2002 Pontiac Grand Am

BLINKERS MALFUNCTION ON 2002 GRAND AM. I HAD TO REPLACE THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH TO FIX THE PROBLEM. GM SAID THAT THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS ITEM. A CLICKING NOISE FROM THE DASH INDICATED THAT THE SWITCH WAS BAD. YOU HAD TO WIGGLE THE BLINKER LEVER TO GET THE CLICKING NOISE TO STOP. THE PROBLEM GOT WORSE AS TIME PROGRESSED. *JB

I HAVE HAD MY CAR IN THE SHOP SEVERAL TIMES FOR PROBLEMS AND THEY CAN TYPICALLY REPLICATE THE PROBLEM, BUT CANNOT FIX IT. I HAVE HAD 3 BRAKE JOBS ON MY CAR, AS WELL AS THE CALIPERS REBUILT, AND MY BRAKES STILL DO NOT WORK RIGHT. THE ABS SYSTEM FAILS CONSTANTLY. I EXPERIENCE SLIDES ON DRY SURFACES EVEN. I ALSO HAVE TRANSMISSION, COOLANT, AND FUELING PROBLEMS. I HAVE HAD A FUEL PUMP REPLACED FINALLY, AFTER THE 3RD TIME OF TAKING IT IN FOR NOT STARTING, 2 TIMES PRIOR THERE WAS NOTHING SUPPOSEDLY WRONG. ALSO, I AM STILL GETTING ONLY 125 MILES ON A TANK OF GAS. THEY AN RECIPROCATE THE PROBLEM BUT WILL NOT FIX IT. I ALSO KEEP GETTING A LOW COOLANT AND CHECK ENGINE MESSAGE LIGHTS BUT THEY SAY NOTHING WRONG. THE POWER WINDOWS ALSO DRAG AND MAKE MARKS ON THE WINDOW SURFACES. THEY ARE VERY SLOW ROLLING UP. THE LIGHT IN THE RADIO AREA FADES IN AND OUT, AND THE RADIO GOES OFF AND ON ALOT AS WELL AS ONLY THE FRONT SPEAKERS WORK PRIMARILY. BACK DO NOT. ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS, AND CAUSES CAR TO REV UP TO 5000 RPMS VERY SCARY!*AK

I PURCHASED A BRAND NEW PONTIAC GRAND AM GT1 IN JULY 2002. SHORTLY AFTER, I NOTICED THAT IT WAS HARD STARTING. USUALLY THE THIRD TIME STARTED IN ONE DAY, IT WOULD SOUND LIKE IT WAS TURNING OVER BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. I WOULD SHUT IT OFF AND TRY AGAIN AND IT WOULD WORK. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED IT, THEY KEPT IT FOR 4 HOURS WHILE I WAITED. TOLD ME NOTHING WAS FOUND. IMMEDIATELY WENT TO MY CAR TO START IT AND IT DID THE SAME THING. WENT BACK IN, TOLD THE MECHANIC IT JUST HAPPENED. THEY CHECKED IT AGAIN AND CAME UP WITH NOTHING. NO REPAIRS DONE. THE FOG LAMPS STAY ON WHEN THE CAR IS OFF. AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK MY NEIGHBOR CALLS ME TO TELL ME MY LIGHTS ARE ON. I HAVE TO START THE CAR AND TOGGLE THE SWITCH UNTIL THEY GO OUT. A FEW HOURS LATER THEY ARE BACK ON AND THE SWITCH IS IN THE OFF POSITION. WHEN CLOSING THE WINDOWS, THERE IS A SCRATCHING SOUND. BOTH WINDOWS IN THE REAR ARE SCRATCHED. THE CAR IS CLEAN AND WAS CHECKED BY ANOTHER MECHANIC WHO FOUND NOTHING INSIDE THE DOOR THAT WOULD CAUSE THE SCRATCHES. THERE IS ALSO A HIGH PITCHED SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAR. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE WHEEL ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. IT SEEMS TO GO AWAY WHEN I APPLY THE BREAK BUT COMES BACK. AFTER IT RAINS, THERE IS A GURGLING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR. CAN'T TELL IF ITS THE SPEAKER OR WHAT. JUST LITTLE THINGS THAT BOTHER ME CONSIDERING THIS IS A BRAND NEW CAR ONLY OWNED BY ME AND WELL TAKEN CARE OF. THERE ARE JUST UNDER 16,000 MILES ON THE CAR. SO FAR, NO REPAIRS DONE. *NLM

CAR HAS NOT STARTED ON FOUR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THE FIRST ABOUT A YEAR AGO. THE LAST THREE WERE WITHIN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. ALL WITHIN ONE WEEK. THE STARTER CRANKS THE ENGINE, BUT THE ENGINE WILL NOT START. ON THE FIRST INCIDENT THE "QUICK FIX" WORKED. THAT IS TURN THE IGNITION SWITCH ON FOR 15 MINUTES THEN TRY AGAIN. THE CAR WAS DRIVEN TO DEALER BUT NO PROBLEM FOUND. THE LAST THREE TIMES THE CAR WAS TOWED TO DEALER. ALL THREE TIMES NO PROBLEM FOUND. THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED ON THE SECOND OCCASION, THE CRANK SENSOR WAS REPLACED ON THE THIRD, NOTHING REPLACED ON FOURTH. DEALER SAYS THEY UNDERSTAND OUR CONCERN. *NLM

I HAVE A 2002 PONTIAC GRAND AM THAT IS NOT SO GRAND. AT 1100 MILES THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AFTER FIGHTING WITH PONTIAC. THEY FINALLY AUTHORIZED THE DEALERSHIP TO DROP THE TRANSMISSION PAN AND THEY FOUND METAL SHARDS IN IT FROM THE TRANSMISSION. I HAD THE MOLDING AROUND THE REAR WINDOW REPLACE, BOTH ELECTRIC MIRRORS FIXED BECAUSE THEY GET "STUCK." THE IGNITION HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES SINCE I GOT THE CAR, TWICE IN THE LAST 4 WEEKS. THE KEY WILL NOT TURN IN THE IGNITION AND THE STEERING WHEEL IS NOT LOCKED. THIS REALLY AFFECTS THE USAGE OF THE CAR. I AM WAITING TO GET STRANDED SOMEWHERE BECAUSE THE CAR WON'T START. I HAVE SPOKEN TO A PONTIAC REP SEVERAL TIMES, BEEN LIED TO AND BRUSHED ASIDE. *JB

WHEN THE VEHICLE IS NOT START IN TWO TO THREE DAYS, THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS SOME HOW DRAINING THE BATTERY. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE BATTERY ON THREE OCCASIONS SO FAR. THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER STATED THAT IF THE VEHICLE IS NOT STARTED WITHIN TEN DAYS, THE BATTERY WILL LOSE ITS CHARGE. WHEN THE PROBLEM OCCURS, THE REMOTE LOCKS WILL NOT WORK. THERE IS NO POWER TO ANY OF THE INSTRUMENT PANELS. CAR WILL NOT START. *JB

VEHICLE SHUT DOWN WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK ALSO THE DRIVERS POWER SEAT IS INOPERABLE AT TIMES, IT MAKES A GRINDING NOISE, AND AT TIMES WOULD NOT MOVE AT ALL, THERE WAS A PULSATION WHEN BRAKES WERE BEING APPLIED, BRAKES WERE REPLACED AND THE ROTORS WERE RESURFACED, STARTER WAS REPLACED, THERE WAS A CLUNKING NOSIE WHEN DRIVING STRAIGHT OR MAKING TURNS, THE DOME LIGHT FELL OFF, TRUNK IS HARD TO CLOSE, CONSUMER HAS TO SLAM TRUNK TO GET IT TO CLOSE, THE DEALER FOUND THE LATCH OUT OF ADJUSTMENT, WHEN STARTING VEHICLE THERE IS A NOISE FROM THE ENGINE AREA, THERE WAS A NOISE COMING FROM THE WHEEL AREA, DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE CONSERN, ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED, VEHICLE STALLED, DELAER REPLACED FUEL SENDING UNIT, THE CLOCK RADIO WAS LOOSING TIME, THE REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY WILL ONLY WORK WHEN CONSUMER IS CLOSE TO THE VEHICLE, THE WINDOWS WERE MAKING A SCRATCHING NOISE WHEN BEING ROLLED UP, THE AIR CONDITON HAS AN ODOR, STEERING WHEEL HAS A MILD VIBRATION WHEN DRIVING.*JB