1998 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

WHILE TRAVELING 45MPH VEHICLE STALLED. HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES*AK

FRONT BRAKES AND ROTORS HAD TO REPLACED AT 24,000 MILES WITHIN 1 YEARR OF OWNERSHIP. THEN 1 1/2 YEARS ,ABS AND BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AT SAME TIME. DEALER HAD TO HAVE MOTOR PACT KIT PUT WHICH RUNS REAR HYDRAULIC FOR BRAKES AT 50,000 MILES. *AK

TRANSAXLE CASE WHEEL BEARING FAILED AND WAS REPAIRED, HOWEVER THE CONSUMER STATES THAT IT STILL ISN'T CORRECT. *SLC

WHILE AT A STOP VEHICLE IDLES VERY HIGH WHICH WHEN LETTING GO OF BRAKES VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY ACCELERATE AT A VERY HIGH SPEED. *AK THE VEHICLE'S RPM WAS HIGH, ESPECIALLY WHEN STARTING. THE DEALER WORKED ON IT BUT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE. SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT COMING ON DUE TO EVAP PURGE VALVE AND SOLENOID FAILURE. PCM FAILED. *YH

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD START TO SHAKE WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & MECHANIC INDICATED THAT BRAKES WERE WARPED & NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AFTER HAVING ROTORS REPLACED, PROBLEM HAS REAPPEARED AGAIN.*AK

COSTLY REPAIRS ON VEHICLE-VERY DISAPPOINTED -FEEL NEED TO FILE COMPLAINT. NO SAFETY DEFEC TMENTIONE DIN SUMMARY. *AK

THEFT SYSTEM ACTIVATES ON CAR W/O WARNING WHEN TRYING TO START CAR. CAR THINKS IT'S BEING STOLEN. IT STARTS AND THEN SHUTS DOWN WITH THEFT SYSTEM LIGHT BLINKING. CAN ONLY MOVE BY TOWING IT AWAY. HAVE HAD IT TO DEALER ON 5 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. LAST TIME REPLACE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER MODULE, THE NEXT DAY HIT A BUMP AND THFT SYSTEM LIGHT CAME ON. DID THIS ON 4 OCCASIONS BUT CAR STARTED AFTER CUTTING IT OFF. LAST TIME ABOUT 5 WEEKS AFTER LAST REPAIR, IT GAVE ME NO WARNING WHEN I TRIED TO START IT. THE THEFT SYSTEM ACTIVATED AND IT SHUT THE CAR DOWN. IT WAS TOWED TO DEALER THAT DID PREVIOUS W ORK (FROM GA. TO FLA.), THEY INFORMED ME I NEEDED NEW KEYS AND A LOCKING SYSTEM. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM SINCE FEBRUARY 2000, I HAVE HAD THE CAR TOWED 5 TIMES, TWICE IN ONE DAY.

A LEAKING FUEL LINE IS NOT ACCEPTABLE FROM A 2YR OLD CAR WHICH WOULD CAUSE A FIRE,ALSO THERE IS NO REASON (PERMITING THAT THE VEHICLE IS NOT ABUSED) THAT AN INTAKE GASKET SHOULD BE REPLACED AT LESS THAN 70,000 MILES, ESSPECIALLY IF HISTORY ON THE 3.1L ENGINE NO MATTER WHAT VEHICLE IT IS IN HAS THIS PROBLEM FOR SUCH A PERIOD OF TIME AND HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK

VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN WITH THE FOOT ON THE BRAKES. BRAKES WERE RUINED. PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT. BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP 3 DIFFERENT TIMES, BUT PROBLEM WOULD REAPPEAR AFTER REPAIRS WERE DONE.*AK

THIS ALMOST KILLED MY WIFE THE CARS SPEDOMITOR IS STILL STUCK ON 70, AND PONTIAC AND THE DEALER ARE NOT INTERESTED AT ALL, I WILL NEVER BUY AMERICAN AGAIN! MEAN WHILE WE ARE PAYING FOR A CAR WE CANNOT AND WILL NOT DRIVE AGAIN.