2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

MY 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM HAS LEFT ME STRANDED ABOUT 100 TIMES, I HAVE HAD MY CAR FIXED 7 TIMES FOR THE SECURITY LIGHT PROBLEM UNDER WARRANTY BUT THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. THE CAR ONLY STARTS WHEN IT WANTS TO BECAUSE OF THE PASS LOCK SYSTEM FAILURE. PLEASE HAVE GM RECALL THE PARTS OF THE SECURITY FEATURE IT REALLY ISN'T SAFE TO BE STRANDED WHEN I WORK IN THE MIDDLE OF NIGHT. *TR

MY 2000 GRAND AM WILL NOT START SOMETIME, THE SECURITY LIGHT WILL BE ON, IF I WAIT 20 MINUTES SOMETIMES THE SECURITY LIGHT WILL GO OUT AND VEHICLE WILL START, SOMETIMES IT WILL NOT, I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THE PASSLOCK ON THIS VEHICLE. IT HAS HAPPENED MANY, MANY TIMES SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE CAR. TONIGHT IT WOULD NOT START 3 TIMES WITH A 20 MINUTE WAIT BETWEEN EACH TRY. IF THERE SHOULD EVER BE AN EMERGENCY WHERE I HAD TO HURRY AND START THE CAR, AND THIS HAPPENED, I WOULD BE OUT OF LUCK. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS. IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH SEVERAL GM CARS. *TR

WHEN TURNING ONLY ON DRIVERS SIDE THE LIGHT DOESN'T BLINK LIKE A BULB IS BURNT OUT I HAVE REPLACED MORE BULBS IN THIS CAR THEN ALL THE OTHER CARS I HAVE EVER OWNED TOTAL. IF I HIT EMERGENCY FLASHER AND TURN IT OFF IT WILL WORK WHAT'S UP WITH THIS I HAVE ALSO NOTICE OTHER GRAND AM'S ON THE ROAD THAT ARE THE SAME WAY IS THIS A RECALL. *JB

MY TURN INDICATORS DID NOT ALWAYS WORK AND CLICKED INTERMITTENTLY. FOUND NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 03V327000 MFR'S REPORT DATE : AUG 27, 2003 COMPONENT: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH TOOK THE CAR TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NO RECALL, WHEN I THREATENED LEGAL ACTION, THEY SAID THEY FOUND A VOLUNTARY FIX, NOT AT ALL THE SAME AS A RECALL. I GOT THE CAR BACK AND THE INDICATORS WORKED, BUT WHEN TURNED OFF, THEY CONTINUED TO CLICK INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER REFUSED TO FIX. ON 9/26 THE DASH STARTED SMOKING WHEN I USED THE TURN INDICATOR SO I TOOK THE CAR IN AND THE DEALER CHARGED ME $345.15 FOR THE REPAIR. THEY REPLACED THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH IN THE TREE. THEY SAID IT WAS SHORTING. GREG MEYER SERVICE MANAGER AT PIERSON AGREED THAT PONTIAC SHOULD PAY, BUT SAID HIS HANDS WERE TIED. HE SUGGESTED I FILE THIS COMPLAINT. HE FURTHER SUGGESTED THAT LEGAL ACTION MAY BE NECESSARY. *JB

SECURITY LIGHT COMING ON AND MY CAR WILL NOT START. I AM HAVING TO WAIT 10 MINUTES BEFORE IT STARTS AGAIN AND A FEW TIMES I HAVE HAD TO LEAVE MY CAR OVERNIGHT BEFORE IT WOULD START. *JB

I PURCHASED THIS CAR NEW (MY FIRST NEW CAR) IN AUGUST 2000. AFTER THE FIRST 15,000 MILES AND THE NEXT 15.000 MILES THE BRAKES WERE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. AFTER EACH ADDITIONAL 15,000 +/- MILES I PAID FOR THIS SERVICE OUT OF POCKET. IN ADDITION, I STARTED PAYING FOR WHEEL BEARINGS AND REPLACED THEM TOO MANY TIMES TO COUNT. NEXT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WITH THE FAN ONLY WORKING ON SPEED 1 AND 5. MANY DEALER TRIPS TO HAVE ATTEMPTS TO BE FIXED. PROBLEMS GREW TO ADD ISSUES WITH FUEL PUMP. NEW FUEL PUMP ADDED AFTER BEING STRANDED FOR A FEW HOURS ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. NEWEST PROBLEM WHICH WE BECAME AWARE OF REAL EARLY ON WAS LOW COOLANT OR A SYSTEM WHICH CAN NOT KEEP COOLANT IN THE CAR. THE PROBLEM REVISITED US ON XMAS DAY AS WE WERE TRAVELING TO RELATIVES AND WERE STRANDED IN UPSTATE NY IN TYPICAL CLIMATIC TEMPERATURES OF LESS THAN 30 DEGREES F. HAVE TAKEN THE CAR MANY TIMES TO DEALERS AND LOCAL MECHANICS. PROBLEMS ARE STILL ADDING UP. INCLUDED EXHAUST ISSUES. CARBON MONOXIDE. WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT FOR A FIRST TIME CAR OWNER. BUT I HAVE LEARNED ONE LESSON...WILL NEVER BUY GM AGAIN. NEVER SATISFIED WITH DEALER COSTS AND FIXES. AFTER LEARNING ABOUT ALL THE OTHER PROBLEMS ON THIS SITE THAT OTHERS HAVE HAD VERY SIMILAR. I AM GLAD THAT MY NEWEST CAR A HONDA SITS NEXT TO THE GRAND AM. I SEE THAT GM IS HURTING FINANCIALLY AND I THINK THIS SPEAKS LOUDLY FOR WHAT CONSUMERS ARE FEELING. I HAVE TAKEN CARE OF MY CAR AND SELECTED GM FOR MY FIRST CAR PURCHASE, UNFORTUNATELY GM HAS NOT TAKEN CARE OF ME. I HOPE GM SEES RESPONSES LIKE THIS TO HELP THE AMERICAN CAR COMPANIES UNDERSTAND THAT AMERICANS ARE NOT GOING TO PUT UP WITH THE IDEA THAT CHEAP CARS ARE MADE AND SOLD TO AMERICANS SO THAT THE COMPANY CAN SELL CARS CHEAPLY AND THAT THE CAR'S LIFE WILL END THE DAY AFTER THE LAST CAR PAYMENT THUS LEADING THE BUYER TO A NEW LOAN FOR A NEW CAR. THIS IS A WASTE! *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TURN SIGNALS WORK INTERMITTENTLY AND THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILED IN JANUARY OF 2005. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A SMALL TOWN WITHOUT A GM DEALER AND WAS REPAIRED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE GASKET WITH AN AFTER MARKET MANIFOLD GASKET. HOWEVER, THE REPLACEMENT GASKET WAS ALSO DEFECTIVE AND CAUSED THE ENTIRE MANIFOLD TO BE REPAIRED A THIRD TIME. THE COST OF THE REPAIR WAS $829.59. THE CONTACT WANTS TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE REPAIR SINCE THE MANIFOLD WAS DEFECTIVE. THE SPEED WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 150,000.

I CONTACTED GENERAL MOTORS ABOUT A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE. IT HAS TO DO WITH THE HAZARD SIGNAL, PREVENTING THE TURN SIGNALS FROM WORKING CORRECTLY. IT ONLY WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. THEY HAD RECALLED THE 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM, WHICH WAS THE CAR I DRIVE BECAUSE OF THIS DEFECT. WHEN I CALLED THEM THEY TOLD ME THAT THE VEHICLE'S WAS NOT RECALLED DUE TO THE VIN. SINCE THIS IS A DEFECT, AND CAN ENDANGER MY LIFE I THINK THEY SHOULD FIX THE CAR FOR FREE. I CAN'T AFFORD TO GET THIS FIXED ON MY OWN. AS YOU WELL KNOW THE DEALERSHIPS CHARGES A LOT OF MONEY TO FIX ANYTHING ON THE CAR. I CAN'T BUY A NEW HAZARD SIGNAL FROM AUTOZONE OR O'REILEY'S AUTO PARTS, AND JUST HAVE MY FRIEND PUT IT ON SINCE THE ONLY PLACE ONE CAN PURCHASE THIS PARTICULAR HAZARD SIGNAL IS FROM THE DEALERSHIP. I WONDER WHY? I AM BEING SARCASTIC!. THERE HAS BEEN NO INCIDENT/ACCIDENT AS OF YET.*AK

I HAVE A 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM, BLINKERS INTERMITTENTLY WORKED FLASHERS WORKED/DIDN'TWORK WHEN THE BLINKERS DID WORK. DIDN'T SEEM TO BE RELATED TO WEATHER OR ANY OTHER CONDITIONS. TOOK OFF FRONT OF CAR WHERE RADIO WAS AND MOVED WIRES CONNECTING TO HAZARD LIGHT, SEEMED TO BE A SHORT IN THE WIRE, POSSIBLE. PROBLEM STARTED ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO. BLINKERS WORKED ABOUT 60% OF THE TIME.*AK

I NOTICED FOR OVER A YEAR, THERE WAS COOLANT LEAKAGE. WHEN IT BECOME MORE EVIDENT, I TOOK MY CAR TO TWO DIFFERENT MECHANICS AND FOUND THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE INTAKE GASKET. BOTH MECHANICS CONFIRMED THAT MY PROBLEM WAS DUE TO DEX-COOL BEING USED AND HAD TO SPEND $624.92 TO REPAIR AND REPLACE PARTS AND HAVE MY SYSTEM CHANGED OVER TO REGULAR ANTIFREEZE TO ELIMINATE THE PROBLEM FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. REPLACED PARTS: GASKET, WATER PUMP, THERMOSTAT, OIL FILTER AND OIL, ENGINE COOLANT, AND VALVE COVER GASKETS.*AK