2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

THERE ARE REPEATED BRAKE PROBLEMS; ROTORS AND PADS HAVE A LOT OF PULSATION IN THEM. VEHICLE HAS HAD THREE SETS OF ROTORS PUT ON AND TWO SETS OF PADS INSTALLED. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER HAS REPLACED ROTORS AND PADS. BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *AK

GAS FUMES WERE FELT INSIDE OF VEHICLE, IT WAS LEAKING INTO ENGINE ALL OVER. VEHICLE WOULD START SHAKING, AND BLUE GRAY SMOKE CAME OUTOF EXHAUST. IT HAPPENED 3 TIMES, EACH TIME FUEL INJECTORS WERE REPLACED. DEALER KEPT VEHICLE 2 WEEKS, AND SAME DAY PICKED UP CONSUMER DROVE 40 MILES AND IT REPEATED SAME THING. 1 MONTH LATER , ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WAS COMING ON. DEALER DID NOT HAVE A REMEDY. CONSUMER HAS GOT GM INVOLVED TO RECTIFY PROBLEM.*AK THE CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE DEALER SERVICE SHOP FOR 34 OR MORE DAYS. *YH

I HAD THE ORIGINAL ROTORS RESURFACED B/C OF VIBRATION. THE DEALER FINALLY REPLACED THEM, AND NOW I'VE HAD THOSE RESURFACED 2 MORE TIMES. THERE IS DEFINATELY A PROBLEM WHEN YOU'VE HAD A NEW VEH IN THE SHOP 4 TIMES FOR THE SAME COMPLAINT!!!! *AK

VEHICLE PULLS TO LEFT. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO DEALER 13 TIMES THIS YEAR. DEALER ADMITTED THERE WAS A PROBLEM, AND WAS GOING TO TAKE VEHICLE BACK. THEY DECIDED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT. THEY HAVE GIVEN MULTIPLE REASONS, BUT NONE HAVE RECTIFIED PROBLEM. TIRES WERE CHANGED AND HAD EXCESSIVE WEAR. *AK

THIS PROBLEM IS REOCCURING AND AND HAS CAUSED ME TO GET TICKETED FOR BURNED OUT BRAKE LAMPS TWICE. ALSO WHEN I AM DRVING I NOTICE THAT PEOPLE WITH THE SAME CAR HAVE BURNED OUT LAMPS TOO. THERE ARE TWO BULBS TO THE ACTUAL BRAKE LIGHT ITSELF AND THEY DON'T BURN OUT AT THE SAME TIME, BUT, WHEN THEY DO BURN OUT THE PLASTIC AT THE BASE OF THE BULB MELTS ON TO THE CONTACT RENEDERING THE BULB USELESS AND ALSO CAUSES DAMAGE TO THE PART LISTED IN THE REPORT WHICH ALSO MEANS THE BRAKE LIGHT IS NOT FUNTIONAL. ANOTHER CONCERN WAS THE AMOUNT OF HEAT GIVEN OFF BY THE BULBS ARE ENOUGH TO BURN SOMEONE BADLY, WHICH ALSO MAY BE THE CAUSE OF THE BASE OF THE BULB MELTING.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING AND WHEN DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL VEHICLE PULSATED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THE FRONT END BRAKES CONTINUALLY PULSATE, CONSUMER HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES FOR RESURFACING AND REPLACEMENT, TSB#00-05-23-002 WAS ISSUED REGARDING THIS PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM, HOWEVER THE PROBLEMS CONTINUE. *MJS

BRAKES PULSATE WHEN SLOWING OR STOPPING FROM A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. ROTORS WERE TURNED AT 7,000 MILES AND CHANGED AT ANOTHER DATE. PROBLEM IS OCCURRING FOR THE 3RD TIME NOW. DEALERSHIP WILL NOT HELP ME WITH THE CORRECTION. I WAS TOLD MY WARRANTY WILL ONLY COVER 1 ROTOR CHANGE, BUT THE PROBLEM IS STILL THERE AND I BELIEVE PONTIAC SHOULD STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT AND CORRECT THE ERROR.*AK

BRAKES FAILED WHEN APPLIED, WOULD OVERHEAT AND CAUGHT FIRE. VEHICLE WOULD STOP. TOOK TO MECHANIC & BRAKE PADS & ROTORS REPLACED. LOWER CONTROL & CALIPER BOOTS HAD BURNED. BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES FOR SAME PROBLEM. NO INDICATION WHAT WAS CAUSING PROBLEM. [XXX] *AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WHEN APPLYING MY BRAKES TO STOP MY CAR, THE CAR BEGAN TO SHAKE AND THE CAR WOULDN'T STOP. I WAS TRYING TO STOP, BUT I COULDN'T. I ENDED UP HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME, AND THEY HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF THEM AS A RESULT. THE ROTORS WERE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY ONCE BEFORE FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM. FOUR OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE DRIVEN MY CAR TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES AS WELL. I HAD MADE PLANS TO DROP THE CAR OFF AT THE DEALER TO GET THE BRAKES LOOKED AT ON MONDAY, 12/18/2000, BUT THE BRAKES FAILED ON 12/17/2000, CAUSING THE ACCIDENT.*AK