1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

SECURITY FEATURE COMES ON AND YOU CANT START YOUR CAR FOR UP TO 10 TO 15 MINUTES IT IS THE IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER THE CONTACTS CORRODE AND MAKES THE SECURITY FEATURE COME ON AFTER 90,000 MILES. *TR

1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT FRONT CORNER OF THE VEHICLE. *KB THE OFFICER OBSERVED THE TREAD CAP FROM THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE HAD COME OFF AND WENT INTO THE WHEEL WELL, IT KNOCKED THE RIGHT FRONT FENDER LOOSE. OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0754-90. *JB

CAR ACCIDENT...NO DAMAGE TO BE FOUND ON EITHER CAR, AND MY AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THERE IS NO SIGN OF AN IMPACT. *TR

PASSLOCK SYSTEM IN MY CAR IS MALFUNCTIONING. RANDOMLY MY SECURITY LIGHT WILL BLINK WHEN STARTING MY CAR THUS MY CAR WONT START! I HAVE RESEARCHED AND DISCOVERED THIS IS A PASSLOCK SYSTEM FAILURE. THIS IS A $600 FIX!!!!! *TR

1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM GT ,FRONT COIL SPRING .BACK OUT OF DRIVE WAY THEN STARTED DOWN ROAD WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN RIGHT FRONT SPRING LET GO WITH SUCH A FORCE THAT I THOUGHT RT AT FIRST SOME ONE SHOT AT CAR OR WAS IN AN ACCIDENT. DEALER FIX WITH NEW SPRING AND STRUT OEM PARTS WITCH WEAR DAMAGE DO TO SPRING GOING. DEALER KEEP PARTS SAID THAT THIS WAS NOT COMMON. I HAVE HEARD THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE GRAND AMS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDOW REGULATORS CONTINUE TO FAIL. HE HEARD A GRINDING NOISE MOMENTS BEFORE THE REGULATORS SNAPPED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND REFERRED HIM TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER COULD NOT ASSIST BECAUSE THERE WAS NO WARRANTY OR RECALL AVAILABLE. THROUGH ONLINE RESEARCH, THE CONTACT FOUND MANY CONSUMERS THAT WERE EXPERIENCING THIS SAME FAILURE. WITHIN ONE YEAR, FIVE REGULATORS HAVE FAILED. WITHIN THE LAST 30 DAYS, THREE REGULATORS HAVE SNAPPED. TWO OUT OF THE FIVE REGULATORS WERE REPAIRED AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

1. THE SECURITY LIGHT TURNS ON WHILE OPERATING VEHICLE. 2. WHEN TRYING TO START CAR, THE CAR WILL NOT CONTINUE TO RUN. THIS HAPPENS ON A MONTHLY BASIS (FREQUENTLY) AND IS AT LEAST AN ANNOYANCE. TO DATE THIS HAS NOT HAPPENED AT A TIME WHEN I NEEDED THE CAR IN AN EMERGENCY, BUT IT IS A REAL POSSIBILITY THAT IT COULD. 3. THE CAR WILL RESTART AFTER TURNING THE IGNITION TO ON AND WAITING 10 MINUTES. I HAVE READ THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED AND THAT IT IS CAUSED BY A FAULTY IGNITION LOCK. *TR

THE SECURITY LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START. I WAS FREQUENTLY LATE TO APPOINTMENTS DUE TO HAVING TO WAIT FOR THE CAR TO FINALLY START. I FINALLY HAD TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER AND YES..$500 LATER IT IS NOW REPAIRED FOR THE MOST PART. *TR

SECURITY LIGHT WENT ON MY 1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM WHILE DRIVING. UPON READING OWNER'S MANUAL WHICH TOLD ME TO GO TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. $500 LATER I HAVE A NEW PASSLOCK SENSOR ON MY CAR AS I CANNOT AFFORD TO BE STRANDED BY A VEHICLE THAT WILL NOT START. *TR

I HAVE A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM 3.4L. I'VE OWNED THIS CAR SINCE 2001 AND I HAVE ALREADY REPLACED MY INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET (UNDER WARRANTY) IN 2002. I NOW HAVE TO REPLACE IT AGAIN! EXCEPT THIS TIME THERE WAS A FAULT IN THE GASKET IN THE ENGINE AS WELL, WHICH RESULTED IN SEIZED BEARINGS, SNAPPED CAMSHAFT, BROKEN AND BENT VALVE AS WELL AS THE CAPS TO THE OIL AND COOLANT BEING OVERHEATED AND NOT GOING ON PROPERLY. I AM TOLD THIS IS BECAUSE OF DEXCOOL AND THE GASKETS. *TR