2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

MY 2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM WILL NOT START...AGAIN. I KNOW THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE SECURITY PASSLOCK SYSTEM, BUT THE MECHANIC AT THE DEALERSHIP ACTS LIKE HE HAS NO IDEA WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT. I CALLED GM CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY TOLD ME THEY COULDN'T HELP ME UNLESS A PART THEY REPLACED WAS DEFECTIVE. I WAS IN MY WAY TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC TEST RAN TODAY AND THE CAR WOULDN'T START. NOW I HAVE TO GET IT TOWED, AGAIN. THEY STILL WILL NOT LISTEN TO ME. I HAVE READ ONLINE FORUMS, THE NOST HELPFUL OF WHICH CAME FROM EDMUNDS.COM. I WILL KEEP TRYING WITH THE DEALER. THIS IS THE 5TH TIME THE CAR WON'T START. I'VE HAD A NEW BATTERY AND A NEW IGNITION SWITCH PUT IN. I KNOW IT IS RELATED TO THE SECURITY SYSTEM BECAUSE THE SECURITY LIGHT IS ON...DUH. IT COMES ON EVERY TIME I HAVE THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE TURNED THE KEY TO THE ON POSITION FOR 10 MINUTES TO RESET THE COMPUTER. THAT WORKED ONCE AND DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE. I HAVE PUT WAY TOO MUCH MONEY INTO THIS CAR AND CANNOT AFFORD TO PUT ANY MORE INTO IT OVER A PROBLEM THAT GM KNOWS EXISTS AND WILL NOT FIX. MAYBE THEY BELIEVE IF THEY IGNORE IT, IT WILL GO AWAY. *TR

THE PASSLOCK SENSOR IS GOING OUT OF MY CAR AGAIN THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED... THE CAR WILL NOT START UNTIL I HAVE RESET THE SYSTEM, I HAD THE IGN SWITCH REPLACED 3 YEARS AGO AND IT STARTED ACTING UP AGAIN ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO. IT MAKES IT REALLY HARD FOR ME TO GO ANYWHERE IN THE SUMMER AND HAVING TO SET IN 95 DEGREE HEAT WAITING FOR 10 MINUTES FOR THE CAR TO RESET....ON THE INCIDENT DATE I AM PUTTING TODAY'S DATE SINCE IT DID IT THIS MORNING BEFORE I CAME TO WORK BUT IT HAS BEEN DOING IT FOR 4 MONTHS AT LEAST NOW. *TR

THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET STARTED LEAKING COOLANT & OIL. SAID THIS IS A COMMON GM PROBLEM SINCE THEY SWITCHED TO PLASTIC. AT THE SAME TIME THERE WAS ONE OTHER 99 GRAND AM HAVING THE SAME THING FIXED. *TR

I HAVE PAID OVER $400 TO REPLACE THE IGNITION MODULE IN MAY 'O7 IN THE 2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM GT. TODAY 7-15-07 I WA S HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. IT WILL CRANK, BUT WON'T START, CAUSING ME TO MISS A DAY OF WORK.*AK

CUSTOMER STATES THAT THE DEFECTIVE GENERAL MOTORS BATTERIES LEAKING ACID-SHOULD BE A RECALL ISSUE**CC THE CONSUMER STATED THE BATTERY TERMINAL HAD CRACKED AND WAS BARELY MAKING CONTACT WITH THE INTERNAL CELL FRAME. THE CRACK ON THE SIDE TERMINAL ON THE BATTERY ALLOWED BATTERY ACID TO LEAK OVER THE BATTERY PAN. *JB UPDATED *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START INTERMITTENTLY AND WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD START AFTER NOT BEING DRIVEN FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 68,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM PASSLOCK SYETEMP THE CAR HAS STARTED HARD FRO 2 YEARS. NOW IT STARTS AND STALLS AND THE SECURITY LIGHT IS ON. I HAD TO PURCHASE A WHOLE NEW IGNITION SWITCH TO FIX THIS. I HAVE SEEN THAT THIS IS COMMON WITH THESE CARS. #2 CLICKING IN THE DASH. THE CAR CLICKS LIKE THE TURN SIGNAL IS ON. THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME AND I AM ALSO TOLD THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM. I HAVE NOT REPLACED THE SWITCH AND AM DISAPPOINTED THAT GM ALLOWS THESE THINGS TO HAPPEN WITH NO RECALL. I WILL THINK TWICE BEFORE I BUY ANOTHER GM PRODUCT. *TR

THIS IS THE LAST OF MANY TIMES THIS HAS HAPPENED TO THE CAR. IT IS A 2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM. WHEN I GO TO START IT , TURN THE KEY IN THE IGNITION' THE SECURITY LIGHT FLASHES ON THE DASHBOARD. THE OWNERS MANUAL SAYS THIS MEANS THE BUILT IN ANTI THEFT SYSTEM IS MALFUNCTIONING , AND TO TURN THE KEY IN THE ON POSITION ,AND LEAVE IT THERE FOR 10 MINUTES UNTIL THE SECURITY LIGHT STOPS FLASHING. THEN TURN THE KEY OFF AND START THE CAR. SO FAR IT HAS WORKED EVERY TIME, BUT I HAVE BEEN STUCK IN SOME RATHER UNSAFE PLACES FOR 10 MINUTES OR MORE AT A TIME WAITING FOR MY CAR TO START. AND I NEVER KNOW WHEN ITS GOING TO HAPPEN. IT CAN HAPPEN THREE TIMES IN A ROW AND THEN NOT HAPPEN AGAIN FOR A MONTH. NO RHYME OR REASON. VERY UNSECURE.D *AK

I HAVE A 2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM GT WITH THE 3.4 V6 ENGINE. THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET STARTED LEAKING COOLANT INTO THE CYLINDERS. ACCORDING TO MY MECHANIC, THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS ENGINE AND THAT GM KNEW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BUT REFUSES TO PAY FOR THE COST OF REPAIRS. *TR

WE HAD AN INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAK ON OUR 2001 GRAND AM. THE CAR HAD LESS TAN 75,000 MILES ON IT. WHEN WE GOT IT BACK IT HAD A CRACKED INTAKE MANIFOLD AND COOLANT IN THE OIL. SINCE THAT TIME IT HAS BEEN IN ANOTHER DEALERS SHOP AND NOT FIXED. *TR