2003 Pontiac Grand Am

I HAVE 3 DIFFERENT PROBLEMS WITH MY 2003 GRAND-AM AND AFTER DOING RESEARCH I'VE FOUND OUT THAT NUMEROUS OF OTHERS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS. 1ST COMPLAINT-THE PASS LOCK SECURITY. WHEN I GO TO START MY CAR THE ENGINE WILL NOT TURN OVER. THIS MAY HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES A DAY. MY LAST GRAND-AM DID THE SAME THING. I FOUND THAT YOU HAVE TO TURN TO KEY TO THE ON POSITION AND WAIT 10 MINUTES. ON SATURDAY I HAD 4 STOPS TO MAKE AND ALL 4 TIMES IT WOULD NOT START. 2ND COMPLAINT- I'VE ALMOST GOTTEN REAR ENDED DUE TO THE FACT MY TURN SIGNALS DO NOT WORK ALL THE TIME. IV'E READ ON SEVERAL POST SIGHTS THAT PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. SEVERAL SAID THAT WHEN THE HAZARD BUTTON WAS REPLACED IT THE PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED. 3RD PROBLEM AND THE MOST SERIOUS. SEVERAL TIMES THIS YEAR FROM OUT OF NOWHERE MY ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS. TWICE I WAS AT A STOPLIGHT AND HAD MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE PEDAL AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR JUST TOOK OFF, THANK GOODNESS I WAS NOT CLOSE TO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME OR I WOULD HAVE REARENDED THAT CAR. MY HUSBAND TOLD ME TO LOOK AND SEE IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS ON MY CAR. I DID AND I FOUND OUT THAT 2003 GRAND AMS WERE HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM. I CALLED GM AND REPORTED THE PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD THAT MY VIN# DID NOT FALL WITHIN THE VIN RANGE!!! I'M HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND MY VIN# IS NOT IN THE SAME RANGE????...I DON'T GET IT. WHY ARE THESE PROBLEMS NOT BEING LOOKED INTO BY GM? IF SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM WHY IS GM NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT? *TR

THIS IS REGARDING A 2003 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THERE IS DEFIANTLY A DEFECT WITH THE SECURITY/ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. I HAVE READ COUNTLESS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING WITH THE SAME EXACT CAR, AND THEY ARE ALL ASKING, WHY IS THERE NOT A RECALL??? IT ORIGINALLY STARTED BACK IN MARCH OF 2010 WITH THE CAR TURNING OVER WHEN STARTED, THEN SHUTTING OFF RIGHT AWAY WITH THE SECURITY LIGHT FLASHING ON THE DASH. AFTER A BIT OF RESEARCH, I LEARNED THAT I COULD JUST TURN THE KEY TO THE ACC AND WAIT 10 MINUTES AND THE SYSTEM WILL RESET. BUT THIS WOULD HAPPEN EVERY 2 WEEKS OR SO, AND MAKES THE CAR PRETTY UNRELIABLE, JUST FOR THAT FACT. THEN ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO 5/26/10 I WAS DRIVING HOME AND IT SHUT OFF ON THE HIGHWAY. ON THE HIGHWAY. I COULD HAVE GOTTEN KILLED. NOW IT WON'T START AT ALL AND IT'S BECAUSE THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WONT LET IT. IF SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME COMPLAINT, WHY IS THERE NOT A RECALL? THIS IS DEFIANTLY A SAFETY ISSUE IF IT IS SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING. I UNDERSTAND THAT GM HAS GOTTEN A RECT GOVERNMENT BAIL OUT AND A HUGE RECALL LIKE THIS WILL NOT LOOK GOOD ON THE RESUME, BUT HOW CAN THEY EXPECT TO STAY IN BUSINESS WHEN THEY ARE KNOWINGLY PUTTING OUT SYSTEMS THAT FAIL? IT'S FRUSTRATING, BECAUSE MY CAR IS PERFECT, ALL EXCEPT FOR THIS ONE PROBLEM THAT IS QUITE COSTLY. I AM ALSO READING THAT OTHERS ARE DROPPING HUNDREDS TO "FIX" THIS PROBLEM, ONLY TO HAVE THE SAME ISSUE OCCUR WITHIN WEEKS. I JUST DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY TO PLAY AROUND WITH, AND I'D RATHER NOT WORRY THAT EVERY TIME I DRIVE MY CAR THAT IT MIGHT JUST SHUT OFF ON ME. IT COULD GET ME KILLED, AND THAT'S A REALITY. IT COULD DO THE SAME TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE SAME EXACT CAR. WHO WANTS THAT MUCH BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS? *TR

2003 PONTIAC GRAND AM GT STARTED NOT STARTING 8 MONTHS AGO, NOT A REGULAR THING ON/OFF, BEEN TOWED NUMEROUS TIMES HAS COST ALOT OF MONEY IN FEES, HAD NEW IGNITION, NEW KEY. OLD PART IS AVAILABLE. TRIED TURNING KEY ON WAITING 10 MINUTES DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING. CAR WILL START WHEN IT FEELS LIKE IT, SOMETIMES LEAVING MY YOUNG DAUGHTER AT WORK LATE AT NIGHT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PONTIAC GRAND AM WITH A FACTORY INSTALLED SECURITY SYSTEM. WHILE APPROACHING A PARKING LOT, THE VEHICLE STALLED. SHE WAS ABLE TO TURN THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND ALL ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS OF THE VEHICLE WERE OPERATING, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY REPLACED THE ENTIRE COMPUTER SYSTEM IN THE VEHICLE. ON A LATER DATE, THE FAILURE OCCURRED A SECOND TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL SERVICE SHOP. THE MECHANIC FOUND THE SECURITY SYSTEM WAS DEFECTIVE. HE ADVISED PUTTING THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION IN THE ON POSITION WITHOUT STARTING, WAIT FOR THE RED SECURITY SYSTEM LIGHT TO STOP BLINKING (10-15 MINUTES) AND THEN PROCEED TO START THE IGNITION. ON A SEPARATE OCCASION, THE FAILURE OCCURRED AGAIN. THE CONTACT FOLLOWED THE MECHANIC'S PREVIOUS ADVICE AND WAS ABLE TO START THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT YET BEEN CONTACTED. NO ADDITIONAL REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 74,797.

AFTER PUMPING GAS CAME BACK TO MY CAR AND IT WOULDN'T START. I HAD POWER BUT IT WOULDN'T TURN OVER. BANGED ON FUEL LINE, REPLACED SPARK PLUGS. PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND PUSHED IT OUT OF THE GAS TERMINAL. EVENTUALLY FIGURED OUT THAT IF I PUT MY KEY IN ACCESSORY MODE AND SAT FOR 10-15MINS TO WAIT FOR THE SECURITY LIGHT TO STOP BLINKING THAT MY CAR WOULD START BACK UP AGAIN. IT WAS FINE FOR A MONTH THEN HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS TIME WE THOUGHT IT WAS THE FUEL LINE. HAD IT TOWED TO A GARAGE. EVENTUALLY STARTED AFTER PUTTING IT IN ACCESSORY AGAIN. A PART OF THE BCM WAS CLEANED. NOW THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN HAPPENING MORE AND MORE FREQUENTLY, TO THE CAR NOT STARTING ALMOST EVERY OTHER DAY. WHILE IT HASN'T BEEN DIAGNOSED, MOST LIKELY IT IS AN ISSUE WITH THE PASSLOCK SECURITY SYSTEM. THE PAST 4 TIMES THE CAR HASN'T STARTED, I PUT MY KEY IN ACC AND SAT FOR 10 MINS THEN IT STARTS BACK UP AGAIN. *TR

MALFUNCTION IN THE SECURITY SYSTEM, WHERE THE CAR WILL NOT START. A 2003 PONTIAC GRAND AM. WHEN GO TO START THE SECURITY SYSTEMS ACTS AS IF SOMEONE IS STEALING THE CAR, WHICH OUR SON IS JUST TRYING TO START HIS CAR TO GO TO SCHOOL. HE WAS STRANDED AT A GAS STATION 3 MONTHS AGO, & JUST LAST NIGHT STRANDED AT A CAR WASH. HE HAD TO PUSH HIS CAR BACK HOME, SINCE, EVERYTHING WAS CLOSED AT THE TIME. I HAVE ALSO NOTICED THAT, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THEIR VEHICLE AS OUR SON HAS. THE CAR SPACE AUTOMOTIVE FORUMS HAS GOT A WHOLE LIST OF COMPLAINTS ON THEIR WEB-SITE OF ALOT OF PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME AND SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH THEIR VEHICLE. THE SECURITY PASS LOCK PROBLEMS, WHERE THE SECURITY LIGHT COMES ON FLASHING & THEN IT SHUTS THE CAR DOWN, WHERE THEN IT WILL NOT START, UNTIL IT IS RESET OR FIXED. *TR

THERE ARE NO WARNING SIGNS, I HAVE HAD NO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS. I GO TO START MY CAR AND IT JUST WON'T START. THIS HAPPENED TO ME TWICE IN ONE WEEK (THIS WEEK). ONE TIME IT WAS AT 11:30PM AND I WAS STUCK IN MY CAR FOR 2 HOURS WAITING FOR A TOW TRUCK. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER SUGGESTED THAT I FOLLOW SOME STEPS TO RESET THE SECURITY PASSLOCK SYSTEM. I FOLLOWED HIS INSTRUCTIONS AND NOTHING HAPPENED THAT NIGHT. THEN NEXT MORNING IT STARTED NO PROBLEM. THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME AGAIN LAST NIGHT AFTER WORK AND I HAD TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED HOME. I TRIED TO FOLLOW THE STEPS TO RESET THE PASSLOCK SYSTEM WHICH HAS BEEN SAID TO RESTART YOUR CAR WITHIN 15 - 30 MINUTES. I TRIED IT A FEW TIMES THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND NOTHING. ONCE AGAIN, I GO TO START MY CAR IN THE MORNING AND IT STARTED NO PROBLEM. *TR

I HAVE A 2003 PONTIAC GRAND AM V6. I BOUGHT IT IN 2005 FROM THE DEALER. SINCE THEN I'VE HAD TO REPLACE MY IGNITION 3 TIMES. THE ALARM SYSTEM WOULD GO OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. THE SECURITY SIGNAL WOULD BLINK AND MY CAR WOULD NOT AND WILL NOT TODAY FOR THE 3RD TIME START. IT HAS CUT OFF ON ME ON THE FREEWAY, I WOULD PULL OVER AND THE CAR START UP AFTER ABOUT 10 MIN. THE SAR NOT STARTING HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE I BOUGHT IT MOST TIMES IT STARTS, BUT WHEN IT DOESN'T THE TELLME I HAVE TO REPLACE MY IGNITION. IM BEGINNING TO THINK ITS MUCH MORE THAN THAT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF, IT WOULD FAIL TO RESTART IMMEDIATELY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 84,000. UPDATED 08/14/09. *LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS WITHIN THE SECURITY SYSTEM. THE TURN SIGNALS WOULD CLICK WHILE DRIVING. UPDATED 08/14/09.*JB