1995 Pontiac Grand Am

1995 PONTIAC GRAND AM OVERHEATING. REPLACED THE THERMOSTAT FOUR TIMES AND FINALLY THE HEAD GASKETS WARPED. PAID FOR THE HEAD GASKET REPLACEMENT. CONTINUED TO OVERHEAT AND CALLED GENERAL MOTORS. MEDIATOR WAS OF VERY LITTLE HELP. TOOK IT BACK UNDER THE REPAIR WARRANTY, THEN THE RADIATOR BLEW BECAUSE THEY HAD REPLACED THE RADIATOR CAP WITH A HIGHER PRESSURE RATING. WE TOOK IT BACK AND THEY REPLACED THE RADIATOR, HOSES, HEATER CORE AND NUMEROUS OTHER THINGS. IT CONTINUED TO OVERHEAT. IN GENERAL WE HAVE SPENT ABOUT $2500.00 AND STILL HAVE THIS ISSUE. ADDITIONALLY, WE NOW HAVE THE ABS WARNING LIGHT COMING ON OCCASIONALLY AND I FOUND SOME ENGINE WIRES TWISTED UP OVER THE MANIFOLD. I HAVE SINCE MOVED THEM BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL LOCATION AND HAD TO USE ELECTRICAL TAPE ON ANOTHER WIRE CONNECTION THAT THE LOCK (SNAP) WAS BROKE OFF. SINCE DOING THIS I HAVE NOT HAD THE CAR OVERHEATING AS OFTEN. ADDITIONALLY SINCE REPAIRS WERE MADE, WE NOW HAVE HEAVY CONDENSATION ON THE INTERIOR WINDSHIELD, (WINDOW WIPERS ON THE INSIDE COULD BE A SOLUTION...) ALONG WITH PUDDLES OF WATER ON THE PASSENGER FLOOR AND IN THE TRUNK....GOD ONLY KNOWS WHAT THEY DID TO MY CAR AFTER I CALLED GENERAL MOTORS, EVERYTHING JUST SEEMED TO GET WORSE FROM THERE.. COINCIDENCE, I THINK NOT. THEY ARE NOW BANKRUPT SO THERE IS NO RECOURSE IN MY CASE OF RETRIEVING MONEY NEEDLESSLY SPENT ON REPAIRS THEY SHOULD HAVE FIXED PROPERLY IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND WHILE I'M AT IT, I WONDER IF THEY EVER TOOK CAR OF THAT IGNITION RECALL? I AM STILL DRIVING THE CAR WHEN IT IS BEHAVING BUT I HAVE BEEN HAVING TO HOLD THE IGNITION SWITCH TO GET THE CAR TO START WHICH I HADN'T HAD TO DO BEFORE... ARE THEY WAITING FOR MY CAR TO CATCH ON FIRE DUE TO THIS IGNITION PROBLEM? THE SMARTEST THING WOULD BE TO TAKE IT TO SOMEONE ELSE BUT NO ONE WANTS TO TOUCH THE CAR AFTER FINDING OUT IT WAS AT THE OTHER DEALERSHIP SO WHERE DO I GO NOW? AND A REPLY ON THAT SURE WOULD BE A BIG HELP! *JB

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH HOOD POPPED OPEN. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER. THEN, HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. TO DEALER. *AK THE HOOD HIT THE FRONT WINDSHIELD DAMAGING IT AND INJURING THE CONSUMER. CONSUMER CLOSED THE HOOD UNTIL IT LOCKED. WHILE DRIVING TO THE DEALERSHIP, THE HOOD UNLATCHED AGAIN THE HIT THE WINDSHIELD. MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THIS KIND OF INCIDENT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME WITH PONTIAC GRAND AM'S. *PH

WE PURCHASED THE CAR IN JUNE OF 2001. THE CAR HAD PROBLEMS RIGHT AWAY WITH THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR LOCKS AND THE SIGNAL LIGHTS. THE SIGNAL LIGHTS WOULD NOT WORK AFTER USING THEM ONCE EACH TIME THE CAR STARTED. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE SIGNAL LIGHTS. IN SEPTEMBER OF 2001 THE CAR BEGAN HESITATING TO START. IT SOMETIMES TAKES AN EXTRA FEW SECONDS TO BEGIN TO START. ONE DAY IT REFUSED TO START AFTER SOME ERRANDS. IT ALSO HAD A VERY FOUL SMELL. THAT EVENING IT STARTED AGAIN. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC WHO CHECKED THE CHARGING SYSTEM AND OTHER MISC. IDEAS AND COULDN'T FIND THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM. IT'S STILL HESITATING TO START MOST OF THE TIME. THE ELECTRIC WINDOWS ALSO SHORT OUT NOW.*AK

POWER WINDOW ON PASSENGER'S SIDE WENT OUT. HAD WINDOW REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS, BUT IS CONTINUOUS. MANUFACTURER INDICATED CURRENTLY, VEHICLE'S WARRANTY EXPIRED. *AK A MECHANIC IN A REPAIR SHOP STATED THAT THE PART IS SENSITIVE AND THAT IT BENDS EASILY. POWER DOOR LOCK REPLACED. THE WINDOW REGULATOR ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED. IGNITION SWITCH RELAY KIT WAS INSTALLED DUE TO HIGH ELECT CURRENT. *SLC

PARENT WAS PLACING CHILD IN VEHICLE AND WHEN EXITING VEHICLE, CONSUMER'S KEYS SOMEHOW FELL DOWN INSIDE VEHICLE. CONSUMER CLOSED THE DOOR AND ALL THE DOORS AUTOMATICALLY LOCKED, TRAPPING THE CHILD INSIDE VEHICLE. CONSUMER WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL CRASH AT 15-20 MPH IN WHICH DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY AND SEAT BELTS DID NOT LOCK IN PLACE, CAUSING DRIVER TO BE FORCED FORWARD. 2 PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN ACCIDENT. *SLC