2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING 10 MPH AND DISCOVERED THAT BOTH TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 95,328.

I WAS LEAVING A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT. WHEN PULLING OUT OF MY PARKING SPOT THE CAR WOULD NOT TURN RIGHT. I TURNED THE WHEEL BACK AND FORTH AS FAR AS IT WOULD GO. IT WOULD TURN ALL THE WAY LEFT AND NOT GO RIGHT AT ALL. I BACKED BACK INTO MY PARKING SPOT. TOOK A LOOK UNDERNEATH AND DID NOT NOTICE ANYTHING WRONG. I GOT BACK IN AND TRIED TURNING THE WHEEL AGAIN. THIS TIME THE WHEEL TURNED BOTH WAYS. I LEFT THE PARKING LOT TO RETURN HOME. ON THE WAY HOME I HEARD SOME KNOCKING SOUNDS COMING FROM THE FRONT END WHENEVER I DROVE OVER A BUMP OR POT HOLE. ALSO TURNING THE CAR TO THE RIGHT DID NOT FEEL OR SOUND GOOD. I DECIDED TO DRIVE STRAIGHT TO MY MECHANIC. IN A COUPLE OF HOURS I GOT A PHONE CALL FROM MY MECHANIC. IT TURNS OUT THE FRAME WAS TOTALLY RUSTED OUT. THE FRAME BEING RUSTED OUT WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEMS WITH STEERING. THE CAR IS ONLY TEN YEARS OLD AND HAS 36, 400 MILES ON IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED THE SECURITY SYSTEM WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE ENGINE FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE MALFUNCTION WAS CONTRIBUTED TO A DEFECT WITHIN THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED SIX MONTHS LATER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000. UPDATED 6/4/12 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THAT SECURITY LOCKS IGNITION FOR 10 MINUTES. THESE OCCURRENCES HAPPEN EVERDAY. UPDATED 06/07/12 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, HE NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING LOW ON COOLANT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE TURN SIGNALS ONLY ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE CHECK ENGINE AND SECURITY WARNING LAMPS. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THERE WERE TIMES THAT THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE STARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE SECURITY PASS LOCK SYSTEM WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN NUMBER WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE ANTI-THEFT SECURITY WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED TO THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS A MALFUNCTION IN THE SECURITY SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY HAVING A BATTERY CHARGER CONNECTED TO THE BATTERY. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 78,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE DEALER FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WHEN THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE TURN SIGNALS FAILED INTERMITTENTLY. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE FAILURE COULD POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN RELATED TO THE RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 03V327000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH).THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE TURNS SIGNAL WAS ACTIVATED AND WOULD NOT FUNCTION, SHE WOULD THEN ACTIVATE THE HAZARD LIGHTS AND THE TURN SIGNAL WOULD OPERATE NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

THE CAR WAS PURCHASED WITH 26,700 MILES FROM MY FATHER. HE BOUGHT IT NEW. THERE WERE NO MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH IT OTHER THAN THE A/C, WHICH NEEDED TO BE RECHARGED. THE CAR HAD APPROXIMATELY 28,500 MILES WHEN THE ENGINE SHUTDOWN SUDDENLY. IT HAPPENED ON A BUSY HIGHWAY WHERE THE SPEED LIMIT IS 55 MPH. THE CAR COULD WOULD NOT RESTART AFTER SEVERAL FRANTIC ATTEMPTS. FINALLY, IT STARTED AFTER 10 MINUTES AND RAN LONG ENOUGH TO DRIVE IT THREE MILES TO THE HOUSE. THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED AND THE CAR RAN WELL FOR ANOTHER 200 MILES BEFORE THE ENGINE SHUTDOWN SUDDENLY AGAIN. A BATTERY CABLE HAD OVERHEATED DUE TO A POOR FACTORY TERMINAL CONNECTION THAT ONLY USED A PORTION OF THE CABLE STRANDS TO SUPPLY POWER TO THE MAIN FUSE BOX UNDER THE HOOD. THE CABLE WAS REPLACED. THE CAR RAN WELL FOR ANOTHER 300 MILES WHEN SUDDENLY ALL THE INSTRUMENT WARNING LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING, BUT THE ENGINE DIDN'T SHUTDOWN. THE BATTERY WAS DAMAGED DURING THE BATTERY CABLE MELTDOWN. IT WAS REPLACED. THE CAR WAS DRIVEN THE NEXT DAY AND THE ENGINE SHUTDOWN SUDDENLY AGAIN. IT EVENTUALLY RESTARTED. IT FAILED AGAIN AFTER MAKING A LEFT TURN ON THE WAY HOME. IT RESTARTED AND WAS PARKED ON THE DRIVEWAY. A SEARCH ON THE INTERNET INDICATED THE PROBLEM COULD BE CAUSED BY THE BODY CONTROL MODULE (BCM), WHICH IS LOCATED UNDER THE DASHBOARD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE BCM WAS REMOVED AND ONE OF THE THREE ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS (PINK) WAS FOUND TO BE WET AND CORRODED AT THREE OF THE MALE AND FEMALE CONNECTOR PINS. IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED WHERE THE WATER CAME FROM. THE CONNECTOR PINS WERE DRIED AND THE CORROSION REMOVED. A DIELECTRIC GREASE WAS APPLIED TO AVOID FURTHER CORROSION. THE CAR HAS OPERATED PROPERLY, SO FAR. POSSIBLY, THE PASSLOCK SYSTEM WAS INTERMITTENTLY LOSING A CRITICAL SENSOR INPUT DUE TO CORRODED BCM TERMINALS. INVESTIGATE THE FAULTY BATTERY CABLE CONNECTOR, AND WATER CORRODING THE BCM TERMINALS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM GT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO REPLACE THE PASS LOCK SENSOR. THE PASS LOCK SENSOR WAS REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 135,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL INCREASE IN STOPPING DISTANCE AND TIME WHEN BRAKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, BUT THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED SHE COULD HEAR A CLUNKING NOISE COMING FROM THE SUSPENSION SYSTEM WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE SUSPENSION FAILURE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN.