1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

REAR LT SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD DURING CRASH /ROLLOVER, CHILD CAR-BOOSTER SEAT AND CHILD WENT THROUGH THE REAR WINDOW. TETHER STRAP ONLY THING HOLD CHILD/BOOSTER SEAT. CHILD WAS EJECTED FROM CAR.*AK

RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING SNAPPED INTO 2 PIECES WHILE PARKED. SPRING JAMMED AGAINST TIRE.*AK

CIGARETTE LIGHTER DOES NOT WORK, HAZARD LIGHTS AND BLINKERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY, GAS CAP IS BROKEN, WINDSHIELD HAS 3 CHIPS, RADIO VOLUME KNOB WORKS INTERMITTENTLY, STEERING HAS JERKED WHEN ROUNDING CORNERS, HEATER FAN SPEEDS 1 AND 2 DO NOT WORK AT ALL, CRUISE DOESN'T WORK INTERMITTENTLY, RUBBER MOLDING ON DOOR COMING OFF, DEALER SAYS NEED ALL NEW BRAKE PADS AND FRONT ROTORS

FRONT PASSENGER WINDOW FELL DOWN ONTO DOOR WHILE DRIVING, ONE WEEK LATER, DRIVERS WINDOW FELL DOWN. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED.*AK DEALER NOTIFIED. *TT

TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN SLIPPING SINCE I BOUGHT CAR. A SERVICE DEPT. WORKER TAKING ME BACK TO WORK POINTED IT OUT. WHEN YOU PUT IT IN REVERSE IT TAKES A FEW SECONDS FOR IT TO GO INTO GEAR. IN THE WINTER IT IS VERY HARD TO GET OUT OF PARK. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THIS WAS NORMAL, BUT I HAD NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN IN ANY OTHER CAR I OWNED. WHEN DRIVING IT SOMETIMES DOES NOT ALWAYS SHIFT WHEN IT IS SUPPOSE TO AND THEN WHEN IT DOES IT SLAMS INTO THE NEXT GEAR. WHEN BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVE AND THEN PUTTING IT INTO DRIVE TO GO DOWN THE DRIVE IT WON'T GO INTO TO GEAR (DRIVE) FOR QUITE AWHILE. I HAVE REPORTED THIS TO DEALERSHIP THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A COMPUTER PROBLEM AND THEY REPROGRAMED IT. WHEN I CALLED PONTIAC THE DEALERSHIP TOLD THEM THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. BUT TOLD ME IT WAS THE COMPUTER. SO IF I KEEP THIS CAR WHAT HAPPENS NOW THAT THERE IS NOT WARRANTY WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FALLS OUT.*AK

REPLACED BRAKES MYSELF BECAUSE IT WASN'T COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, HAD CAR IN TO BE SERVICE AND WAS TOLD BRAKE PADS WERE DEFECTIVE. BUT BECAUSE I HAD REPLACE THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I CALLED PONTIAC RECENTLY BECAUSE ANOTHER GRAND AM OWNER TOLD ME THAT WAS NOT TRUE. A WOMAN TOOK MY COMPLAINT SHE DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS RIGHT BUT AFTER TALKING TO THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT WAS CORRECT. I SAID I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR A DEFECT ON A NEW CAR. I HAVE GOTTEN VERY BAD SERVICE FROM THE DEALERSHIP. AND THE BRAKES ARE BAD AGAIN AFTER ONLY 18,000 MILES THIS TIME.*AK

WAS MERGING ONTO FREEWAY RAMP, FRONT PASSENGER SIDE NICKED REAR LEFT BUMPER OF CAR IN FRONT, (WHO BROKE IMMEDIATELY), AIRBAG INFLATED AND BLINDED DRIVER. DRIVER THEN RAN INTO CENTER DIVIDER, CAUSING EXTENSIVE INJURY AND DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE COOLANT LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON DASHBOARD , INDICATING LOSS OF ANTI FREEZE. DEALER STATED THAT INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

SOMETIMES WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START VEHICLE THERE'S A HESITATION. CONSUMER INDICATES THAT IF VEHICLE STALLS ON HIGHWAY AT 80 MPH SOMEONE CAN BE KILLED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AKI

VEHICLE SHAKES WHEN DRIVING. ALSO, WHEN ACCELERATING AT LOW SPEEDS TRACTION LIGHT COMES ON, AND WHEN GOING OVER A BUMP THERE'S A CLUNKING NOISE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK