2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

RECURRING PROBLEM WITH WATER GETTING INTO PASSENGER SIDE FUSE BOX. WE HAVE REPAIRED 4 FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. GM HAS A TSB LETTING YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, DUE TO EITHER A DEFECTIVE WATER DEFLECTOR IN THE DOOR OR A PASSENGER SIDE "A" PILLAR SEAM PROBLEM. SHOULD BE A RECALL AS WE HAVE ALREADY REPAIRED ONE CUSTOMER ONCE AND THEY ARE COMING IN AGAIN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM.

MY CAR STARTED OVER HEATING, THE COOLANT LIGHT WAS GOING ON AND OFF, WHEN I CHECKED THE COOLANT THERE WAS NONE IN THERE, BUT THE DAY BEFORE I CHECKED IT AND IT WAS AT THE CORRECT LINE. SO I FILLED IT UP ONCE MY CAR COOLED DOWN AND BY THE TIME I GOT HOME WHICH IS ABOUT 4 MILES THERE WAS NO COOLANT LEFT. SO I TOOK IT IN TO A LOCAL SHOP AND THEY ADVISED ME THAT THERE IS A LEAK IN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS, WHICH IS NOW GOING TO COST ME AROUND 600 TO FIX. WHEN I RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM ONLINE I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS ISN'T A RARE THING, IT IS HAPPENING TO ALL OF THE GRAND AM'S . ALSO THE GUY AT THE SHOP SAID HE IS FIXING ABOUT 3 A MONTH JUST LIKE MY CASE. THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED.

I AM EXPERIENCING REPEATED PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKE ROTORS. WHEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (ABOVE 50 MPH), IF THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED, THE CAR, INCLUDING THE TIRES AND STEERING WHEEL, VIBRATES/SHAKES BACK AND FORTH. SOMETIMES IT SHAKES SO MUCH THAT IT FEELS LIKE CONTROL OF THE CAR IS COMPROMISED. SEVERAL AUTO MECHANICS HAVE TOLD ME THAT THE PROBLEM IS DEFINITELY THAT THE BRAKE ROTORS WEAR OUT. THE BRAKE ROTORS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPLACED TWICE (THE FIRST TIME BY A PONTIAC DEALERSHIP), AND NOW NEED TO BE REPLACED A THIRD TIME, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE REPLACED LESS THAN A YEAR AGO.

2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE PUNCTURING THE TIRE EQUIPMENT.*MR VEHCILE WAS PARKED WHEN LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE. THE REPAIR SHOP MENTIONED THERE MIGHT BE A RECALL. CALLED PONTIAC THEY SAID THERE WAS A RECALL BUT OUR VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. *BF *NM

I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY LOW COOLANT LIGHT, I TOOK MY CAR IN AND GOT THE THERMOSTAT REPLACED AND THERE WAS A LEAKAGE WITH THE GASKET APPARENTLY I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING THIS PROBLEM WITH MY VEHICLE SO THE MANUFACTURER NEEDS TO DO A RECALL ON THIS CAR WHILE MY CAR WAS BEING REPAIRED THE SAME MODEL AND YEAR CAR WAS ALSO BEING REPAIRED AND THE MECHANIC SAID THAT IT WAS COMMON TO REPLACE THESE PARTS IN THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE

CONSUMER STATES: THAT WHEN THEY TURN OFF BLINKER LIGHTS THAT THERE IS A TICKNG SOUND INSIDE THE DASH, AS IF THE BLINKER WERE STILL ON. IT ALSO DOES IT EVEN WHEN JUST DRIVING WITHOUT USING THE BLINKER AND SO AS YOU START VEHICLE

AT APPROXIMATELY 50,000 MILES, THE LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET ON MY 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM GT HAD TO BE REPLACED. I HAD NOTICED THE LOW COOLANT LIGHT COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY, AND DECIDED TO GET THE COOLANT FLUSHED AND FILLED. WHEN I BROUGHT MY CAR INTO THE LOCAL PONTIC DEALERSHIP, I WAS INFORMED THE ENGINE GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, WHICH WAS CLOSE TO AN $800 REPAIR. THIS WAS DONE IN DECEMBER OF 2004. IT IS NOW APRIL OF 2005, AND I AM EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM . AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT SITES, IT APPEARS THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM, AS MANY OWNERS OF GM CARS WITH THE ENGINE THAT PONTIAC USED IN THE 2000 GRAND AM GTS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING. THE LIM GASKET WAS REDESIGNED AFTER GM NOTICED THIS RECURRING PROBLEM, AND THE NEWER ONE IS BEING USED TO REPLACE THE OLDER ONE. IF IT'S BECOME OBVIOUS THAT THIS IS A DESIGN FAULT OF GM, WHY AM I THE ONE WHO HAS TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR? *AK

RECALL CAMPAIGN 03V327000/HAZARD WARNING DEVICES. VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING A PROBLEM WITH THE TURN SIGNALS WHICH OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY. OWNER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND WAS INFORMED THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK THE CUSTOMER HAD TO PAY FOR REPAIRS. *BF *NM

MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH BAD. SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND FOUND THIS TO BE VERY COMMON ON THIS MODEL AS WELL AS THE BUICK ALERO. ***THIS IS NOT THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE HAZARD WARNING SWITCH THAT WAS RECALLED.*AK

I HAD MY 2000 GRAND AM IN FOR A TURN SINGNAL PROBLEM, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE INTAKE GASKETS ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF LEAKAGE.MY CAR ONLY HAS 32500MILES ON IT.RM*AK