2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

WHERE TO START...I HAVE A 2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM. WITHIN 2 MONTHS OF BUYING IT, MY FUEL PUMP & COMPUTER WENT OUT AT THE SAME TIME. NEXT WAS MY WATER PUMP & TIMING CHAIN. THEN WAS THE SECURITY SYSTEM, THEN THE TURN SIGNALS, THEN THE WINDOWS WOULDN'T ROLL DOWN. AND NOW MY BRAKES ARE HAVING TO BE REPLACED ON A CONSISTENT BASIS. THE ONLY THING COVERED BY GM WAS THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH. ALL OTHER REPLACEMENTS WERE AT MY EXPENSE. AFTER RESEARCHING ON THIS SITE, I SEE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME KIND. I NOTIFIED GM AND THEY REFUSED TO HELP AT ALL. I EXPLAINED THAT SINCE THERE ARE MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME THINGS, IT HAS TO BE A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THEY SHRUGGED THAT OFF. THEY FINALLY SENT ME A LETTER STATING THAT THEY WOULD NO LONGER "ENTERTAIN" ANY OF MY COMMENTS OR COMPLAINTS. DO NOT BUY A PONTIAC!!! JUNK CITY!!! *NM

PASSLOCK SYSTEM SHUTS DOWN FUEL INJECTORS OR FUEL PUMP FOR NO REASON. IGNITION SWITCH REPLACED TWICE, MODULE BEHIND IGNITION SWITCH REPLACED TWICE. EACH REPAIR PROMPTED BY PASSLOCK SYSTEM. NOW THE FIFTH OCCURRENCE MEANS ANOTHER REPAIR. EACH TIME AT MY COST NOT TO MENTION TOW BILLS. THIS PROBLEM REQUIRES A RECALL. *JB

EVERYTIME THERE IS A HEAVY RAIN THE FLOORS OF MY 2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM GETS SOAKED. YESTERDAY WAS BY FAR THE WORST OF ALL, THERE WAS ABOUT 3 INCHES OF STANDING WATER ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR. MY CAR SMELLS OF MILDEW AND THE CARPET IS RUINED. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS CAR AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING DONE ABOUT THIS. I FEEL LIKE I HAVE WASTED MY MONEY AND I STILL HAVE 2 YEARS OF PAYMENTS REMAINING. *NM

DUE TO WATER LEAKING INTO THE CAR THE BCM COMPUTER HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE MECHANIC THAT FIXED THE CAR SAID THE FUEL PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED ALSO. *NM

TWICE NOW ALL OF THE SUDDEN THE CAR WOULD NOT START WHEN TRYING TO START IT. THE FIRST TIME THE CAR WAS SITTING FOR ABOUT 4 HOURS WHEN IT WOULD NOT START AND HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED AND THE SERVICE GARAGE SAID IT WAS THE SECURITY CODES. THEY CLEARED THE CODES AND IT WAS FINE FOR A FEW MONTHS. THE NEXT TIME, WE TURNED OFF THE CAR AND WENT TO START IT AGAIN IN A FEW MINUTES AND IT WOULD NOT START. AGAIN WE HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE SERVICE GARAGE AND AGAIN IT WAS THE SECURITY CODES. WE HAD TO HAVE THE IGNITION REPLACED IN ORDER TO GET IT STARTED AGAIN BECAUSE IT WAS REGISTERING THAT THE CAR WAS BEING STOLEN IN THE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM. SO, NOW ABOUT $400.00 LATER, I PRAY IT DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN, 2 JOBS RELY ON THIS ONE CAR. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE COMPUTER MODULE WENT OUT WHICH CAUSED THE SECURITY SYSTEM TO LOCK THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DISABLED FROM STARTING AND THE HORN AND THE ALARM WOULD CONTINUOUSLY ACTIVATE. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED 4 TIMES AND THE MODULE WAS REPLACED EVERYTIME.

SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT AND COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON AT THE SAME TIME, EVENTUALLY CAUSING THE HEAD GASKETS TO BLOW. BESIDES HAVING TO REPLACE THE GASKETS, THE OXYGEN SENSOR HAD TO BE REPLACED AS WELL. ALSO, WHILE THE CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, AT 32,567 MILES, THE DEALER FOUND A COOLANT LEAK AT THE UPPER INTAKE GASKETS AND LOWER INTAKE GASKETS, AND REPLACED BOTH GASKETS, AS WELL AS THE OIL PUMP DRIVE SEAL AND RELATED PARTS.

BOTH THE HAZARD SWITCH AND MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH SHORTED OUT AT THE SAME TIME CAUSING THE NEED TO REPLACE BOTH SWITCHES. THE HAZARD SWITCH SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME A RECALL, BUT GM WOULD NOT REIMBURSE ME FOR THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH AS WELL. THE DEALER'S MECHANIC COULD NOT TELL ME WHICH SWITCH CAUSED THE OTHER TO FAIL.

FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW FELL OFF TRACK WHEN TRYING TO ROLL UP WINDOW USING AUTOMATIC SWITCH. THE REGULATOR, MOTOR AND SASH-FRT. HAD TO BE REPLACED.

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY PONTIAC GRAND AM FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS NOW. I HAVE HAD THE FUEL FILTER REPLACES, THE COILS, COVER AND PLUGS. 350.00 LATER, IT IS FOUND TO SUPPOSEDLY BE THE INJECTORS. MY MECHANIC STATED HE FOUND OUT THAT A BULLETIN WAS ISSUED FOR THE INJECTORS THAT THEY WERE HAVING INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH THEM. WHY WAS THERE NOT A RECALL? NOW IT IS GOING TO COST ME ANOTHER 650.00 FOR PARTS AND LABOR. IF THERE IS A CHRONIC PROBLEM, WHY IS THERE NOT A RECALL OR WHY IS PONTIAC NOT REPLACING THE PARTS AT THEIR EXPENSE?*JB