREEZES UP.*AK

VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO OVERHEAT WITHOUT CAUSE. HAD COOLANT SYSTEM CHECKED AND REPLACED WATER PUMP, RADIATOR CAP AND COOLANT. NOTICED THAT OIL COLOR HAD BEGAN TO TURN A LIGHTER SHADE OF BROWN. REPAIRMAN INFORMED ME THAT WATER WAS LEAKING DUE TO A FAULTY GASKET AND LEAKING INTO THE LOWER INTAKE. 700 DOLLAR REPAIR. ALSO INFORMED THAT A TSB HAD BEEN ISSUED AND THAT GM WAS PAYING FOR SOME REQUESTS.

THERE SEEMS TO BE A ELECRTICAL MALFUNCTION WITH MY 99 GRAND AM SE/4DR.THE DOME LIGHT SEEMS TO WORK ONCE IN A WHILE.ALSO THERE HAS BEEN IGNITION PROBLEM.MEANING A FEW TIMES WHILE DRIVING THE GAUGES, AS WELL AS, ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS COME ON.THE CAR DRIVES WELL DURING THIS MALFUNCTION.ALSO THE REAR DEFOGGER HAS STOPPED WORKING.I HAD READ THE OWNERS MANAUL AND FLOWED THE DIRECTIONS,BUT FOUND NO FUSE IN THE RELAY BOX PRETIANING TO THE REAR DEFOGGER.THERE SEEMS TO BE PROBLEM WITH STARTING THE CAR.MEANING: IT DOESN'T ALWAYS SEEM TO START RIGHT AWAY.*AK