1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

BRAKES WORE OUT PREMATURELY. CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE THEM FIVE TIMES WITHIN ONE YEAR.*AK

THE BRAKE LIGHT FAILED WHEN THE BRAKES WERE PRESSED. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE MECHANIC DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM WHICH WAS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

CONSTANT BRAKE PROBLEMS!!! EVERY TIME I TURN AROUND I AM REPLACING THE ROTORS, BRAKE PADS AND THE CALIPERS. I CAN'T KEEP UP WITH ALL OF THE BRAKE PROBLEMS. *LA

LOW COOLANT LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF. HAD GARAGE ADD DEX COOLANT TWICE NOW IN ONE WEEK TIME. GARAGE FIGURES INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET IS LEAKING AND HAVE SEEN ON A LOT OF 3.4 ENGINES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *LA

FOR A PERIOD OF A MONTH THE TURN SIGNAL OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY DUE TO A FAULTY HAZARD SWITCH. THERE IS A RECALL 03V327000 FOR THE HAZARD SWITCH, BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK THE CONSUMER INDICATED THAT THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. THE TURN SIGNALS WOULD SOMETIMES WORK IF HE ACTIVATED THE HAZARD LIGHTS, THEN THEY WOULD CUT OFF. THE CONSUMER THINKS THE PROBLEM IS TEMPERATURE RELATED. A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR THE 2000 MODELS AND UP BUT NOT FOR THE 1999 MODELS ALTHOUGH THEY ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. *PH *NLM

PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW CLIP BROKE,CAUSED RATTLING HAD REPAIRED FOR $120.00 THEN OCT. 2003 MY DRIVER SIDE WINDOW FELL INTO THE DOOR.AFTER ANOTHER $45.00 I FOUND OUT THAT YET ANOTHER CLIP HAD BROKE,AND NOW THE CABLE WAS BROKE TOO.TOTAL REPAIR WOULD NOW BE $290.00 PLEASE RECALL THIS--I BELIEVE MY PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW IS ABOUT TO GO, I AM AFRAID TO USE MY WINDOWS.*AK

THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILED DUE TO ENGINEERING FLAW, I UNDERSTAND GMC IS AWARE AND HAVE MADE A NEW AND IMPROVED DESIGN FOR THE PART . THE COST OF THIS REPAIR IS $500.00. *AK

ELECTRIC WINDOW MOTOR FAILURE. DRIVER SIDE FRONT WINDOW AND PASSENGER REAR WINDOW. BOTH WINDOW'S MOTOR UNITS DISCONTINUED TO FUNCTION PROPERLY AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TIME CAUSING THE BELT DRIVE TO SNAP ALLOWING BOTH WINDOWS TO DROP OUT OF THE UPRIGHT POSITION. THE COST TO REPAIR MOTOR UNIT IS 480.00 PER WINDOW. THAT IS A COST OF $960.00. A TOTAL FOR 2 WINDOWS THAT ARE UP 85% OF THE TIME NOT BEING USED. WINDOWS WILL NOT STAY IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION WHEN THE DAMAGE OCCURS AND WILL ONLY STAY UP WITH DUCT TAPE. IN THIS HEAT THE DUCT TAPE FAILS TO HOLD THE WINDOW ON ITS PROPER POSITION. *LA

WHILE DRIVING DOWNHILL DRIVER NOTICED THAT VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. DEALER REPLACED ROTORS/CALIPERS, AND PADS THREE TIMES SINCE THE PROBLEM WAS NOTICED. *AK

THE SEAT DID NOT LOCK WHEN HITTING THE BRAKES, THE SEAT WOULD SLIDE BACKWARDS. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK THE SPRING OF THE RIGHT REAR SEAT BROKE AND WERE STICKING THROUGH THE SEAT. THE MOTOR ON THE DRIVERS SEAT ALSO FAILED. *SCC *NLM