2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

FAULTY SECURITY SYSTEM; THE CAR WILL START AND RUN ONE MINUTE AND THE NEXT TIME THE CAR WILL NOT START BECAUSE THE ANTI-THEFT FEATURE WILL ACTIVATE FOR NO APPARENT REASON THE ONLY THING THE DEALERSHIP TELLS ME IS THE SAME PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION TURN TO ACC POSITION WAIT TEN MINUTES AND TRY TO START, AND IT USUALLY DOES. I HAD A FRIEND TAKE HIS 2002 GRAND AM TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE SAME REASON AND THEY REPLACED A CHIP ON HIS COMPUTER AND CHARGED HIM 400.00 DOLLARS WHICH DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM, AND THEY TELL HIM THE SAME THING PUT YOUR KEY IN TURN TO ACC POSITION AND WAIT TEN MINUTES , AND LOW AND BEHOLD THE CAR STARTS, I COULD HAVE TOLD HIM THAT AND NOT CHARGED HIM 400.00 DOLLARS. BASICALLY NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW HOW TO FIX THIS ISSUE, I WAS TOLD HOW TO DEACTIVATE THE ANTI-THEFT DEVICE BY REMOVING TWO YELLOW WIRES AND HOOKING THEM TOGETHER THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THE SECURITY LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME, BUT WILL ALWAYS START. THIS PROBLEM IS REALLY STARTING TO WEAR ON ME AND AS I SAID THEIR IS A LOT OF OTHER GRAND AM OWNERS FROM THE 90'S TO PRESENT THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM . G.M DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM, OR DOESN'T CARE.*JB

2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM SE1 SEDAN ... POWER WINDOW REGULATORS FAILED BECAUSE OF SUBSTANDARD PLASTIC BRACKET THAT BREAKS AND CAUSES THE MOTOR TO SEIZE. BECAUSE OF THIS FAILURE, I CANNOT ROLL DOWN ANY OF MY WINDOWS. I LIVE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT AND LIKE TO HAVE MY WINDOWS DOWN. THE DEALERSHIP QUOTED ME $250.00 FOR EACH WINDOW PLUS THE COST OF LABOR AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD TAKE 2 WEEKS FOR THE PARTS AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE MY CAR FOR APPROX 3 DAYS. I ASKED ABOUT A RENTAL AND THEY SAID THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR IT IF I WANTED ONE. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS AND FOUND UPWARDS OF 40 SOME ODD COMPLAINTS ON DIFFERENT WEB SITES PERTAINING TO 1998-2004 MODELS WITH THIS SAME ISSUE. I HAVE FOUND AFTER MARKET PARTS TO REPAIR THEM MYSELF AND IT WILL STILL COST ME $400.00 BECAUSE I HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE POWER WINDOW REGULATOR AND MOTOR FOR EACH DOOR. MY BROTHER HAS A 2001 MODEL WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *JB

ON 4/27/2005 I REPLACED THE COMBINATION SWITCH ON MY 2000 GRAND AM, BECAUSE IT WAS MAKING A CLICKING NOISE FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS, WHEN THE TURN SIGNAL WASN`T ON AND I NOTICED SOME SMOKE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. A WEEK LATER I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ON THE SWITCH. GM`S CONSUMER SERVICES SENT ME A FORM TO FILL OUT FOR A REFUND. I SUMITTED THE FORMS AND MY CLAIM WAS REFUSED BECAUSE THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED ON 4/26/2004. I CHECKED MY RECORDS AND THEY DID REPLACE THE SWITCH 1 YEAR EARLIER. MY CONCERN IS THAT GM WAS REPLACEING BAD WITH BAD. MY SERVICE REQUEST # 1-348061917. CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGER; KRYSTAL KEEL.

MALFUNCTION OF THE FUEL SYSTEM ON MY 2000 GRAND AM.THE PROBLEM HAS HAPPEN 3 TIMES TO THE CAR.

DT: CONSUMER STATED THAT WITHIN THE LAST FOUR MONTHS THREE OF THE WINDOWS BROKE. THEY BROKE WHILE ROLLING UP, DOWN OR BEING UP. CONSUMER CONTACTED PONTIAC, AND THEY STATED THAT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO RECALL THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING. THERE WAS A PLASTIC PIECE IN THE WINDOW THAT GUIDED THE WIRE, THAT WAS THE PIECE THAT BROKE. *AK

2000 GRAND AM GT1 WITH 36,127 MILES; A/C BLOWER STARTED MAKING A LOUD VIBRATING NOISE ON SPEEDS 4 & 5; BLOWER THEN WENT OUT ON SPEEDS 1,2,3, AND MAX. DIAGNOSED AT DEALER AND HAD TO REPLACE BOTH BLOWER MOTOR AND BLOWER RESISTOR AT COST OF $229. SERVICE MANAGER INDICATED THAT BLOWER MOTOR HAD A BEARING FAULT WHICH COULD START A FIRE.

(1)GAS GAUGE DOESN'T WORK, SHOWS STILL HAVE GAS AT 1/4 TO 1/2 TANK FULL AND IS NEAR EMPTY OR I RUN OUT. (2)RUN OUT OF GAS. HAD TO CALL SOME ONE TO BRING ME GAS. (IT WAS -10 DEGREES F) (3) NOTHING CAN'T AFFORD TO GET IT FIXED.

MY DRIVER'S SIDE POWER WINDOW BROKE WHEN MY CAR WAS UNDER WARRANTY, WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR. I TRIED TO ROLL IT DOWN ONE DAY AND IT STARTED MAKING CRACKING AND BREAKING NOISES THEN IT WOULDN'T GO UP. IT WAS THE MOTOR/REGULATOR. A YEAR/YEAR AND A HALF LATER, THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW DID THE EXACT SAME THING. I HAD TO PAY TO HAVE THAT FIXED, IT WAS $400+. SAME THING, MOTOR/REGULATOR. I HARDLY USED MY WINDOWS AFTER MY FIRST INCIDENT. I WAS AFRAID THEY WOULD BREAK AGAIN. ONLY USED IN EMERGENCIES. 6 MONTHS AGO, I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALER TO HAVE AN OIL CHANGE AND THEY ROLLED DOWN MY DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW AND COULDN'T GET IT TO GO BACK UP. SAME THING, REGULATOR/MOTOR. THEY REFUSED TO PAY FOR IT. THEY ONLY OFFERED ME A FREE OIL CHANGE. THIS HASN'T BEEN FIXED. I TRIED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE WITH PONTIAC SINCE IT WAS THE THIRD TIME I HAD A WINDOW BREAK ON MY CAR. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW. TODAY I HEARD A STRANGE NOISE COMING FROM OUTSIDE SO I ROLLED MY ONLY WORKING WINDOW (PASSENGER SIDE) DOWN WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND IT STARTED MAKING HORRIBLE NOISES AND I COULD HEAR PARTS BREAKING AND FALLING INSIDE THE DOOR. THE WINDOW WILL NOT GO BACK UP. THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME MY WINDOWS HAVE BROKE. EVER SINCE THE FIRST TIME, I HAVE BEEN HESITANT TO USE THEM (EXCEPT IN EMERGENCIES) BECAUSE I FEAR THEY WILL BREAK AGAIN. I CALLED PONTIAC TODAY TO VOICE MY FRUSTRATION. 4 TIMES IN 5 YEARS IN RIDICULOUS ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S THE SAME EXACT THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN. I HAVEN'T HAD THE 3RD AND 4TH TIME FIXED BECAUSE IT WILL BE AT MY EXPENSE AND IT WILL PROBABLY JUST BREAK AGAIN. I HAVE USED MY WINDOWS (SINCE THEIR FIRST REPAIRS) MAYBE A TOTAL OF 10 TIMES. WHEN I CALLED PONTIAC TODAY THEY TALKED TO THE DEALER AND THE DEALER OFFERED TO KNOCK $75 OFF ON EACH WINDOW. THEY QUOTED ME A PRICE OF $430/EACH MINUS A $75 DISCOUNT ON PARTS, SO $355 FOR EACH WINDOW. I'LL HAVE TO PAY OVER $700 TO HAVE MY WINDOWS REPAIRED FOR THE SECOND TIME EACH.

DT: CONTACT STATES THE AREA WHERE THE JACK STAND IS PLACED TO CHANGE A TIRE IS CORRODED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO FALL FROM THE JACK STAND. *AK

DT: STEERING IS GOING OUT ON THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE IS IN THE SHOP DUE TO A RECALL ON THE HAZARD SIGNAL. WHEN PUTTING ON THE TURN SIGNAL TO GO LEFT OR RIGHT THE STEERING WOULD SOUND LIKE IT MAKES AWHISTLING NOISE. FROM UNDERNEATH IT SOUNDS LIKE KNOCKING OR RATTLING SOUND.*AK