1996 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED VEHICLE WOULD STALL WITHOUT ANY INDICATION, AND VEHICLE WILL NOT RESTART SOON AFTER. PLESASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

I BELIEVE THIS CAR TO BE A LEMON, MOST OF THE COMPLAINTS DESCRIBED BY OTHER OWNERS THIS YEAR MODEL EXIST WITH THIS VEHICLE. HOW CAN I GET HELP, NOW SOMETHING IS SMOKING UNDER THE HOOD, I BELIEVE IT TO BE ELECTRICAL BUT I DON'T HAVE THE CASH TO TAKE TO A MECHANIC. HELP. NO SAFETY DEFECT. *AK

ENGINE WILL SHUT OFF WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, AND WILL NOT RESTART FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. HAS TAKEN TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES. *AK

COOLANT DETECTED IN OIL, SVC ADVISOR SAID THAT 3 VEHICLES W/SAME ENGINE HAVE SAME PROBLEM--BLOWN HEAD GASKET.-CAUGHT BEFORE TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE.

WHEN IT HAS BEEN RAINING AND BRAKES HAD BEEN APPLIED TO STOP, ABS SYSTEM WOULD DISENGAGE AND THEN LOCK UP. VEHICLE WOULD START TO SLOWDOWN. PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT. HAD CONTACTED DEALERSHIP AND MANUFACTURER, AND INFORMED CONSUMER NO RECALLS, BUT NOT ABLE TO RESOLVE PROBLEM. *AK

DOOR LOCKS DO NOT WORK, DOOR LOCKS CONTROLED BY ALARM SYSTEM, WHICH MAY HAVE MALFUNCTIONED DUE TO CHANGES IN CLIMATE, REASON GIVEN TO CONSUMER BY CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT. *CJ

BEGINNING MARCH 1999 MY HORN HAS FAILED TO WORK. THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM THEN - SAID THE CONTACTS WERE LOOSE. AFTER ABOUT A YEAR THE HORN STOPPED WORKING AGAIN. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER IN JUNE 2000 AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE CONTACTS WERE LOOSE AND IT NEEDS A HORN PAD. IN ORDER TO FIX THE HORN IT WOULD COST $600 DUE TO THE AIRBAG. ONCE THEY PUT THE HORN BACK TOGETHER IT WORKED FOR A LITTLE WHILE. IT HAS SINCE STOPPED WORKING AGAIN.*AK

ENGINE SHUTS DOWN/ALL POWER IS GONE/ THERE ARE NO BRAKES/ NO STEERING AND NO LIGHTS. CONSUMER INDICATES THERE IS NO POWER AT ALL, AND FEELS THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS, TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY COULDN'T REMEDY THE PROBLEM. IT IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. *AK

SINCE PURCHASE HAD TO REPLACE 3 ALTERNATORS/ 2 IGNITION SWITCHES/ 2 STOP-HAZARD SWITCHES/ABS SWITCH, AND 2 BATTERIES. *AK WINDSHIELD IS LEAKING DURING HEAVY RAINS. THE CONSUMER INDICATES THAT THE VEHICLE HAS QUESTIONABLE DESIGN WHICH CAUSING MOST OF THE PROBLEMS. *YH

CONSTANT PROBLEMS MOSTLY ELECTRICAL, BUT FROM WINDOWS AND LOCKS TO MAJOR THINGS LIKE ALTERNATORS AND IGNITION SWITCHES MULTIPLE TIMES. CONTACTED PONTIAC OVER A YEAR AND NEVER HEARD EVEN A REPLY. ANY RECALLS OR FACTORY FIX INFO WOULD BE APPRECIATED. *AK