1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

DT THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT WEBBING IS LOCKED UP RETRACTOR. CONTACT CANNOT USE THE SEAT BELT. *NM

I BOUGHT THIS CAR USED A MONTH AGO, AND ALREADY HAD TO REPLACE THE IGNITIION SWITCH. THE REPAIR FACILITY SAID IT WAS TOTALLY RUINED AND THAT I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO CAUSE IT, NOR WAS IT PREVENTABLE. THEY ALSO SAID THAT THEY HAVE REPLACE THIS SAME PART ON 5 OTHER GRAND AMS. *AK

1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM BRAKES CREEK ALL THE TIME HAD FIXED THREE TIMES, JUST LOST THE SPRING IN LEFT REAR TIRE , COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A ACCIDENT.

WHILE DRIVING 3 MPH OVER A MUD PUDDLE THE FRONT AIR BAG INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED. VEHICLE WAS STILL DRIVABLE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE LEFT FRONT SPRING BROKE. *BF *NM

COOLANT LIGHT BEGAN TO COME ON INCREASINGLY OFTEN SO I HAD IT CHECKED OUT AT THE GARAGE WHERE I WORK. I WAS TOLD THE LOWER INTAKE GASKET WAS LEAKING AND IF IT DIDN'T GET FIXED WATER AND ANTIFREEZE WOULD GET INTO MY OIL. THIS CAR ONLY HAS 76,XXX MILES ON IT. I KNOW OF TWO OTHER PEOPLE THAT OWN THESE CARS AND THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM I DO. THIS IS NOT SAFE IF THE ENGINE FREEZES UP.*AK

VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO OVERHEAT WITHOUT CAUSE. HAD COOLANT SYSTEM CHECKED AND REPLACED WATER PUMP, RADIATOR CAP AND COOLANT. NOTICED THAT OIL COLOR HAD BEGAN TO TURN A LIGHTER SHADE OF BROWN. REPAIRMAN INFORMED ME THAT WATER WAS LEAKING DUE TO A FAULTY GASKET AND LEAKING INTO THE LOWER INTAKE. 700 DOLLAR REPAIR. ALSO INFORMED THAT A TSB HAD BEEN ISSUED AND THAT GM WAS PAYING FOR SOME REQUESTS.

THERE SEEMS TO BE A ELECRTICAL MALFUNCTION WITH MY 99 GRAND AM SE/4DR.THE DOME LIGHT SEEMS TO WORK ONCE IN A WHILE.ALSO THERE HAS BEEN IGNITION PROBLEM.MEANING A FEW TIMES WHILE DRIVING THE GAUGES, AS WELL AS, ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS COME ON.THE CAR DRIVES WELL DURING THIS MALFUNCTION.ALSO THE REAR DEFOGGER HAS STOPPED WORKING.I HAD READ THE OWNERS MANAUL AND FLOWED THE DIRECTIONS,BUT FOUND NO FUSE IN THE RELAY BOX PRETIANING TO THE REAR DEFOGGER.THERE SEEMS TO BE PROBLEM WITH STARTING THE CAR.MEANING: IT DOESN'T ALWAYS SEEM TO START RIGHT AWAY.*AK

VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION DUE TO A CHATTERING NOISE THAT OCCURRED WHEN THE WEATHER WAS COLD. THE TECHNICIAN DETERMINED THAT THE WINDSHIELD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK *NM

THE FRONT WINDSHIELD OF THE CONSUMER'S 1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM WAS NOT SEALED PROPERLY (PINCH WELL WAS NOT PRIMED). *NM THE WINDSHIELD STARTED TO BECOME LOOSE WHICH ALLOWED AIR INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. *NM

RIGHT PASSENGER MIRROR FAILED CATASTROPHICALLY WHILE BEING WASHED IN AN AUTOMATIC CAR WASH. MIRROR WAS COMPLETELY TORN FROM ITS MOUNTS AND LEFT HANGING BY THE WIRING.*AK