1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

HAD COOLANT LEAK FROM INTAKE GASKET AT 65,000 MILES. HORN DOES NOT WORK AGAIN (BEEN TO SHOP 3 TIMES PREVIOUSLY) 2 TIMES COULD NOT DUPLICATE, 1 TIME REPLACED SPRING IN SWITCH. THIS WAS WHILE UNDER WARRANTY, NOW THAT IT IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY, THE DEALERSHIP HAS ASKED ME TO PAY $188.34 TO FIX A SHORT UNDER THE AIRBAG. THIS SHORT HAD TO EXIST PREVIOUS TO THE WARRANTY EXPIRING. I HAVE NEVER OPENED THE STEERING WHEEL COVER. ALSO, WHEN VEHICLE WAS LESS THAN 2 YEARS OLD, THE BRAKES WOULD PULSE AND MAKE HEAVY RUMBLING NOISE WHENEVER TRYING TO DEPRESS THE BRAKES GOING DOWN A VERY MINOR HILL. HAD DEALER REPLACE PADS, STILL EXHIBITED SAME BEHAVIOR. *JB

HAVE HAD PASSENGER WINDOW BREAK 3 TIMES NOW AND PONTIAC WILL DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. THE DRIVER SIDE HAS BROKEN ONCE SO FAR. THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND THEY NEED TO BE DONE AGAIN. THE CAR SHAKES WHILE BRAKING. *NLM

INTERNAL LEAK FROM INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET REQUIRING REPLACEMENT. ALL HOSES HAD TO BE REPLACED INCLUDING UPPER/LOWER RADIATOR , THROTTLE BODY COOLANT, AND INTAKE GASKETS...TOTAL COST $1621.00. TECHNICIAN SAID HE HAS SEEN APPROXIMATELY. 2 TO 3 GRAND AMS IN SHOP FOR SAME DEFECT. *JB

I OWN A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM. I HAVE A COOLANT LEAK AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT IS FROM AN INTAKE GASKET. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS AND THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE AS COMMON AS A HOUSE PLANT. WHY HAS GM NOT BEEN FORCED INTO A RECALL? OR BETTER YET, WHY HAS GM NOT DONE THE RIGHT THING AND ISSUED A RECALL?*JB

MY CAR IS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM GT. I HAVE 55,600 MILES ON THE VEHICLE AND HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. BEFORE THE CAR EVEN HAD 30.000 MILES ON IT, THE ALTERNATOR WENT BAD (I WAS INITIALLY TOLD IT WAS A BAD BATTERY, SO IN ADDITION I PURCHASED A NEW BATTERY), THE STEERING WHEEL WAS REPLACED, AND THE DOME LIGHTS WERE REPLACED. BETWEEN 30,000 AND 50,000 MILES, THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE REGULATOR WENT BAD, THE ENGINE COOLANT SYSTEM CAP LEAKED AND DAMAGED MY BELTS, AND THE INTAKE GASKET IS LEAKING. WITH A NEW CAR, THIS IS AN UNREASONABLE AMOUNT OF DEFECTS AND I NEEDED TO KNOW HOW TO REPORT THIS CAR AS A SERIOUS HAZARD OR AS A SERIOUS LEMON.

MY WIFE'S 99 GRAND AM (PONTIAC) HAS A PROBLEM WITH A FAILURE OF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. THIS SEEMS TO BE A CHRONIC PROBLEM WITH GM ENGINES, AND WILL COST OVER $800 TO REPAIR.

I HAVE OWNED THIS CAR FOR JUST UNDER 4 YEARS AND HAVE SPENT THE LAST 2.5 IN AND OUT OF THE SERVICE DEPT. WITH IT. I'VE HAD THE BRAKE ROTORS REPLACED 3 TIMES, EVERY YEAR, ALMOST TO THE DAY. I HAVE ALSO JUST HAD THE FUEL PUMP REPLACED 2 TIMES AND DISCOVERED A LEAK IN MY INTAKE MANIFOLD WITH ONLY 41K MILES ON THE VEHICLE. IT HAS BEEN A SAFETY HAZARD AT TIMES AND LEFT ME STRANDED ONCE.

I HAVE HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH MY 1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM GT. I HAVE REPLACED 2 POWER STEERING PUMPS, AND A POWER STEERING RACK WITHIN THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF OWNING THE VEHICLE. WITH THE POWER STEERING PUMP GOING OUT, AN ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED. I KNOW SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE THAT THE PUMP HAD WENT OUT ON THEM, AND ALSO HAD IT REPLACED. I CONTACTED PONTIAC, AND THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THEY SAID SINCE MY VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY, THAT THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING. THE FIRST REPAIR WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY, THE SECOND WAS NOT. THE RACK WAS ALSO NOT UNDER WARRANTY.

CONSUMER LOSS CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, WHICH WAS DUE TO A DEFECT IN THE STEERING WHEEL COLUMN.*DT. ALSO THE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *JB

THE DIRECTIONALS WILL TURN OFF AND NOT WORK AT ALL, UNLESS I TURN OFF THE CAR AND START IT AGAIN.