2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

THE HAZARD LIGHT SWITCH IN MY 2004 GRAND AM STARTED MAKING THIS CLICKING NOISE AS IF THEY WERE ON BUT WERE NOT THEN IT HAD BECOME MORE INTENSE AND WOULD NOT STOP UNTIL THE CAR WAS OFF AND WOULD START AGAIN AS SOON AS THE CAR WAS STARTED, NOW MIND YOU THE CAR IS 4 YEARS OLD WITH 58,000 MILES ON IT AND I JUST GOT IT BARELY 2 WEEKS AGO... THIS HAD JUST STARTED A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO AND JUST RECENTLY AS THE CAR WAS IN IDLE I ACCIDENTALLY HIT AND PUSHED THE KEY INWARD AND THE CAR JUST SHUT OFF. NOW IT HAS COME TO MY KNOWLEDGE THAT THERE WAS A RECALL IN 2003 FOR DEFECTIVE HAZARD LIGHTS NOT ONLY IN THE GRAND AM BUT IN OTHER GM MADE CARS. MY QUESTION IS, IF THERE WAS THEN HOW COME A YEAR LATER THE SAME PROBLEM EXIST AND IN NOT ONLY MY GRAND AM? *TR

AFTER USING TURN SIGNAL CLICKING NOISE WILL COME ON AND NOT GO AWAY. TOOK CAR TO REPAIR SHOP AND TOLD ABOUT DEFECT ON THE TURN SIGNAL OR BETTER KNOWN AS THE WIPER MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH. TOTAL EXPENSES OF REPAIR $289.00. *TR

BLINKER NOISE KEEPS (CLICKING) GOING AFTER BLINKER HAS BEEN TURNED OFF. IT IS INTERMIITTENT AND STOPS AND STARTS AGAIN EVERY FEW MINUTES. I HAVE ALREADY HAD THE BLINKER REPLACED ONCE LAST YEAR AND ALREADY THE PROBLEM HAS RESURFACED. IT IS VERY ANNOYING. *TR

CAR STARTED POPPING FUSES FOR THE PARKING LIGHTS AND DASH LIGHTS THEN MY WIFE WAS AT BANK AND LIGHTS CAME ON AUTOMATICALLY THEN THE HARNESS UNDER DASH STARTED SMOKING I HAD TO CUT POWER FROM BATTERY TO STOP FIRE. *TR

THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW DOES NOT WORK. IT HAS NEVER WORKED AND EITHER HAS MY CAR LIGHTER EVEN THOUGH I HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP A FEW TIMES. THERE IS A LOT OF COMPLAINTS AND THEY ARE ALL THE SAME. THE WINDOW GOES NEITHER UP AND OR DOWN. *TR

CLICKING NOISE IN DASH PANEL TO WHICH I CAN'T SEEM TO FIND. IT SOUNDS LIKE SWITCH CLICKING ON AND OFF. THE LIGHTS ON THE INTERIOR FLASH SOMETIMES AND ALSO AFTER THE CAR IS TURNED OFF, AND WERE SITTING OUTSIDE, THE HEADLIGHTS AND OR PARK LIGHTS FLASH ON AND OFF EVERY FEW SECONDS OR SO. COULD BE A FUTURE FIRE HAZARD. *TR

ON MY 04 GRAND AM AFTER USING TURN SIGNAL,CLICKING NOISE STARTED COMING FROM BEHIND HAZARD SIGNAL AND NOW SOMETIMES A PUFF OF SMOKE HAS STARTED COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN WITH ONLY 43K ON CAR, REPLACED HAZARD SWITCH, FIXED FOR ONLY 2 DAYS THEN SAME PROBLEM, NOTICED COMPLAINTS OF SAME PROBLEM AND THIS WAS A RECALL ON EARLIER MODELS, SHOULDN'T THIS RECALL BE EXTENDED?? PLEASE GO TO WWW.MYCARSTATS.COM THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS OF THE PROBLEM. MORE COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER OWNERS. 2ND COMPLAINT OF TURN SIGNAL ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. RESULT OF DEFECTIVE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH ALSO PRESENT IN OTHER YEARS AS WELL AND OTHER GM VEHICLES. IN RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM I HAVE FOUND IT IS NOT A MATTER OF IF BUT WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN. CAR WAS REPAIRED 1/18/08. THIS IS THE DESCRIPTION OF THE REPAIR FROM THE MECHANIC: DIAGNOSE CLICKING NOISE IN DASH, REMOVE DASH FACE - CHECK WIRING, SWITCHES, TBS'S AND RECALLS. PROBLEM CAUSED BY SHORT IN MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH THAT DAMAGED FLASHER UNIT. R&R STEERING COLUMN COVERS AND AIR BAG TO REPLACE MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH, REPLACE HAZARD LAMP FLASHER UNIT. PART DESCRIPTION: MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH ASSEMBLY (HEADLAMPS, WIPERS, TURN SIGNALS, DIMMER ALL IN ONE UNIT.) HAZARD LAMP/FLASHER UNIT ASSEMBLY. TOTAL COST $474.31. IF YOU WILL REFER BACK TO 2000, GM RECALL NO03043 AND 2001 GM RECALL NO03043 YOU WILL SEE THEY WERE RECALLED FOR THE SAME THING! IN ADDITION TO A POSSIBLE CRASH DUE TO THE DEFECTIVE SWITCH THAT YOU NOTED, YOU MIGHT WANT TO ADD THAT 1) VERY DISTRACTING 2) IF NOT REPAIRED, THE BRAKE LIGHTS START TO FAIL 3) STEERING ASSEMBLY STARTS SMOKING. I HOPE SOMETHING IS DONE BEFORE SOMEONE DIES. THIS SAFETY ISSUE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE SOME GETS HURT OR DIES. I MADE PONTIAC AWARE OF CONDITION WITH OUT RESOLVE. ALSO THE PERSON WHOM I SPOKE TO DID NOT SPEAK OR UNDERSTAND ENGLISH VERY WELL. PLEASE HELP GET THIS RESOLVED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASS LOCK SYSTEM PREVENTED THE VEHICLE FROM STARTING. HE WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE THE KEY IN FOR TEN MINUTES AND WAIT FOR THE SECURITY LIGHT TO STOP BLINKING. THE PASS LOCK SYSTEM WOULD RESET ITSELF AND THEN HE COULD START THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE TO ASSIST. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 67,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 55,000.

A RAMPANT "CLICKING' NOISE NEAR THE HAZARD BUTTON, THE BLINKER ACTUAL GOT STUCK ON AND STARTED SMOKING THE OTHER DAY; I REPLACED A PART FOR THE SAME PROBLEM ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO. BLINKERS AND HAZARDS STILL CURRENTLY WORK. THE NOISE COMES ON INCONSISTENTLY, BUT ALMOST WITHOUT FAIL AFTER USING MY BLINKER. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM GT AND WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE SECURITY LIGHT CAME ON AND WHEN THE IGNITION WAS TURNED OFF THE CAR WOULD NOT START BACK UP. I HAD TO END UP PAYING $578.16 TO HAVE THE PASSLOCK SENSOR AND IGNITION CYLINDER REPLACES. *TR