1995 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

CONSUMER STATES WHEN DRIVING WITH A/C ON YOU CAN SMELL GAS FUMES INSIDE THE VEHICLE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *NLM SOMETIMES THE SMELL IS SO BAD THAT THE CONSUMER HAS TO TURN OFF THE AIR AND ROLL DOWN THE WINDOWS. *MJ

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 00V287000. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP. TOOK VEHICLE ON APPOINTED DATE AND HAD RECALLED IGNITION REPAIRED. SINCE REPAIR, REMEDY FOR IT HAD FAILED , AND CAUSED MORE PROBLEMS. *AK

CONSUMER STATED THE THERMOSTAT WAS REPLACED 3 TIMES, DUE TO THE VEHICLE OVERHEATING, HOWEVER CONSUMER IS STILL EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS.*JB

IGNITION SWITCH BURNED OUT IN STEERING COLUMN STARTER. VEHICLE BECAME DIFFICULT TO OPERATE, UPON STARTING SMOKE EMMITTED FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. MECHANIC REPLACED STARTER AND IGNITION. *JG

VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF WHEN SMOKE CAME FROM UNDER THE STEERING WHEEL. SECONDS LATER IT WAS IGNITED, BUT DIDN'T SPREAD. CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. CONSUMER WILL CONTACT DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

PRIOR TO THE RECALL NOTICE THE CONSUMER HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE IGNITION SYSTEM. THE DEALER INSTALLED A NEW RELAY KIT. THE CONSUMER IS ASKING FOR REIMBURSMENT. *YH

WAS TRAVELING ON A SIDE STREET AND HEARD A BANGING NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. SHE PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND VEHICLE WOULDN'T START BACK UP. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 40 MPH MICHELIN TIRES EXPLODED AND SEPARATED, DAMAGING AUTOMOBILE. CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY MICHELIN DEALER THAT THEY WOULD NOT HELP HIM BECAUSE TIRE WAS OLD, AND DID NOT HAVE A 60, 000 WARRANTY. CONSUMER DID NOT HAVE AN ACCIDENT, BUT CAME VERY CLOSE.*AK

HEADLIGHT SWITCH ON THESE VEHICLES ARE OF A BAD DESIGN OR HAVE A WIRE IN THE WRONG PLACE (CAUSING IT TO GET CUT) . THE HEADLIGHTS CAN GO OUT AT ANY TIME, POSSIBLY CAUSING A CRASH. I HAVE TALKED TO OTHER GRAND AM OWNERS AND THEY TOO ARE HAVING OR HAVE HAD A PROBLEM SIMILAR TO MINE.*AK

A CRACKED INTAKE MANIFOLD CAUSED THE COOLANT LIGHT TO COME, THE CONSUMER VHANGED THE COOLANT BUT THE LIGHT STILL ILLUMINATED, THE CONSUMER FOUND THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOD CRACKED CAUSING COOLANT TO MIX WITH OIL, AS A RESULT OF THE CRACKED INTAKE THE CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE ENGINE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THERE HAD BEEN NO RECALL AND NOTHING COULD BE DONE.*AK *NLM