2003 Pontiac Grand Am

FOR NO REASON THE HORN WOULD START BLOWING CONSTANTLY WHILE IT WAS PARKED, LOCKED UP, IN THE DRIVEWAY. PULLED THE FUSE TO STOP IT. NEXT DAY, REPLACED THE FUSE AND IT WAS OK. FEW MONTHS LATER IT DID IT AGAIN. HAD THREE OCCURANCES AFTER THAT. LOCAL DEALER WANTS $100.00 PLUS JUST TO CHECK IT OUT AND WOULDN'T TELL ME IF THERE WAS A RECALL OR PROBLEMS WITH THAT. SEARCHING THE WEB LATELY, I FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS OF SIMILAR ELECTRICAL ISSUES. I HAVE MY DAUGHTER DRIVING IT TO COLLEGE AND WANT THE HORN WORKING. I DON'T FEEL I SHOULD PAY SOMEONE TO REPAIR THIS WHEN IT'S AN ISSUE OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM BEING DEFECTIVE. I HAVE HAD THIS CAR SINCE NEW AND WANT MY DAUGHTER TO HAVE THE HORN WORKING CORRECTLY AND NOT GOING OFF AT WILL. I REPLACED THE HORN RING CONTACT IN THE STEERING COLUMN AND THAT WAS NOT THE PROBLEM. HOW DO I GET THIS REPAIRED? IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE DRIVING IT WITH NO HORN AND I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR A DEFECT' PLEASE RESPOND TO ME ON THIS ISSUE. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

BEGINNING IN OCTOBER 2010, THE SECURITY LIGHT SHOWED UP ON MY CAR DASHBOARD. IT BRIEFLY WAS LIT AND WOULD DISAPPEAR. OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AND MONTHS, MY CAR WOULD RANDOMLY NOT START AND THE SECURITY LIGHT WOULD FLASH ON. I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED EACH TIME TO THE DEALERSHIP WHICH AT THE TIME OF ARRIVAL, THE CAR WOULD THEN RUN AND THE LIGHT HAD DISAPPEARED. I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE UNLESS THE CAR WAS NOT WORKING. THIS WAS VERY COSTLY IN TOWS AND MISSING WORK. THEN I NOTICED AS I WOULD BE DRIVING, RANDOM SINGLE PUFFS OF SMOKE COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL COLUMN. I DESCRIBED IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY. AFTER THIS HAPPENING OVER AND OVER FINALLY I WAS TOLD THE IGNITION SWITCH HAD BEEN FRIED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BEFORE A FIRE STARTED AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START AGAIN. I WISH THERE WOULD BE A RECALL AS I SEE THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON AND EXPENSIVE REPAIR PROBLEM IN PONTIAC GRAND AM'S. WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF MY CAR HAD STARTED ON FIRE AS I WAS DRIVING!

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT INITIALLY START UP. AFTER A FEW MOMENTS, THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE STARTED AND TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING FOR MORE THAN 30 MINUTES WITH THE HEAT OR AIR CONDITIONER ON, THE VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY STALL AND SHUT DOWN. SHE LET IT SIT FOR 30 MINUTES AND IT WOULD RESTART, BUT THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE A FUEL PUMP WAS INSTALLED BUT THE FAILURE OCCURRED AGAIN AFTER THE REPAIR. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 113,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. UPDATED 07/01/11

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT A FUSE HAD BLOWN FROM THE IGNITION MODULE, WIRES HAD BROKEN AND SHORTED AND CONNECTORS OF COIL PACK SMOKED AND BURNED. THEY REPAIRED AND REROUTED THE POWER STEERING PRESSURE HOSE BECAUSE THE HOSE WAS PUTTING PRESSURE ON THE WIRING AND CONNECTOR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 152,482.

MY GIRLFRIENDS 03 PONTIAC GRAND AM GT JUST STOPPED STARTING....IT RAN FINE TODAY..THEN WHEN WE GOT HOME AND SHUT THE CAR OFF FOR ABOUT AN HOUR THEN CAME BACK OUT TO LEAVE I TURNED THE KEY AND NOTHING! LIKE ALL THE LIGHTS AND EVERYTHING WORKS..I TOOK A SCREW DRIVER AND TRIED JUMPING THE STARTER AND IT JUST SPINS FREELY AND DOESN'T ENGAGE THE FLYWHEEL..IT'S HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE..WHAT'S THE PROBLEM AND HOW DO I FIX IT? WE NEED IT FIXED ASAP!!! *TR

03 GRAND AM. TO START OFF WITH, I HAD THE SAME RANDOM CLICKING SOUND. I BOUGHT A NEW SWITCH FROM ADVANCED, AND THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. FOR YEARS NOW THE SECURITY LIGHT WILL COME ON WHEN DRIVING RANDOMLY, BUT THE CAR WILL NOT SHUT OFF OR NOT TURN ON. BUT NOW I AM HAVING MAJOR ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH EVERYTHING ELSE. SOMETIMES CRUISE CONTROL CUTS OFF ON ITS OWN. WHEN I START THE CAR SOMETIMES NOTHING ELECTRICAL WILL COME ON. SOMETIMES THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WILL BUT NOT THE A/C CONTROLS OR HEADLIGHTS. OR VISE VERSE. IT IS ALL RANDOM. IT WILL EVENTUALLY COME ON WHEN DRIVING. IF I DRIVE IN THE DARK, I HAVE TO HAVE MY HEADLIGHTS, SO THERE IS AN ISSUE. I DO NOT WANT TO WAIT UNTIL A RECALL IS MADE BECAUSE PONTIAC DOES NOT CARE ABOUT US BECAUSE WE ALREADY PAID FOR THE CAR. I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW TO FIX IT. I CANNOT AFFORD DEALER PRICES. SO DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO FIX THE ISSUES? *LN

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PONTIAC GRAND AM. HE ENTERED THE VEHICLE AND UPON TURNING THE KEY IN THE IGNITION IT WOULD NOT START. HE REPLACED THE BATTERY BUT THE VEHICLE AGAIN WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE HE WAS INFORMED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START DUE TO A FAILURE OF THE SECURITY SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND HE WAS ALSO INFORMED OF A METHOD TO BYPASS THE FAILURE IN CASE IT RECURS. THE FAILURE HAS SINCE RECURRED 20 TIMES. DURING THE MOST RECENT FAILURES THE HORN WOULD ALSO BEGIN TO SOUND. AFTER THE FINAL FAILURE THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER TO BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 85,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.