Owner-reported complaints naming the suspension system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming suspension components — springs, struts, shocks, control arms and related hardware. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 Pontiac Grand Am submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 15 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
WHILE DRIVING A LOUD CLICKING NOISE FROM THE FRONT END WAS PRODUCED. DEALER STATED THE CONTROL ARM AND THE STABILIZER BAR BUSHINGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES, EXHAUST, TIRES, SHOCKS, AND SUSPENSION ON 1994 PONTIAC GRAND AM. *MR THE CONSUMER REQUESTED ASSISTANCE WITH THE REPAIRS NEEDED. THE VEHICLE ALSO NEEDED A COMPRESSOR. *SC *JB
CONSUMER STATES THAT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES VERY HARD. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*JB
CONSUMER STATES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VERY HARD. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN AND DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*JB
WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICED FOR IGNITION MECHANIC NOTICED THAT PART HOLDING RIGHT LOWER CONTROL ARM HAS RUSTED THROUGH, AND WILL NEED TO HAVE IT REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM RUBBER BUSHING DISLODGES AND ENDS UP METAL TO METAL GRINDING, AND CAN CAUSE WHEEL TO FALL OFF. ALSO, CONSUMER STRONGLY STATES MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO SEND ALL COMPLAINTS TO NHTSA.*AK
CAR BECAME SHAKY, WHEEL SNAPPED OFF AT WHEEL AXLE. CAUSED CAR TO SWERVE, CRASH AND ROLL OVER. *AK
LOWER CONTROL ARM AND STABILIZER PINS FAILED. *MJS
CONSUMER HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO A TECHNICIAN FOR VIBRATION, AND TECHNICIAN FOUND OUT THAT PROBLEM WAS WITH HEAD GASKET CRACKING. *AK
FRONT STABILIZER BAR CONNECTING BAR RUSTED ON BOTH SIDES SUBSEQUENTLY DISCONNECTING THE STABILIZER BAR FROM THE SUSPENSION. A PIN IN THE TILT STEERING WHEEL CAME LOOSE SUBSEQUENTLY RESULTING IN THE STEERING WHEEL TO BECOME VERY LOOSE. *AK
VEHICLE EXPERIENCES A SQUEAKING NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL, INDICATING A FAILURE IN THE POWER STEERING WHICH MAY CAUSE A CRASH. ALSO, PROBLEMS WITH PASSENGER'S DOOR LATCH WHICH WON'T OPEN FROM THE INSIDE/HIGH BEAM IN THE HEADLIGHTS IS INOPERATIVE/STRUTS MALFUNCTIONED TOO EARLY, AND WHEN APPLYING GAS PEDAL, VEHICLE HESITATES WHICH MAY CAUSE A CRASH. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
WHEN TRAVELING AT 15 MPH THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE STRUT FELL OFF, CAUSING THE TIRE TO COLL APSE AT AN ANGLE, RESULTING IN THE CONSUMER LOSING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, PARTS REPLACED. *AK
OWNER SAID THAT SHE WAS DRIVING AND THE FRONT STRUT ONTHE RIGHT HAND SIDE CAME THROUGH THE FRONT HOOD. *AK
CONSUMER PURCHASE CAR BRAND NEW WAS DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY THE WHEEL CAME OFF FOUND OUT THE STRUT WAS BROKEN . TT
DRIVERS LEFT REAR CLUNKING NOISE. FEELS LIKE STEERING IS PULLING ANOTHER DIRECTION. TT
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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