2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

I PURCHASED MY 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM USED WITH 27000 MILES ON JULY OF 2001. IN OCTOBER OF 2001 I HAD MY FIRST BRAKE JOB, FEBRUARY 2002, JULY 2002, MARCH 2003 BRAKES CHECKED ON 2 OTHER OCCASIONS FOR NOISE. CAR WAS SERVICED IN MARCH 2003 FOR BRAKES AND ALIGNMENT - 5 WEEKS LATER CAR CAUGHT FIRE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC. THE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, THE FIRE DEPT. AND POLICE WERE ON THE SCENE IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES - THE CAR WAS TOTALED. CAUSE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. *JB

THE CARS ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM WENT OUT WITHOUT WARNING AND THE FRONT BRAKES LOCKED UP. THE CAR HAD SUFFICIENT BRAKE PADS AND BRAKE FLUID. IT WAS CHECKED AND THERE SEEMED TO BE NOTHING ELSE TO BE WRONG. *JB

MY CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP REPEATEDLY FOR THE BRAKES GRINDING AND SHAKING WHEN I BRAKE. THE ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE FOR RUSTING AND WARPING AND THE BRAKES ONCE, UNDER WARRANTY. I HAVE HAD WATER LEAKS, MY DASH HAS BEEN REPLACED FOR WARPING, 2 DOOR PANELS HAVE BEEN REPLACED FOR WARPING. I HAVE 2 MORE THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED, BUT THE DEALERSHIP SAYS "IT'S A COMMON PROBLEM, BUT IT'S NOT COVERED UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY". I HAVE LOTS OF WIND NOISE. A ROTTEN EGG SMELL IN MY CAR WHEN DRIVING IT. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALER LAST WEEK AND THEY REPLACED A GASKET/SEAL FOR A INTAKE GASKET LEAK. I WENT TO PICK UP MY CAR AND IT REEKED OF GASOLINE. THEY KEPT IT ANOTHER DAY AND HAD TO REPLACE MY FUEL REGULATOR. NOW I CANNOT KEEP MY WINDOWS CLOSED BECAUSE THERE IS A ODOR OF GAS IN MY CAR, WHICH CAUSES MY EYES TO BURN AND WATER AND MY THROAT TO BURN. MY HAZARDS/BLINKERS HAVE GONE OUT ONCE ALREADY. TWO OTHER TIMES I HAD IT IN THE SHOP FOR A CLICKING NOISE IN MY DASH AREA AND IT WAS SOMETHING WITH MY HAZARDS THAT HAD TO BE REPLACED. MY PASSENGER SEAT WOULD NOT ADJUST, THEY SAY THEY FIXED IT? THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS ON OCCASION AND THAT HAS BEEN SINCE I TOOK POSSESSION OF THE LEMON. MY HORN QUIT WORKING AND WAS FINALLY FIXED AFTER REPEATEDLY TAKING IT INTO THE DEALER. IT IS HESITANT TO START AT TIMES AND WHEN IT FINALLY STARTS THE FRONT END SHAKES, LIKE THE MOTOR MOUNTS ARE BAD. *JB

MY HUSBAND WAS IN AN ACCIDENT IN OUR 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE WHOLE FRONT END WAS SMASHED IN AND RIPPED OFF, THE RIGHT RAIL OF THE CAR WAS PUSHED BACK BEYOND REPAIR, AND EXTENSIVE DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE BACK OF THE CAR AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. *NLM

I HAVE A 2000 GRAND AM AND THE ROTORS WERE REPLACED 10000 MILES AGO AND NOW NEED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. I HAVE SEEN ALL THE COMPLAINTS AND I AM NOT THE ONLY GRAND AM OWNER WITH THIS ISSUE. THE DEALER SAID IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY BEFORE AND NOT UNDER WARRANTY NOW, SO I HAD TO PAY. I CAN NOT AFFORD TO REPLACE THE ROTORS EVERY 10000 MILES. I BELIEVE THIS IS A DEFECT IN THE DESIGN OF THESE ROTORS. NEVER HAD ANY OTHER CAR DO THIS. DEALER SAID MY PROBLEM. WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER PONTIAC. *JB

CD PLAYER FAILS TO WORK PROPERLY. UPON INSERTING A COMPACT DISK, THE CD PLAYER WILL REJECT THE COMPACT DISK, AND DISPLAY AN ERROR MESSAGE, "E20." I HAVE USED SEVERAL OTHER CDS TO BE SURE WHETHER IT WAS THE CD PLAYER THAT IS BROKEN, OR THE COMPACT DISK WAS SCRATCHED. *NLM

THE CAR THAT CRASHED INTO ME WAS A DEPUTY NOT ON DUTY DISREGARDED A STOP SIGN HIT ME HEAD ON FROM FRONT TO SIDE TOTALING MY VEHICLE, THE AIR BAGS ON EITHER SIDE NEVER DEPLOYED. I SUFFERED FROM MY HIPS BEING OFF LINE AND HAD GONE TO THE CHIROPRACTOR FOR 6 MONTHS.*JB

PONTIAC GRAND AM 2000 STALLS OUT WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT ANY WARNING, I DON'T EVEN DRIVE THE CAR ON MAJOR HIGHWAYS ANYMORE, ONLY DRIVE ON THE BACK ROADS. THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED I WAS LUCKY BUT THIS HAS HAPPENED TOO MANY TIMES, 5 IN ALL AND I AM AFRAID THE NEXT TIME I WON'T BE SO LUCKY AND I WILL HURT NOT ONLY MYSELF BUT ANYONE WHO HAPPENS TO BE BEHIND ME WHEN IT CUTS OUT AT 60 OR 65 MILES AN HOUR. IT WAS ALSO HARD TO START THE CAR AT TIMES AND THE WEATHER HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT, AND IT DIDN'T SEEM TO MATTER, HOT, COLD , MUGGY, RAINY, COLD OR DAMP THE COOLANT LIGHT HAD BEEN COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY AND 3 DAYS AFTER I HAD IT IN FOR SERVICE THE CAR STALLED OUT AGAIN AND THE COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON, I WAS IN A PARKING LOT SO I WAS SAFE. MY HUSBAND CAME AND FOUND RED GOOEY STUFF IN THE COOLANT RESERVOIR TANK. TOOK BACK IN FOR REPAIRS AND THEY SUPPOSEDLY FIXED A LEAK AND CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS ONE, PUT THE SAME RED STUFF RIGHT BACK IN, DEX-COOL, SO THE PROBLEM IS NOT FIXED. I ALSO FEEL THEY SHOULD HAVE FLUSHED THE SYSTEM SINCE I AM SURE IT WENT ALL THROUGH THE SYSTEM, BUT I AM JUST A WOMAN AND WHAT COULD I KNOW?? THE SERVICE DEPT. ALSO REWORDED EVERY REPAIR I ASKED THEM TO DO, SUCH AS IF I SAID TIRES WERE WEARING UNEVENLY, THEY WORDED IT, CUSTOMER STATES TIRES LOSING PSI. I HAVE ALL OF MY REPAIR ORDERS AND THE LAST ONE I MADE A COPY OF SINCE I SENT IT TO PONTIAC, I HAVE PROOF THIS TIME IN WRITING OF MY WORDING. THIS GRAND AM HAS 19,967 MILES ON IT AND IS 3 YEARS OLD, THIS TELLS YOU JUST HOW OFTEN IT IS DRIVEN. IT IS TOO DANGEROUS TO DRIVE ANY WHERE BUT ON BACK STREETS. *JB

SIGNALS NOT WORKING/ GRINDING NOISES HEARD AT ANY SPEED AND WHEN TURNING CORNERS. MR THE BRAKES SQUEAKED WHEN THEY WERE APPLIED, THE LEFT FRONT STRUT WAS REPLACED, THE STEERING ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED, THE DEFROSTER WAS REPLACED. *JB

SINCE I PURCHASED MY 2000 GRAND AM THE FRONT BRAKES HAVE MADE NOISE. HAVE RECEIVED BRAKE INSPECTIONS AND TOLD ALL OK. I USUALLY GET FREE BRAKE INSPECTION WHEN I GET OIL CHANGED. NOW BRAKES SOUND BAD. TOOK TO AUTO REPAIR SHOP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE CALIPERS WERE LOCKED UP. BRAKE PADS ARE BAD (WORN ON THE INSIDE ONLY) ON THE "RIGHT" FRONT WHEEL ONLY. ALSO THE ROTOR ON THE RIGHT FRONT NEEDS REPLACEMENT. I CALLED THE MANUFACTURER. AND WAS TOLD THAT THE CALIPER WAS STILL COVERED UNDER MY WARRANTY. I WAS TOLD TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER. TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL CLARKSVILLE IN DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE CALIPER WAS OK. THE ONLY PROBLEM WAS THAT MY BRAKES WERE BAD AND I NEED NEW ROTOR. I TOOK THE AUTO ON FRIDAY. AND THE REPAIRMAN LOOKED AT IT ON MONDAY. HE ADVISED ME THAT HE DID NOT NEED TO TEST DRIVE IT BECAUSE THE CALIPER WAS NOT LOCKED UP "NOW". DEALER REFUSE TO FIX BRAKES UNDER WARRANTY BUT WOULD INSTALL NEW BRAKES AND ROTOR AT MY COST. I TOLD DEALER TO "DO NOTHING" I WILL PICK AUTO UP. WHEN I GOT TO DEALER THEY INFORMED ME THAT THEY INSTALLED NEW PADS AT NO COST BECAUSE AUTO WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. DEALER REFUSED TO GIVE ME OLD PADS. THE REPAIR SHOP I ORIGINALLY TOOK IT TO KEN TOWERY TOLD ME THAT WHEN THE CALIPER LOCKS UP IT CAN CAUSE THE PADS AND ROTOR TO GO BAD. AND SINCE HE SAW THAT THE INSIDE OF THE PAD ON THE RIGHT FRONT WAS ONLY WORN ON THE INSIDE INDICATED THAT THIS IS MORE THAN LIKELY WHAT HAPPENED. *NLM