2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

ON MY 2004 GRAND AM NOTICED AFTER USING TURN SIGNAL... CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM DASH BEHIND HAZARD SIGNAL STARTED AND NOW SMOKE HAS STARTED COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN WITH ONLY 43K 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?? *TR

SECOND COMPLAINT REGARDING THE TURN SIGNAL ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM IS A RESULT OF A DEFECTIVE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH AND IS PRESENT IN OTHER YEARS OF THE GRAND AM AS WELL AS OTHER GM VEHICLES. IN RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM I HAVE LEARNED THAT IT IS NOT A MATTER OF "IF" IT WILL HAPPEN TO YOUR PONTIAC BUT RATHER "WHEN" IT WILL HAPPEN. MY PONTIAC WAS REPAIRED JANURARY 18, 2008. THE FOLLOWING IS THE DESCRIPTION OF THE REPAIR FROM THE MECHANIC: DIAGNOSE CLICKING NOISE IN DASH, DISMANTLE DASH FACE AND CHECK WIRING AND SWITCHES, CHECK 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 GAIN ACCESS TO REPLACE MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH, REPLACE HAZARD LAMP SWITCH/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. MY COST TO RENT A CAR $59.85. IF YOU WILL REFER BACK TO 2000, GM RECALL NO03043 AND 2001 GM RECALL NO03043 YOU WILL SEE THESE VEHICLES WERE RECALLED FOR EXACTLY THE SAME THING! IN ADDITION TO THE CONSEQUENCES OF A POSSIBLE CRASH AS A RESULT OF THE DEFECTIVE SWITCH THAT YOU NOTED, YOU MIGHT WANT TO ADD THAT 1) IT IS VERY DISTRACTING 2) IF THE VEHICLE IS NOT REPAIRED, THE BRAKE LITES START FAILING, THE STEERING ASSEMBLY STARTS SMOKING....AND BEST OF ALL, IF YOU TAKE IT TO CERTIAN PONTIAC DEALERS THEY HAVE ACTUALLY STATED THAT THE SMOKING WAS NORMAL DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS!!! I SINCERELY HOPE THAT SOMETHING IS DONE ABOUT THIS BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. THINK OF YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS AND GIVE THIS SOME ATTENTION. THIS IS NOT ABOUT MONEY ANYMORE. *CN

FORTUNATELY, MY COMPLAINT DOES NOT INVOLVE ANY DEATHS, INJURIES OR CRASHES. MY INQUIRES REGARDING AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM HAVE GONE UNANSWERED AND BEFORE I SPEND A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY HAVING MY DASH BOARD DISASSEMBLED, I AM TURNING TO YOU TO SEE IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED ANY RELATED COMPLAINTS. *TR

THE TURN SIGNALS CONTINUE TO CLICK WHEN NOT IN USE. I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANICS AND IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A MULTIFUNCTION CONTROL SWITCH, WHICH IS $200.00 CANADIAN FOR THE PART ALONE ONLY AVAILABLE AT THE DEALER. IT IS 2.5 HRS OF LABOUR TO REPLACE IT AS THE STEERING WHEEL HAS TO BE PULLED. *CN

SECURITY LIGHT COMES ON - CAR WON'T START - LET SET FOR 10 MINUTES - TURN IGNITION OFF AND BACK ON - SECURITY LIGHT COMES ON GOING DOWN THE ROAD. - SOMETHING TO DO WITH PASSLOCK ACCORDING TO INFO ON INTERNET. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT OIL HAS BEEN SPROUTING OUT UNDER THE HOOD AND THE UNDERCARRIAGE. SHE NOTICED A GASOLINE SMELL WHEN SHE INITIALLY PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. GENERAL MOTORS INFORMED HER OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07E021000 (FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:PRESSURE RELIEF DEVICES); HOWEVER, HER VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THAT THE REGULATOR WAS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND NOTHING COULD BE DONE BECAUSE THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. AS A RESULT, HER CHILDREN BECAME VIOLENTLY ILL DUE TO THE FUMES. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 54,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE SMELLED FUEL IN AND OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE HOWEVER, THEY REPLACED THE GAS TANK. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE: STORAGE (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID #04V301000) HOWEVER, THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT HER VIN NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 48,000.

OVER THE PREVIOUS SEVERAL MONTHS I NOTICED A NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING DURING TURNING THE VEHICLE IN PARK LOTS AND AT SPEEDS SLOWER THAN ABOUT 30 MPH. TOOK TO GM DEALER WITH 31,655 MILES ON VEHICLE. DEALER DISCOVERED THAT THE POWER STEERING GEARS HAD FAILED AND THEY REPLACED THE POWER STEERING. *TR

NOISE COMING FROM FRONT END OF CAR. DEALER INVESTIGATED AND FOUND THAT A FRONT STRUT HAD FAILED AND COLLAPSED WITH LESS THAN 36K MILES ON THE VEHICLE. DEALER REPLACED STRUT. NOTICED IN SEARCHING COMPLAINTS THIS IS NOT THE FIRST REPORTED INSTANCE OF THIS HAPPENING ON LOW MILEAGE GRAND AM'S. *TR

ON TUESDAY NOVEMBER 6TH 2007 AT APPROXIMATELY 6:11PM I WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON TALYOR AVE. IN KIRKWOOD, MO WHEN I WENT TO APPLY THE CLUTCH THERE WAS A STIFFNESS AND IT DID NOT WANT TO DEPRESS AT FIRST, BUT THEN DEPRESSED. A SHORT TIME LATER I HAD TURNED ONTO SOUTH KIRKWOOD RD AND AT APPROXIMATELY 6:16PM I WAS APPROACHING THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH KIRKWOOD RD AND BIG BEND BLVD. THERE WAS A RED LIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION SO I APPLIED MY BRAKES AND TRIED TO APPLY THE CLUTCH AND AGAIN IT SEEMED TO HESITATE AND NOT WANT TO DEPRESS AND THEN IT WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR BUT DID NOT ACTUALLY ENGAGE. TO PREVENT COLLISION WITH ANOTHER THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME AND I COULD NOT GET THE VEHICLE OUT OF GEAR SO I HAD TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF. WITH THE VEHICLE OFF I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE OUT OF GEAR AND COASTED BACKWARDS INTO A PARKING LOT. AFTER INSPECTION BY MYSELF AND A GM DEALER IT HAS BEEN DISCOVERED THAT THE CONTROL ROD LINKAGE THAT GOES FROM THE CLUTCH TO THE CLUTCH PEDAL IS CONNECTED TO THE CLUTCH PEDAL BY A SMALL THIN PIECE OF PLASTIC. THIS PLASTIC COMPONENT FAILED PREVENTING THE OPERATION OF THE CLUTCH. *TR