2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

THIS IS THE 2ND TIME MY CAR IS RUNNING FINE WHEN I TURN IT OFF AND WHEN I GO OUT TO RUN AN ERRAND, THERE IS NO POWER AT ALL. WHEN I TURN THE KEY, THERE IS NOTHING AT ALL. EVERYTHING IS COMPLETELY DEAD, NOTHING LIGHTS UP AT ALL. IT HAPPENED THE 1ST TIME EARLIER THIS WINTER AND THE GARAGE WAS ABLE TO RESET IT AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP. I HAVE TRIED PUTTING THE KEY TO THE ON POSITION AND WAITING 10 MINUTES AND TURN IT TO THE OFF POSITION AND THEN TRYING TO START IT. THERE IS STILL NOTHING. I ASSUME I WILL HAVE TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE GARAGE AND POSSIBLY HAVE THE IGNITION SWITCH REPLACED. I FIGURE THAT IS WHAT IT MUST BE BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN DOING RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND ALOT OF CONSUMERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND THAT IS WHAT WAS WRONG AND I ALSO NOTICED THAT IT CAN HAPPEN AGAIN AT ANY TIME LEAVING PEOPLE STRANDED. I JUST HAPPENED TO BE THAT BOTH TIMES I WAS IN MY OWN YARD WHEN IT DID IT TO ME. *TR

ONE DAY I WENT TO ROLL UP MY WINDOW AND WHEN I PUSHED THE UP BUTTON, THE WINDOW STARTED GOING UP BUT IT SUDDENLY STOPPED LIKE IT WAS CAUGHT ON SOMETHING. I CONTINUED TO PUSH THE UP BUTTON AND THE WINDOW WOULDN'T MOVE. SO I PUSHED THE DOWN BUTTON AND THE WINDOW WENT DOWN. SO I PUSHED THE UP BUTTON AGAIN AND THE WINDOW WENT UP AND MADE A NOISE LIKE IT GOT CAUGHT AGAIN AND THE WINDOW WENT UP. SINCE THAT DAY IT HAS CONTINUED TO GET CAUGHT UP BUT CONTINUES TO GO UP. *TR

CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM DASHBOARD. FROM RESEARCHING INTERNET OTHER CONSUMERS HAVE SAME PROBLEM SAID THEY WERE TOLD IT WAS MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH. I HAD NOT HEARD THE CLICKING BEFORE JUST STARTED ALL OF A SUDDEN. I HAVE NOT HAD IT FIXED YET BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS CAUSING IT. *TR

ON MY 2004 GRAND AM I NOTICED AFTER USING TURN SIGNAL... CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM DASH BEHIND HAZARD SIGNAL AND NOW SMOKE HAS STARTED COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN WITH ONLY 78K MILES ON CAR... NOTICED SEVERAL OTHER COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME PROBLEM AND THAT THIS WAS RECALLED ON EARLIER MODELS... SHOULDN'T THIS RECALL BE EXTENDED? CONTACTED GM WITH NO HELP FROM THEM. *TR

THE SECURITY LIGHT COMES ON AND WON'T ALLOW ME TO START THE VEHICLE UNTIL I LET IT SIT FOR 10 MINUTES WITH THE IGNITION IN THE "ON" POSITION. THERE ARE INTERNET MESSAGE BOARDS WITH TONS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS AND GM WON'T REPAIR IT. THE COST FOR THE REPAIR IS $400.00 AND THE DEALER SAYS IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM TO HAVE THE PASSLOCK FAIL. THE CAR ONLY HAS 49,00 MILES ON IT. WHAT CAN I DO TO GET THIS FIXED? *TR

SECURITY SYSTEM FAILURE...NO WARNING. SECURITY LIGHT ON AS I WENT TO WORK. THE CAR SAT ALL DAY...THEN IT WOULDN'T START. THE CAR DOES NOT RECOGNIZE MY KEYS. IN DOING SOME RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM FOR ALL GRAND AMS, NOT JUST FOR 2004 MODELS. WHY DOES PONTIAC CONTINUE TO USE DEFECTIVE PASSLOCK SYSTEMS IN THEIR CARS. COST TO REPAIR RUNS APPROXIMATELY 450.00. IN MY RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THAT EVEN AFTER IT IS "FIXED" IT CAN AND DOES HAPPEN AGAIN. I WOULD THINK THAT PONTIAC SHOULD QUIT USING THEM AND PUTTING THEM ON THEIR CARS, OR PAY FOR THE REPAIRS SINCE THEY KNOW IT IS BAD AND GOING TO GO BAD OVER AND OVER AGAIN. IT ISN'T LIKE THE CAR IS A BMW OR ROLLS OR SOMETHING. I FOR ONE COULD LIVE WITHOUT THE PASSLOCK SECURITY SYSTEM. *TR

AFTER TURNING THE SIGNAL LIGHT CONTINUES TO TICK NON STOP. WE CONTACTED THE DEALER AFTER LEARNING THIS PROBLEM IS VERY COMMON. THEY STATED THERE IS NO RECALL ON THE SWITCH PROBLEM LOCATED IN THE STEERING COLUMN BUT IT IS ON THE BULLETIN...NOT SURE WHAT THAT MEANS...THEN WE WERE TOLD IT WOULD BE $350 OUT OF OUR POCKET TO FIX THIS VERY COMMON PROBLEM. *TR

THE PASSLOCK ANTI-THEFT DEVICE INSTALLED IN THE IGNITION SWITCH OF MY '04 PONTIAC GRAND AM SE WILL ENGAGE AND MAKE MY CAR IMPOSSIBLE TO START. IT HAPPENS SEVERAL TIME PER WEEK SINCE I PASSED 36,000 MILES, NOW AT 36,868. I THOUGHT MINE WAS AN ISOLATED CASE, BUT AFTER READING COMPLAINT AFTER COMPLAINT FROM CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE THIS DEVICE INSTALLED IN THEIR VEHICLES IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THIS DEVICE HAS A DESIGN FLAW SINCE MANY HAVE HAD THEIR IGNITION SWITCHES REPLACED ONLY TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPEN AGAIN AND AGAIN. GM EVEN LISTS A PROCEDURE TO "RESET" THE ANTI-THEFT SENSOR IN MY OWNERS MANUAL. I HAVE A PREGNANT WIFE AND TWO OTHER SMALL CHILDREN. WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO IN AN EMERGENCY WHEN I GET INTO MY CAR AND CAN'T GET IT STARTED BECAUSE OF THIS FAULTY DEVICE? WAIT 10 MINUTES FOR THIS CONTRAPTION TO "RESET" ITSELF WHILE PRECIOUS TIME IS TICKING AWAY? WHEN THIS ANTI-THEFT SENSOR ISN'T KEEPING ME FROM STARTING THE ENGINE THE IGNITION SWITCH AND EVERYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH IT WORKS BEAUTIFULLY. I WOULD LIKE FOR GM TO COME WITH A SOLUTION TO THIS ANNOYING AND POSSIBLY LIFE THREATENING FAULTY SENSOR AND REPLACE THE THE IGNITION SWITCH WITH A MORE RELIABLE SWITCH OR PAY TO HAVE THE DEALERSHIP DISABLE THIS USELESS HEADACHE ALTOGETHER. *TR

2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM DEFECT IN THE MULTI FUNCTION UNIT. CONSUMER STATES THAT UPON HER RESEARCH IF THE MULTI FUNCTION UNIT HAS A FAILURE WITH THE TURN SIGNALS AND HAZARD WARNING SWITCHES IS THAT IT CANNOT BE REPAIRED IT HAS TO BE REPLACED. *KB THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH WAS REPLACED ON THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. *JB

IGNITION DEFECTIVE - WILL NOT START/UNABLE TO TURN KEY IN IGNITION. SEEMS LIKE TUMBLERS IN IGNITION ARE NOT ACTIVATING TO RECOGNIZE KEY. HAVE TRIED TO START SEVERAL TIMES PER DAY - HAS BEEN SITTING FOR 3+ WEEKS AND CANNOT PUT INTO NEUTRAL TO TOW. NO PROBLEMS LEADING UP TO THIS EVENT. *TR