2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

I OWN A 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM GT, AND I AM COMPLETELY FRUSTRATED WITH THE LACK OF RESPONSE TO ALL OF THE GRAND AM'S PROBLEMS. THERE IS A GRINDING/RUBBING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF CAR. I WAS TOLD IT NEEDED NEW ROTORS AND PADS....WELL I HAVE DONE THAT TWICE NOW WITHIN THE LAST 4 MONTHS, AND STILL THE NOISE IS THERE. THEN I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION....REPLACED THAT AND THE NOISE IS STILL THERE. NOW I HAVE FOUND OUT BY ALL OF THE OTHER HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS CAR THAT THE NOISE IS MORE THAN LIKELY FAULTY GOODYEAR TIRES. WHEN I CALLED LOCAL PONTIAC DEALER THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD DO WITHOUT CHARGE BECAUSE OF NO RECALL ON THE TIRES. I AM TO MY BOILING POINT WITH THIS CAR AND SOMETHING HAS GOT TO BE DONE BY PONTIAC. *NLM

PONTIAC GRAND AM YEAR 2000 WAS BROUGHT TO DEALER FOR GRINDING AND FRONT END VIBRATION AT 9000 MILES ,21000 AND RECENTLY AT 28515 THE FIRST TIME ROTORS AND BRAKES REPLACED AT NO CHARGE ,THE SECOND TIME RESURFACED ROTORS AND BRAKES WERE ALSO NO CHARGE, STILL UNDER WARRANTY THE BRAKES ARE KNOW CONSIDERED A WEAR ITEM AND I WAS CHARGED $321. FOR BRAKES WHICH ARE OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE ALONG WITH ROTORS THAT WARP. *JB

VEHICLE SHIFTS HARD INTO SECOND GEAR THEN TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHILE IN SECOND GEAR. PROGRESSIVELY GETTING WORSE. *JB

FUEL PUMP FAILED ABRUPTLY CAUSING MOTOR TO QUIT WHILE UNDERWAY, AND SUBSEQUENTLY COMPLETE LOSS OF ALL POWER BRAKES AND POWER STEERING. THIS HAPPENED AT 65 MPH IN MODERATE TRAFFIC ON AN INTERSTATE. MY DAUGHTER, DRIVER AT THE TIME, HAD TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE THROUGH TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC AND OFF THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD WITHOUT ANY POWER STEERING OR BRAKES...A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. ONE THAT COULD HAVE VERY EASILY CAUSED A CRASH AND SERIOUS INJURY OR FATALITY. *JB

THE STEERING WHEEL MOVE DOWN LOCKING IN POSITION WHEN CONSUMER ENTERED THE VEHICLE. *JB..... DEALER REPLACED HAZARD SWITCH WHICH WAS FOUND TO BE A PROBLEM. *AK

I HAVE TRIED REPEATEDLY TO WORK WITH GENERAL MOTORS REGARDING REPETITIVE BRAKE AND ROTOR ISSUES ON MY 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM....ACCORDING TO MY RESEARCH, THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS BEARING RESEMBLANCE TO MY ISSUES AND GM CLAIMS THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS. *JB

WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR WHEEL AND THE BRAKES DID NOT HOLD. *JB

FUEL PUMP QUITS WORKING CAUSING LOSS OF POWER/CONTROL OF VEHICLE WHEN DRIVING. TWO DEALERSHIPS REPLACING 10 & 12 FUEL PUMPS IN THE WEEK OF MY INCIDENT ALONE.

THE TURN SIGNALS AND THE HAZARD LIGHTS ARE INOPERATIVE. THE CONSUMER MUST BE CAUTIOUS WHEN VEHICLE'S FOLLOW TOO CLOSE. *JB SCC

MY 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM HAS HAD THE FRONT ROTORS & PADS REPLACED APPROXIMATELY 6 TIMES - THERE'S NO POINT OF KEEPING TRACK ANYMORE. I HAVE ARGUED WITH 2 DEALERS ON MANY OCCASIONS THAT CARS JUST DON'T SHAKE LIKE THAT FROM THE BRAKES EVERY 10,000 MILES. THEY TOLD ME IT WAS DRIVER ERROR AND THEY HAD NOT HEARD OF ANY COMPLAINTS BEFORE. THEY PUT THESE NEW "SHIM KITS" ON MY FRONT ROTORS SO THAT THEY DON'T WEAR DOWN -DIDN'T HELP. TRUST ME - LEMON LAW DOESN'T HELP. MY HUSBAND EVENTUALLY WENT TO ADVANCED AUTO AND BOUGHT ROTORS & PADS FOR $80.00 AND I HAVEN'T HAD A PROBLEM SINCE. IT'S A SHAME MY HUSBAND HAD TO PUT CRAPPY BRAKES ON THE CAR FOR IT TO STOP SHAKING CONSTANTLY. KEEP THAT IN MIND BEFORE YOU GO TO THE DEALER.