1996 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT AN UNDETERMINED SPEED CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO ROLL THE WINDOW DOWN. HOWEVER, NONE OF THE FOUR WINDOWS WOULD ROLL DOWN. CONSUMER STATED THATTHIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THAT THE POWER WINDOWS FAILED. *AK

TRANSMISSION LOCKS WITHOUT WARNING. AS RESULT, VEHICLE SURGES UNCONTROLLABLY. *AK

AIR BAG DEPLOYED WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE. I LEANED IN TO START MY 96 PONTIAC GRAND AM AND WHEN I TURNED THE IGNITION THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED INJURING MY CHEST AND NECK. GM TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY AS THEY SAY IT IS A MAINTENANCE ISSUE DUE TO STANDING WATER AROUND THE DEPLOYMENT MODULE. *JB *SC *JB

WHILE SITTING AT A RED LIGHT PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. ALSO, WHILE TURNING INTO A PARKING LOT DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. VEHICLE WAS FILLED WITH CO2. *AK

TO AVOID HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD ON DRIVER VEERED OFF THE ROAD AND RAN INTO A TELEPHONE POLE. UPON IMPACT, FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER'S HEAD CRACKED THE WINDSHIELD, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO BE UNCONSCIOUS FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES. ALSO, DRIVER'S TEETH HIT THE STEERING WHEEL AND CRACKED. IN ADDITION, DRIVER'S RIGHT ARM, RIGHT KNEE, AND NECK WERE INJURED. ONCE DRIVER REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS HE DROVE TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM BECAUSE NO ONE STOPPED TO HELP. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED INADVERTENTLY. THE CAUSE HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. *NM THERE WAS A 15 SECOND DELAY BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER RECEIVED MINOR ABRASIONS FROM THE AIR BAGS. *NM

VEHICLE LEAKING COOLANT FROM LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. LEAK WAS BOTH INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR. *JB

WHILE DRIVING AND AT ANY BRAKING CONDITIONS WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKES PEDAL WAS DELAYED WHICH RESULTED IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK

EARLY 2002 PAINT STARTED PEELING OFF MY REAR QUARTER PANELS OF MY 1996 BLACK GRAND AM. NOT LONG AFTER THE FRONT QUARTER PANELS STARTED DOING THE SAME THING. AT THE TIME, THE AREAS WHERE THE PAINT WERE STARTING TO PEEL WERE SMALL BUT AS TIME WENT BY THE AREA STARTED PEELING MORE. NOW, I BOUGHT THE CAR USED IN 1998 WITH ONLY 26,000 KM ON IT AND THE PAINT WAS FINE (ORIGINAL PAINT). I HAVE ALWAYS HAD MY CAR RUST PROOFED EVERY YEAR AS WELL IN THE SPRING AND FALL I GET A COMPLETE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SHAMPOO AND WAX DONE ( I TAKE CARE OF IT). THE PAINT DID NOT RUST FIRST....IT JUST STARTING PEELING. AT THE PRESENT TIME SEPTEMBER 2003 IT ONLY AS 93,000KM ON IT. BECAUSE THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED, BEING THAT I BOUGHT IT USED AND DID NOT HAVE THE EXTRA MONEY TO BUY BEYOND THE ORIGINAL WARRANTY THAT WAS LEFT ON THE CAR, I COULD NOT AFFORD TO TAKE IT TO GET REPAINTED. ALSO I HAD JUST BEEN PROMOTED TO A NEW JOB WITHIN MY COMPANY AND MY HOURS WERE CRAZY. LATE FALL OF 2002 I BECAME VERY ILL AND FROM JANUARY TILL MARCH 2003 I WAS HOSPITALIZED AND WAS NOT SURE IF I WAS GOING TO PULL THROUGH...I DID. BUT IN JUNE OF 2003 I WAS BACK IN HOSPITAL HAVING MAJOR SURGERY AND AM NOW AT HOME STILL RECOVERING FROM IT. THE REASON I AM TELLING YOU THIS IS BECAUSE THAT IS WHY I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PROCEED WITH THE PEELING PAINT ON MY CAR. I RECENTLY FOUND OUT ABOUT THE PAINT DELAMINATING ON THE GM CARS, WHICH INCLUDES THE YEAR OF MY CAR. I CALLED GM AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL. I FOUND OUT ON THE INTERNET ABOUT COURT CASES HERE IN ONTARIO, WHICH WERE RELATED TO THE SAME PROBLEM I WAS HAVING. I WENT TO A GM DEALERSHIP...THEY TOOK PICTURES, SENT AND CALLED THE GM REPRESENTATIVE FOR THIS AREA AND THE ANSWER WAS NO...THEY WERE NOT GOING TO REPAINT THE CAR...END OF DISCUSSION. NOW I AM NOT SURE WHAT TO DO BECAUSE SURFACE RUST HAS STARTED TO APPEAR. I WANT TO PAINT IT BEFORE I RUSTPROOF IT BECAUSE BY NEXT SPRING IT WILL RUST THROUGH WHICH WILL BE A MORE EXPENSIVE SITUATION.

MY MAIN PROBLEM IS THE STEERING COLUMN. WHEN IT IS TIME TO TAKE THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION IT GETS STUCKS. YOUR UNABLE TO TAKE THE KEY OUT UNTIL THE CAR WANTS TO LET IT GO. SOMETIMES THIS ENDS UP TO BE A 45 MINUTE TO AN HOUR WAIT. THE PLACE I BOUGHT IT FROM SAID THEY FIXED IT. OF COURSE, AFTR THE WARRANTY WAS UP SO WASN'T THE KEY ONCE AGAIN GETTING STUCK. HAD THE WHOLE STEERING COLUMN REPLACED FOR ABOUT $500.00 NO PROBLEMS FOR ABOUT 2 MONTHS AND NOW ONCE AGAIN KEY IS GETTING STUCK.