1995 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

WHILE DRIVING STEERING WHEEL CAN BE MOVED UP AND DOWN. MY HUSBAND'S GRAND AM VIN# [XXX] HAS THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. HE TOOK HIS CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS QUOTED A PRICE OF $275.00 TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THIS IS NOT A COINCIDENCE AND THERE IS A REAL PROBLEM WITH THE TILT ADJUSTOR BREAKING.*AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

CONSUMER HAD REPLACED FUEL PUMP THREE TIMES DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN WIRE. WIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, STARTER HAD TO BE REPLACED TWICE DUE TO A VOLTAGE REGULATOR. *AK

FRONT CRASH AT 30-35 MPH, DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *AK

WHEN ENGINE COOLANT WAS CHANGED VEHICLE BEGAN TO RUN HOT ,NEW WATERPUMP WAS INSTALLED RUST WAS ALL IN ENGINE THE RUST HAD CRACKED THE SPLINES OFF OF WATERPUMP,VEHICLE CONTINUED TO RUN HOT;HAD NEW THERMOSTAT INSTALLED,CAR CONTINUED TO RUN HOT ON OCCASION;HAD RADIATOR FLUSHEDSTILL RAN HOT FINALLY HAD TO HAVE ENTIRE ENGINE AND COOLING SYSTEM FLUSHED TO GET ALL THE RUST OUT OF SYSTEM IT WAS CLOGGING RETURN COOLING LINE AND OBSTRUCTING THE WATER FLOW. *AK

THE RECALL 00V-287 FOR THE STARTER HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED YET BECAUSE THERE WILL BE NO PARTS AVAILABLE UNTIL MARCH 2001, THE CONSUMER HAS REPLACED TWO BATTERIES AND ONE ALTERNATOR AND THINKS THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD REIMBURSE HER FOR THE ALTERNATOR. NLM

CAR WAS PARKED, CONSUMER TRIED TO START CAR AND COULD HEAR A CLICKING NOISE IN STEERING, AND THEN THERE WAS NOTHING. VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. CONSUMER WENT INTO HOUSE FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES, CAME BACK OUT, AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN. THEN, SAW FLAMES ON STEERING. TOWED VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY HEADLIGHTS BECOME INOPERABLE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK WHEN THE VEHICLE HITS BUMP, THE HEAD LIGHTS AND SIGNAL LIGHT GOES OFF. *YH

RECALL 00V287000/ IGNITION SWITCH: VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH A CLICKING SOUND UPON STARTING VEHICLE,AND ASKED DEALER TO INSPECT VEHICLE. SERVICE MANGER MR. RON CAPALDI REPLIED THAT IF DIAGNOSTIC SHOWED THAT PROBLEM WAS NOT PART OF RECALL CONSUMER WOULD BE BILLED FOR THAT INSPECTION. THIS HAPPENED AT BURNS PONTAIC IN MARLTON, NJ; PHONE # 856/ 983-1115. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

IGNITION MELTED WHICH ALMOST CAUSED A FIRE. BUT, PONTIAC STATED THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 00V287000 ALTHOUGH IT HAD SAME PROBLEM, CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE 1 WEEK AFTER THE DEALER STATED THE RECALL WAS VIN NUMBER SPECIFIC, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC

I HAVE HAD A LOT OF TROUBLE WITH SQUEAKY STEERING COLUMN,NOW IN ADDITION RECENTLY,MY HEADLIGHTS WILL GO OUT AND MOST LIKELY IS A CONTACT WITHIN THE OPERATIONS STICK ON THE STEERING WHEEL.I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH CLUNKING NOISES ON FRONT LEFT AND ALL MECHANICS TELL ME MY SHOCKS ARE FINE.MY HEATER CORE HAS TAKEN A DUMP,ALONG WITH A BATTERY,ALONG WITH A FUEL PUMP,ALL OF WHICH SEEM VERY PREMATURE ALL FROM 40000 MILES TO 55000 MILES.