1992 Pontiac Grand Am Engine Problems

WATER WAS COMING FROM THE ENGINE INTO THE VEHICLE. DEALER STATED THERE WOULD BE A CHARGE TO REPAIR VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID

10090083

Incident

Aug 31, 2004

Mileage

179,085 mi

COOLANT LEAKED FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 50 MPH WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT. *AK THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY DETERMINED THAT THE RADIATOR HOSE HAD A SPLIT IN IT. THE SAME WEEK THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED THE BRAKE LINE BROKE. ABOUT 2 MONTHS LATER THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WHILE BRAKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THAT THE INCORRECT BRAKE PARTS WERE INSTALLED AND THAT THE RADIATOR CLAMPS WERE LOOSE. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED INVOICES FROM THE DEALER BUT THEY REFUSED. *NLM

NHTSA ID

10039987

Incident

Sep 15, 2003

Mileage

86,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE AND THEN SPARKS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND POPPED THE HOOD AND FLAMES WERE COVERING THE ENGINE. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

NHTSA ID

10001670

VEHICLE STALLS AT ANY SPEED/ ANY TIME AT LEAST ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK. DEALER CANNOT FIND CAUSE. *AK

NHTSA ID

897748

Incident

Sep 15, 2001

THE HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED ONCE B/C OF A "SPECIAL RECALL" THAT HAD A 7 YR OR 100,000 MILE QUOTA ON IT WELL MY CAR WAS OVER THE QUOTA SO PONTIAC SAID THEY COULDNT DO A THING FOR ME, EVEN THOUGH THAT OBVIOUSLY PROVED THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG W/ THE CAR B/C IT HAD BEEN "RECALLED" BEFORE . PONTIAC WAS SUSPOSED TO CALL ME BACK , NEVER DID I CALLED TWICE AFTER THAT STILL HAVENT RECIEVED A PHONE CALL ITS BEEN 6 MONTHS. CAR COST 1500$ TO REPLACE, AND ITS STILL GIVING ME PROBLEMS. *AK

NHTSA ID

746004

Incident

Dec 15, 2000

WE HAVE OIL IN THE COOLING SYSTEM AND WATER IN THE OIL NOTE: THIS WAS NOT DUE TO A CRASH AS INDICATED IN REPORT PROVIDED. *AK

NHTSA ID

743726

Incident

Mar 1, 2001

CRACKED HEAD, COOLANT LEAK, HIGH TEMP, OIL PUMP FAILUREC - 4TH TIME!!

NHTSA ID

740629

Incident

Jan 9, 2001

DEFECTIVE HEAD IS CAUSING DAMAGE TO ENGINE DUE TO POOR MANUFACTURING OF HEAD.*AK

NHTSA ID

878927

WATER KEEPS MIXING INTO OIL, CAUSING ENGINE TO BLOW. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK HEAD GASKET CRACKED. THE CONSUMER FOUND FIFTEEN COMPLAINTS OVER THE SAME PROBLEM ON THE SAME MODEL VEHICLE. *YH

NHTSA ID

877217

Incident

Apr 1, 2000

HAD CAR LESS THAN YEAR,ENGINE REPLACED TWICE.WATER IN OIL BLOWN HEAD GASKET.PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

NHTSA ID

738523

Incident

May 5, 1999

HEAD GASKET FAILURE WITH JUST 68,300 MILES CAUSING COOLANT INTO THE ENGINE. ESTIMATE TO REPAIR IS $1700.00. I SEE FROM THE INTERNET THIS HAS BEEN A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID

736935

Incident

Nov 23, 2000

I HAVE A LETTER FROM PONTIAC DATE NOV, 1995. WHICH STATES THAT 2.3L QUAD OHC ENGINE HAVE A DEFECT OF CRACKING CYLINDER THAT ALLOWS COOLANT TO LEAK FROM THE CYLINDER HEADS. THE LETTER ALSO STATES.. DO NOT BRING YOUR VEHICLE TO THE DEALER UNLESS THIS OCCURS. THE STATED IF THIS CONDITION OCCURS WITHIN SEVEN YEARS OR 100,000 MILES THEY WILL REPLACE THE CYLINDER HEAD FREE OF CHARGE.. MY CAR IS 8 YEARS OLD NOW AND HAS ONLY 79000 MILES ON IT. NEITHER THE DEALER OR PONTIAC CORP. WILL REPAIR THIS FOR ME WITHOUT PAYING FOR ALL CHARGES WHICH ARE APPROX. $1200.00.. PONTIAC ADMITS THAT THIS ENGINE HAS A DEFECT.. BUT REFUSES TO HONOR THE 100,000 MILE LIMIT BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS 8 YEARS OLD. IT IS MY OPINION THAT PONTIAC IS RESPONSIBLE TO FIX THIS VEHICLE AS IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD.. MY VEHICLE HAS THE KNOWN DEFECT.. THE ODOR FROM THE COOLANT IS EXTREMELY STRING AND IS A SAFETY CONCERN FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT LEAKS FROM THE HEAD AS THERE IS CORROSION AND THE ANTI-FREEZE PUDDLES UP ON TOP OF THE HEAD. *JB ***DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS*****732124*****

NHTSA ID

10006504

Incident

Sep 1, 2000

Mileage

79,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL INTERMITTENTLY STALL WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE HESITATES WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO JERK FORWARD. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALER MANY TIMES, BUT THEY ARE UNABLE TO FIND THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM. VEHICLE IS NOW OUT OF WARRANTY AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK *ML

NHTSA ID

864361

I RECEIVED NOTICE OF A RECALL ON THIS VECHICLE SEVERAL YEARS AGO INVOLVING CRACKED ENGINE HEADS AT THE TIME OF NOTICE I THOUGHT THAT THE CAR WAS RUNNING HOTTER THAN IT SHOULD. I TOOK IT INTO A DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT IT WAS RUNNING NORMALLY. I HAVEN'T HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT SINCE THAT INCIDENT. I RECENTLY SMELLED ANTIFREEZE IN THE CABIN AND NOTICED STEAM COMING OUT OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I PULLED THE SPARK PLUG COVER OFF AND THIS IS WHEN I NOTICED CRACK. I WAS WONDERING IF THIS WOULD BE COVERED UNDER ORIGINAL RECALL? *AK

NHTSA ID

720330

Incident

Mar 19, 2000

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID

717503

Incident

Jan 7, 2000

NOTICED SEIZED SPARK PLUG AT 90,000, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT, POOR IDLE, COOLANT CONSUMPTION, TWO ADDITIONAL SEIZED PLUGS APPEARED LATER. *AK

NHTSA ID

717390

Incident

Dec 13, 1999

*-#WE HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO WHERE WE HAD THE CAR REPAIRED. IT WAS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET, AND WE ARE DEFINITELY NOT PLEASED WITH THIS CAR ,AND THE FACT THAT IT SHOULDN'T HAVE BLOWN A HEAD GASKET WITH THIS FEW OF MILES ON THE ENGINE. WE ARE ALSO GOING TO LET OUR FRIENDS KNOW THAT THEY SHOULD NOT BY ANY MEANS BUY A GRAND AM BECAUSE THIS IS A KNOWN FACTOR THAT ALL GRAND AM HAVE AND THERE HASN'T BEEN A RECALL ON THIS PARTICULAR PART AND THE PONTIAC COMPANY KNOWS OF THIS PROBLEM AND FAILED TO RECALL THESE CARS FOR THIS REASON. ALSO, THAT THE PUBLIC SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY THIS KIND OF MONEY JUST BECAUSE PONTIAC FAILED TO RECALL THIS CAR FOR THIS REASON, AND THEY KNEW OF THE PROBLEM. WE FEEL THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS REPAIR, AND ALSO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A SPECIAL POLICY #5. UNDER THIS POLICY, YOU SHOULD BE LIABLE TO PAY FOR THIS COST THAT HAS BEEN PLACED UPON THE CUSTOMER. WE ARE VERY DISPLEASED WITH YOUR COMPANY, AND WITH THIS GRAND AM THAT WAS BOUGHT FOR MY DAUGHTER FOR HER GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL CONSIDERING SHE HAS ONLY HAD IT FOR FOUR MONTHS, AND HAS ALREADY HAD TO SPEND 1200 DOLLARS ON THE PIECE OF '!@#$% JUST SO SHE COULD HAVE TRANSPORTATION TO COLLEGE AND WORK. A VERY DISPLEASED CUSTOMER. KENNETH I HARRISON. *AK

NHTSA ID

716810

Incident

Dec 20, 1999

CAR NEEDS NEW ENGINE, WATER IN OIL. *AK

NHTSA ID

715797

CYLINDER HEAD CRACKED AT REAR OF PART. COOLANT LEAKED ON TO HOT BLOCK AND CRUSTED OVER, WHICH MADE ME AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. I HAD IT REPARED AT MY OWN EXPENSE IN EARLY 1999 AND WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMBURSED AS I AM SUBSEQUENTLY AWARE OF A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM WITH THIS.

NHTSA ID

715517

Incident

Jun 8, 1999

CYLINDER HEAD IS CRACKED, CAUSING THE COOLANT LOSS AND ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE. YH

NHTSA ID

549700

HEAD IS CRACKED, AND THE VEHICLE DOES NOT RUN.THE ANT-IFREEZE AND OTHER FLUIDS HAVE LEAKED OUT OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE CRACK IN THE ENGINE. *AK

NHTSA ID

851593

Incident

Sep 25, 1999

ENGINE HEAD GASKET IS CRACKED, CAUSING OIL TO LEAK. CAUSE OF DEFECT IS UNKNOWN. MANUFACUTER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

NHTSA ID

851575

CONSUMER REPLACED LEAKING HEAD GASKET WHICH WAS COVERED UNDER FACTORY RECALL #T2140, HOWEVER FAILED AFTER REPAIR CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO ENGINE COMPONENTS DUE TO LEAKAGE. *YC

NHTSA ID

549092

Incident

May 23, 1996

COOLANT LEAKAGE

NHTSA ID

712828

WHEN I PUT ON BRAKES THE IS A CLUNKING SOUND IN THE RIGHT REAR TIRE AREA LIKE SOMETHING IS LOOSE. IT SOUNDS ALMOST CONSTANTLY WHEN I APPLY MY BRAKES. THE CAR WOULD NOT START ON COLD DATES. AFTER START AND RUNNING FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME IT STOPS. I WOULD START BACK UP LATER. THE COOLANT LEAKED OUT CONTINUOUSLY. I HAD A HOSE REPLACED BUT IT DID NOT HELP. I HAD IT PUT ON THE COMPUTER ANALYSIS BUT NOTHING SHOWED UP. THE HORN BLOWS CONTINUOUSLY WHEN IT IS VERY COLD. I HAD TO REMOVE THE FUSE TO STOP IT. THE GAS FILLER DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN AUTOMATICALLY WHEN IT IS COLD. I HAD TO PRY IT OPEN WITH A SCREWDRIVER. THE CAR PUD PUD ALONG AS IF IT WAS NOT GETTING ENOUGH GAS. THE ODOMETER SEEMS TO BE INACCURATE RECORDING THE MILEAGE. I HAVE NOT BEEN ANYWHERE BUT IN THE CITY AND SURROUNDING AREAS. MANY TIMES I HAD TO STOP THE CAR AND START IT AGAIN FOR THE BRAKE LIGHT TO GO OUT. ALTHOUGH I LIKE THE BODY OF THE CAR IT HAS BEEN A DISASTER FOR ME. NOW IT DOES NOT RUN AT ALL. I SEEM TO HAVE A LEMON CAR AND IT WAS LIKE THAT WHEN I BOUGHT IT. IT SHOULD BE AGAINST THE LAW FOR ANYONE TO SELL A CAR LIKE THIS . THIS CAR DEALER NEEDS TO BE PUT IN JAIL. I HAVE RIDDEN MY GRANDCHILDREN AROUND IN THIS UNSAFE CAR AND I AM VERY UPSET AT THIS CAR'S CONDITION AS IT DOESNT RUN AT ALL NOW. I HAVE JUST WASTED A LOT OF MONEY BUYING IT AND TRYING TO KEEP IN REPAIRED AND RUN. IF THIS CAR DEALER DID NOT KNOW THE CONDITION OF THIS CAR HE SHOULD LOOSE HIS LICENSE TO SELL CAR. HE HAS ROBBED ME OF MY HARD EARNED MONEY.

NHTSA ID

712517

Incident

Jul 27, 1999