2004 Pontiac Grand Am

AFTER TURNING THE SIGNAL LIGHT CONTINUES TO TICK NON STOP. WE CONTACTED THE DEALER AFTER LEARNING THIS PROBLEM IS VERY COMMON. THEY STATED THERE IS NO RECALL ON THE SWITCH PROBLEM LOCATED IN THE STEERING COLUMN BUT IT IS ON THE BULLETIN...NOT SURE WHAT THAT MEANS...THEN WE WERE TOLD IT WOULD BE $350 OUT OF OUR POCKET TO FIX THIS VERY COMMON PROBLEM. *TR

THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE NOT STARTING ALL THE TIME. NO WARNING TO THE PROBLEM AND IT SEEMS THAT THERE IS NO PATTERN. ALSO HAVE A TURN SIGNAL ISSUE, THE SOUND GOES ON CONTINUOUSLY. AFTER SOME ONLINE RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THE PROBLEMS TO BE COMMON. THE STARTING ISSUE HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE SECURITY SYSTEM WHICH I HAVE HEARD REFERRED TO AS PASSLOCK. HAVE CONTACTED GM ON MANY LEVELS, IN PERSON AND OVER THE PHONE, WITH NO SOLUTION THAT SUITS ME. CHARGED ME $40, TO TELL ME THE TURN SIGNAL WOULD BE $300 TO FIX, OR SO THEY SAY. HAVE NOT HAD AN ESTIMATE ON THE IGNITION PROBLEM BUT HAVE SEEN WHAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE PAID AND COULD BE BETWEEN $400 AND $1000. TO HAVE THE PART REPLACED WITH THE SAME JUNK FROM GM. WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER GM VEHICLE AGAIN. IT IS A SHAME THAT OUR AMERICAN CARS PALE IN COMPARISON TO THEIR FOREIGN COUNTERPARTS. I HOPE THAT THIS INFORMATION IS USEFUL AND THAT THIS PROBLEM CAN BE RESOLVED, WITH GM RECALLING ALL OF THE PROBLEM VEHICLES AND STANDING BEHIND THEIR TERRIBLE PRODUCT. IF I CAN BE OF ANY FURTHER ASSISTANCE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT ME. *TR

2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM SE - WHILE THE CAR IS TURNED ON AND WHILE DRIVING, THE TURNING SIGNALS OR THE HAZARD FLASHER UNIT IS CLICKING SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DASH NEAR THE RADIO WHILE THE BLINKER SWITCH IS IN THE OFF POSITION. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE ON THE WEB AND IT APPEARS THAT PREVIOUS YEARS HAD RECALLS ON THE SAME ISSUE. I REFUSE TO PAY $300 AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR A UNIT THAT OBVIOUSLY HAS A TRACK RECORD OF FAILURES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE HAZARD AND TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS WOULD NOT WORK. ON OCTOBER 24, 2005, THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE, HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. SHE SPOKE TO THE DEALER AND THEY ARE ATTEMPTING TO CHARGE HER FOR THE REPAIR, HOWEVER, SHE BELIEVES THAT IT IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT FOR THE SAME PART TO FAIL WITHIN TWO YEARS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 86,392 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 41,715.

PROBLEM WITH PASSLOCK SYSTEM, CAR NOT TURNING ON, HAS LEFT STRANDED 6 TIMES WITH MY SON AT NIGHT, COSTED ME TOW CHARGES, NEW BATTERY, MISSED DAYS FROM WORK, CAR IS ONLY 50,000, BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW FROM DEALER, DRIVER SIDE WINDOW MOTOR WILL NOT WORK, REAR VIEW MIRROR FELL, TURN SIGNAL CONTINUE TO CLICK EVEN AFTER TURN MADE, AC REGULATOR BOTTOM FELL OF. THIS CAR IS A LEMON. *TR

I AM WRITING ABOUT THE "CLICKING NOISE" THAT OCCURS ON AND OFF AS I AM DRIVING. I HAVE CALLED THE PONTIAC DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT THIS HAPPENS VERY OFTEN AND THAT IT IS THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, I REALIZED THAT 1999 AND 2000 MODELS WERE RECALLED AND WERE ABLE TO GET THIS FIXED FOR FREE. I HAVE A 2004 MODEL AND IT IS DOING THE SAME EXACT THING, WHY AREN'T OTHER YEARS ALSO RECALLED TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM FIXED. I VISITED MANY FORUMS ON THE INTERNET, AND THERE WERE HUNDREDS UPON HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WHO FACE THE SAME ISSUE, CLICKING NOICE COMING FROM THE DASH. I FIGURED IT WOULDN'T HURT TO FILE A CLAIM AND HAVE YOU INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM THAT IS OCCURING IN PONTIAC VEHICLES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME!

2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM. INCESSANT TICKING, SUCH AS THE TURN SIGNAL THAT SEEMED TO COME FROM THE EMERGENCY FLASHER AREA ON THE DASHBOARD. HOWEVER, QUITE A FEW PEOPLE I HAD TALKED TO HAD THE SAME PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN FIXED WITH A REPLACEMENT PART IN THE STEERING COLUMN. THE AMOUNTS SPENT VARIED FROM A FEW DOLLARS FOR A JUNK YARD PART, WHICH WAS STILL THE SAME MANUFACTURER ,TO UPWARDS OF $400 FOR A DEALER FIX. I AM NOT REPLACING A BAD PART WITH ANOTHER POTENTIALLY BAD PART FROM THE SAME MAKER, NOR AM I PAYING A DEALERSHIP HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO FIX A PROBLEM THEY SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR. THIS WAS APPARENTLY A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM THAT OCCURRED FOR MANY YEARS WITH THESE VEHICLES, YET VERY FEW OF THEM WERE ACTUALLY RECALLED. AS A NOTED, THE TICKING BEGAN AFTER. WHILE DRIVING)I SUDDENLY SAW A SMALL WISP OF SMOKE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE SMOKE HAD AN ELECTRICAL SMELL. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THIS, I WAS TOLD THIS WAS A NORMAL OCCURRENCE SOMETIMES WHEN THE TEMPERATURE WAS HOT. THERE WAS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. ALSO, WHEN I CALLED REGARDING THE TICKING NOISES NO ONE SEEMED TO HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT I COULD BE REFERRING TO... THAT' WAS WHEN I BEGAN MY INTERNET SEARCH AND DISCOVERED LOTS OF NASTY STORIES RELATING TO GM DEALERSHIPS AND THE SAME PROBLEM.*AK