2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

1) 7/1/2011, VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. VEHICLE TOWED TO SHOP COSTING OWNER $180.20 2) 12/9/2013, VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. VEHICLE TOWED TO SHOP COSTING OWNER $252.51 PLUS LOST OF WAGES FOR TIME AWAY FROM JOB COSTING OWNER $26.91, AND FORCED TO GET RENTAL VEHICLE COSTING OWNER $73.04 FOR RENTAL CAR FEES AND GASOLINE 3) 3/11/2014, VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. VEHICLE TOWED TO SHOP, UNKNOWN WHY VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. NO REPAIR AT SHOP, BUT OWNER LOST TIME AND WAGES AWAY FROM JOB COSTING $2.99, AND FORCED TO GET RENTAL VEHICLE COSTING OWNER $46.09 FOR RENTALCAR. OWNER ADVISED KEYS FOR VEHICLE WOULD NEED SERVICE FROM DEALER 4) 4/8/2014, KEYS SENT TO PROGRESSIVE CHEVROLET BY REPAIR SHOP COSTING OWNER $267.78 5) 11/8/2014, OWNER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE #14350 FROM GENERAL MOTORS. OWNER SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT FOR SERVICE RELATING TO RECALL AND RECEIVED TWO NEW IGNITION KEYS. VEHICLE SEEMS TO START, SO FAR, JUST FINE. WITH ALL OF THE AFOREMENTIONED PROBLEMS WITH OWNER VEHICLE, I SHOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR ALL OF THE TROUBLE, LOST OF WAGES, TOWING FEES, SERVICE REPAIR FEES, AND NOT TO MENTION STRESS OF NOT KNOWING WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. WITH GENERAL MOTORS KNOWINGLY PRODUCING A DEFECTIVE VEHICLE, AND IGNORING THE FACT THAT THE OWNER'S VEHICLE COULD HAVE CAUSED SERIOUS BODILY INJURY OR DEATH TO OWNER, BUT STOOD BY AND DID NOTHING FOR THE THIRTEEN YEARS THAT I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE IS REALLY A TRAVESTY. GM TOOK THEIR CHANCES HOPING THAT THIS PROBLEM WOULD GO AWAY, BUT IT DIDN'T, PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES. OTHERS HAVE BEEN INJURED, AND OTHERS, SUCH AS MYSELF, HAVE LOST PIECE OF MIND AND CONFIDENT IN GM. I PAID NEARLY $30,000.00 FOR MY PONTIAC GRAND AM. I AM NOT SURE WHY ALL OF THE PROBLEMS RELATED TO STARTING THE VEHICLE OCCURRED. ONCE THE RECALL ISSUE WAS ADDRESSED, THE OWNER'S VEHICLE STARTS JUST FINE, SO FAR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE VEHICLE, BUT IT BEGAN EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUES WITH THE IGNITION AND THE BATTERY. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE RECURRING FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO HEAD GASKET AND IGNITION SWITCH REPLACEMENT AND IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIRS.* LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING COOLANT AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, THE ANTI-THEFT WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH AND WIRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000.

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR IT WOULD SHUT DOWN, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD LOCK, AND ALL THAT COULD BE DONE IS BRAKE TO A STOP. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR TO THE STORE IN THE RAIN AND IT WAS POURING OUTSIDE WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY SERVICE ENGINE SOON, CHECK ENGINE, & SECURITY LIGHT CAME ON. NOTHING HAPPENED UNTIL I LEFT THE STORE AND TRIED TO START MY CAR BACK UP. IT WOULD START AND JUST SHUT OFF. IT WOULD STAY RUNNING WITH MY FOOT ON THE GAS, BUT AS SOON AS I LET OFF THE PETAL, IT WOULD STALL AND SHUT OFF. I WAITED ABOUT A HOUR FOR THE CAR TO MAYBE DRY BEFORE I STARTED IT BACK UP, THINKING THAT MAYBE THE RAIN GOT SOMETHING WET, IT STARTED RIGHT UP. TOOK IT TO ADVANCE AUTO PARTS AND THEY SAID IT WAS A CAM SENSOR. AND ABOUT 10 OTHER THINGS WRONG? I WAS LIKE WTF? HOW WHEN I HAD MY CAR SERVICED AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE JUST A MONTH AGO. I HAD TAKEN THE CAR TO A MECHANIC BUT THEY STILL SAID THAT THEY COULDN'T FIX EVERYTHING AND THAT I HAVE TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE THE BAD IGNITION SWITCH AND A BAD SECURITY SYSTEM. THE SECURITY LIGHT WILL NOT TURN OFF AND IT'S MAKING ME SCARED TO DRIVE MY CAR THAT I HAVE TAKEN CARE OF. TOLD ME TO BE CAREFUL, AND DRIVE WITH SAFETY. THEY SAID THAT GM MADE THESE VERY CRAPPY AND THEY HAVE TO BE REPLACED. NOW I'M GOING BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP NOV 7TH BECAUSE OF THIS RECALL WITH THE IGNITION.. DOES THIS MEAN THIS PROBLEM WILL BE FIXED NOW? *TR

IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE ,3 TIMES , 1ST OCCURRENCE IN 2005 CAR WAS PARKED AND WOULD NOT START . 2ND OCCURRENCE IN 2008 CAR WAS PARKED AND WOULD NOT START. 3RD OCCURRENCE IN 2012 WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND RE-STARTED ONLY TO STALL AT A STOP LIGHT , RE-STARTED AND TOOK TO DEALER TO DIAGNOSE PROBLEM , WHICH DEALER FAILED TO DIAGNOSE. TOOK TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH WHICH SOLVED THE PROBLEM. SO SAID IGNITION SWITCH HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES. IN MY OPINION THERE IS A WIRING PROBLEM WHICH CAUSES THE IGNITION SWITCH TO OVERHEAT , THEREBY SHORTING IT OUT OVER TIME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH OVER A POTHOLE, THE VEHICLE SPUN OUT OF CONTROL AND CRASHED INTO A GUARDRAIL. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THE DRIVER DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V400000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,000.

GOING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION, THE CAR SHUTS OFF AND THE CAR FOLLOWING RUNS INTO THE THE BACK OF US. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.