2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

PAST VEHICLE WARRANTY. ESTIMATED COSTS THROUGH THE DEALER WERE WELL OVER $900.00 FOR A BLOWN INTAKE GASKET ON THIS VEHICLE. COMBUINATION OF DEX-COOL AND AN INFERIOR GASKET MATERIAL IS WHAT CAUSE THIS. THOUSANDS OF CONSUMERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND GM ADMITS THE INTAKE GASKETS ON THE 3.0,3.1,3.4 AND 3.8 LITER MOTORS ARE BAD AND FAILING WAY BEFORE THEIR SUPPOSED LIFE EXPECTANCY. THE GASKETS ARE FAILING AND RUINING MOTORS JUST AS MOST OF THE VEHICLES ARE PAST THE WARRANTY MILEAGE. THE DEALER WILL FIX BUT WILL CHARGE ME FULL PARTS AND LABOR. I AM A MECHANIC AND WILL PEROFRM THE REPAIR MYSELF.

I BOUGHT THIS CAR USED IN THE NOVEMBER 2001. WITH IN 31 DAYS THE BRAKES STARTED SQUEALING TOOK IN FOR SERVICE WAS TOLD THAT THE BRAKES WERE SHOT AND NEED REPLACED. THIS COST ME $86. I WENT BACK ON THE DEALER WHERE PURCHASED AND HE PAID THE OTHER HALF. WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR THE WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID TANK HAD A HOLE IN AND HAD TO BE REPLACED THIS WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND WAS IN THE SHOP AT THE SAME TIME WITH THE BRAKES. THEY WERE TO ORDER THE NEW TANK WHEN THEY HAD THE CAR IN FOR BRAKES AND DIDN'T I HAD TO GO BACK TO GET IT INSTALLED. THERE WAS REAR END NOISE THAT THEY TOLD ME WAS THE CONTROL ARM IN THE BACK, WHICH THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD REPLACE AND IT WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THERE WAS FRONT END NOISE THAT THEY TOLD ME WAS THE CONTROL ARM ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AND THAT THERE WAS A BUSHING THAT NEEDED GREASED - THAT WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE MOLDING ON THE SIDE DRIVERS DOORS WAS BEEN PUT BACK ON IN OCTOBER OF 2001 BEFORE I PURCHASED THE CAR - THE IN SEPTEMBER OF 2002 IT STARTED COMING OFF AGAIN - WHEN I TRIED TO GET IT IN TO BE REPAIRED AT THE DEALERSHIP THAT DID THE WORK THEY COULDN'T GET IT IN BEFORE THE ONE YEAR WARRANTY EXPIRED - SO I SUPER GLUED IT. IN MARCH 2003 THE FRONT END NOISES HAVE COME BACK SO BAD THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE A OLD BED SPRING AND NO MECHANIC CAN SEEM TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE NOISE IS COMING FROM OR WHAT IS CAUSING IT. WHEN MY CAR WAS IN THE SHOP FOR THIS ONE OF THE CENSORS IN THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE WENT BAD AND COST ME $489. THE BRAKES WHERE ALSO SHOT AND NEED ROTORS TURNED BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP THAT PUT THE BRAKES ON BACK IN 2001 PUT BRAKE PADS ON WARPED ROTORS. WHEN IT RAINS AND YOU ARE DRIVING IT SOUNDS LIKE THE BACK PASSENGER DOOR IS OPENED OR THE WINDOW IS DOWN. 6/30/03 THE FRONT END NOISE ARE STILL THERE - THE PASSENGER SIDE RECLINING SEAT ARM HAS BROKEN OFF - THE KNOB THAT TURNS THE HEAT/AIR/DEFROST HAS BROKEN OFF. I AM THE ONLY PERSON WHO DRIVES THIS CAR. I STILL OWE OVER 11,000.00 ON THIS CAR.

BLINKERS & HAZARDS DO'NT WORK PROPERLY BRAKES ALWAYS MAKING NOISES AND RUBBING SOUNDS

I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE ON JAN 10, 2004 BECAUSE OF THE SMELL OF ANTI-FREEZE, CAR NOT HEATING UP AND SLUGGISH BEHAVIOR DURING DRIVING. AS IT TURNED OUT, THE COOLANT WAS LEAKING IN THE OIL AND CAUSING THESE PROBLEMS. MY MECHANIC INFORMED ME OF A SERVICE BULLETIN AND CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST GM REGARDING THESE ISSUES. WHEN I NOTIFIED GM (DEAN NELSON) REGARDING THE ISSUE, THEY HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE SERVICE BULLETIN. THE BULLETIN NUMBER IS 03-06-01-010A AND SUPERSEDED BULLETIN NUMBER 03-06-01-010. THIS BULLETIN COVERS PONTIAC GRAND AM BETWEEN THE YEARS OF 1999-2003. IN PAST INCIDENTS, GM ACCEPTED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS DEFECT. THIS CASE SHOULD NOT BE ANY DIFFERENT. *LA

I HAD BOUGHT MY USED 2000 GRAND AM IN DECEMBER OF 2001. SINCE THEN, I HAVE HAD TO BUY FRONT BRAKES AND ROTORS TWICE. BOTH TIMES THE MECHANIC INFORMED ME OF THE TERRIBLE CONDITION THEY WERE IN. I HAVE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR SHUTTING DOWN COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING. AFTER TALKING TO SEVERAL MECHANICS, THEY ALL AGREED THAT IT WAS MY FUEL PUMP. THEY HAD ALSO INFORMED ME THAT MANY OTHER GRAND AMS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS. IS THERE A RECALL ON THIS CAR FOR THESE PARTICULAR PROBLEMS? *LA

I OWN A 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM GT THAT HAS HAD A SERIES OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. IT STARTED THREE WEEKS AGO WITH MY TURN SIGNALS. AFTER A TURN OR LANE CHANGE AND THE LEVER RETURNED TO ITS NEUTRAL POSITION, THE TURN SIGNAL WOULD CLICK FOR UP TO 10 MINUTES. THEN A WEEK LATER THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR POWER WINDOW WOULD NOT WORK. THEN THE CAR DIED ON ME WHILE DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE. THANK GOODNESS THERE WAS NO ONE BEHIND ME. UPON REVIEW, THE DEALORSHIP FOUND THAT A SENSOR LEADING TO THE FUEL PUMP WAS BAD. I HAD HEARD ABOUT A RECALL OF HAZARD LIGHT/TURN SIGNALS IN PONTIAC GRAND AM'S BUT AFTER CALLING GM SEVERAL TIMES THEY INSIST THERE IS NOT A RECALL AND THEREFORE WILL NOT PAY ANY OF THE $2000.00 IN REPAIRS. PLEASE GIVE ME ANY INFO YOU CAN. *AK

ON MAKING A LEFT TURN THE STEERING WHEEL TIGHTENED AND I LOST CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE AS IT WAS ENTERING ON-COMING TRAFFIC. MY VEHICLE LOST ALL FUNCTIONALITY WITH THE POWER STEERING ASSEMBLY.*AK

2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM BOUGHT WIGDER LIVINGSTON, NJ. ON, 12/3/03, POWER STERRING HOSE ALL OF A SUDDEN LET GO AND TOTAL LOSE OF STERRING CONTROL HAPPENED. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER WHERE MAKE SHIFT REPAIR WAS MADE FOR $243.00 DO NOT BELIEVE REPAIR HAS BEEN MADE TO SPECIFICATIONS AND THAT IT WILL FAIL AGAIN. ACCORDING TO YOUR WEBSITE THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. I HAVE PAID FOR REPAIR AND AM NOW REQUESTING THAT IT BE CHECKED AND CORRECT REPAIR BE FULLY MADE UNDER WARRANTY AND THAT I GET ORIGINAL COST CREDITED BACK TO ME. ANY HELP WITH THIS WILL BE APPRECIATED.*AK

2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM CAR BOUGHT AT WIGDERS LIVINGSTON, NJ BOTH DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS WINDOWS ELECTRONIC CONTROLS BROKER WITHIN HOURS OF EACH OTHER. FIRST REPAIR WAS APPROX $500.00 I AM NOW FIGHTING WITH DEALER TO FIX 2ND WINDOW UNDER PONTIAC WARRANTY I SEE BY YOUR WEBSITE THIS IS NOT AND UNCOMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR. PLEASE ADVISE HOW TO GET BOTH WINDOWS FIXED UNDER THER WARRANTY NEED MY FIRST PAYMENT CREDITED BACK TO ME ANY HELP WILL BE APPRECIATED. *AK

WATER LEAKED INTO THE CAR AND COLLETED BEHIND THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT ON THE FLOOR. I HAD BOOKS LYING ON THE FLOOR AT THE TIME THAT WERE DAMAGED. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE DOOR LINING. THEY REPLACED IT. 6 MONTHS LATER IT IS LEAKING AGAIN. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM! FIGURE IT OUT!!!*AK