2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

AT 50MPH CAN HEAR A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN. THEN, CONSUMER LOSES CONTROL OF VEHICLE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

WHEN IT RAINS FLOORBOARD GETS FLOODED, CAUSING A SHORT IN FOG LIGHTS. PROBLEM OCCURRED 4 TIMES. DEALERSHIP RESEALED WINDSHIELD , PLUGGED SUNROOF, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURRED. *AKI

I HAVE HAD ROTOR PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR SINCE I PURCHASED IT. THE DAY I DROVE IT OFF THE LOT I COULD FEEL IT BUT THOUGHT IT WAS JUST BECAUSE IT WAS BRAND NEW AND NEEDED TO LOOSEN UP. WHAT IT DOES IS WHEN I SLOW DOWN TO A STOP, ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER SPEEDS COMING OFF THE HIGHWAY, I CAN HEAR GRINDING, THE STEERING WHEEL AND BRAKE PEDAL WOBBLE. IT'S REALLY NOTICEABLE WHEN IT HAS BEEN RAINING OUTSIDE. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER ONE WEEK AFTER I BOUGHT IT AND THEY GRINDED THE ROTORS DOWN AND TOLD ME IT WAS DEFECTIVE ROTORS FROM THE FACTORY. IT STARTED DOING IT AGAIN AFTER ABOUT 2 WEEKS, I TOOK IT BACK ABOUT 2 MONTHS LATER AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE ROTORS. ONCE AGAIN I WAS TOLD THAT DEFECTIVE ROTORS WERE USED TO REPLACE THE ORIGINAL DEFECTIVE ROTORS. IT STARTED DOING IT AGAIN SO I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER IN OCTOBER, THEY TEST DROVE IT AND SAID IT SOUNDS A LITTLE FUNNY AND THAT I PROBABLY AM DRIVING IT WRONG. IT WAS NOTICEABLE AT 35 MILES PER HOUR AND I DROVE IT OFF THE LOT WITH IT. IT IS STILL CONSTANTLY DOING IT AND IT SCARES ME AT TIMES BECAUSE I KNOW MY STOPPING DISTANCE HAS TO BE LONGER NOW. I HAVEN'T TAKEN IT BACK TO THE DEALER BECAUSE IT IS EMBARRASSING BECAUSE I KNOW THEY THINK I'M DOING SOMETHING WRONG. I THINK A RECALL SHOULD BE DONE, AT LEAST TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE ROTORS WITH ONES THAT WORK. PONTIAC CALLED ME AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT BECAUSE I SUBMITTED A BAD SERVICE SURVEY TO THEM AFTER ALL THE PROBLEMS THE DEALERSHIP GAVE ME BUT NEVER HEARD FROM THEM AFTER THE SECOND AND THIRD INCIDENTS.*AK

THE STARTER WILL CRANK BUT IT WILL NOT START IT TAKES 2 TO 3 TIMES TO GET THE CAR STARTED. THE FUEL PUMP HAS ALREADY BEEN REAPLCED.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 35 MPH VEHICLE KEPT LOCKING UP. TOOK VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC WHO STATED A BOLT FELL OUT OF LEFT FRONT CALIPER. CAUSE UNKNOWN. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED BOLT CALIPERS. *AK VEHICLE IS UNDER WARRANTY. *TT

CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE EXPERIENCES A VIBRATION/PULSATION, AND THERE IS AN EXTREME GRINDING NOISE WHEN RAINING OR WET, VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE DEALERSHIP ON SEVERAL OCASSIONS DUE TO THE ROTORS BEING WARPED.*JB

WHILE STOPPING ON A STEEP HILL, VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS WHEN LETTING OFF THE BRAKES. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK *SLC

WHILE DRIVING, BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED. ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED FOR SECOND TIME. *AK THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE MANAGER THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE ROTORS BUT IT WAS NOT FOR THIS VEHICLE. *YH

RACK AND PINION WAS REPLACED. WHEN STARTING VEHICLE IN THE MORNING AND BACKING OUT WHEEL WILL LOCK UP AS SOON AS CONSUMER STARTS TO TURN. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

AXLE BROKE. WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC THAT THEY WERE REPLACING A LOT OF AXLES LATELY. WHEN AXLE BROKE IT WAS MAKING A LOUD NOISE, WHEN IT WAS TAKEN TO DEALER , CONSUMER WAS TOLD AXLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK