1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

DT: HEADLIGHT UNIT, THE LENS IS NOT OF GOOD QUALITY AND AFTER A WHILE THE COVER TURNED MILKY AND MADE IT HARD TO SEE AT NIGHT. *NM *SB *NM

DT: THE PROBLEM BEGAN ON 6/14/05 WHEN ALL LIGHTS CAME ON AND ALL GUAGES WENT TO ZERO, THE POWER DOOR LOCKS AND WINDOWS FAILED AS WELL. THE VEHICLE HAD NO BRAKES, IT COASTED TO A STOP, AND SHUT DOWN, OWNER WAS LOCKED IN VEHICLE. THE ALTERNATOR AND BELT WERE REPLACED, OWNER GOT IN BACK SEAT BECAUSE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. TOW TRUCK DRIVER TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE BUT IT HAD A COMPLETELY DEAD BATTERY. OWNER WAS ABLE TO GET OUT FINALLY WHEN THEY WERE TRYING TO RESTART THE BATTERY. SHE GRABBED THE HANDLE AND WAS ABLE TO GET OUT. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN IMPOUND LOT, AND THE ALTERNATOR WAS CHANGED AT TOW PLACE BY A MECHANIC. IT WAS 90 + DEGREES OUTSIDE AND NO FRESH AIR WAS COMING IN THE VEHICLE. *AK

I HAVE A 1999 GRAND AM GT THAT I BOUGHT A MONTH AND HALF AGO. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR STARTED TO OVER HEAT AND LOSING A LOT OF COOLANT! WE REPLACED THE THEROMSTATE, RADIATOR CAP, FLUSHED THE SYTEM AND STILL WAS OVER HEATING!!! NOW THE CAR IS BROKE DOWN AND NEEDS A HEAD GASKET OR EVEN NEED TO REPLACE BOTH HEADS!! NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THE WHOLE COOLANT SYSTEM!!. I THINK THAT THIS IS PRETTY BAD THAT GM KNOWS THAT THESE TYPES OF VECHILE'S ESPECIALLY 3.4 ARE HAVING THESE PROBLEMS, BUT ARE NOT TRYING TO NOTHING ABOUT IT. WHEN I BOUGHT MY CAR I EXPECTED IT TO RELIABLE SINCE IT WAS THAT NEW, THE WORST THING IS THAT I PAID STRIAGHT CASH FOR IT AND DON'T EVEN GET TO ENJOY IT!!!. I THINK GM KNOWS THAT THEY MESSED UP AND THAT DEX COOL IS WHAT THE WHOLE PROBLEM IS, BUT THEY DON'T CARE SINCE THERE NOT THE ONE WHO HAS THE WORRY'S. PLUS PEOPLE HAS TO HAVE TRANSPORTATION SO THEREFOR THEY TAKE IT TO THE GM DEALERSHIP TO GET FIX. SO THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS THAT GM KNOWS IT SHOULD BE RECALLED BUT WHY SHOULD THEY WHEN THATS JUST PUTING MONEY IN THERE POCKET.!!!!!!!!!!

I HAVE A 1999 GRAND AM,PURCHASED NEW. LESS THAN 35000 MILES. IN MARCH AS I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVE THE ENTIRE FRONT RIGHT OF MY CAR LITERALLY "FELL" WITH A DEAFENING BANG. UPON SERVICE WE FOUND THAT THE SPRING HAD BROKEN AND PUNCTURED MY TIRE. IT WAS EMBEDED IN THE TIRE AND WAS DIFFICULT TO REMOVE. IF I HAD BEEN DRIVING MY CAR DOWN THE ROAD IN TRAFFIC I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. THE IMPACT OF JUST BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVE WAS JOLTING AND TERRIFYING. THEN TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE AS I WAS MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN ONTO A SUBDIVISION STREET FROM A MAJOR ROAD JUNE 7, 2005, I HEARD AND FELT A LOUD BANG ONCE AGAIN. I IMMEDIATLEY STOPPED THE CAR AS PEOPLE RAN TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED AND IF I WAS OK. LAYING IN THE STREET WAS A PIECE OF COIL. THIS TIME IT WAS THE BACK RIGHT SPRING WHICH BROKE. FORTUNATELY IT DID NOT PIERCE THE TIRE AND I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR OFF THE ROAD. AT THIS TIME I REFUSE TO DRIVE THIS HAZARDOUS CAR. IT IS COSTING PLENTY TO HAVE THE REST OF THE SPRINGS ON THE CAR REPLACED. THIS SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED ESPECIALLY WITH SUCH LOW MILAGE AND ROUTINE MAINTAINANCE. I DO NOT FEEL THAT IT TAKES A DEATH TO INVESTIGATE THIS FURTHER. THIS IS APPARENTLY A DOCUMENTATED LONG STANDING PROBLEM ACCORDING TO THE RECORDS I HAVE RESEARCHED. I DID MAKE SURE THAT THE NEW SPRINGS PURCHASED WERE A DIFFERENT BATCH AND ISN'T IT SAD THAT DEALERS ARE STOCKING THESE SPRINGS BECAUSE THEY WERE APPARENTLY FRACTURED INTERNALLY WHEN INSTALLED WHEN THE CAR WAS BUILT.

BRAKES - I HAD A TERRIBLE SQUEELING COMING FROM THE BRAKES REPLACED PADS 5X'S AND ROTORS 3X'S

1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM BRAKES GRING AND SQUEALING LOUDLY FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR NOW. I HAD THE BRAKES CHANGED 5 TIMES AND THE ROTORS CHANGED TWICE STLL WONT STOP.

DT: CONTACT OWNS 1999, PONTIAC, GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE GOING AROUND A CURB SHE LOST CONTROL OF STEERING. THE ABS LIGHT AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. WHILE PUSHING THE BRAKES IT WAS LIKE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT EVEN STARTING BECAUSE BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE CONTACT FINALLY GOT OFF THE ROAD SHE PULLED ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. SHE TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF, AND WHEN SHE WENT TO RESTART THE VEHICLE WHEEL LOOSENED . SHE PUT VEHICLE IN DRIVE, PUSHED ON THE ACCELERATOR, AND THEN PUSHED ON THE BRAKES AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE. ALSO, CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE THE RPMS AND SPEED ODOMETER REVVED UP TO 120 MPH AND BACK TO 5 MPH BEFORE SHE EVEN MOVED THE VEHICLE OR PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR. THIS ALMOST CAUSED HER TO HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE.*AK

ON THURSDAY MAY 12TH I OPENED MY CAR DOOR AND HEARD A LOAD CRACK, AFTER REVIEWING MY CAR WITH SEVERAL CO-WORKERS WE FOUND NOTING VISIBLE WRONG. ON SATURDAY MAY 14TH, I PULLED INTO MY DRIVEWAY HEARD ANOTHER LOAD CRACK AT THAT TIME THE SPRING ON THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT BROKE INTO TWO PIECES, 1 WITH A VERY SHARP EDGE WENT DIRECTLY INTO MY TIRE. (PS SAME THING HAPPENED TO MY GIRLFIENDS 00 GRAND AM LESS THEN 24 HOURS PRIOR TO MINE BREAKING)

DT: AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. IT HAD BEEN RAINING AND THERE WAS SAND ACROSS THE ROAD. CONSUMER HIT THE SAND AND STARTED SPINNING AND SPUN AROUND SEVERAL TIMES AT LEAST 5 TIMES, WENT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT AND HIT A BIG PINE TREE WITH THE FRONT OF THE CAR. THE AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. *TT

MY CAR WILL STALL WHEN DRIVING DOWN ROAD THEN WHEN I PUT THE BREAK ON AND STOP TO START IT AGAIN IT WILL REV UP IT WILL GO 40MILES AN HOUR I HAVE NEVER LET IT GO FASTER I BREAK SOME TIMES SHUT IT OFF. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SENCE NEW IN 1999 I HAVE TAKEN IT IN AND THEY CAN'T FIND WHAT IS WRONG .THEN SOME THING NEW STARTED AND THE LIGHTS WILL GO OUT AS I AM DRIVING JUST FOR 2-3 SECONDS ANS THE LIGHTS IN SIDE WILL ALSO GO OUT .MY RADIO LIGHT TO SEE TIME JUST STAYS OUT NOW SINCE THAT HAPPENED.THIS JUST HAPPEND ABOUT A MONTH AGO WITH FOR THE LAST TIME WHERE IT SURGED THEN REVED UP AND THE LIGHTS THING. AND ALSO THE LIGHT COVERS ARE REALLY BAD LIKE FOGGY NOT BRIGHT ANYMORE.