1995 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE CUT OFF. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP/ GAS TANK/CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND TWO IGNITION COILS WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. OWNER SEEKS REIMBURSEMENT FOR COST OF REPAIRS. *AK *ML

WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY STREET VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER HAD TO USE HAZARD WARNING LIGHTS TO AVOID BEING HIT. *AK

EA00007; CONSUMER PUT KEY IN IGNITION AND SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM UNDERNEATH STEERING COLUMN. CONSUMER SUFFERED SMOKE INHALATION WHILE TRYING TO GET OUT OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE THEN TRIED TO TURN OVER, AND START BY ITSELF WITHOUT KEYS IN IGNITION.*AK

THE CAR WAS DRIVEN FOR 8 MINUTES AND PARKED. I WENT BACK TO THE CAR 3 1/2 HOURS LATER AND FOUND THE PASSENGER SIDE BURNED UP. APPARENTLY A FIRE IGNITED IN THE ELECTRICAL WIRING UNDER THE DASH WHILE THE CAR WAS PARKED. THE DASH BOARD, CONTROLS, WIRING, AND STEERING WHEEL WERE ALL MELTED. THE WINDSHIELD HAD CRACKED FROM THE HEAT. THE VISOR FELL ON THE SEAT AND BURNED THE SEAT. I HAVE PICTURES OF THE DAMAGE. I AM WAITING ON A FORMAL REPORT FROM THE INSURANCE CLAIM. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY AND THE ALARM WOULD GO OFF FOR NO REASON. CONTACTED DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL SHORT CAUSED BY THE AIRBAG ASSEMBLY. *AK

PUT KEY IN THE IGNITION. WOULDN'T START. NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. MORE SMOKE STARTED TO APPEAR. WITHIN MINUTES THERE WAS BLACK SMOKE BILLOWING FROM THE CAR. NOT MORE THAN A MINUTE LATER THE FRONT SEATS OF THE CAR WERE INGULFED IN FLAMES. IN A MATTER OF MINUTES, THE CAR WAS COMPLETELY ON FIRE. THE CAR WAS COMPLETELY TOTALED. *AK

ENGINE LIGHT STARTED COMING ON, REPLACED PARTS ON THE CAR AND THE LIGHT STILL POPS ON.

SEE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID 96V250000. MY VEHICLE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, THE REAR FLASHERS SUDDENLY DID NOT OPERATE. THE DEALER HAS REPAIRED THIS AND I HAD TO PAY. *AK

AFTER ENGAGING AND UNENGAGING THE HAZARD LIGHTS, TURN SIGNAL FAILED TO OPERATE, AND THE HAZARD LIGHTS WOULD NOT ENGAGE AS WELL. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER MANUFACTURER'S RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

THE THERMOSTAT WENT TO THE HALF AND ALL OF THE COOLANT POURED OUT OF THE CAR AND THE OIL AND WATER MIXED. THERE WAS NO WARNING. THIS WAS THE FIRST AND ONLY TIME THAT THE CAR HAD OVERHEATED. *AK