1998 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

CONTROL ARM BUSHING SEPARATED. SOUNDED FROM DEALER LIKE THEY HAD DELT WITH THIS PROBLEM IN OTHER VEHICLES, BUT SINCE IN WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, THEY MADE ME PAY. SEEMS LIKE A SAFETY ISSUE.*AK

AFTER TURNING MY VEHICLE ON, I NOTICED THAT MY VEHICLE BRAKE AND ABS LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. IT WAS DETERMINED AFTER TAKING THE CAR TO THE MECHANIC THAT THE MOTOR PACK WAS IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT. MY MECHANIC SUGGESTED THAT I FILE A REPORT SINCE THIS IS A RARE PROBLEM.*AK

AFTER TAKING KEY OUT OF IGNITION SWITCH STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT LOCK IN PLACE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTCTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE PUTTING STEERING IN DOWN POSITION STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT MOVE UP OR DOWN. *AK THE STEERING WHEEL WAS IN THE TOP POSITION AND COULD NOT BE MOVED. WHEN CONSUMER TOOK THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION THE STEERING WHEEL DID NOT LOCK IN POSITION. *JG

WHEN STOPPING VEHICLE CONSUMER CANNOT GET KEY OUT OF IGNITION. WHEN KEY DOES NOT COME OUT IT IS SET ON ALTERNATOR.SHE CANNOT LEAVE KEY THERE BECAUSE IT WILL RUN THE ALTERNATOR DOWN. JUST HAD AN ALTERNATOR PUT ON. SHE TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND PAID FOR IT TO GO ON DIANOSTIC MACHIN., YET, DEALER COULD NOT FIND OUT WHY IT WAS HARD TO REMOVE KEY FROM IGNITION SWITCH.*AK

WHILE TURNING ON THE HEATER THERE IS SOME STRONG SMELL THAT COMES FROM THE VENTS, IT WILL FOG UP WINDSHIELD. *AK *JB

CONSUMER STATES SEATBELTS DO NOT LOCK UP WHEN BRAKE IS APPLIED IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. DEALER STATED THAT SEATBELTS WERE WORKING AS DESIGNED.*AK *SCC

VEHCLE WAS LEAKING WATER. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT WATER PUMP NEEDED REPLACING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

POWER WINDOWS ON BOTH PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDES HAVE FAILED. THE MOTOR STILL WORKS, BUT IF YOU ROLL WINDOW DOWN YOU MUST MANUALLY KEEP WINDOW STRAIGHT WHEN ROLLING UP. I HAVE CHECKED REPAIR COSTS AND IT'S ABOUT $500/WINDOW. MY CAR WAS LESS THAN 3 YEARS OLD WHEN THE PROBLEM OCCURRED, SO UNLESS PONTIAC MAKES AN IMPROVEMENT TO THE WINDOW SYSTEM IT WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THE PART THAT IS MALFUNTIONING IS CALLED A REGULATOR. I HAVE TAKEN MY DOOR PANEL OFF TO LOOK AT IT AND IT IS JUST NOT MADE STRONG ENOUGH FOR THE WEIGHT OF THE WINDOWS.*AK

NO COOLANT LIGHT WILL COME ON AND STAY ON VEHICLE . ALSO, LEAKING ANTI FREEZE.*AK *SLC