2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL MADE A WHOPPING SOUND AT ANY SPEED. WHILE DRIVING OVER 65 MPH THERE WAS VIBRATION THROUGHOUT THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FIVE TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT DEALER COULD NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

CAR WON'T START. SECURITY LIGHT FLASHED. HAD TO LEAVE KEY IN ON POSITION 15 MINUTES BEFORE CAR WOULD START START.*AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT TURN SIGNAL PROBLEM. HOWEVER, MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN ALTHOUGH IT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AS STATED IN THE RECALL. *AK

TURN SIGNAL FAILS INTERMITTENTLY. *AK THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL, ALTHOUGH THE CONSUMER SAW A RECALL ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE. THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. *PH *NLM

RUBBING NOISE WHEN AT LOW SPEEDS AND STOPPING APPEARS TO BE COMING FROM FRONT END. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP THEY STATED THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE TIRES AND COULD ONLY REPLACE 2 OF THE TIRES. PROBLEM WILL RETURN WHEN TIRES ROTATED PER MANUFACTURERS SPECIFICATIONS. REQUESTING ALL TIRES BE REPLACED. *AK

EVERY THREE MONTHS I ENDED UP REPLACING BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS ON MY 2001 GRAND AM. THEN ONE MORNING I WAS GOING TO WORK TRAVELING AT THE SPEED OF AROUND 60 MPH WHEN THE CAR STARTED TO DRIFT LEFT UNCONTROLLABLY. I ENDED UP JERKING THE WHEEL TO AVOID A HEAD-ON COLLISION, WHICH RESULTED IN A END TO END ROLL OVER CRASH. AT WHICH TIME THE PART OF THE SEAT BELT THAT YOU BUCKLE IN TO BROKE CAUSING ME TO BECOME UNBUCKLED AND THROWN TO THE BACK SEAT OF THE CAR. *LA

DASH LIGHTS CAME ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. ALSO, WHILE BRAKING THERE WAS A LOUD GRINDING NOISE. ABS WARNING LIGHT AND ENGINE CHECK LIGHT KEPT ILLUMINATING. *AK

I HAVE A 2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM THAT I BOUGHT FROM THE DEALERSHIP IN AUGUST 2002 IN LESS THAN A YEAR MY TURN SIGNALS STOPPED WORKING NIETHER POWER WINDOW WILL WORK , THE TIRES HAVE HAD TO BEEN REPLACED, AND THE SPEAKERS HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS CARE HAS ONLY 52,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED. NOW, THE FRONT WHEELS OF THE CAR ARE MAKING A HORRENDOUS NOISE THAT MY MECHANIC CAN NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS. I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR FROM THE DAY I BOUGHT IT AND I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER PONTIAC!!! WHAT CAN I DO? *LA

FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE NOISE. HAPPENED SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED NEW IN 2001. VIBRATION HAPPENS WHEN GOING 65MPH OR MORE. VERY CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY, I HAVE TAKEN TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES SINCE WEEK 1 AND HAD TO HAVE MY DAD TAKE IT IN BEFORE DEALER WOULD SAY ANYTHING WAS WRONG. THEY ROTATED TIRES AND CHANGED BRAKES, BUT TIRE NOISE MOVED TO REAR OF VEHICLE, NOT AS LOUD, BUT STILL THERE. DEALER SAID A BULLETIN JUST CAME OUT AND THE TIRES HAD A RUBBER BUILD UP THAT THEY HAD TO BUFF OUT. I THINK THE MANUFACTURER NEEDS TO HAVE TIRES RECALLED AND REPLACED DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE BUFFING DOESN'T WORK COMPLETELY. *LA

ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED 2 WEEKS AFTER PURCHASE IN 2001 - STEERING WHEEL VIBRATING(800 MILES ON VEHICLE) ROTORS NEEDED TO BE FILE IN 2002 - WHEELS NOISES WHEN DRIVING 9/2003 NEEDED NEW ROTORS AND BRAKES. 2003 -STRANGE TIRE NOISE FOR ABOUT A WEEK TOOK TO DEALER TODAY 10/7/03 NOW BEING TOLD THE WHEEL NOISE IS CAUSE I NEED TO BUY NEW TIRES AFTER I OVERHEARD THE MECHANIC TELL THE SERVICE REP IT'S THE ISSUE WITH THE WHEELS AND TIRE NOT BEING A PERFECT MATCH AND IS A BIG PROBLEM WITH THE GRAND AM. SO HOW DID IT BECOME MY PROBLEM. WHY DO I NEED TO PAY FOR FOUR NEW TIRES WHEN THE TIRES WERE PURCHSED WITH THE CAR AND ONLY HAVE 28000 MILES ON THEM! THIS IS A GM PROBLEM. ACTUALLY I BELIEVE THIS COULD BE A BIG BIG SAFETY ISSUE. *JB