Owner-reported complaints naming the transmission system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the automatic or manual transmission, including shifting behaviour, shudder, slipping and transmission control modules. 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. 19 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
AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP REPLACED TRANSMISSION ON JULY 22, 1996 AT 13,830 MILES, AGAIN WERE REPLACE ON MAY 4, 2001 AT 51,125 MILES. CONSUMER STATED TRANSMISSION WAS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM AT 63,000 MILES. *AK
THIS PIN AND SOCKET CONNECTION OF THE UNDER-DASH CLUTCH PEDAL ASSEMBLY HAS FAILED NUMEROUS TIMES. ONLY ABOUT 1 YEAR OUT OF 8 HAS THE ASSEMBLY REMAINED INTACT. I HAVE HAD TO CRAWL UNDER THE DASH MANY TIMES TO REATTACH IT, AND IT DEVELOPS WEAR THAT ALLOWS FRICTION TO KEEP IT IN PLACE. THE BUSHING AND "C" CLAMP DESIGN IS POOR BECAUSE THE BUSHING WEARS AWAY AND THE CLAMP IS FORCED OFF. I HAVE "FIXED" THE PROBLEM WHILE IN-LANE ON BUSY STREETS WITH MY LEGS EXPOSED TO TRAFFIC. THE ORIGINAL ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED LAST YEAR AT KINCAID AUTOS IN LEAVENWORTH, KS, AND NOW THE REPLACEMENT HAS FAILED. NLM
PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE THE CONSUMER HAD BEEN HAVING DIFFICULTY STARTING THE VEHICLE, THESE SYMPTOMS WERE SIMILAR TO THE ONES OUTLINED IN THE RECALL 00V-287, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO FIND THE PROBLEM THE DEALER REPLACED THE BATTERY, ALTERNATOR AND THE VEHICLE HAD A FEW TUNE-UPS. NLM
THERE HAVE BEEN MANY PROBLEMS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPORTED OR TOLD BEFORE PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE. THIS VEHICLE MAY FALL UNDER THE OHIO "LEMON" LAW. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED. *AK
ENGINE WAS ON AND VEHICLE WAS IN PARK. DOOR WAS OPEN. VEHICLE SAT FOR 5 MINUTES AND THEN SLIPPED INTO REVERSE. HAD TO JUMP INTO MOVING VEHICLE THROUGH WINDOW TO PRESS BRAKE AND STOP VEHICLE. NO INJURIES. HOWEVER, OTHER PERSON IN CAR TRIED TO ENGAGE PARK FORWARD AND VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. *AK
THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS CLAIMS FOR STEERING COLUMN FAILURE, BRAKE FAILURE, AND TRANSMISSION FAILURE. WHY HASN'T PONTIAC FIXED THESE PROBLEMS? THESE ARE SAFETY PROBLEMS. ARE THERE ANY WARRANTIES AVAILBLE? ALSO HOW CAN I FIND OUT IF ALL SAFETY RECALLS HAVE BEEN COMPLETE ON MY CAR. MY LOCAL DEALER DID NOT CALL ME BACK ON THIS. I NEED TO KNOW IF THE GAS TANK REPAIRS HAVE BEEN DONE ON THIS CAR.
DRIVING CAR AT 55MPH AND CAR APPEARED TO SHIFT TO NEUTRAL, COASTED TO STOP. SPRAQUE ASSEMBLY FAILED PER MECHANIC, COMPLETE OVERHAUL OF TRANSMISSION. CAR WOULD APPEAR TO HESITATE AND SURGE AT AROUND 55 MPH, DIAGNOSTICS REPORTED ENGIN E HEAD GASKET LEAK OR BAD HEAD, FOUND TO HAVE EXTERNAL CRACKS TO HEAD AND CRACK BY PLUG. MECHANIC DESCRIBED AS LATENT DEFECT IN HEAD. CAR HAD NEVER OVERHEATED. *AK
THE FIRST TIME I NOTICED A PROBLEM WAS 2 YEARS BEFORE COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE OCCURED. WHILE DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION JUMPED INTO NEUTRAL AND THE CAR WOULDN'T ACCELERATE. THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN FOR ANOTHER YEAR, AND SINCE IT WASN'T A RECURRING PROBLEM, I DIDN'T PAY MUCH ATTENTION TO IT. BUT ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO THE CAR REALLY STARTED TO HAVE PROBLEMS. WHEN I STARTED IT, THERE WAS A COLD DELAY. THAT IS, THE CAR WOULDN'T MOVE IN ANY DIRECTION--FORWARD OR REVERSE. I TOOK THE CAR TO A REPUTABLE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP AND THEY FOUND EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF METAL IN THE SUMP PAN. THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO HAVE A COMPLETE OVERHAUL COSTING $1,594.14--A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY. THIS REALLY DOESN'T HAVE TO DO WITH THE TRANSMISSION, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, FOR YOUR INFORMATION, THAT I HAVE HAD , IN MY OPINION, AN EXTRORDINARY AMOUNT OF WORK DONE ON THE BRAKES AND SUSPENSION OF THIS CAR. EVERY YEAR, THE BRAKES NEED REPLACING AND I'VE HAD THE FRONT STRUTS REPLACED TWICE IN THREE YEARS.
TRANSMISSION WILL GO IN REVERSE, LOW GEAR WILL SHIFT INTO GEAR AFTER IT STARTS MOVING FASTER. *MJS
INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR. WHEN VEHICLE IS IN GEAR IT WILL NOT EXCEED SPEEDS OF 25 MPH. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
PREMATURE TRANSMISSON FAILURE.
GROUND WIRE ATTACHED TO THE TRANSMISSION BROKE, CAUSING COMPLETE POWER LOSS.
BUSHING FAILED, CAUSING CLUTCH TO DISCONNECT.
AFTER PUTTING VEHICLE INTO PARK, THE VEHICLE SLIPPED OUTOF GEAR INTO DRIVE, CAUSING A COLLISION. *AK
CLUTCH PEDAL LINKAGE COMES OFF.
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP, HAD TO USE THE CLUTCH PEDAL AND PEDAL WAS LAYING ON THE FLOOR BOARD.*AK
INTERLOCK SYSTEM FAILS, CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO SLIP OUT OF PARK GEAR WITHOUT BRAKE BEING APPLIED. *SKD
FRONT BRAKE ROTORS MAKE THUMPING NOISE. *SKD
AFTER RELEASING PARKING BRAKE ON AN AUTOMATIC, CAR BEGAN TO ROLL WHILE STILL IN PARK CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. 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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