1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

DASHBOARD PADDING WAS PEELING OFF NEAR THE PASSENGER AIR BAG. CONSUMER BELIEVED THIS CONDITION MAY CAUSE THE AIR BAG TO DEPLOY INADVERTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK *NM

THE TURN SIGNALS ON MY 1999 GRAND AM GT DON'T WORK ALL THE TIME. FROM READING HTE OTHER COMPLAINTS AND TALKING TO OTHER OWNERS OF 99 GRAND AM THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND SHOUDL BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL OF THE OTHER YEARS. MY DASH LIGHT GO OUT SPORACTICALLY TOO. *JB

DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED WHILE DRIVING 25-30 MPH. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED.*AK

I BOUGHT MY 1999 GRAND AM A YEAR AGO AND EVER SINCE APRIL OF THIS YEAR I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY TURN SIGNALS EITHER NOT WORKING OR BLINKING AT A RAPID SPEED. ALSO THE CLICKING NOISE ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF THE TURN SIGNAL IS HEARD EVEN WHEN THE TURN SIGNALS ARE NOT IN USE. *AK

COMPLAINT REGARDING MANIFOLD GASKET ON VEHICLE. *MR THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE LOW COOLANT INDICATOR HAD COME ON. THE COOLANT WAS DOWN A QUART OF FUEL. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE REPAIRS. *SC *JB

WHILE BRAKING VEHICLE VIBRATED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN MAKING LEFT HAND TURNS CONSUMER HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

THE TURN SIGNALS FAILED TO COME ON AND OFF ON THEIR OWN. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO TURN THE HAZARD LIGHT ON FOR A MINUTE, THEN IT FAILED. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER TO SET UP AAN PPOINTMENT FOR INSPECTION AND REPAIR. *AK

WHILE TURNING ON THE TURN SIGNAL THE LIGHTS FAILED. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT HAZARD LIGHT UNIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

LOW COOLANT LIGHT WOULD COME ON FOR A FEW SECONDS THEN SHUT OFF. MADE SURE COOLANT WAS FULL, STILL KEPT HAPPENING. STARED OVERHEATING AND NO HEAT. MECHANIC LOOKED SAID THERE WAS AIR IN THE COOLING LINE SO HE FLUSHED AND REFILLED, COULD NOT SEE ANY LEAKS. SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN WITH IN A WEEK. BY THIS TIME MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WENT BACK TO MECHANIC AND HE THEN DID A NUMBER OF TESTS AND FOUND THAT IT WAS THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAKING. AFTER PAYING $700.00 TO HAVE THAT FIXED GOT THE CAR BACK AND ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL ON AND USING ALLOT OF FUEL. SO TOOK IT BACK AGAIN AND AFTER EXTENSIVE TESTING FOUND THAT IT WAS MY PISTON RINGS WERE BAD ON THE 3RD CYLINDER AND THAT IT WOULD BE CHEAPER TO REPLACE THE ENGINE THAN FIX THE PROBLEM. WITH SO MANY CARS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM (NOT JUST A FEW, MOST OF THEM) I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT PONTIAC WILL NOT BACK UP THEIR PRODUCTS. PONTIAC HAS TURNED OUT TO BE A BIG DISAPPOINTMENT.*AK