2003 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

2003 PONTIAC GRAND AM 2.2 LITER ECOTEC TIMING CHAIN FAILURE WITH NO WARNING! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PONTIAC GRAND AM. AFTER THE CONTACT TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL WITH THE TURN SIGNAL ACTIVATED, THE SIGNAL CLICKING SOUND CONTINUED. OCCASIONALLY, THE SOUND WOULD STOP AFTER A FEW SECONDS, AND AT OTHER TIMES, IT WOULD CONTINUE. THE CLICKING SOUND WOULD ALSO OCCUR WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 181,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 179,000. *UPDATED 04/30/08 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE FUSE BOX IS ALSO GIVING HER PROBLEMS SOMETIMES THE GAUGE LIGHTS WILL NOT COME ON AND MAY NOT START AFTER ATTEMPTING TO FIX THE DEFECT. UPDATED 04/23/08 *TR

MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH MAKES A CLICKING NOISE EVEN WHEN I AM NOT USING THE TURN SIGNALS. AT FIRST, IF I WIGGLED OR TAPPED ON THE SWITCH, THE CLICKING WOULD STOP, BUT NOW IT JUST CLICKS INCESSANTLY. IT IS EXTREMELY ANNOYING. YESTERDAY WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY I NOTICED A SMALL STREAM OF SMOKE COMING FROM MY STEERING WHEEL. I IMMEDIATELY DROVE IT TO A PONTIAC DEAL AND THEY ADVISED IT SHOULDN'T CATCH FIRE THAT IT WOULD BLOW A FUSE BEFORE IT GOT TOO HOT. THEY ADVISE IT WOULD COST OVER 300 TO FIX. THIS IS FRUSTRATING BECAUSE IT'S BEEN RECALLED ON SEVERAL EARLIER MODELS. *TR

CAR STALLING IN STARTING. CAR WOULD ATTEMPT TO TURN OVER WITHOUT SUCCESS. TAKEN TO 2 MECHANICS WHO COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM AND ONE STATED THEY COULD NOT EVEN DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. AFTER GETTING STRANDED OVER A 2 WEEK PERIOD AROUND THE HOLIDAYS, THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHICH STATED THE MODULE AND COIL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PAID $500 TO REPLACE THE ITEMS TO BE STRANDED THE SAME DAY THE CAR WAS PICKED UP FROM SERVICE. WAS THEN TOLD IT WAS SHORT IN THE "NEW" MODULE WHICH SHORTED THE PCM (?). 2 WEEKS LATER THE CAR BEGAN ACTING UP AGAIN WITH THE SAME ISSUE FOR ME TO TAKE IT TO A DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP, FOR THEM TO LOCK MY CYLINDER AND THEN WANT TO CHARGE ME $700+ DOLLARS FOR THEM TO REPAIR SOMETHING THEY BROKE. THEN ADVISED ME THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY THAT FOR THEM TO FIX THE LOCK CYLINDER AND IGNITION SWITCH FOR THEM TO CONTINUE DIAGNOSING THE PROBLEM. *TR

2003 PONTIAC GRAND AM WITH SEVERAL PROBLEMS. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE TURN SIGNAL. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON HIS VEHICLE. THEN EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. *KB THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THERE WAS OIL IN THE COOLANT RECOVERY TANK, WHICH REQUIRED REPLACEMENT OF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD, VALVE COVER GASKETS, THERMOSTAT AND COOLANT. *JB THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT ENGAGE PROPERLY AND THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TURN SIGNAL FLASHER.

TURN SIGNAL SOUND CONTINUES AFTER TURN SIGNAL IS OFF. SOUND COMES ON/OFF WITHOUT SIGNAL ON. BULLETINS HAVE BEEN RELEASED UP TO YEAR BEFORE CAR MANUFACTURED. MANUFACTURE DOES NOT RECOGNIZE PROBLEM. *TR

MY 2003 GRAND AM SUFFERED A FAILURE OF IT'S FUEL PUMP ON FEB. OF 2005 DURING A TRIP TO THE BAY AREA. I WAS FUELING UP AT A WILLITS CA. GAS STATION ON A FRIDAY AFTERNOON . I FILLED UP MY GAS TANK AND THEN ATTEMPTED TO START THE PONTIAC. IT WOULDN'T START. I WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC WHO LOOKED AT MY CAR AND WHO MADE THE SUBSEQUENT REPAIR THAT IT WAS DUE TO A MANUFACTURE DEFECT. I HAD JUST FILLED UP AND MY TANK WAS AT ONE QUARTER FULL PRIOR TO THIS AND WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO RE-START THE VEHICLE, I COULD NOT GET THE MOTOR TO TURN-OVER AND START. FORTUNATELY FOR ME THE REPAIR SHOP WAS RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE GAS STATION AND SO THE CAR WAS LOOKED AT AND DIAGNOSED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY BY THE MECHANIC. I WAS SUBJECTED TO HAVING TO WAIT FOR THE REPAIR SINCE IT OCCURRED ON A FRIDAY AND THE MECHANIC DID NOT WORK ON WEEKENDS AND PLUS HE HAD TO WAIT FOR THE PART TO BE SHIPPED FROM A UKIAH CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP. THIS PUT A STRAIN ON MY TRAVEL PLANS HOWEVER THE MECHANIC WAS KIND ENOUGH TO LOAN ME HIS WIFE'S CAR FOR I HAD TO MAKE MY TRIP BECAUSE I WAS PICKING UP MY SON AT U.C. DAVIS AND HE WAS COMING HOME TO CELEBRATE HIS BIRTHDAY WITH US,HIS FAMILY. I WAS GIVEN THE CAR BACK WITH THE NEW FUEL PUMP THE FOLLOWING FRIDAY. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A DEFECT ON THIS PONTIAC GRAND AM ALSO CONCERNING THE FUEL GAUGE. IT IS NOT ACCURATE. I SEEK REMEDY TO THE EFFECT OF TOTAL REIMBURSEMENT OF SAID REPAIR BILL OF 850.00 DOLLARS. *TR

MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH MAKES A CLICKING NOISE EVEN WHEN I AM NOT USING THE TURN SIGNALS. AT FIRST, IF I WIGGLED OR TAPPED ON THE SWITCH, THE CLICKING WOULD STOP, BUT NOW IT JUST CLICKS INCESSANTLY. IT IS EXTREMELY ANNOYING AND COSTS ALMOST $400 TO REPLACE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ROTORS ON THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE WERE COMPLETELY WORN. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ROTORS, BUT WOULD NOT REPLACE THE BRAKE PADS OR THE BEARING. THE HUB BEARING ON THE DRIVER SIDE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE FUEL PUMP FAILED AND WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER. THE FUEL FILTER WAS THE INITIAL CAUSE OF THE FUEL PUMP FAILURE, BUT IT WAS NOT REPLACED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 57,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,512.

HORN BLOWS WHEN NO ONE IS AROUND THE CAR, OR JUST DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED THE HORN BURNT OUT, THE CRUISE CONTROL KICKS IN WHEN NOT EVEN ON, THE BLINKER MAKES A BLINKING SOUND INSIDE THE CAR. *TR