2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

HAZARD AND OR TURN SIGNAL INDICATORS QUIT WORKING AND I HAVE COME VERY CLOSE TO BEING INVOLVED IN MANY ACCIDENTS. PROBLEM HAS PERSISTED FOR AT LEAST 9 MONTHS. WHEN CONTACTING GM, WAS TOLD THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT AFFECTED BY THE RECENT RECALL. *AK

INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAKED. (NAR) *PH THE CONSUMER REQUESTED THAT PONTIAC REVIEW THIS MANIFOLD GASKET PROBLEM AND SERIOUSLY CONSIDER A RECALL. *CB

WHEN DRIVING CONSUMER NOTICED THAT TURN SIGNALS AND HAZARD LIGHTS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. CONSUMER STATED THAT HAZARD LIGHTS HAD ALREADY BEEN REPLACED. *AK

THE FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM ON MY 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM, HAS REPEATEDLY HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. AFTER INITIALLY PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, AFTER ABOUT A YEAR, I NOTICED THAT MY FUEL GAUGE WAS READING THAT IT HAD MORE FUEL THAN I KNEW IT SHOULD HAVE. I TOOK IT TO MY DEALER (THIS WAS PRIOR TO THE RECALL) AND INFORMED THEM OF THE ISSUE. THEY HAD NOT HEARD ANYTHING. THEY RESET MY COMPUTER SYSTEM, AND THIS SEEMED TO WORK FOR A WHILE. THEN I RECEIVED THE RECALL LETTER FOR THE ISSUE THAT I HAD TOLD MY DEALERSHIP ABOUT. THEY REPLACED THE SENSOR, AND EVERY THING SEEMED TO BE FINE. THEN ABOUT A YEAR AFTER THAT, THE SAME THING STARTED TO HAPPEN. THEY ASKED IF I HAD RUN OUT OF GAS, I SAID NO, BECAUSE I HAD PAID ATTENTION TO THE GAUGE AND KNEW IT WAS NOT REGISTERING CORRECTLY. THEY REPLACED THE SENSOR AGAIN; THIS WAS ABOUT MAY OF 2003. NOW THE SAME THING IS STARTING TO HAPPEN AGAIN. MY HUSBAND CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND HE WAS TOLD THEY ARE NO LONGER RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS, EVEN THOUGH IT IS A CONTINUING PROBLEM, BUT THEY WILL CHECK INTO IT. I FEEL THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN CORRECTED A LONG TIME AGO. THE REPLACEMENT OF THE SENSOR SEEMS TO BE A BANDAGE, NOT A CURE.

TURN SIGNALS DO NOT OPERATE. THIS MAKES OTHER DRIVERS UNAWARE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TURNING. *AK *NM

ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, VEHICLE STOPPED RUNNING WITH TWO/THREE MARKS OF GAS ON THE GAS GAUGE. *PH CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL ON VEHICLE AND WENT TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER SAID THAT THERE MIGHT BE ANOTHER DEFECT ON THE FUEL PUMP. *LA

WHEN USING THE TURN SIGNALS CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE TURN SIGNALS WOULD WORK INTERMITTENTLY. THE HAZARD LIGHT ALSO WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. *AK IF THE DASH WERE TAPPED ABOVE THE FLASHER BUTTON, IT WOULD SOMETIMES MAKE THE TURN SIGNAL BEGIN TO WORK. WHEN THE KEY WAS TURNED IN THE IGNITION THE TRUNK LID IMMEDIATELY OPENED AND A SECURITY MESSAGE WAS DISPLAYED ON THE DASH. ONCE THE TRUNK LID WAS CLOSED THE CAR WOULD NOT START. A LATER ATTEMPT TO START THE CAR WAS SUCCESSFUL, HOWEVER AFTER SHUTTING OFF THE CAR, THE NEXT ATTEMPT OPENED THE TRUNK LID AGAIN. THE LEFT FRONT WINDOW QUIT WORKING AROUND THE SAME TIME THAT THE TURN SIGNAL STARTED TO ACT UP. *NM

TROUBLE STARTING VEHICLE DUE TO PROBLEMS WITH THE SECURITY SYSTEM. *PH CONSUMER WENT TO THREE DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS TO HAVE IT FIXED BUT WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM WAS A DEFECT WITH THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER FINALLY ABLE TO FIND A DEALER TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE IGNITION CYLINDER WAS REPLACED WHICH SOLVED THE PROBLEM. CONSUMER NOW ASKING IF THE PROBLEM IS A DEFECT WITH THESE VEHICLES, WILL THE CONSUMER BE REIMBURSED FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE IGNITION CYLINDER. *LA

ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION--BLINKERS INTERMITTENTLY WORKING--TRUNK OPENS WHEN TURNING IGNITION SWITCH AND CAR DOES NOT START.

MY 2000 GRAND AM GT HAS HAD NUMEROUS BRAKE/ROTOR PROBLEMS. THERE IS A LOUD GRINDING NOIDE FROM THE FRONT, EVEN WITH NEW PADS AND ROTORS. WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER PONTIAC AGAIN. *AK