1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

BLINKER WILL SPORADICALLY STOP WORKING, IN INSTANCES WHERE I NEED IT THE MOST. CALLED LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND IT'S COSTLY TO REPLACE, UP TO $300. CO-WORKER HAS SAME YEAR OF GRAND AM, HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS COULD BE A POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD! *LA

PURCHASED A USED 1999 PONTIAC SE IN AUGUST 2000 WITH 36 K MILES. HAVE REPLACED THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, WATER PUMP, TWO ALTERNATORS, PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW WITH REGULATOR, DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW WITH REGULATORS - TWICE, ENGINE REPLACED AFTER A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE IN THE COOLING SYSTEM, JUST REPLACED DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKET OR MANIFOLD INTAKE AND THE LIST GOES ON, AND A DEXCOOL THAT SOLIDIFIES THROUGHOUT COOLING SYSTEM AT HIGH TEMPERATURE. OVERALL $7200.00 IN LESS THAN 3 YEARS. NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THE ENTIRE COOLING SYSTEM WITH GASKETS. *LA

CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY. VEHICLY CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK

VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY ACCELERATE TO APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH OR MORE WITHOUT THE FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. VEHICLE I WAS SLOWED DOWN WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION.*AK

PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW "FELL INTO THE DOOR", DEALER SAID THE CLIPS BROKE AND I MUST PURCHASE A NEW REGULATOR, INSTEAD OF THE ONE INCH PLASTIC CLIPS, THE WHOLE MECHANISM MUST BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $488.00. PERSONALLY, I KNOW OF THREE OTHER PEOPLE WITH A GRAND AM THAT THIS EXACT SAME SITUATION HAS OCCURRED AND AFTER A SIMPLE SEARCH ON THE INTERNET IT SEEMS WE ARE NOT THE ONLY POOR SAPS!!! *JB

CONSTANT GRINDING BRAKES, REPLACED AND STILL THE SAME. NOW, AT 60.000 MILES, RACK AND PINION IS LEAKING AND NEEDS REPLACED @ $900. RACK AND PINION STEERING COLUMN WAS REPLACED TWICE WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR, AT 44,000 MILES. I AM A VERY DISAPPOINTED GM EMPLOYEE AND CONSIDERING OTHER MAKES NOW.*JB

CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES HAVE 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. CONSUMER HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. DEALER ADMITTED THIS VEHICLE HAD THE SAME HAZARD SWITCH. *AK

TURN SIGNAL FAILED INTERMITTENTLY. A RECALL HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS DEFECT, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED . *AK. THE TUNE SIGNAL FAILURE ONLY OCCURRED WHEN THE WEATHER WAS HOT, HUMID OR DAMP. *JB

HAZARD LIGHTS FAILED INTERMITTENTLY. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED; HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK

HAD AN ISSUE UNDER ORIGINAL MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY OF WINDOWS BEING SCRATCHED BY DEFECT IN THE DOOR. THEY ACCEPTED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DEFECT AND REPLACED GLASS AT NO CHARGE. THEY SAID THAT THE PROBLEM THAT CAUSED THE SCRATCHES WAS RESOLVED. ON 8-23-02 THE ISSUE REOCCURED AND WAS TO BE FIXED. THE DEALERSHIP AT THAT TIME DID NOT HAVE THE NECESSARY PARTS TO FIX THE PROBLEM. ON 12-4-02 THERE WAS AN APPOINTMENT MADE TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND REPLACE THE WINDOWS, BUT THE "ICE STORM OF THE CENTURY" HIT NORTH CAROLINA. SINCE THEN I HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPERTUNITY TO LEAVE MY CAR IN THE SHOP FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME DUE TO MY EMPLOYMENT. NOW PONTIAC SAYS THAT THEY WILL MAKE ME PAY OUT OF POCKET TO FIX THE ISSUES WITH THE DOOR THAT WERE SUPPOSE TO BE HANDLED UNDER THE ORIGINAL MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY.