2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

CAR VIBRATES WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO STOP. ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED ONCE, BUT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE SEVERAL TIMES. TRUNK HAS OPENED TWICE FOR NO REASON. FORTUNATELY NOTHING HAS BEEN STOLEN OUT OF IT, BUT WHO KNOWS WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN.*AK

ENGINE KNOCKS LOUDLY WHEN STARTING VEHICLE. WHILE DRIVING KOCKING CAN STILL BE HEARD. DEALER STATED ENGINE SOUNDED NORMAL.*AK

DURING OIL CHANGE MECHANIC NOTICED A LEAK IN POWER STEERING LINE. DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY, SAID IT WAS ONLY SEEPING, AND NOT BAD ENOUGH TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. ON JULY 11, 2001 WHILE DRIVING 10-15 MPH POWER STEERING WENT OUT. NO ACCIDENT. *AK

DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION A LEAK WAS FOUND AND REPLACED BY DEALER. VEHICLE WAS AT DEALERSHIP IN MAY, RACK AND PINION STEERING WAS LOOSE. IT WAS TIGHTENED BY DEALER. RACK AND PINION STEERING TO BE REPLACED AT THIS TIME.*AK

WHEN BRAKING VEHICLE WAS VIBRATING. DEALER REPLACED WARPED ROTORS. AT THIS TIME, ROTORS WARPED AGAIN. WILL BE REPLACED BY DEALER.*AK

FRONT ROTORS REPLACED 3X AND PADS REPLACED 2X WITHIN 14 MONTHS OF HAVING VEHICLE AND 11,276 MILES. PONTIAC CUSTOMER SERVICE CONTACTED 2X WITH COMPLAINTS FILED. AWAITING RETURN CALL FROM SUPERVISOR AT CENTRAL FLORIDA LOCATION. DEALER STATES THAT GRAND AM'S ARE BEING BROUGHT IN FOR 2 MAJOR ITEMS: BRAKING SYSTEM AND AIR CONDITIONING. STATED THAT PROBLEM WITH ROTORS WEARING MAY BE CAUSED BY CITY DRIVING? ROTORS REPLAED ON VEHICLE APPROX. EVERY 3K TO 5K MILES. IN THE PROCESS OF CONTACTING BBS AND ATTORNEY GENERAL AS WELL AS A CERTIFIED LETTER TO MANUFACTURER IS IN PROGRESS REGARDING BRAKING SYSTEM PROBLEMS AND SAFETY CONCERNS. *AK

CONSUMER STATES HIS DAUGHTER'S FRONT ROTORS HAD TO BE TURNED DOWN AT EIGHT THOUSAND MILES, WHICH WAS NO CHARGE, BUT WHEN SHE HAD TO GO BACK AT TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND MILES, THERE WAS A CHARGE OF FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS, CONSUMER STATES ROTORS WERE MAKING A NOISE IN THE INSIDE, CONSUMER'S WIFE ALSO OWNS THE SAME VEHICLE BUT NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION WAS GIVEN.*JB

FUEL PUMP BROKE WHILE DRIVING. DEALER HAS REPLACED T FUEL PUMP. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

ROTORS AND PADS HAD TO BE REPLACED FIVE TIMES ALREADY, AND THAT HAPPENED EVERY FEW MILES. DEALER HAD TO LUBRICATE PADS TO IMPROVE PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER STATES THERE HAVE BEEN NO COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE OR AN ACCIDENT, BUT BRAKES ARE VERY NOISY WHEN BRAKING.*JB

PULSATION IN BRAKES @ 22000 MI. BROWN PONTIAC TOLEDO ACK. PROBLEM; REFUSED TO FIX. *AK