2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

CONSUMER HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AS NHTSA CAMPAIGNS # 03V327000: HAZARD WARNING SWITCHES THAT MAY EXPERIENCE SOLDER JOINT CRACKING CAUSED BY RAPID TEMPERATURE TRANSITIONS AND THE SOLDERING PROCESS. IF SOLDER JOINT CRACKING OCCURS AND RESULTS IN AN OPEN CIRCUIT, THE TURN SIGNALS/HAZARD LAMPS BECOME INTERMITTENT OR INOPERATIVE. DEALERSHIP INDICATED YOUR VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDE IN THIS RECALL DUE TO THE VIN#. *JB

INTERMITTENTLY THE TURN SIGNAL FAILED TO FUNCTION. THIS OCCURRED BECAUSE THE FLASHER WAS DEFECTIVE. HAZARD WARNING SWITCH RECALL 03V327000 WAS ISSUED . BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

THE BRAKES SHUTTERED BADLY AND THE FRONT ROTORS AND PADS WERE REPLACED. ON 10/16/2003 WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE BRAKES SHUTTERED. THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM LOCKED, AND CAUSED THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE TO HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK THE OTHER VEHICLE'S DRIVER WAS INJURED. *SC *JB

ON THE DAY I BOUGHT THE CAR I TOOK MY FAMILY OUT TO DINNER. WE RETURNED TO THE CAR AFTER FINISHING OUR DINNER AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START. WE TRIED FOR ALMOST 1/2 HOUR THEN CALLED FOR THE ROAD SIDE ASSISTANCE. THEY CAME AND PICKED UP THE CAR AND WE WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A COMPUTER COMPONENT AND THE CAR WOULD BE READY THE FOLLOWING DAY. AFTER ARGUING ON HOW WE WOULD GET HOME SINCE THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOW CLOSED AS WAS THE RENTAL CAR PLACE THEY FINALLY AGREED TO LET A PORTER TAKE US HOME, THE PORTER HAD A SMALL CAR THAT WOULD ONLY HOLD 4 PEOPLE AND THERE WERE 6 OF US. THEIS MEANT 2 TRIPS AND WE LIVED NEARLY 30 MINUTES AWAY. LONG STORY SHORT A VERY DISSAPOINTING FIRST DAY WITH MY NEW VEHICLE. WITHIN A FEW MONTHS MY DRIVERS WINDOW WOULD NOT WORK OR WORKED WHEN IT FELT LIKE IT. I TOOK IT IN AND THEY REPLACED THE WINDOW REGULATOR. PROBLEM SOLVED, THEN A FEW MONTHS LATER THE WINDOW WOULD NOT WORK AGAIN WITH THE REGULATOR. IT WORKED FOR ALMOST 2 YEARS THEN IT STARTED UP ONCE AGAIN AND STILL BEING UNDER WARRENTY (GMPP) THEY TOOK THE CAR IN TO LOOK AT. I LEFT IT FOR A DAY AND RETURNED TO BE TOLD THE WINDOW WAS FINE AND YES IT WAS WORKING. A FEW MORE MONTHS GO BY AND THE WINDOW IS NOT WORKING SO I GO IN AGAIN AND AGAIN IT WORKS FOR THEM NOT ME. THIS GOES ON WITH ME TAKING THE CAR IN AND THE BUTTON WORKS WHEN THE TEC LOOKS AT IT THEN AFTER I LEAVE IT DOES NOT. I WAS IN TOWN 05/03/2004 AND THE WINDOW WENT PART WAY DOWN AND STUCK, I QUICKLY WENT TO RALLY CHEVROLET, WHERE ALL THE REPAIR SERVICES HAVE BEEN DONE, AND SHOWED THEM THE WINDOW WOULD NOT GO UP OR DOWN. I THOUGHT FINALLY THIS WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF BUT NO I WAS TOLD TAHT THE WARRENTY WAS OUT AND I WAS OVER MILEAGE AND THE COST FOR THE FRONT AND REAR WINDOW WOULD BE NEARLY $1,000.00. I TOLD THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT THE PROBLEM EXISTED BEFORE THE WARRENTY RAN OUT AND I FELT THAT THEY SHOULD HONOR THAT AND NOT CHARGE ME.

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED SIDE VIEW MIRROR FELL OFF. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

THIS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE AS MENTIONED IN THE HAZARD WARNING SWITCH RECALL 03V327000. BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

PONTIAC HAS A RECALL ISSUED FOR OVER 600,000 PONTIAC GRAND AMS FOR THE HAZARD WARNING FLASHER AND BLINKER SIGNAL. IN AUGUST, I CONTACTED PONTIAC CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY TOLD ME A RECALL NOTICE WOULD BE ISSUED FOR MY VEHICLE BUT THE PARTS WERE NOT READY YET AND IT WOULD BE A FEW MONTHS. I HAD TO REPLACE THE HAZARD WARNING SWITCH BECAUSE MY FLASHERS AND BLINKERS STOPPED WORKING AND THE DEALERSHIP MADE ME PAY FOR IT BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY HAD NO INFO ON THE RECALL YET. NOW I AM HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH MY VEHICLE AGAIN AND NOT ONLY DOES THE DEALERSHIP DENY THAT THERE IS A RECALL FOR MY VEHICLE BUT PONTIAC CUSTOMER SERVICE SAYS THERE IS NO RECALL FOR MY VEHICLE. THEY HAD NO TROUBLE FINDING THE ORIGINAL RECALL NOTICE BUT NOW THEY DENY IT EXISTS. THEY HAVE NEVER SENT ME A RECALL NOTICE, ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE SENT A NOTICE TO MY WIFE WHO ALSO HAS A PONTIAC GRAND AM OF THE SAME YEAR AS MINE! HOW CAN THEY ACKNOWLEDGE A RECALL FOR A DEFECTIVE PART ON MY CAR, THAT I HAVE ALREADY HAD TO REPLACE ONCE AND NOW HAVE TO REPLACE A SECOND TIME, AND THEN DENY THE RECALL EXISTS 10 MONTHS LATER. I BELIEVE THEY ARE TRYING TO GET OUT OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE PART*AK

THE BLINKERS ON MY 2000 GRAND AM ONLY WORK INTERMITTENTLY. HITTING THE HAZARD SWITCH FIXES THE PROBLEM FOR A TIME. THIS PROBLEM SOUNDS JUST LIKE THAT ON GM RECALL # 03043 (NHTSA RECALL # 03V327000), BUT WHEN I CONTACTED MY DEALERSHIP THEY TOLD ME MY VIN # WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. I THINK THE RECALL NEEDS TO BE EXTENDED TO COVER ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES.*AK

MY 2000 MODEL PONTIAC GRAND AM WOULD CUT OFF ON ME GOING DOWN THE ROAD, SOMETIMES IN A STRAIGHT AWAY AND SOMETIMES IN A TURN, AND AT RED LIGHTS. WITH THE VEHICLE QUITTING LIKE THAT I HAVE NO POWER FOR STEERING AND BRAKES. I KNOW OF LOTS OF COMPLAINTS ON PONTIAC FUEL PROBLEMS IN THE PAST. I HAD TO REPLACE MY FUEL PUMP, WHICH WAS VERY EXPENSIVE,WHICH SHOULD NEVER COST THAT MUCH IN THE FIRST PLACE! I DO HAVE THE OLD PUMP IN MY POSSESSION.

FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM INDICATOR ALWAYS READ 1/4 TANK, EVEN WHEN THE GAS TANK WAS FULL. DEALER INDICATED THE NEED TO REPLACE THE FUEL SENSOR INSIDE THE GAS TANK AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE OF $1,000. *AK