2004 Pontiac Grand Am

ON MY 04 GRAND AM AFTER USING TURN SIGNAL,CLICKING NOISE STARTED COMING FROM BEHIND HAZARD SIGNAL AND NOW SOMETIMES A PUFF OF SMOKE HAS STARTED COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN WITH ONLY 43K ON CAR, REPLACED HAZARD SWITCH, FIXED FOR ONLY 2 DAYS THEN SAME PROBLEM, NOTICED COMPLAINTS OF SAME PROBLEM AND THIS WAS A RECALL ON EARLIER MODELS, SHOULDN'T THIS RECALL BE EXTENDED?? PLEASE GO TO WWW.MYCARSTATS.COM THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS OF THE PROBLEM. MORE COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER OWNERS. 2ND COMPLAINT OF TURN SIGNAL ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. RESULT OF DEFECTIVE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH ALSO PRESENT IN OTHER YEARS AS WELL AND OTHER GM VEHICLES. IN RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM I HAVE FOUND IT IS NOT A MATTER OF IF BUT WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN. CAR WAS REPAIRED 1/18/08. THIS IS THE DESCRIPTION OF THE REPAIR FROM THE MECHANIC: DIAGNOSE CLICKING NOISE IN DASH, REMOVE DASH FACE - CHECK WIRING, SWITCHES, TBS'S AND RECALLS. PROBLEM CAUSED BY SHORT IN MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH THAT DAMAGED FLASHER UNIT. R&R STEERING COLUMN COVERS AND AIR BAG TO REPLACE MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH, REPLACE HAZARD LAMP FLASHER UNIT. PART DESCRIPTION: MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH ASSEMBLY (HEADLAMPS, WIPERS, TURN SIGNALS, DIMMER ALL IN ONE UNIT.) HAZARD LAMP/FLASHER UNIT ASSEMBLY. TOTAL COST $474.31. IF YOU WILL REFER BACK TO 2000, GM RECALL NO03043 AND 2001 GM RECALL NO03043 YOU WILL SEE THEY WERE RECALLED FOR THE SAME THING! IN ADDITION TO A POSSIBLE CRASH DUE TO THE DEFECTIVE SWITCH THAT YOU NOTED, YOU MIGHT WANT TO ADD THAT 1) VERY DISTRACTING 2) IF NOT REPAIRED, THE BRAKE LIGHTS START TO FAIL 3) STEERING ASSEMBLY STARTS SMOKING. I HOPE SOMETHING IS DONE BEFORE SOMEONE DIES. THIS SAFETY ISSUE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE SOME GETS HURT OR DIES. I MADE PONTIAC AWARE OF CONDITION WITH OUT RESOLVE. ALSO THE PERSON WHOM I SPOKE TO DID NOT SPEAK OR UNDERSTAND ENGLISH VERY WELL. PLEASE HELP GET THIS RESOLVED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASS LOCK SYSTEM PREVENTED THE VEHICLE FROM STARTING. HE WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE THE KEY IN FOR TEN MINUTES AND WAIT FOR THE SECURITY LIGHT TO STOP BLINKING. THE PASS LOCK SYSTEM WOULD RESET ITSELF AND THEN HE COULD START THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE TO ASSIST. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 67,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 55,000.

THIS IS THE 2ND TIME MY CAR IS RUNNING FINE WHEN I TURN IT OFF AND WHEN I GO OUT TO RUN AN ERRAND, THERE IS NO POWER AT ALL. WHEN I TURN THE KEY, THERE IS NOTHING AT ALL. EVERYTHING IS COMPLETELY DEAD, NOTHING LIGHTS UP AT ALL. IT HAPPENED THE 1ST TIME EARLIER THIS WINTER AND THE GARAGE WAS ABLE TO RESET IT AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP. I HAVE TRIED PUTTING THE KEY TO THE ON POSITION AND WAITING 10 MINUTES AND TURN IT TO THE OFF POSITION AND THEN TRYING TO START IT. THERE IS STILL NOTHING. I ASSUME I WILL HAVE TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE GARAGE AND POSSIBLY HAVE THE IGNITION SWITCH REPLACED. I FIGURE THAT IS WHAT IT MUST BE BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN DOING RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND ALOT OF CONSUMERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND THAT IS WHAT WAS WRONG AND I ALSO NOTICED THAT IT CAN HAPPEN AGAIN AT ANY TIME LEAVING PEOPLE STRANDED. I JUST HAPPENED TO BE THAT BOTH TIMES I WAS IN MY OWN YARD WHEN IT DID IT TO ME. *TR

ONE DAY I WENT TO ROLL UP MY WINDOW AND WHEN I PUSHED THE UP BUTTON, THE WINDOW STARTED GOING UP BUT IT SUDDENLY STOPPED LIKE IT WAS CAUGHT ON SOMETHING. I CONTINUED TO PUSH THE UP BUTTON AND THE WINDOW WOULDN'T MOVE. SO I PUSHED THE DOWN BUTTON AND THE WINDOW WENT DOWN. SO I PUSHED THE UP BUTTON AGAIN AND THE WINDOW WENT UP AND MADE A NOISE LIKE IT GOT CAUGHT AGAIN AND THE WINDOW WENT UP. SINCE THAT DAY IT HAS CONTINUED TO GET CAUGHT UP BUT CONTINUES TO GO UP. *TR

ON MY 2004 GRAND AM I NOTICED AFTER USING TURN SIGNAL... CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM DASH BEHIND HAZARD SIGNAL AND NOW SMOKE HAS STARTED COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN WITH ONLY 78K MILES ON CAR... NOTICED SEVERAL OTHER COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME PROBLEM AND THAT THIS WAS RECALLED ON EARLIER MODELS... SHOULDN'T THIS RECALL BE EXTENDED? CONTACTED GM WITH NO HELP FROM THEM. *TR

THE SECURITY LIGHT COMES ON AND WON'T ALLOW ME TO START THE VEHICLE UNTIL I LET IT SIT FOR 10 MINUTES WITH THE IGNITION IN THE "ON" POSITION. THERE ARE INTERNET MESSAGE BOARDS WITH TONS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS AND GM WON'T REPAIR IT. THE COST FOR THE REPAIR IS $400.00 AND THE DEALER SAYS IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM TO HAVE THE PASSLOCK FAIL. THE CAR ONLY HAS 49,00 MILES ON IT. WHAT CAN I DO TO GET THIS FIXED? *TR