2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

MY VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL OF 2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM'S AND I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE ONES THAT WERE.I'M TOLD THAT MY VIN # WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL. I'M CONCERNED THAT THE FAILURE OF THE TURN SIGNALS WILL RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT.

2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM 6 CYLINDER WITH 31,000 MILES. ENGINE COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON. ADDED COOLANT, BUT LIGHT COMES ON 2 WEEKS LATER. FIND A SMALL LEAK ON RIGHT SIDE OF ENGINE AT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASGET WHERE COOLANT IS SEEPING OUT OF THE ENGINE. PONTIAC WANTS $800 TO FIX PROBLEM, PONTIAC MECHANIC TELLS ME THIS IS VERY COMMON FOR THIS TYPE ENGINE. SEARCH AROUND AREA AND FIND SOMEONE TO DO IT FOR $500. DURING REPAIR I FIND OUT THAT COOLANT WAS LEAKING INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE ENGINE. COOLANT WAS IN THE OIL. TOTAL REPAIR BILL IS $550. THIS PROBLEM SHOULD HAVE BEEN DEALT WITH BY GM OR PONTIAC. A RECALL SHOULD BE INITIATED ON THIS VEHICLE OR COMPENSATION SHOULD BE MADE TO THOSE WHO WERE STUCK WITH A COSTLY REPAIR BILL ON A POORLY DESIGNED AND DEFECTIVE ENGINE.

FIRST TIME MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING CAR SHE HAD A VERY HARD TIME STOPPING THE CAR AS IF THE GAS WAS STUCK ON. A FRIEND LOOKED AT IT STATED THAT THE THROTTLE WAS STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION. GARAGE HAD IT 3 DAYS. CHANGED THROTTLE DID IT AGAIN 1 DAY LATER CALLED GARAGE BACK HAS NOW BEEN THERE 2 DAYS.. STILL WAITING

CAR WOULD HESITATE WHEN STARTING. THEN IT FINALLY DIDN'T START. IT WAS TOWED AND AFTER BEING TOWED IT WOULD START AGAIN. AFTER THIS HAPPENING A COUPLE OF TIMES IT WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND IT WAS DECIDED IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP. THIS CAR IS NOT 5 YEARS OLD YET!

MY 2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM ALSO HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH CYCLINDER. I HAD IT REPLACE JULY 2003 AND JUST YESTERDAY 5/12/05. BOTH TIMES MY CAR WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. I WENT TO CHURCH ON MOTHERS DAY CAR WAS RUNNING FINE. WENT HOME AND WAS IN THE HOUSE FOR 15 MINUTES AND WENT TO LEAVE AND MY CAR WOULD NOT START UP. I TO WENT OUT AND BROUGHT A NEW CAR BATTERY AND CAR STILL WOULD NOT START. I HAVE SPENT MONEY TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED TO THE DEALER AND PAYING FOR THE SAME PROMBLEM WITHIN 2 YEARS. I ALSO HAD TO HAVE THE FUEL PUMP REPLACED IN 2002 AND I BROUGHT THE CAR IN 2001, THAT WAS WITHIN MY FIRST YEAR OF HAVING THE VEHICLE. I HAVE READ ALL THE CONSUMER COMPLAINTS AND I COUNTED 20 COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE IGNITION. SOMETHING REALLY NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS.

2001 PONTIC GRAND AM SE 4DOOR AUTOMATIC CAR WASH COMPANIES WILL NOT PREMIT THIS VEHCILE TO ENTER INTO THE CAR WASH SINCE THE SIDE MIRROR FALL OFF- AFTER BE TOLD OF THIS DEFECT MINE IS LOOSE SINCE THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL OF CAR SHOULDN'T THIS PROBLEM BE RECALLED?

CAR WILL FAIL WHILE ACCELERATING, WHEN ACCERERATING HARD, THE CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE, IF I LET OFF THE GAS AND ACCELERATE AGAIN THE PROBLEM WILL DISSAPEAR, IF I DO NOT THE CAR WILL CONTINUE TO JOLT AND PROVIDE LONGER PERIODS WITHOUT ACCELERATION

I READ ON CNN ON MAY 3 THAT THE NHTSA HAS LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION INTO ANTILOCK BRAKE FAILURES OF GM PICKUP TRUCKS AND SUV'S IN THE "SALT BELT" STATES. I WOULD LIKE TO ADVISE THAT I LIVE IN ONTARIO, CANADA, AND OWN A 2001 PONTIAC GRAND-AM. IT CURRENTLY HAS 138,000 KM. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW FROM A GM DEALERSHIP. I HAVE EXPERIENCED SIMILAR ANTILOCK BRAKE ISSUES, TO THOSE MENTIONED IN CNN'S NEWS ARTICLE. THE FIRST ONE OCCURED AROUND 60,000 KM. SINCE THEN, I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE ALL OF THE ANTILOCK BRAKE COMPONENTS THREE TIMES OVER THE LIFE OF THE CAR. I ANTICPATE HAVING TO DO IT AGAIN, AS MY ANTILOCK BRAKES HAVE STARTED TO ACT UP, ACTIVATING ON THEIR OWN, FOR NO APPARENT REASON. I KNOW OF AT LEAST THREE OTHER PONTIAC GRAND-AM OWNERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED SIMILAR ISSUES. I HAVE TRIED TO TAKE THIS UP WITH THE DEALERSHIP AND GM CANADA, BUT ALL ATTEMPTS TO RECTIFY THE ISSUE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS OVER ITS WARRANTY PERIOD (60,000 KM), GM BASICALLY ADVISED THAT IT WAS MY TOUGH LUCK FOR NOT PURCHASING THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. THERE WAS NO EFFORT PUT INTO IDENTIFYING WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS OR WHY IT CONTINUES TO OCCUR. I WILL BE ANXIOUS TO HEAR THE RESULTS OF YOUR INVESTIGATION AND WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO EXTEND YOUR INVESTIGATION INTO THE PONTIAC GRAND-AM VEHICLE LINE AS WELL. THANK YOU.

CONTACT STATES: AFTER THE SIGNAL LIGHT WAS FIXED PER THE RECALL NOTICE, A CLICKING SOUND WAS HEARD AND SMOKE EMITTED FROM THE ARM. IF THE TURN WAS NOT VERY WIDE, THE SIGNAL STAYED ON. THE DEALER STATED THE PROBLEM IS PART OF THE RECALL AND WILL NOT FIX IT.

LOW COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON AFTER TURNING VEHICLE ON IN MORNING, CHECKED COOLANT LEVEL IT WAS LOW, ADDED COOLANT, LIGHT CAME BACK ON 2 WEEKS LATER, ADDED MORE COOLANT. CHANGED OIL FOUND WHITE CRUD IN OIL, CALLED DEALERSHIP (VILLAGE PONTIAC GMC) AND SERVICE SAID IT WAS MANIFOLD GASKET AND IT IS VERY COMMON ON THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. MADE APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THIS FIXED, QUOTED AT $800.00 TO REPAIR. IF THIS IS SO COMMON AND A SERVICE CENTER KNOWS WHAT THE PROBLEM IS WITHOUT SEEING VEHICLE, SHOULDN'T THIS BE A RECALL?