2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

IGNITION KEY SWITCH FAILED NOT ALLOWING VEHICLE TO START. CAR WAS TOWED TO DEALER. IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED AND COST WAS SPLIT BETWEEN DEALER AND OWNER SINCE WARRANTY MILEAGE WAS EXCEEDED. DEALER WAS VERY HELPFUL, COURTEOUS AND COMMUNICATED THE TROUBLE TO MY COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING. CAR WAS REPAIRED IN 1 DAY. *AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A BRAKE PROBLEM. BRAKES MADE NOISE WHEN COMING TO A STOP. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, WHO TOLD CONSUMER THAT WAS THE WAY THE BRAKES ACTED ON THIS VEHICLE. CONSUMER CLAIMED THAT ROTORS WERE WORN OUT, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

I HAD TO HAVE THE ROTORS RESURFACED 3 TIMES ALREADY, AND THE SYMPTOMS I AM CURRENTLY HAVING INDICATE THAT I HAVE TO HAVE THEM DONE FOR A 4TH TIME. THIS CAR IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD, BUT THE ROTOR PROBLEM HAS BEEN A CONSTANT ISSUE.*AK

I HAVE A PONTIAC GRAND AM GT 2001 V6 AND IT HAS 3 MAJOR PROBLEMS. THE CAR HAS 52,000 MILES AND I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE ROTORS/BREAKS TWICE ALREADY. WHENEVER THE FRONT BRAKES ARE APPLIED THEY PULSATE AND DRAG THE CAR TO A STOP. BEST OF ALL ITS STARTING TO SHUDDER AGAIN WHEN I USE THE BREAKS. SO, SOON TO BE 3 TIMES IN ABOUT 3 YEARS. SECOND, THE SPEAKERS HAVE BLOWN 2 TIMES. I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY GM WOULD PUT SPEAKERS IN THE CAR THAT CANNOT HANDLE THE POWER FROM THE FACTORY RECIEVER. FINALLY, THE ENGINE COOLING PROBLEM. THE LOW COOLANT LIGHT WOULD TURN ON WHEN I STARTED THE CAR, THEN TURN OFF AFTER 10-30 SECONDS. THIS WENT ON FOR A WEEK OR TWO AND I BROUGHT IT IN TO GET CHECKED OUT. THEY TOLD ME THE DEX COOL COOLANT ATE THROUGH THE GASKETS, WHICH CAUSED THE LOSS OF COOLANT. ITS $800 TO GET IT FIXED. PLEASE DO SOMETHING, THIS CAR'S DESIGN IS FLAWED.*AK

WHILE UNDER WARRENTY, REAR STRUTS WERE REPLACED. 6 MONTHS LATER, SUSPENSION NOISE WAS HEARD AGAIN, HOWEVER NOW FROM THE FRONT END. AT APPROXIMATELY 41,000 MILES (NOV 2003) PONTIAC DEALER STATED THAT THE NOISE WAS "NORMAL" FOR THIS CAR AND THE STRUTS HOWEVER THERE WAS NO SAFETY ISSUE OR MECHANICAL DAMAGE. SEEMS TO ME THAT IF THERE WAS NO MECHANICAL DAMAGE TO THE STRUT, THEN THE FRONTEND SUSPENSION SHOULD NOT SOUND LIKE A BABY'S RATTLE. NOW WITH APPROXIMATELY 45,000 THE NOISE IS WORSE AND THE STEERING COLUMN HAS OCCASSIONAL "JITTERS" UNDER MODERATE TO HARD BRAKING CONDITIONS. VECHICLE SEEMS TO BE DEVELOPING SEVERAL PROBLEMS LESS THEN 6 MONTHS AFTER WARRENTY EXPIRED.*AK

2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM GT, 44500 MILES, 38 MONTHS OLD. VEHICLE HAS SLOWLY USED RADIATOR FLUID FOR OVER A YEAR, HOWEVER PASSED ALL PRESSURE TESTS AT DEALER. ENGINE BEGAN TO MAKE LOUD NOISES WHEN STARTED BUT QUICKLY DISAPPEARS AS ENGINE WARMS. ENGINE NOISE BECAME VERY LOUD WITHIN A FEW DAYS AND DEALER STATES THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET HAS A LEAK WHICH HAS ALSO CUASED DAMAGE TO VALUES AND LIFTERS. REPAIR COST AT $1,600.00 PLUS AN ADDITIONAL $300.00 TO FLUSH ENGINE AND RADIATOR. SYSTEMN FLUSH REQUIRED SINCE RADIATOR FLUID MAY HAVE ENTERED ENGINE. ONLY ENGINE PROBLEM PRIOR TO ENGINE NOISE WAS THE OCCASSIONAL LOSS OF ANTI-FREEZE WHICH DID NOT LEAD DEALER TO PROBLEM. ENGINE OIL IS ALWAYS CLEAN WITH NO SIGNS OF EXTERNAL CONTAMINANTS. DEALER HAS STATED THAT A LOT OF INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS ARE BEING REPLACED. *AK

MY 2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES/ABS AND WHEEL HUBS. WITH 47K MILES ON THE CAR, I'VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH ABS/TRAC OFF/SVC VEHICLE LIGHTS, BRAKES NEEDING TO BE REPLACED & ROTORS TURNED, AND HAVE HAD TO REPLACE BOTH FRONT WHEEL HUBS(AT $391 PER HUB, JUST FOR THE PARTS) AND A WHEEL BEARING. *JB

MY CAR IS A 2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM. IT HAD 23,051 MILES ON IT WHEN THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. THE PROBLEM WAS THE LOW COOLENT LIGHT WENT ON SO THE INTAKE GASKETS AND NEC PARTS NEEDED REPLACING. A 3 YEAR OLD CAR WITH 23,000 MILES NEEDED $900 WORTH OF REPAIRS WITH NO ACCIDENTS ON IT'S RECORD. *AK

THE HAZARD LIGHTS STOPPED OPERATING. THE FUSES WERE CHANGED TWICE BUT THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *AK THE SIGNAL LIGHTS ALSO FAILED. WHEN THE CONSUMER CHANGED THE FUSES THE LIGHTS WORKED FOR 2-3 WEEKS THEN FAILED AGAIN. *NM

FRONT END NOISE.BOUGHT CAR USED. 2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM GT WITH 28990 MI. AT TIME OF PURCHASE. HAVE 36450 MI. NOW. HAVE BROUGHT BACK TO DEALER 4 TIMES SINCE BUYING FOR SAME NOISE. FINALLY TOLD ON LAST VISIT THAT IT IS THE TIRES.FIRST INCIDENT IN 5/2003.NOW TOLD I HAVE TO BUY NEW TIRES TO GET RID OF NOISE.RIDICULOUS SINCE THEY KNEW OF PROBLEM AND DID NOTHING TO MAKE ME AWARE OF THIS AT TIME OF PURCHASE.HAVE SERVICE BULLETIN AND HAVE READ MANY COMPLAINTS ALONG SAME LINE FOR THIS CAR.DON'T PLAN ON SPENDING A DIME ON TIRES AS IT IS THEIR DEFECT IN MATCHING TIRES TO RIMS.*AK