2002 Pontiac Grand Am

MY DAUGHTER ATTEMPTED TO START THE 2002 GRAND AM ON THIS DATE AND THE VEHICLE TURNED OVER BUT DID NOT START , SECOND INSTANCE. THE INDICATOR LIGHT FOR THE SECURITY SYSTEM WAS ON. I CHECKED THE VEHICLE FOR SEVERAL THINGS, INCLUDING RECHARGING THE BATTERY THERE WAS ENOUGH POWER TO THE STARTER. NOTHING WORKED. I THEN CHECKED SEVERAL INTERNET SITES AND LEARNED THAT SEVERAL OTHER GRAND AM OWNERS WERE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. LEARNED OF A PROCEEDURE TO RESET THE SECURITY PASSL OCK BY TURNING THE KEY TO ON"FOR 10+ MINUTES, TURNING IT TO OFF, AND THEN STARTING. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED USED IN NOVEMBER OF 2006 FROM A DEALER, AND NO ISSUES WERE FOUND WITH THE VEHICLE AT THAT TIME. WE ALSO ONLY RECEIVED ONE KEY FOR THE VEHICLE, AND IT WASAN UNCODED FACTORY KEY THAT SO OFTEN IS ISSUED WITH THE VEHICLES FROM THE FACTORY. ALSO, OUR VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE REMOTE ENTRY INSTALLED AS IS USUALLY THE CASE WITH THIS ISSUE. FOR NOW, THE VEHICLE IS RUNNING, BUT I AM CONCERNED THAT MY 17-YR OLD DAUGHTER WILL BE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, AND THE VEHICLE WILL QUIT RUNNING AND SHE WILL BE UNABLE TO CONTROL THE CAR, (POWER STEERING/BRAKES/ETC, AND HER SAFETY WILL BE JEOPARDIZED. GM NEEDS TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOULY INJURED OR KILLED, SINCE THEY ENGINEERED THIS REDICULOUS FUCNTION ON THIESE VEHICLES. *AK

PONTIAC GRAND AM WAS PURCHASED IN MAY 2006, SECOND OWNER, FROM A DEALERSHIP IN EDMONTON, ALBERTA. WAS NOT INFORMED OF ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR. ONE DAY AFTER WE PUT GAS IN THE CAR, ONCE WE RETURNED TO THE CAR , THE SECURITY LIGHT WAS FLASHING AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START. WE READ THE MANUAL, DID WHAT IT SUGGESTED WITH THE GAS CAP AND SO FORTH. STILL WOULD NOT START. WE PUSHED IT TO A SECURE PLACE, CALLED A TOW TRUCK COMPANY, AND HAD IT DELIVERED RIGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP. NOW KEEP IN MIND, THIS WAS ONLY ABOUT 3 MONTHS FROM PURCHASE. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE COMPUTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, THAT WAS DONE AT NO CHARGE TO US. IT STARTED TO DO THE SAME THING IN THE CAR DEALERSHIPS PARKING LOT, THE SECURITY LIGHT STARTED FLASHING AND WOULD NOT START. WE WERE TOLD TO DO THE 10 MINUTE PROCEDURE, AND THEN IT DID START. YOU COULD TELL THEY HAD NO IDEA WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. WE WERE TOLD THAT IF THE PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN TO CALL. BUT THIS TIME OUT OF OUR POCKETS, WHICH WE COULD NOT AFFORD. THE SECURITY LIGHT NOW STAYED ON ALL THE TIME. WE HAD IT HOOKED UP TO THE COMPUTER TO ANALYZE THE PROBLEM, NO CODES CAME UP, BASICALLY NO PROBLEM. I REALLY THINK THAT GM SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE AS WE SPEAK TO OTHERS THEY HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS. IT MAKES ME WONDER WHY I LOVE GM VEHICLES AT THIS POINT. THERE ARE LOTS TO CHOICE FROM DEALERSHIPS, SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THEY DO SOMETHING BEFORE THEY RUIN THE TRUST OF THEIR CUSTOMERS.*AK

I HAVE A 2002 PONTIAC GRAND AM. I BOUGHT THE CAR ONE YEAR AGO. THE CAR NOW HAS 38,000 MILES ON IT. A FEW MONTHS BACK, THE CAR STARTED DOING THIS THING WHERE SOMETIMES IT WOULD START, OTHER TIMES IT WOULD NOT. I WAS LEFT STRANDED WITH MY SON IN THE CAR NUMEROUS TIMES. BUT, WHEN I WOULD GET THE CAR TOWED TO GET FIXED SOMEWHERE, THE CAR WOULD START RIGHT UP. FINALLY AFTER WEEKS OF FRUSTRATION, THE LOCALE PONTIAC DEALERSHIP REPLACED MY PASSLOCK MODULE. THE CAR HAS BEEN STARTING SINCE. BUT NOW THERE IS ANOTHER PROBLEM. THE CAR IS OVERHEATING. I HAVE HAD IT IN AND OUT OF THE SHOP THREE TIMES NOW, GETTING DIFFERENT THINGS DONE, AND IT IS STILL OVERHEATING. THIS CAR IS JUST ONE PROBLEM AFTER ANOTHER. I HAVE SPENT A TOTAL OF 2000 ON REPAIRS, TOWS, AND CAR RENTALS. THE EXTENDED WARRANTY HASN'T PAID A PENNY,(AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THE BEST YOU CAN GET), AND I AM NOW OUT OF MONEY, CAN'T DRIVE MY CAR, AND STILL HAVE 3 YEARS OF 325.00 A MONTH CAR PAYMENTS. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH PONTIAC. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER PONTIAC PRODUCT. THEY ARE EXTREMELY UNRELIABLE. I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING THESE PROBLEMS EITHER. THERE IS A WEBSITE, (EDMUNDS.COM,) WHERE YOU CAN READ ABOUT ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE WITH GRAND AM'S, HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. *JB

OUR 2002 PONTIAC GRAND AM ALSO DEVELOPED THE ANNOYING "CLICKING" NOISE THAT SOUNDED AS IF THE BLINKERS WERE ON WHEN THEY WERE NOT. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE MULTI-FUNCTION TURN SIGNAL SWITCH SUPPLIED TO GM BY TRW. HOW DO I KNOW THIS? A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE IS EMPLOYED WITH TRW AS THE QUALITY ENGINEER ON THE P90 LINE AND INFORMED ME OF A DESIGN CHANGE TO THE SWITCH DURING THE 2002 MODEL YEAR. HE SUPPLIED ME WITH A REPLACEMENT SWITCH THAT CORRECTED THE ISSUE. WHEN WILL/IS GM GOING TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THIS ISSUE AND RECALL ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES? *JB

I HAVE A COMMON ISSUE WITH MY 2002 PONTIAC GRAND AM AS WELL. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL TIMES I HAVE GOTTEN INTO MY CAR TO LEAVE FOR WORK AND HAVE HAD TO WAIT 10, 20 OR EVEN 25 MINUTES UNTIL THE SECURITY LIGHT ON THE DASH CUTS OFF BEFORE I CAN START MY CAR. INITIALLY, I THOUGHT IT WAS THE BATTERY OR THE STARTER; THAT IS NOT THE CASE. WHEN I CALLED MY LOCAL PONTIAC SERVICE DEPARTMENT, I WAS TOLD THE SAME AS OTHERS THAT HAVE THIS SAME ISSUE: IT WILL CONTINUE TO GET WORSE UNTIL FINALLY THE CAR WILL NOT START NO MATTER HOW LONG YOU WAIT. IT IS A COSTLY ISSUE TO FIX. GM HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM, EVEN THOUGH I PERSONALLY KNOW SOMEONE ELSE THAT HAS THIS ISSUE; THE GM SERVICE DEPARTMENT CLERK THAT I TALKED TO TOLD ME HE GETS AT LEAST ONE CALL A DAY REGARDING THIS PROBLEM. *NM

I DROVE TO THE MALL, MY CAR RAN FINE. AFTER I WAS DONE SHOPPING (ABOUT 2 HOURS LATER) I WENT TO LEAVE, AND MY CAR WOULD NOT START. IT LEFT ME WITH MY 2 CHILDREN STRANDED AND A TOW BILL. AFTER I HAD THE CAR TOWED HOME, IT STARTED RIGHT UP! I AM AFRAID TO GO ANYWHERE NOW IN FEAR THAT MY CHILDREN AND I WILL BE STRANDED AGAIN, AND I WILL HAVE A LARGE TOW BILL. MY CRUISE CONTROL HAS QUIT WORKING TOO. *JB

ELECTRICAL - SINCE I BOUGHT 2002 PONTIAC GRAND AM GT FOR MY COLLEGE BOUND DAUGHTER IN 2002 MORE THAN 10-12 TIMES SHE COMPLAINED HER CAR DOESN'T START AND I HAD TO GO TO GIVE HER JUMP. ON ONE OCCASION SHE TOOK TO THE DEALER. SEVERAL MECHANICS EVEN TOLD ME THAT THERE ARE LOTS OF OWNER OF THIS MODEL COMPLAINED ABOUT THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. I EVEN CHANGE THE BATTERY IN FIRST 2 YEARS. NOW AGAIN I AM HAVING PROBLEM CAR DOESN'T START WITHOUT JUMP (1/23/2007) . *NM

MULITIFUNCTION SWITCH FAILURE IN OUR 2002 GRAND AM AUTO. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER GRAND AM OWNERS HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM AND GM/PONTIAC REFUSES TO ISSUE THE RECALL FOR VEHICLES FROM 2002 FORWARD. YET THEY HAVE A RECALL FOR THIS EXACT SWITCH FOR 1999 - 2001 VEHICLES. WE ARE TRYING TO GET THIS SWITCH REPAIRED AT THIS TIME BUT THE COST IS VERY VERY HIGH.