1996 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

BUSHINGS ON CONTROL ARMS DETERIORATED,CAUSING CONTROL ARM SEPARATION. ALSO STRUT MOUNT AND STRUT WORN OUT ON THE SIDE WITH THE SEPARATED CONTROL ARM. *AK

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THEY GRIND AND SEEM NOT TO CATCH THE CAR JUST KEEPS GOING. I HAVE HAD THE CAR TO THE SHOP 3 TIMES IN ONE MONTH AND NOBODY CAN FIND THE PROBLEM. *AK

THE LIGHTS ON THE CLOCK/RADIO FADE IN AND OUT. THEY ARE OFF MORE THAN THEY ARE ON BOTH AM AND PM YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS OR WHAT STATION YOU HAVE ON THE RADIO. *AK.

I HAVE RAN ACROSS A FEW PEOPL THAT HAVE HAD THEIR WATER PUMPS FAIL ON THEIR CARS LIKE MINE HAS. IS THIS A COMMON PROBLEM AND IS IT A RECALLABLE ISSUE RIGHT NOW. *AK

CONTROL ARMS BUSHING WEARS OUT, UNABLE TO REPLACE THE BUSHING WITHOUT REPLACING THE WHOLE CONTROL ARM. CAUSES TIRE TO MOVE, ALIGNMENT TO BE THROWED OFF, AND SEVERE JERKING WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. HAVE NOTICED THAT THE NEW CONTROL ARMS HAVE BEEN MODIFIED SO RUBBER BUSHING CANNOT COME OUT, UNLIKE THE ONE THAT WAS ORIGINALY ON THE CAR, REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT FOR CONTROL ARMS WHICH ARE $160 A PIECE.*AK

CONTROL ARM BUSHING FELL OUT PREMATURELY AT 59K MILES, MAKING HANDING OF AUTO DIFFICULT, MECHANIC SAID HE DOES SEVERAL BUSHINGS A MONTH ON MY MODEL. *AK

FRONT AIR BAGS INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES TO DRIVER. INSPECTION OF VEHICLE BY THE DEALER, DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS NO LOGICAL REASON FOR DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS. *AK DRIVER WAS INJURED. *SLC

CONSUMER STATES HE EXPERIENCED HEAD GASKET FAILURE AND THE RADIATOR FLUID MIXED WITH THE ENGINE OIL WHICH ALSO CAUSED THE ENGINE TO BE RUINED, CONSUMER WAS ADVISED BY TWO INDEPENDENT MECHANICS THAT THE ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, CONSUMER WAS ALSO ADVISED BY BOTH MECHANICS THAT THIS IS MOST LIKELY A MANUFACTURER DEFECT.*JB

I CAN DEAL WITH MOST OF THE THINGS THAT WENT WRONG WITH MY CAR BUT I DONT THINK THAT I SHOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH MY INTERIOR COMING DOWN FROM MY DOORS AND MY PAINT FADING AND CHIPPING AND EVEN MY CD PLAYER DONT WORK.. I KNOW IT IS A 1996 BUT THESE THINGS SHOULD NOT BE MESSING UP ALREADY.. I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THESE THINGS.. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY OUT MY POCKET FOR THINGS LIKE THIS. *AK

LOWER CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS ARE EXPERIENCING EXCESSIVE WEAR AND HAVE DISINTEGRATED. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THIS IS DUE TO A FACTORY RELATED DEFECT. ALSO, FRONT STRUTS ARE NOISY AND SQUEAKY, A METAL TO METAL SOUND. *AK DEALER REPLACED TIE RODS WHEN CRUSHING SOUND IN FRONT END WAS FIRST HEARD. *SLC