1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

GRAND AM 1999 BOUGHT USED WITH EXTENDED WARRANTY NOW EXPIRED AS MILEAGE IS 130,000. I HAVE REPLACED THE ROTORS AT LEAST 3 TIMES AND HAVE NOW BEEN TOLD BY BIG O TIRES THAT NOW WILL NEED TO CHANGE EACH TIME I DO THE BRAKES AS THE BRAKE LINERS ARE NOW HARDER THAN THE ROTORS MATERIALS. I HAVE DONE MANY BRAKE CHANGES, THE CAR STILL SHIMMIES WHEN YOU USE THE BRAKE, WAS TOLD THIS IS NORMAL. THE LAST TIME I WAS IN WAS TOLD JUST UNDER $600 TO DO THE BRAKES/ROTORS ETC AND MY SON REPLACED THE PADS AND DID COMMENT THAT WE DO HAVE TO REPLACE THE RIGHT ROTOR WITH THE NEXT BRAKE CHANGE. WE DO BRAKE CHANGES ABOUT ONCE A YEAR. *JB

WHEN DRIVING STEADILY OVER 50 MPH FOR A PERIOD OF 15 MINUTES OR MORE THE ENGINE REVS AT 2000 RPM OR HIGHER. WHEN GOING INTO NEUTRAL OR PARK IT REACHES 3000 RPM. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. IN THE BEGINNING IT WOULD STOP ONCE I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTED IT. NOW I MUST SIT AND WAIT FOR THE ENGINE TO COOL IN ORDER FOR IT TO STOP HAPPENING. I HAVE NOT YET REPAIRED THIS BECAUSE I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO RECREATE THE PROBLEM WHEN BRINING IT IN FOR SERVICE. THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON.

I WAS DRIVING MY 1999 GRAND AM, AND THE COIL SPRING SNAPPED AND FELL WHICH RESULTED IN THE TIRE GOING UP INTO THE WHEEL WELL AND THE SPRING PUNCTURED MY TIRE! I WAS ABLE TO GET IT OFF THE ROAD. I HAD IT TOWED HOME, I CALLED AROUND TO ALL OF THE PARTS STORES, ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT YOU CAN ONLY GET A COIL SPRING FROM A GM DEALER, SO I WENT TO THE DEALER AND BOUGHT A COIL SPRING, WHICH THEY HAD IN STOCK BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN SELLING THEM QUITE A BIT(IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM AROUND HERE). SO NOW I HAVE A TON OF MONEY WRAPPED UP IN THIS CAR BECAUSE OF THE COIL SPRING. IF THE OTHER ONE BREAKS AND I HAVE TO BUY ANOTHER NEW TIRE, I AM GOING TO BE VERY MAD. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY HAPPENING TO ALOT OF PEOPLE, AND I AM LUCKY THAT I DIDN'T WRECK, SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT FROM THESE SPRINGS BREAKING WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD.

BOTH DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE POWER WINDOWS HAVE FAILED. THE CABLES AND PULLEYS USED TO MOVE THE WINDOW UP AND DOWN GOT TANGLED WHICH CAUSED THE CABLE TO BECOME ENTANGLED IN THE MOTOR AND EVENTUALLY BROKE THE WINDOW CLIPS, CAUSING THE WINDOW TO DROP UNEXPECTEDLY. THE DRIVER'S SIDE WAS THE FIRST TO GO. IT TOOK MANY WEEKS TO FIND AN AFFORDABLE REPLACEMENT (PARTS RANGED FROM $100 TO $350). THREE DAYS AFTER REPAIR WAS MADE, THE PASSENGER WINDOW TOO DID THE SAME THING. NOW I HAVE ONLY ONE WINDOW THAT WORKS UNTIL AGAIN I CAN FIND ANOTHER AFFORDABLE PART TO FIX THE INCONVENIENCE. *NM

DT: 1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONSUMER STATED THE WINDOW TRACK HAS BROKE. THIS HAS BEEN FIXED TWICE, AND STILL DID NOT WORK PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE SHOOK WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE BRAKE PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED FOUR TIMES. THE ROTORS HAVE BEEN TURNED TWICE AND REPLACED ONCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS. *AK

ABOUT MARCH 1, 2005, STEERING MECHANISM WOULD VIBRATE AND LOSE CONTROL. FRONT BRAKES WOULD PULL THE CAR TO THE RIGHT. A SUBSEQUENT MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON FEBRUARY 7, 2005, ON I80, 7PM, GOING SOUTHBOUND. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS INJURED IN EITHER CAR ... MY CAR WAS HYDROPLANING DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS.

PONTIAC GRAND AM: I HAVE HEARD OF SEVERAL OWNERS HAVING REPAIRS FOR THE HEAD GASKET OR ALUMINUM HEADS MALFUNCIONING CAUSING CRACKED BLOCK. THE RADIATOR STARTS LEAKING IMPERCEPTIVELY, PROBLEM BEFORE YOU HAVE TIME TO NOTICE CAR OVERHEATS

I OWN A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM GT, BEGAN WITH A SLOW TRANSMISSION LEAK THAT PROGRESSED TO A LARGER ONE. CAR WAS TAKEN TO TRANSMISSION SHOP AND FOUND TO HAVE A CRACKED TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION WAS CRACKED COMPLETELY AROUND AND FELL OUT IN TWO PIECES WHEN TAKEN OUT. THE CRACK WAS AT THE DIFFERENTIAL, THAT CAUSED A PART TO GRIND THE INSIDE WALL OF THE TRANSMISSION TO THE POINT WHERE IT CRACKED COMPLETELY AROUND. EVERY MECHANIC I SPOKE TO NEVER HEARD OF THIS WITHOUT HITTING ANYTHING. I HAVE SEEN THIS HAPPEN TO MINE AND READ A SITE WHERE ANOTHER GRAND AM HAD THIS HAPPEN AND HIS PICTURES ARE IDENTICAL TO MINE. SO GOING FROM NEVER HEARING OF THIS FROM PROFESSIONAL MECHANICS TO HAPPENING TO TWO SEPERATE 1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM APPEARS TO HAVE A PATTERN. I REQUIRED TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF 1116.50

BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT COIL SPRINGS BROKE WHILE DRIVING , WITH THE LAST BLOWING OUT THE TIRE WHILE MY 16 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING.

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE FRONT TIRE MAKES A POPPING SOUND WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL LEFT OR RIGHT. THE CAR LEANED ON DRIVER'S SIDE. ONE COULD TELL THIS IF JUST STANDING OUTSIDE OF THE CAR AND LOOKING AT IT. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN HAVING THIS PROBLEM FOR ABOUT A YEAR, BUT IT GRADUALLY GOT WORSE.*AK