Owner-reported complaints naming the steering system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the steering system — racks, columns, power-steering assist and steering linkage. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1992 Pontiac Grand Am submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 14 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
THE STEERING ON MY 1994 GRAND AM IS BROKEN. THE BOLTS THAT MOUNT THE STEERING GEAR TO THE CRADLE HAVE RUSTED AND BOTH ARE SEPARTED. THERE WAS A RECALL ON MY 89 GRAND PRIX AND I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM ON MY 92 CORSICA. 8JB
POWER RACK& PINION BELLOWS-FLUID LEAK ON EXHAUST MANIFOLD CAUSING FIRE.
WHILE APPROACHING A INTERSECTION WHERE I INTENDED ON TURNING, HALF-WAY INTO THE TURN THE ADJUSTABLE STEERING COLUMN BECAME UNLOCKED AND WAS ABLE TO MOVE UNINTERRUPTED BOTH UP AND DOWN, WHILE THIS DID NOT STOP MY ABILITY TO TURN...ANOTHER DRIVER WHO MIGHT CONCENTRATE ON THE MOVEMENT VICE COMPLETING THE TURN WOULD MOST LIKELY HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE REVIEW YOUR DATABASE FOR ANY OTHER OCCURANCES AND ANY POSSIBLE RECALLS. WHILE THIS IS A '92, IT ONLY HAS ONE SCRATCH (NON-ACCIDENT) AND TO ME...IS WORTH MUCH MORE THAN WHATEVER "BLUE BOOK" SAYS IT IS...I HAVE FOUND THREE (3) "STEERING COLUMN" PROBLEMS, WHILE NOT REPORTED FOR '92S, THEY MAY BE RELATED; 91VO18000, 96V249000, 98V320000. THANK YOU. I WILL BE FORWARDING THIS PROBLEM TO THE MANUFACTURER BUT I WOULD LIKE A REPLY AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVIENCE - IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER STEERING COLUMN PROBLEMS. APPRECIATE THE JOB YOU DO !.*AK
STEERING WHEEL TILT DISENGAGED WHILE DRIVING CAUSE TO GO UP & DOWN FREELY, CAUSING A LOSS OF CONTROL CONDITON.FOUND LOCKING PIN IN TILT ASSEMBLY CAME OUT WHICH WAS NOT STAKED PROPERLY, REINSTALLED AND STAKED IN PROPERLY. CONSUMER CALLED PONTIAC SAFTEY NUMBER, DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO INSPECT IT. *ET
STEERING COLUMN WILL NOT LOCK. *AK
A PIN WITHIN THE STEERING WHEEL MECHANISM DISENGAGED OR POPPED OUT OF THE POSITION, CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO TILT AND REMAIN TILTED WILL DRIVING WHICH COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
STEERING WHEEL TILT ASSEMBLY BROKEN CAUSING CONSUMER TO LOOSE CONTROL OF STEERING WHEN TRYING TO MANUVER A LEFT TURN. NLM
STEERING COLUMN RUSTED, CAUSING THE COLUMN TO BREAK WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. *AK
PONTIAC PRIDES ITSELF ON DRIVING EXCITEMENT, IT SHOULD ACTUALLY BE THAT IT IS A DRIVING NIGHTMARE. THIS CAR HAS HAD SO MANY PROBLEMS. THIS IS THE LIST OF CURRENT AND PAST PROBLEMS WHICH INCLUDES: THE TRUNK LEAKS/ INCORRECT SPEEDOMETER THAT CAUSED TWO SPEEDING TICKETS/DRIVER'S FLOOR AND UNDER THE FRONT RIGHT SEAT ARE ALWAYS WET. ALSO,REPLACED BATTERY TWICE/ALTERNATOR/STARTER/ RADIATOR AND ALL HOSES AFTER A SUDDEN "EXPLOSION." IN ADDITION, THERMOSTAT HAD BEEN REPLACED AT LEAST 4 TIMES AND MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR ONCE. THE REAR WINDOW DEFOGGER NO LONGER WORKS, RIGHT SIDE POWER WINDOW DOES NOT GO BACK UP/THE TAPE DECK IS BROKEN, FRONT LUMBAR I SEAT BROKE AROUND 40,000 MILES. THE FRONT RIGHT AND LEFT WHEEL BEARINGS HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES/TIE RODS HAVE BEEN REPLACED ONCE ON THE RIGHT AND TWICE ON THE LEFT/ ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED AND FRONT BRAKES WORE OUT WITH IN 15,000 (TYPICAL OF MOST PONTIACS JUST GOING BY THE COMMENTS OF OTHER PONTIAC OWNERS THAT I KNOW. THIS LIST IS QUITE LONG AND EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTING, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE CAR IS NOT PAID FOR YET AND ONLY HAS 125,000 MILES ON IT AND IS A 1992 MODEL. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 205/55/R16 )
ELECTRICAL PROBLEM, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL.
MECHANISM IN THE TILT STEERING WHEEL IS BROKEN, CAUSING THE STEERING NOT TO STAY IN POSTION WHICH COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. PLEASE GIVE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE TRIED TO APPLY THE BRAKES (ABS), VEHICLE DID NOT SLOW UP, TURNED VEHICLE INTO A PARKING LOT, TRYING TO BRAKE STEERING WENT, LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, NO BRAKES, HIT POLE; DRIVER HAD SEAT BELT ON, ALSO REPLACED PITTED ROTORS. *AK
LEAK IN RACK AND PINION STEERING. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
CONTINUOUS STEERING PROBLEMS, CAUSING STEERING WHEEL TO VIBRATE BETWEEN 60-70 MPH. *SKD
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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