2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

CAR OVER HEATED AND STALLED DUE TO A BLOWN INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET ON MY 2000 GRAND AM 3.4L V-6 MOTOR. 55000 MILES. CREATED UNSAFE CONDITION ON THE ROAD WAY BY THIS FAILING ON THE AUTOMOBILE. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF CONSUMERS OUT THERE WHO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THESE AND OTHER GM VEHICLES WITH THE 3.0,3.1.3.4 AND 3.8 MOTORS. THIS GASKET IS FAILING AND IT HAS BEEN ADMITTED BY GM THEY USED AN INFERIOR GASKET ON THESE VEHICLES. 55000 MILES FOR A MAJOR BREAK DOWN FOR THIS REASON SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING. *PH

NHTSA RECALL 03-V-327-000 ,CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES HAVE HAZARD WARNING SWITCHES THAT MAY EXPERIENCE SOLDER JOINT CRACKING CAUSED BY RAPID TEMPERATURE TRANSITIONS AND THE SOLDERING PROCESS. IF SOLDER JOINT CRACKING OCCURS AND RESULTS IN AN OPEN CIRCUIT, THE TURN SIGNALS/HAZARD LAMPS BECOME INTERMITTENT OR INOPERATIVE. CONSUMER HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. ALSO BOTH BACK SIDE WINDOWS DID NOT ROLL DOWN. OWNER CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP.*AK

I HAVE MY PONTIAC GRAND AM FOR 3 YRS NOW AND IN THE 3 YEARS I HAVE PUT 8 SETS OF BRAKE PADS, 3 SETS OF ROTORS AND NOW I HAVE TO REPLACE THE CALIPERS. I HAD THE CAR TO TWO DIFFERENT PONTIAC DEALERS ONE WAS 6 MONTHS AFTER I PURCHSED THE CAR AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE BRAKES ARE NOT A WARRENTY ITEM AND THAT I WAS TO HARD ON THE BRAKES. THE OTHER DEALER TOLD ME THAT THE FRONT BRAKES ARE WEARING BECAUSE THE BACK BRAKES ARE NOT ADJUSTING RIGHT, SO THAT DEALER FIX THE BACK BRAKES AT NO CHARGE TO ME. WILL HERE IT IS 2YRS AND 6 MONTHS LATE I'M STILLING HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY BRAKES. I FEEL I CAN NOT TRUST THE PONTIAC DEALERS TO FIX MY CAR. I FEEL THAT PONTIAC SHOULD FIX THIS PROBLEM AT NO CHARGE TO ME OR RECALL THIS CARS FOR BRAKING PROBLEMS. I CAN'T KEEP REPLACE MY BRAKE PADS, ROTORS, AND CALIPOR ON THE CAR IT IS A VERY COSTLY THING TO DO. I HAVE CALLED THE PONTIAC CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND TOLD THEM EVERYTHING AND THEY DID NOTHING. I HAVE RESENTLY EMAILED PONTIAC DIRECT. I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING AS OF YET. IF I DON'T HEAR FROM THEM THEN THE NEXT STEP IS TO MY LAWYER FOR A LAW SUIT. SO WITH THIS I HOPE THAT PONTIAC DOES SOMETHING BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR KILLED BECAUSE OF THERE FAULTY BRAKING SYSTEM. IF IT COMES DOWN TO A LAW SUIT I HOPE THAT EVERY ONE WHO OWN A 2000 GRAND AM GET EITHER THERE MONEY PAY FOR THE CAR OR THEY GET THERE BRAKES FIX RIGHT.*AK

SEAT BACK ON DRIVER'S SIDE OF MY VEHICLE COLLAPSED. CLEAR COAT IS CHIPPING OFF THE ROOF DESPITE REGULAR WASHING AND HARD COAT WAXING. RATTLE IN THE DOOR AND FRONT END LIKE THERE'S A LOOSE MOTOR MOUNT. *JB

TURN SIGNAL FLASHER INTERMITTENTLY FAILED TO WORK. WOULD SOMETIMES WORK IF THE HAZARD LIGHTS WERE ACTIVATED. DEALER REPLACED TURN SIGNAL/FLASHER SWITCH, NO FIX. ON THE 4TH TIME TO DEALER, THEY REPLACED THE HAZARDS SWITCH AND IT WAS FIXED.*AK

CONSUMER WAS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS WAS MENTIONED IN RECALL#03V32700. REAR TURN SIGNAL LIGHT WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER WOULD NOT REPAIR BECAUSE THE VIN NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH AND WITH NO WARNING CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS IN A HEAD ON COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, BOTH FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK

I HAVE A 2000 PONTIAC GRANDAM GT, PURCHASED 12/27/1999.I'VE HAD TROUBLES FROM PEELING PAINT,POWER WINDOW WOULDN'T LET DOWN ,TO THREAD COMING A LOOSE ON BUCKET,RADIO DIGITIAL DISPLAY NOT SHOWING COMPLETED NUMBERS,TIRES MAKING NOISES,CAR HESTITATE AND SOME TIMES ACTS AS IF IT WANTS TO CONTINUE ON AFTER I HAVE APPLIED THE BRAKES,SUNROOF LEAKED,NOW THE STEERING WHEEL CRACKES AND POPS AT TIMES LIKE HERMAN MONSTERS BACK ,OIL HAS NOW ENTER INTO THE DEXRON COOLANT FROM THE ENGINE,THIS IS MY ONLY SOURCE OF TRANSPORTATION WHEN THE DEALERSHIP GETS YOUR CAR THEY DON'T WANT GIVE YOU EQUAL TRANSPORTATION TO USE AS LONG AS NEEDED UNTIL YOUR VECHILE HAS BEEN COMPLETELY REPAIRED THE EXPECT YOU TO CONTINULY RUN BACK AN FORTH BECAUSE THE SAY THEY CAN ONLY LEND THE CAR OUT FOR THUS AMOUNT OF DAYS. THEN AFTERWARD RENTAL PLACE WANTS TO START CALLING YOU ABOUT MONEY ON THE EXTRA TIME USED IN THE CAR WHEN IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT YOUR CAR ISN'T READY.

ALL OF MY GAUGES ONLY WORK OCCASIONALLY, AS WELL AS THE TURN SIGNALS, SO FAR NO ACCIDENT AND I HAVEN'T TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP YET. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING OF AND ON FOR ABOUT 3 WEEKS. *AK

MY TURN SIGNALS WORK WHEN THEY WANT...IF I PLAY WITH THE HAZARD SWITCH THEY WILL WORK AGAIN. *AK