2002 Pontiac Grand Am

MY 2002 PONTIAC GRAND AM HAS AN OIL LEAK IN INTAKE MANIFOLD AND FRONT CRANK SEAL. THE CAR IS LESS THAN 4 YEARS WITH 66000 MILES. I HAVE HAD ALOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR SINCE I BOUGHT IT NEW. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A CONSTANT PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR 3.4 ENGINE. WHY ISN'T ANYTHING BEING DONE ABOUT THIS? I HAD A 1997 GRAN AM AND PUT 140000 MILES ON IT WITH NO PROBLEM. THE TECH'S SAY THEY USED CHEAP GASKETS ON THIS CAR. I DON'T THINK THJIS CAR WILL MAKE 140000 MILES WITHOUT A MAJOR FAILURE.AND GM WONDERS WHY THEY ARE LOSING SALES TO JAPANESE CAR MAKERS. MY NEXT CAR WILL NOT BE GM AND THIS IS AFTER OWNING NOTHING BUT GM CARS FOR 40 YEARS!!!!!

I HAVE A 2002 PONTIAC GRAND AM. I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH. THE BLINKER SWITCH KEEPS CLICKING AFTER I TURN. IT IS AGGRAVATING TO ME AND I HAVE READ OF A LOT OF 2002 GRAND AM OWNERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I TOOK IT INTO THE SHOP TO SEE ABOUT GETTING FIXED BUT IT WILL COST ME OVER $400. THIS IS RIDICULOUS AND SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT THIS. ALSO, I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER REPLACED. I WISH I WOULD HAVE NEVER BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 75MPH ON THE INTERSTATE, THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MANAGED TO PULL OVER WITHOUT INCIDENT, BUT THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THE TIMING CHAIN FRACTURED WHICH CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE. THE DEALER SUGGESTED REPLACING THE ENGINE.

I WENT TO HAVE MY OIL CHANGED AND CAR MAINTENANCE AND THE TECH SAID THAT I HAVE OIL IN MY RADIATOR. I WAS EXTREMELY SHOCKED BY THIS AND HE SAID THAT IT COULD BE A LEAKING GASKET OR WORSE THAT I SHOULD TAKE IT TO A DEALERSHIP RIGHT AWAY. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL GM DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOOK IT IN AND THE GASKETS WERE LEAKING ON MY 2002 PONTIAC GRAND AM GT WITH ONLY 56000 MILES AT THE TIME. I HAD NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING ON SUCH A LOW MILEAGE CAR AND WELL MAINTAINED. I KNEW I HAD TO GET IT FIXED SO THEY FIXED IT GM SAID THAT THEY WOULD PAY 50% OF THE REPAIR COSTS. I HAVE FURTHER RESEARCHED MY CAR AND THE ORANGE ANTIFREEZE AND ISSUES MANY OTHERS HAVE HAD WITH THIS ANTI-FREEZE AND HOW IT EATS GASKETS AND CAUSES MANY OTHER PROBLEMS. GM DOES NOT WANT TO ADMIT TO THIS AND THEY ARE CONTINUING TO USE THIS PRODUCT EVEN AFTER ALL THE FINDINGS. MY BROTHER HAS ENDURE THIS SAME ISSUE IN HIS TRUCK HE HAS SINCE REPLACED HIS GASKETS AND NOW IS USING ONLY GREEN ANTI FREEZE. I NOW HAVE SINCE FOUND OUT THAT I HAVE A WHEEL BEARING GOING IN MY CAR. WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THESE CHEAP PARTS. THIS COULD BE A HAZARD. I AM WAITING FOR MY REFUND FROM THE REPAIRS OF THE GASKETS SO I CAN TURN AROUND AND REPAIR THE WHEEL BEARINGS ALL THE WHILE I AM STILL MAKING CAR PAYMENTS. *JB

FIRST, THE CAR BEGAN WITH OVERHEATING. I HAD TO CONTINUALLY REPLACE THE COOLANT TO KEEP THE CAR FROM OVERHEATING. IT WOULD NOT LEAK OUT OF THE CAR. UPON VISUAL INSPECTION THE LEAK FROM THE COOLANT DID NOT LEAK OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE FINALLY FAILED AFTER DRIVING. THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE REACHED A HIGH LEVEL AND THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS CLEARLY OVERHEATED WITH AGAIN THE COOLANT LEVELS LOW. WAS REPAIR BEGAN, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE ALL THE GASKETS WITHIN THE ENGINE HAD BLOWN. THIS CAUSED WATER AND COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE ENGINE. CAUSING THE ENGINE TO WORK MORE DUE TO THE BUILD UP AND CAUSING OVERHEATING. THIS ALSO CAUSED THE WATER TO LEAK OUT OF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. FINALLY A BUILD NEEDED TO BE FLUSHED OUT OF ALL THE HOSES AND ENGINE ITSELF. A BUILD UP MIXTURE OF WATER AND OIL. *JB

WE PURCHASE A 2002 PONTIAC GRAND AM SE IN JULY OF 2005 FROM CHAMPION CHEVROLET IN BRIGHTON MICHIGAN, WE HAD IT IN TO DEALER WITHIN THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF OWNING IT, WHICH THEY DIDN'T REPAIR THAT DAY BECAUSE WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE WOULD TAKE TO LONG SO IT WAS TAKEN IN THE FOLLOWING SAT. HAD THE ABS,TRAC CONTROL AND THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON SENSOR WAS REPLACED AND THERE WAS A NOISE UNDER THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE WHICH WAS FIXED BUT CAME BACK A WEEK LATER THEY TOLD US THAT THE NOISE WAS NORMAL, I DON'T BELIEVE THIS AS NONE OF OUR OTHER CARS MAKE THIS NOISE NOT EVEN OUR CHEVY PICKUP TRUCK. WE ALSO HAD IT BACK IN AGAIN FOR THE SENSORS FOR THE ABS, TRAC CONTROL AND THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT THAT KEEPS COMING ON. WE CONT'D TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM AND STILL DON'T HAVE IT FIXED. WHEN THE LIGHTS COME ON I DON'T HAVE MY ABS BRAKES ANYMORE AND NO TRAC CONTROL. MY BLINKERS ALSO HAVE BEEN GIVING ME A PROBLEM AS SOMETIMES THEY WORK AND OTHER TIMES THEY DON'T. MOST OF THE TIME I CAN GET THEM TO WORK IF I PUT MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON FOR A FEW MINS. BUT I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO. I HAVE BEEN A GM PERSON ALL MY LIFE AS MY DAD HAS WORKED FOR GM FOR 35 SOMETHING YRS. BUT THEY NEED TO FIXS THESE PROBLEMS AS IT IS UNSAFE FOR ME, MY CHILDREN, MY HUSBAND OR WHOEVER ELSE MAYBE IN THE CAR AND THE OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD ESPECIALLY HERE IN MICHIGAN WITH SNOWY AND ICY ROADS. I ALSO HAVE READ SOME OF THE OTHER COMPLAINTS HERE AND IT SEEMS THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. I WAS ALSO TOLD TODAY WHILE GETTING MY OIL CHANGE DONE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE DEXCOOL IN THIS CAR TOO. I DID LOOK AROUND ON THE NET AND NOTICE THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE NOT HAD THIS PROBLEM YET AS I ONLY HAVE 50,000 MILES ON MY CAR BUT SOME OF THE SIGNS THAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT I HAVE NOTICE SO IT WILL GO INTO A DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECKED AND I WILL BE KEEPING MY INVOICES AS I HOPE GM DOES THE RIGHT THING AND TAKES CARE OF THIS PROBLEM TO. *NM