2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

I HAVE HAD CONSTANT ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS IN MY VEHICLE. IT STARTED WITH THE TURN SIGNALS WORKING INTERMITTENTLY, THEN MY POWER WINDOWS WOULD WORK INTERMITTENTLY, THEN MY SUNROOF WOULD DO SO AS WELL. I HAVE HAD THE SWITCH REPLACED FOR MY TURN SIGNALS, AND THEY HAVE WORKED FINE SINCE. I HAD THE MOTOR REPLACED FOR MY SUNROOF, AND IT HAS ALSO WORKED FINE. HOWEVER, THE POWER WINDOWS STILL WORK INTERMITTENTLY, AND THE MOTOR HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES. GEE, MAYBE IT ISN'T THE MOTOR?!?!?! I HAVE ALSO HAD BRAKE ROTOR WEAR PROBLEMS, WHICH ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. DEALER SAID ROTORS LOOKED AS IF I HAD BEEN STORING MY VEHICLE FOR YEARS THEY WERE SO RUSTED. I URGE ANYONE CONSIDERING THE PURCHASE OF A PONTIAC TO RE-THINK THEIR DECISION. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE TURN SIGNALS STARTED WORKING IMPROPERLY ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. WHEN THEY WERE NOT WORKING THERE WAS NO LIGHT INDICATED INSIDE OR OUTSIDE OF THE CAR. WHEN SHE TOUCHED THE HAZARD SWITCH BUTTON JUST SLIGHTLY AND THE TURN SIGNALS WERE ACTIVATED. THERE WAS RECALL 03V327000 FOR THE TURN SIGNALS, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. SHE TALKED TO THE MANUFACTURER, AND THEY TOLD HER THAT THIS VEHICLE TURN SIGNAL PROBLEM WAS NOT THE SAME AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL.*AK UPDATED 11/30/2005 - *NM

CAR PULLED OUT OF GARAGE AND ROAD AROUND BLOCK. EXTREME GRINDING NOISE. SMOKE FROM FRONT PASSENGER TIRE. PULLED CAR BACK INTO GARAGE TO INVESTIGATE. PASSENGER FRONT COIL SPRING CRACKED AND RUBBING AGAINST TIRE CAUSING TIRE DAMAGE. *NM

DT: THE TURN SIGNAL WILL NOT WORK PROPERLY. SOMETIMES IT IS DELAYED, OTHER TIMES IT WILL SHUT ITSELF OFF AND OTHER TIMES IT DID NOT WORK. THE PROBLEM FIRST STARTED IN JULY 2005 THEN AFTER THAT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN UNTIL AUGUST 22, 2005. THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. *AK THE DEALER REPAIRED THE PROBLEM AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER. *NM

I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE USED, FROM A DEALER IN NORTH LITTLE ROCK ARK, WE NOTICED THE RECALL, DEALER SAID JUST CALL PONTIAC THEY SHOULD HONOR IT. THE RECALL IS ON BLINKER -FLASHER CONTROL BOX WHICH CAUSES BLINKERS TO FAIL OR BE INTERMITTENT. (NHSTA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 03V327000). THIS IS HAPPENING TO THE CAR JUST AFTER I PURCHASED FROM DEALER. I CALLED PONTIAC THEY SAID MY VIN NUMBER IS NOT ON THE LIST VIN#[XXX]. YET THE PROBLEM IS THE SAME I WOULD LIKE TO GET THIS RESOLVED IT IS MY DAUGHTERS CAR AND IS A GREAT SAFETY ISSUE. PLEASE LET ME KNOW MY OPTIONS AND WHAT I CAN DO TO GET THIS RESOLVED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE THANK YOU. I DO NOT KNOW HOW LONG THIS PROBLEM EXISTED WITH THE ORIGINAL OWNER OR IF THEY RECEIVED A LETTER. *JB UPDATED 07/18/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM COULD NOT DEFECT WHETHER OR NOT THE DOOR WAS CLOSED.*MR *JB

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING MY CAR TO WORK AT 6:30 AM ON HIGHWAY. IT IS A 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM WITH 88,000+ MILES. NEVER HAD A PROBLEM LIKE THIS BEFORE. THE FACTORY INSTALLED CD STOPPED PLAYING. SHE REINSERTED IT. IT STOPPED AGAIN. SHE GLANCED IN HER REAR VIEW MIRROR TO SEE WHAT APPEARED TO BE A SILVERY GLOW AT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE SPEAKER. THEN A FIRE FROM THE SPEAKER. BY THE TIME THE CAR WAS ABLE TO STOP ALONG SIDE THE HIGHWAY, THE FLAMES FILLED THE WHOLE REAR WINDOW. SHE TRIED TO OPEN THE DOOR, IT REMAINED LOCKED. SHE TRIED TO OPEN THE DRIVER WINDOW, IT WOULD NOT RELEASE. THE FLAMES WERE NOW OVER HEAD AND ALONG THE PASSENGER SEAT . SHE SHUT THE CAR OFF, PULLED OUT THE KEY AND THE DOOR FINALLY OPENED. SHE GOT OUT OF THERE, OPENED THE BACK DOOR AND GOT OUT HER PURSE ON THE FLOOR. SHE BEAT IT DOWN THE HIGHWAY. SHE LOOKED BACK AND COULD SEE FLAMES NOW UNDER THE CAR AND THE INSIDE COMPLETELY BURNING. TWO TRUCKS HAD STOPPED AND THE GUYS HAD FIRE EXTINGUISHERS TO PUT OUT THE FIRE. THEN THE FIRE TRUCK AND POLICE ARRIVED. THE FIRE WAS COMPLETELY DOUSED OUT. THE ONLY THING NOT BURNT WAS THE FRONT END AND THE ENGINE. SHE CAME SECONDS FROM LOSING HER LIFE. NATIONAL WILL TREAT THIS AS A TOTAL WRITE OFF BUT I ALMOST LOST MY WIFE (IT COULD HAVE BEEN ME THAT DAY). HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF ANYTHING SO FREAKY? A SPEAKER ON FIRE?*JB

COLLISION INVOLVING FRONT OF 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM (COMPLAINANT VEHICLE) STRIKING SIDE OF ANOTHER VEHICLE AT ESTIMATED SPEED OF 30 MPH. AIR BAG OF GRAND AM FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER OF GRAND AM (COMPLAINANT) WAS BELTED, BUT DRIVER'S HEAD NEVERTHELESS STRUCK WINDSHIELD AND DRIVER'S THIGHS STRUCK BOTTOM OF STEERING WHEEL AND STEERING COLUMN, CAUSING UNCONSCIOUSNESS AND INJURY. VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT DEALER FOR INSPECTION, ASSESSMENT, AND (IF NOT TOTALED) REPAIR. PHOTOS OF VEHICLE HAVE BEEN TAKEN AND CAN BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. *JB

TURN SIGNALS NOT WORKING PROPERLY WORK INTERMITTENT HAZARD LIGHTS NOT WORKING EITHER. *JB

I PURCHASED MY 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM USED. I'VE HAD IT 3 YEARS AND HAVE HAD BREAK PROBLEMS FOR AT LEAST 2 OF THE 3 YEARS. MY MECHANIC CAN NOT FIND ANY REASON WHY I'VE HAD SO MANY PROBLEMS AND WHEN I SPOKE WITH PONTIAC HEADQUARTERS THEY INFORMED ME THAT SINCE I DID NOT HAVE A DOCUMENTED CASE THROUGH A CAR DEALERSHIP THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. I INFORMED THEM THAT MY PRIVATE MECHANIC KEPT DETAIL RECORDS BUT PONTIAC INFORMED ME THAT EVEN IF I DID USE A DEALERSHIP THE PROBLEMS I'M HAVING ARE PART OF THE NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR OF A VEHICLE. MY BREAKS HAVE BEEN GRINDING, SQUEALING, THUMPING AND NOW THE WHOLE FRONT END IS CREAKING. I'VE GONE THROUGH SEVERAL PAIRS OF BREAKS FRONT AND BACK. I'VE GOTTEN NEW ROTORS, HAVE HAD THE ROTORS CUT. I'VE GOTTEN NEW CALIPERS BUT THIS STILL HASN'T FIXED MY PROBLEM. AT TIMES I FEEL I AM RIDING IN AN UNSAFE VEHICLE. MY CAR HAS BEEN LOOKED AT ONE MONTH AND LESS THAN 30 DAYS LATER MY BRAKES WILL BE FULLY WORN DOWN. I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO HAVE THE PROBLEM CORRECTED. ON TOP OF IT ALL, THE IGNITION HAS BEEN CHANGED, THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT SPRINGS ARE COMING THROUGH THE SEAT, THE RADIOS VOLUME WILL GO UP AND DOWN FOR NO REASON, I'VE HAD TO REPLACE THE WHOLE TURN SIGNAL / HAZARDS SIGNAL PART, THE TRUNK LEAKS AND OF COURSE NONE OF IT IS UNDER WARRANTY. I STILL HAVE A LITTLE OVER A YEAR LEFT TO PAY ON THE VEHICLE AND PONTIAC COULD CARE LESS. *NM