1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY BE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT THEY COULD NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 110,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. UPDATED 03-07-08 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED VARIOUS LIGHTS ILLUMINATE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL SUCH AS: OIL PRESSURE LIGHT, AIR BAG, ENGINE LIGHT ABS. THE SECURITY PASSLOCK SYSTEM WAS INOPERATIVE. THE HAZARD AND TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS DID NOT WORK PROPERLY. THERE WAS HESITATION UPON ACCELERATION. THE TRACTION CONROL WAS INOPERATIVE

LEFT REAR AXEL SPINDLE BROKE WHILE GOING AROUND A SHARP CURVE CHANGING HIGHWAYS.CAUSING THE CAR TO SLIDE OUT OF CONTROL LANDING IN A RAVINE. VERY LUCKY TO EVEN BE ALIVE. *TR

LEFT FRONT SPRING BROKE AT FIRST COIL OF SPRING. CAR WAS NOT MOVING AT THE TIME, BUT THE SPRING CONTACTED THE TIRE. TIRE WOULD HAVE BEEN DESTROYED IF VEHICLE HAD BEEN MOVING. REPLACE ENTIRE STRUT ASSEMBLY, STILL HAVE THE OLD PARTS. *TR

1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM PASSLOCK FEATURE CONSTANTLY CAUSES MY VEHICLE TO NOT START. I HAVE BEEN STRANDED AT TIMES FOR OVER AN HOUR, MISSED WORK, ETC. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS IT COULD SHUT DOWN MAKING AN ACCIDENT POSSIBLE. *TR

I HAVE BEEN READING THE REPORTS ABOUT THE BLINKERS SWITCH AND HOW IT KEEPS CLICKING EVEN WHEN IT ISN'T BEING USED. I HAD THIS PROBLEM. FIRST IT WAS ONLY ONCE IN A WHILE THEN IT GOT TO BE MORE OFTEN. THE SOUND WOULD CLICK ONE OR TWICE AFTER I TURNED OFF THE BLINKER THEN IT WAS TO THE POINT IT WOULDN'T STOP. I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WASN'T PART OF ANY RECALL THAT WAS OUT, BUT TO BRING IT IN. THE MAN THAT LOOKED AT IT SAID THAT IT SOUNDED LIKE MY SWITCH WAS GOING BAD AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO SAVE UP THE MONEY TO GET THE PART. AFTER ABOUT TWO WEEKS I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AND SMELLED SMOKE. I LOOKED DOWN AND MY STEERING WHEEL COLUMN WAS SMOKING. NOT REALLY BAD BUT I WAS FREAKING OUT. I ONLY LIVED A BLOCK AWAY SO I JUST WENT HOME. WHEN I GOT HOME I TOLD MY HUSBAND AND HE WENT OUT AND PULLED THE STEERING WHEEL COLUMN OFF. HE WAS LOOKING AT IT AND SAW THAT THERE WERE 4 POINT TYPE THINGS THAT WERE STICKING TOGETHER. THESE WENT TO THE BLINKER THEY ACTIVATE IT WHEN YOU FLIP THE SWITCH. THE SMOKE WAS FROM THESE TOUCHING. HE FILED THEM DOWN AND PUT MY STEERING COLUMN BACK TOGETHER AND I HAVEN'T HAD THE CLICKING PROBLEM SINCE. SO IT WASN'T MY BLINKER SWITCH AFTER ALL. SOME OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS SIMILAR TO THIS MAY WANT TO CHECK IT OUT. IT MAY JUST SAVE YOU TIME AND MONEY. GOOD LUCK. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM. WHILE APPROACHING A STOP AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR WHEN DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT RELEASED THE PEDAL AND ATTEMPTED TO DEPRESS IT AGAIN, BUT IT WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR ONCE MORE. HE WAS FORCED TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. HE LOOKED BEHIND THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL AND NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM THE METAL LINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND THE FAILURE WAS CONFIRMED. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE METAL LINE WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 20,181. UPDATED 01-11-08. *KB UPDATED 12/12/07 *JB

1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM GT - THE IGNITION THEFT DETERRENT PASSLOCK SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONS - PREVENTS CAR FROM STARTING - "SECURITY" LIGHT REMAINS ON. VERY COMMON PROBLEM - MANY OWNERS COMPLAINTS ARE FOUND HERE: HTTP://WWW.PONTIACOWNERS.COM/PONTIAC/TAGS/PASSLOCK/ GM NEEDS TO PAY FOR THIS VIA A RECALL. *TR

THE TURN LIGHTS ON OUR PONTIAC GRAND AM SE V6 HAVE BEEN GOING IN AND OUT AT RANDOM. I ASKED MY FATHER ABOUT THIS AND HE SAID TO TRY PUSHING THE HAZARD LIGHT BUTTON. HE GOT A RECALL NOTICE FOR HIS 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM LAST YEAR BUT HAS NOT EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM, SO I WANT TO KNOW IF THE SAME RECALLED 2000 PART NUMBER HAZARD SWITCH AND WIRING OF THE TURN LIGHT THROUGH IT ARE THE SAME AS MY 1999 ,THE TWO CARS ARE VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL IN EVERY WAY. IF THEY ARE THE SAME PART AND PROCEDURE OF PROBLEM THEN I GUESS MY COMPLAINT IS WITH THE NHTSA WHO DID NOT INCLUDE THIS PART IN THE 2000 RECALL NOTICE. PLEASE DO DILIGENCE, THIS IS MY FAMILY'S CAR. *TR

I HEARD A STRANGE NOISE IN A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM, WHILE HEADING FOR HOME. THE TIRE SOON WENT FLAT, AND UPON INSPECTION THE CAUSE WAS A BROKEN COIL SPRING IN THE RIGHT FRONT. A SPARE WAS PUT ON THE VEHICLE, BUT DUE TO THE SPRING BEING BROKEN, THE RIGHT FRONT OF THE CAR STILL DRAGGED. THIS HAPPENED TODAY, BUT PLANS ARE BEING MADE TO REPAIR THE COIL SPRING IN THE NEAR FUTURE. *JB

PASSLOCK ON MY 1999 GRAND AM WILL NOT LET MY CAR START SOMETIMES AND I HAVE TO WAIT 10 MIN. TO GET IT STARTED,AFTER I BOUGHT THIS CAR AND THIS FIRST HAPPEN TO ME I ASK THE GUY I BOUGHT THIS FROM AND HE SAID HE HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH IT SO THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON,AND FROM READING ON THE INTERNET FORMS THIS IS HAPPING TO ALOT OF PEOPLE WITH THIS CAR AND MANY OTHER MODELS. *TR