2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

NHTSA RECALL 00-V-372-000; VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH MANUAL TRANS AXLES (RPO M86) FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 114, "THEFT PROTECTION." WHEN A DRIVER ATTEMPTS TO SHIFT FROM 5TH GEAR TO REVERSE, A SHIFT INHIBITOR CAUSES THE TRANSMISSION TO BE MECHANICALLY IN 4TH GEAR EVEN THOUGH THE SHIFT LEVER INDICATES REVERSE GEAR. CONSUMER HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

FRONT BRAKES, ROTORS AND CALIPERS AND PADS HAD BEEN CHANGED IN TH IN THE LAST PAST 2 YEARS; ROTORS. 3 TIMES, PADS 3 TIMES, AND ONE TIME THE CALIPER. DEALER NOT NOTIFIED. *AK

THERE IS CONSISTENT, LOUD CLICKING FROM THE INTERNAL ENGINE. THE WARRANTY WAS ABOUT TO EXPIRE AND THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR REFUSED TO WORK ON THE CAR. AFTER ANOTHER DEALER BROUGHT THE CAR TO THEM, THEY AGREED TO WORK ON THE CAR. PONTIAC GM WAS CONTACTED. GM SAID THAT THERE IS A DESIGN PROBLEM WITH SOME OF THESE PONTIAC GRAND AM'S. THEY SAID THAT WHEN THE ENGINEERS COME UP WITH A FIX, IT WILL BE FIXED. THIS WAS 3 MONTHS AGO AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. I CANNOT TRADE THE CAR IN BECAUSE OF THESE PROBLEMS. THE CAR HAS BEEN FIXED UNDER WARRANTY THREE TIMES AND BEEN TOWED IN TO THE DEALER TWICE. I HAVE COMPLAINED TO NO AVAIL. *JB

TURN SIGNAL MAKES CLICKING NOISE AS IF IN USE BUT IS ACTUALLY NOT IN USE. CLICKS SPORADICALLY AND FREQUENTLY. EVEN IF TURN SIGNAL HAS NOT BEEN USED FOR SEVERAL MILES IT WILL START CLICKING ON IT'S OWN. HAS JUST NOW STARTED CLICKING WHEN CAR IS NOT STARTED. THE TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS DO NOT COME ON JUST THE NOISE IT MAKES AS IF THE TURN SIGNAL IS IN USE. *JB

VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF IN THE PARKING WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE FROM ENGINE. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

I HAVE NOTICED SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS I HAVE WITH MY CAR, BRAKES AND ROTORS. IS THIS CAR A JOKE. THE DEALERS WANT TO RUN WHEN I COME IN, IVE BEEN THERE SO MUCH. NOTHING IS EVER FIXED. MY BRAKES ARE GRINDING NOW. PITIFUL. NICE LOOKING CAR BUTTTTTTT. I HAVE HAD HELL WITH THIS CAR FROM DAY ONE. I REALLY WOULD LIKE THIS PROBLEM SOLVED. 23.000. DOLLAR CAR YOU THINK THE PARTS ON IT WERE WORTH SOMETHING. PLEASE FIX!!!!! DOES THERE HAVE TO BE AN ACCIDENT BEFORE THIS IS TAKEN CARE OF? *AK

I WAS HAVING MANY PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES AND AIR CONDITIONER. HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!COME ON HERE WHAT DOES IT HAVE TO TAKE. I WAS TOLD MY BRAKES ARE THE WAY THEY ARE BECAUSE OF THE DRIVING CONDITIONS AND BECAUSE I LIVE IN AN AREA WHERE THERE ARE HILLS. I WAS READY TO BREAK THE DEALERS KNEE CAPS. WHO DOES HE THINK I AM. STUPID. THE GUY WHO PUT THE BRAKES ON MY CAR TOLD ME THEY MADE THEM TO SMALL FOR THESE CARS ANYWAYS. SO WHO DO I BELIEVE. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE GM IS RIPPING PEOPLE OFF LEFT AND RIGHT. IT S NOT RIGHT. FOR EXAMPLE I HAVE GOTTEN NEW ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS AT LEAST THREE TIMES. GOT SENT ON MY WAY ONCE AND GOT ROTORS TURNED ONCE. WHAT ELSE DOES GM NEED. WHY ARE THEY STALLING. GOT MY AIR CONDITIONER FIXED ON MAY 13, 2003 FOR LIKE I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES NOW I HAVE LOST COUNT. ANYWAYS IT IS NOW MAY 22,2003 AND IT DOESN'T WORK. NOW I NEED TO GO BACK TO THE DEALER AGAIN. I THINK ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WORK AT GM NEED TO DRIVE NOTHING BUT ALL OF OUR CARS THAT HAVE THESE BRAKE PROBLEMS AND SEE HOW THEY LIKE IT. PAYING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR A HUNK OF JUNK. BEWARE DON'T BUY THIS CAR AGAIN AND SOMEONE GET THERE FINGER OUT OF THERE YOU KNOW WHAT. *NLM

THE TRANSMISSION WAS COMPLETELY REBUILT TWICE IN 2001. THE FIRST TIME I DON'T KNOW THE DATE BUT THE 2ND TIME WAS 12/01. ON MAY 20,03 I TOOK IT TO SUNRISE PONTIAC IN MEMPHIS BECAUSE IT WAS LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID. EVEN THOU THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REBUILT TWICE THEY WOULDN'T HONOR THE WARRANTY AND CHARGED ME 350.00 TO FIX THE LEFT TRANSAXLE SEAL WHICH IS WHERE IT WAS LEAKING. NLM

THE TURN SIGNALS ONLY WORK SOME OF THE TIME. I CAN TURN THE HAZARDS ON AND THIS FIXES THE PROBLEM MOST TIMES TILL I TRY TO USE THE TURN SIGNALS AGAIN. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM. MY MECHANIC HAS LOOKED AT IT, WITNESSED THE PROBLEM, BUT CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE. BOTH THE FUSES AND RELAY HAVE BEEN REPLACED TO TRY TO FIX THE PROBLEM. IT SEEMS TO BE WORSE WHEN IT RAINS OR IS DAMP OUT. *JB

I HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES BECAUSE OF PROBLEMS WITH THE ROTORS. THEY RUST VERY QUICKLY. I PARK MY CAR IN THE DRIVEWAY AT NIGHT AND THE NEXT MORNING, THE ROTORS CAN BE COVERED IN RUST. THIS CAUSES A LARGE AMOUNT OF NOISE WHEN BRAKING. THE DEALER HAS TURNED THE ROTORS MULTIPLE TIMES. THEY EVEN REPLACED THE ROTORS ONCE. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY REPLACE THE ROTORS WITH THE SAME DEFECTIVE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND THEY CONTINUE TO RUST. I HAVE DONE PLENTY OF RESEARCH AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM PONTIAC GRAND AM OWNERS, BUT GM CLAIMS THAT THERE IS NO PROBLEM. *NLM