2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

THE SECURITY LIGHT COMES ON AND THEN I CAN'T START THE CAR. THE DEALERSHIP SAYS TO PUT IT IN THE ACC MODE UNTIL THE LIGHT IS SOLID. BUT THAT TAKES 10 MINUTES. THE FAILURE TO START COMES IN DAILY, AND TAKE ME TEN OR TWENTY MINUTES TO STAR MY CAR. THE PASS-LOCK FEATURE FOR THE CAR IN MALFUNCTION. AND NOW I HAVE TO RESET DAILY. HOPEFULLY I HAVE NO LIFE THREATEN SITUATIONS I WILL HAVE TO WAIT TEN OR TWENTY MINUTES TO START MY CAR. THE IGNITION SOLENOID HAS BEEN REPLACE BY THE DEALERSHIP AND NOW SAME PROBLEM HAS RECURRED. *TR

MY DASHBOARD HAS CAME A LOOSE FROM MY WINDSHIELD AND CONTINUES TO FOLD BACK TOWARD MY STEERING WHEEL. I'M AFRAID THAT ONE DAY IT IS GOING TO CAUSE ME TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE REPORTED THIS PROBLEM TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT. I HAVE SEEN OTHER MODELS OF MY CAR THAT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AND I AM CONCERNED ABOUT MY SAFETY. *TR

THE SECURITY LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND I WAS UNABLE TO START THE CAR. I TOOK IT TO A PONTIAC DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR AND THEY REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH AND THE BODY CONTROL MODULE TWICE. THE PROBLEM IS RESOLVED NOW BUT TOOK SEVERAL SERVICES TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE WATER PUMP, HEAD GASKET. THERMOSTAT AND VALVE COVER GASKET 3 TIMES. REPLACED ALL GASKETS TWICE. HEADLIGHT STAY ON AT ALL TIMES WHEN CAR IS RUNNING. *TR

THE SECURITY PASSLOCK IS MALFUNCTIONING AGAIN, I HAVE SPENT $1,500.00 TRYING TO GET IT FIXED WHICH WAS 4 TIMES IN THE SHOP AND EACH TIME THEY SAID THEY THOUGHT THEY GOT IT FIXED. THE PASSLOCK CUTS OFF THE GAS TO THE ENGINE I CAN BE ANYWHERE SHUT OFF THE ENGINE COME BACK AND TRY TO START THE CAR AND IT WILL NOT START AND THE SECURITY LIGHT IS ON. *TR

ON 5/15/08 @ 4:30 P.M., OUR DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING OUR 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM, ON I-40 WEST IN DURHAM CTY, NC. TRAVELING APPROX. 70 MILES PER HR, SHE REMEMBERS ONLY A SUDDEN PULL TO THE LEFT ON THE STEERING WHEEL. LOSING CONTROL, SHE SWERVED 150 FT. BEFORE CRASHING INTO THE CONCRETE WALL BARRIER. CONTINUING ANOTHER 50 FT. THE CAR FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN ON THE LEFT SHOULDER. NO OTHER VEHICLES WERE INVOLVED. A WITNESS TRAVELING BEHIND OUR CAR REPORTED THAT THE CAR JUST STARTED TO "FISHTAIL". THE TIRES WERE INSPECTED BY THE OFFICER AT THE CRASH, AND LATER BY MY HUSBAND AND THE INSURANCE EXAMINER, AND WERE FOUND TO BE INTACT, FULLY INFLATED AND WITHOUT EXCESSIVE WEAR. A SEARCH ON THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION WEBSITE BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION A RECALL IN CERTAIN MODELS OF THE 2000 GRAND AM INVOLVING THE REAR SUSPENSION TRAIL ARM TO THE LEFT REAR KNUCKLE BOLT. UPON REPORTING THIS INFORMATION TO STATE FARM INSURANCE, THE ADJUSTER INCLUDED THIS COMPONENT IN HIS FINDINGS. HE REPORTED THAT NOTHING "APPEARED" OUT OF PLACE. A SINGLE SNAPSHOT OF THE REAR SUSPENSION WAS SUBMITTED IN SUPPORT OF HIS FINDINGS. MR. JOHN GARCIGA, A STATE FARM ADJUSTER, ADVISED US THAT THE SNAPSHOT WAS OF POOR QUALITY AND THE CAR WAS NOT LIFTED FOR THE INVESTIGATION, BUT FOR THE PURPOSE OF THEIR REPORTING, NO FURTHER EXAMINATION WAS WARRANTED. HE ENCOURAGED US TO REPORT THIS INCIDENT TO THE NHTSA. WE FEEL OUR DAUGHTER WAS EXTREMELY LUCKY TO HAVE SURVIVED THIS CRASH. HER INJURIES INCLUDED A BROKEN NOSE, AND BUMPS AND BRUISES. FORTUNATELY NO OTHER PASSENGERS WERE IN HER CAR. IT IS OUR FEELING THAT ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION MAY BE WARRANTED IN AN EFFORT TO RULE OUT ANY KNOWN OR POSSIBLE DEFECTS SO THAT OTHERS MAY BE ADVISED OF A POSSIBLE HAZARD. *TR

SECURITY LIGHT COMES ON WHILE DRIVING. CAN'T START CAR FOR ABOUT 15MIN WAITING FOR SECURITY TO RESET. SOMETIMES IT TAKE AN ADDITIONAL 15MIN BEFORE IT RESETS AND START. *TR

THE POWER WINDOW REGULATORS IN MY 2 DOOR 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM. CONTINUE TO FAIL. I HAVE REPLACED FOUR OF THE REGULATORS SINCE I HAVE BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2003. THESE WINDOW REGULATORS COST $112.00 EVERY TIME THEY FAIL. DEPENDING ON HOW AND WHEN, THESE WINDOW REGULATORS FAIL THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF THE GLASS FALLING INTO THE DOOR AND BREAKING THE GLASS. WHEN THE FIRST ONE FAILED, I HAD TO REPLACE THE WINDOW GLASS, IN RETURN MADE AN ADDITIONAL COST OF $120.00. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH OTHER LOCAL OWNERS AND THEY ALL HAVE HAD THE SAME TROUBLES WITH THESE WINDOW REGULATORS. I FEEL THAT THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE ADDRESSED AND SOLVED WITH A REDESIGN OF THE WINDOW REGULATOR SYSTEM AT THE COST OF GENERAL MOTORS. *TR

I WAS STARTING TO LEAVE FOR WORK AND THE FRONT COIL SPRING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF MY 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM GT HAD SNAPPED AND FLUNG ITSELF INTO THE TIRE. WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED INTO A SEVERE CRASH AND COULD HAVE KILLED SOME ONE. NOW I MUST REPLACE THE STRUT TOWER AND THE COIL SPRING. *TR

CAR DOES NOT START, LEAVES YOU STRANDED DUE TO A FAULTY PASSLOCK SYSTEM ON PONTIAC GRAND AM 2000. *TR

THERE ARE 2 REAR BRAKE LIGHTS BULBS ON THE DRIVER SIDE AND ARE SPECIFIED TO BE THE SAME, BUT THEY CAN NOT BE. BY PUTTING IN THE SAME 3157 LIGHT BULB, AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, IT WILL SHORT OUT THE LAMP BASE AND STARTS MELTING THE LIGHT BULB BASE. IN THE MEAN TIME THE BRAKE LIGHT ON THE REAR DRIVE SIDE WILL NOT WORK. *TR