2003 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

WIFE AND CHILD STRANDED BY MELTED PASSLOCK IGNITION SENSOR, PART NUMBER 12458191. NO PREVIOUS SYMPTOMS OF PROBLEM. FOUND ON VARIOUS WEB SITES OTHER PEOPLE HAD SAME, EXPENSIVE PROBLEM. CAR WAS LESS THAN 2 YEARS OLD WITH LESS

DURING AN ACCIDENT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER ALSO INDICATED THAT THE BRAKES FELT CHOPPY. *NBF THE CONSUMER WAS INJURED. *TC *TT *SC THE CONSUMER SENT IN A FOLLOW UP LETTER INCLUDING A POLICE NARRATIVE THAT EXPLAINED THAT THE CONSUMER WAS SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL, WENT ACROSS AN EXIT AND STRUCK A LIGHT POLE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROADWAY EDGE WHILE IT WAS RAINING. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT DURING THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE BRAKES DID NOT ENGAGE AND THE ACCELERATOR WAS STICKING DURING THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE SOMEONE TO GET BACK TO HIM IN REFERENCE TO THE FINDINGS OF THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION. *TC *BF THE CONSUMER REQUESTED A LISTING OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE PONTIAC GRAND AM 2003. *SC

I HAVE A PONTIAC GRAND AM 2003 MODEL. THERE WAS A RECALL ON MY CAR FOR THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND I HAD MY CAR FIXED. I HAD THE RECALL FIXED AND ABOUT A WEEK LATER I HAD A CAR ACCIDENT IN WHICH MY CAR WOULD NOT STOP DUE TO THE THE ACCELERATOR CONTIUING TO ACCELERATE AND MY BRAKE NOT ALLOWING ME TO STOP. MY AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, MY WIND SHIELD SHATTERED, MY FRONT LEFT TIRE BLEW, EVERYTHING UNDER NEATH MY CAR WAS DAMAGED. THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS HURT BUT I HAVE HAD A CLAIM WITH GM AND I WAS TOLD YESTERDAY THAT THEY ARE DENYING MY CLAIM. WHEN I WAS ASKED TO SEE THE REPORT THEY REFUSED SAYING IT WAS PROPERTY OF GM AND I DID NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO SEE IT. TO ME I FEEL THAT I DO CONSIDERING THAT IT IS THERE FAULT THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS AND I FEEL I SHOULD HAVE SOME PROOF ON THERE REASONING FOR SAYING THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO COVER THE DAMAGES AND TO MAKE SURE IT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN. FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE WITH 2003 GRAND AM BE CAREFUL AND MAKE SURE THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN TO YOU BECAUSE IT MAY BE WORSE THE NEXT TIME FOR SOMEONE ELSE.

MY THREE YEAR OLD SON CAN PULL THE SEAT BELT FROM HIS BODY WHILE HE IS SITTING IN HIS BOOSTER SEAT. THE SEAT BELT WILL NOT LOCK AND THUS THERE IS NO WAY TO KEEP HIM IN THE SEAT IF HE WANTS TO GET OUT. OUR VAN AND OTHER CARS HAVE LOCKING SEAT BELTS WHICH MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO PULL THE BELT AWAY FROM HIS BODY. WE HAVE USED OTHER CAR SEATS WITH A HARNESS BUT HE IS GETTING TOO BIG TO USE THAT TYPE OF SEAT ANY MORE.

VEHICLE HAS 38,000 MILES AND IS ALREADY HAVING MAJOR BRAKE ISSUES. I THINK FOR A CAR THAT IS ONLY 2YEARS OLD THIS SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING. I BELIEVE THAT SUBPAR PARTS AND MANUFACTURING PROCEDURES ARE TO BLAME, AND I BELIEVE THAT THESE VEHICLES SHOULD BE REPAIRED AT YOUR COST NOT THE CONSUMERS.*AK

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES THE ENGINE COMMENCED TO ACCELERATE. THE CONSUMER HAD TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE OUT OF DRIVE INTO NEUTRAL TO GAIN CONTROL. THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, AND THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. *AK *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING PRESSURE BUILDS IN THE POWER STEERING PUMP, AND BLOWS THE CAPS OFF. THE FLUIDS IN THE VEHICLE GO EVERY WHERE. THIS CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER STEERING. VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT DEALER NINE TIMES. DEALER DOES NOT KNOW THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING HEADLIGHTS AND INTERIOR LIGHTS FLASHED ON AND OFF. DRIVER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT AN ELECTRICAL SHORT WAS THE CAUSE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT THE HEADLIGHTS ARE VERY DIM. CONSUMER STATES THERE IS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. CONSUMER HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TWICE. CONSUMER STATES HE WAS DENIED SERVICE, WHICH RESULTED IN A FIRE.*AK

I MIGHT BE PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE HERE, BUT HERE GOES. MY DRIVERS SIDE DOOR HAS BEEN MAKING NOISE. I HAVE LOOKED EVERY TIME I HEARD IT MAKE NOISE AND COULD FIND NOTHING. TODAY I LOOKED AGAIN AND WAS HORRIFIED AT THE DAMAGE. SEEMS THE DOOR AND LEFT FRONT FENDER ARE NOW HITTING EVERY TIME THE DOOR IS OPENED. THERE IS MORE THAN PAINT INVOLVED HERE. THERE IS METAL CONTACTING. THERE HAS BEEN NO COLLISION OR ANY TYPE OF IMPACT SO I'M AT A LOSS AS TO WHAT MIGHT HAVE CAUSED THIS. I WILL BE TAKING THIS TO THE DEALER IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS BUT I'M A CYNIC AND HAVE FAITH THEY WILL TELL ME I HAVE DONE SOMETHING TO CAUSE THIS. I WILL ALSO BE GOING TO OTHER BODY SHOPS FOR THOUGHTS, IDEAS AND OPINIONS. THE REASON I AM WRITING IS BECAUSE I HAD A 2000 GRAND AM BEFORE I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE. THE DOOR ON THAT CAR MADE NOISE ALSO. I LOOKED AND FOUND NOTHING. NOT LONG BEFORE I TRADED IT IN, A QUARTER SIZED PATCH OF PAINT CAME OFF THE DOOR IN THE SAME AREA I NOW HAVE DAMAGE ON. IT WAS THERE ONE DAY AND GONE THE NEXT. ONCE AGAIN, I CAN ONLY SAY THAT THERE WAS NO CRASH OR ANY TYPE OF IMPACT THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THIS. I HAD MADE A MENTAL NOTE TO LOOK AT THE "DOOR MEETS FENDER" DESIGN WHEN I LOOKED AT THIS CAR AND NOTICED THAT THE DESIGN HAD CHANGED. THERE WERE MORE CURVES TO THE JOINING VS THE STRAIGHTER EDGES OF THE OLDER MODEL. I THOUGHT MAYBE IT HAD BEEN CHANGED BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEM I HAD EXPERIENCED. NOW, OF COURSE, I'M JUST MAD AS HELL. I WAS UNAWARE OF THIS SITE BEFORE OR WOULD HAVE REPORTED THE FIRST INCIDENT WITH THE FIRST GRAND AM. *JB