2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

THE LEFT REAR BRAKES ARE LOCKING. THE PADS AND ROTORS ARE GROUND DOWN TO THE POINT OF NEEDING REPLACEMENT. THE PADS AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED AND COMPONENTS CLEANED. THE PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURING. THE ABS, ANTILOCK, AND SERVICE VEHICLE SOON LIGHTS WILL COME ON AFTER START UP. THEY WILL STAY ON UNTIL THE ENGINE IS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START. THE STARTER WILL CRANK, BUT THE ENGINE WON'T START. FIRST VISIT TO DEALER: FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED. SECOND VISIT TO DEALER: OIL PRESSURE SENSOR WAS REPLACED, THIRD VISIT TO DEALER: VEHICLE THEFT DETERRENT CODES APPEARED IN COMPUTER. DEALER DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX YET AND PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. OCCASIONALLY THE CARE WILL BE HARD TO START REQUIRING TAPING THE ACCELERATOR TO START IT. IF IT DOES NOT START THEN, IT WILL NOT START NO MATTER HOW LONG IT SITS (RECOMMENDED BY MECHANIC. *AK

SIGNAL LIGHTS QUIT WORKING THE ONLY WAY TO GET THEM TO WORK IS PUT ON EMERGENCY FLASHERS THEN TURN THEM OFF. THE TRACTION GETS STUCK IN THE OFF POSITION AND WILL NOT GO OFF UNTIL CAR IS TURNED OFF. HAVE NOT REPLACED ANYTHING, MECHANIC SAID IT IS MANUFACTURING PROBLEM WITH ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. *AK

FRIDAY MORNING I WAS ON EMPTY, SO I WENT TO THE GAS STATION. TURNED OFF CAR & FILLED UP, STARTED IT NO PROBLEM. THEN WENT TO GET BREAKFAST, TURNED OFF CAR. THE CAME BACK AFTER NO MORE THEN 5 MINUTES THE CAR WOULD NOT START. NO SPUTTERING, NO FAILURE TO FIRE, NO STALLING BEFORE THIS OCCASION. NOTHING. I HAVE HAD THE CAR FOR ABOUT 1.5 YEARS. I HAVE HAD NO PROBLEM WITH IT STARTING. I TOOK IT TO AUTO REPAIR SHOP & THEY SAID IT WAS COMMON PROBLEM. THAT THEY HAVE HAD A LOT OF 2001 GRAND AM WITH THIS EXACT PROBLEM. IT WAS FIXED. I WAS TOLD TO WATCH THE CAR BECAUSE IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN THEY WILL REPORT THE PROBLEM. WHEN WE FIRST GO THE CAR THE FRONT HEAD LIGHTS WOULD GO OFF BY THEMSELVES AT NIGHT. THAT HAPPENED AT 12:30AM. ALSO THE TAILLIGHTS WENT OUT AT THE SAME TIME. WE REPORTED THAT TO THE DEALERSHIP & THEY FIXED IT. *AK

MY 2001 PONITAC GRAND AM SE1 WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN AS WAS A VEHICLE APPROACHING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. I ENTERED THE INTERSECTION AT LESS THAN 10 MPH AND THE VEHICLE FROM THE OTHER DIRECTION VISUALLY ESTIMATED TO BE TRAVELLING AT 35 MPH MOVED FROM THE DEDICATED TURN LANE OUT INTO THE INTERSECTION WHERE WE COLLIDED. THE FRONT END OF THE 1989 CADILLAC EL DORADO STRUCK THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR AND REAR WHEEL. AS A RESULT SPUN THE REAR END OF MY VEHICLE APPROX. 90 DEGREES, PIVOTING OFF OF THE FRONT WHEELS. THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED UPON IMPACT. THE DRIVER OF THE CADILLAC APPLIED HIS BRAKES AND LEFT APPROX 16 FEET OF SKID MARKS PRIOR TO IMPACT. GIVEN THIS INFORMATION AND THE LOW SPEEDS OF BOTH VEHICLES THE AIRBAGS SHOULD NOT HAVE DEPLOYED.*AK

I PICKED UP MY BRAND NEW 2001 GRAND AM WITH 1 MILE ON IT, IT WAS DURING A HEAVY DOWN POUR. THE NEXT MORNING I NOTICED BOTH FRONT AND BACK FLOOR BOARS WERE DRENCHED. I'VE HAVE THE VEHICLE IN ON NUMEROUS OCCATIONS FOR THIS PROBLEM AND IT IS ALWAYS AFTER A HEAVY RAIN. THEY FIRST STATED THE DEFLECTORS WERE BROKE/TURNED/ETC. THEY HAD IT IN THERE FOR DAYS UNDER A HOSE, HOWEVER, I TOLD THEM IT HAS TO BE HEAVY RAIN. THEY CANNOT DUPLICATION THE PROBLEM AND ARE NOW CLAIMING SOME ONE IS PLAYING A JOKE ON ME. HA TO THAT I SAY AS I HAVE AN ALARM ON MY CAR AND NO ONE ELSE HAS THE KEYS, BESIDES WHO WOULD BE OUT IN A THUNDER STORM POURING WATER ON THE FLOOR OF MY CAR. THEY HAVE ALSO STATED IT IS DUE TO A SPILL, WELL NO ONE SITS IN MY BACK SEAT. THEY HAD TO REPAINT THE SEAT RUNNERS AS THEY WERE RUSTING OUT SO BAD DUE TO THE WATER LEAK. I'M OBTAINING A LAWYER AND TAKING LEGAL ACTIONS. IN LOOKING AT TEH NUMBEROUS COMPLAINTS I CAN SEE I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. I PAY $395 PER MONTH FOR THIS CAR FOR THE BOTTOMS TO RUST OUT IN THE FUTURE. GM NEEDS TO MAKE THIS RIGHT OR THEY HAVE LOST A VERY LOYAL CUSTOMER

ON HEAVY RAINY DAYS WINDSHIELD LEAKED WATER ONTO INSIDE OF VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP REPLACED TRIMS THREE TIMES. HOWEVER, THE WINDSHIELD PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED. *AK

THIS IS A SUBMISSION TO NOTE YET ANOTHER GENERAL MOTORS V6 ISSUE WITH FAILING INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS. MY PARTICULAR GASKET HAS A LEAK THAT IS GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE, REQUIRING ME TO FILL COOLANT. AT THIS TIME, THE LEAK IS EXTERNAL ONLY AND HAS NOT LEAKED INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENTS CONTAINING OIL. MY CAR IS A 2001 GRAND AM GT. MY WIFES CAR (2000 ALERO WITH THE V6 ALSO) HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM AND PUSHED US TO GET RID OF IT. I ONLY POSTED THIS AFTER KNOWING OF ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT HAVE HAD THIS EXPENSIVE PROBLEM. I ONLY WISH THAT EVERYONE COULD SUBMIT THE ISSUE ON HERE, ALLOWING THE NHTSA TO HAVE A BETTER IDEA AS TO THE SCOPE OF THIS POORLY DESIGNED (AND LATER FIXED) ENGINE GASKET.*AK

BRAKES AND ROTORS NEED REPLACEMENT AT 27000 MILES. BRAKES WERE SQUEAKING AT APPROX. 15000 MILES. APPARENTLY THERE IS MANY CONCERNS AMONG PONTIAC OWNERS THAT THE GRAND AM HAS FAULTY BRAKES/ROTORS.*AK

MY 2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM GT WAS WRECKED. IT HIT A TREE DEAD CENTER GOING ABOUT 40 MPH BUCKLED THE HOOD AND SMASHED THE RADIATOR BACK INTO THE MOTOR YET THE AIR BAGS NEVER WENT OFF? *LA

INTERMITTENTLY CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE KEY IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK