2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

I TURN CAR OFF & NOW TWO TIMES CAR WOULD NOT START WITH THEFT SECURITY LIGHT ON. CLEARING TROUBLE CODES SEEMS TO WORK. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY GM BECAUSE THIS IS DANGEROUS AND RIDICULOUS THAT IT HAS NO KNOWN FIX OR BEEN ADDRESSED BY ANY AGENCY. PEOEPLE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS WHEN GM KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM. I WOULD THINK THAT A RECALL WOULD HAPPEN BUT I GUESS NO DIED YET SO IT IS NO BIG DEAL. THE BOTTOM LINE IS GM IS SELLING FAULTY VEHICLES WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROBLEM HENCE MISREPRESENTING THAT THESE ARE NEW FULLY FUNCTIONAL VEHICLES WHEN IN FACT IF THEY DON'T START THEY ARE NOT FUNCTIONING. WE AS CONSUMERS ARE NOT PROTECTED AT ANY LEVEL FOR THE MOST PART IN THIS COUNTRY AS LONG AS BIG BUSINESS PADS THE POCKETS OF THE GOVERNMENT.*AK

INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILURE/SIGNAL FAILURE/ WINDOW REGUALTOR FAILURE/ROTORS. *AK

GAS PEDAL HAD ALWAYS HAD A BIT OF A "HITCH" TO IT. WHILE DRIVING ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY THE GAS PEDAL BECAME STUCK IN THE "ON" POSITION. WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO GET OFF OF THE ROAD AND INTO A PARKING LOT WHERE WE TURNED THE ENGINE OFF. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP - UNDRIVEABLE. CONSEQUENCES: WE WERE STRANDED FOR 2 HOURS IN A REMOTE AREA WAITING FOR A TOW TRUCK AND WITHOUT THE CAR FOR OVER A WEEK - THE TIME IT TOOK TO GET A REPLACEMENT PART. ACCORDING TO THE REPAIRMAN, THE NYLON BUSHING ON THE GAS PEDAL MECHANISM WAS BROKEN. THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE GAS PEDAL ASSEMBLY. THE OLD PART IS NOT AVAILABLE. IT WAS A FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE. WORST IS THAT JUST 2 WEEKS BEFORE THAT MY WIFE HAD DRIVEN THE CAR TO FLORIDA ALONE - OVER 1000 MILES FROM OLD HOME IN NEW YORK - MOST OF THE TRIP ON THE INFAMOUS I 95. SHE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED HAD THIS HAPPENED ON THAT ROAD. *JB

CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW, NOT BEING ABLE TO GO UP AND DOWN. THIS WAS GOING ON FOR 1 YEAR. SHE TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD COST HER $400.00 TO GET IT REPAIRED. ALSO, CONSUMER WAS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH FLASHERS NOT WORKING. SHE DID NOT HAVE THEM REPAIRED. *AK *TC

FIRST THE SPEED SENSOR MALFUNCTIONED. THEN, THE SPEED SENSOR HUB MALFUNCTIONED WITHIN ONE YEAR TIME LIMIT. THESE SENSORS HAD AN EFFECT ON THE ANTI LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM WHICH DID NOT WORK WHEN SENSORS FAILED. CRUISE CONTROL WILL NOT WORK BECAUSE IT MADE THE BRAKE LIGHT COME ON. TOOK VEHICLE IN TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG. DEALER DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

VEHICLE WAS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH. WHEN THE THEY KEY WILL NOT TURN WHEN APPLIED TO THE IGNITION SWITCH. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR SERVICE. HOWEVER, WARRANTY EXPIRED. *AK

HEADLIGHTS IN 2001 PONTIAC GRANDAM GT ARE INEFFICIENT, CANNOT SEE ROAD EARLY MORNING AND LATER NIGHTS. NEED TO REDUCE SPEED OUT OF NORMAL -> I AS A DRIVER FEEL VERY UNSAFE WHEN DRIVING MY GRANDAM AT NIGHT OR WITH LOW VISIBILITY BECAUSE HEADLIGHTS DON'T HELP ME SEE.*AK

AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM HAS A BUILD UP OF CONDENSATION CAUSING MOLD TO GROW AND A FOUL SMELL. AIR CONDITIONING SWITCH DOES NOT WORK ON SETTINGS 1 AND 2, ONLY 3 AND ABOVE. *JB

THE TURN SIGNAL FLASHER FAILED AND AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN. *AK *NM

WHEN CONSUMER TURNED ON THE AIR CONDITIONER VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP THREE TIMES, BUT DEALER COULD NOT REPRODUCE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK