1995 Pontiac Grand Am Owner Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 PONTIAC GRAND AM. WHILE DRIVING OVER A BUMP AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE KEY SUDDENLY RELEASED FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED OPERATING AS NORMAL DURING THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND RE-INSERTED THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION. THE FAILURE OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 290,000.

NHTSA ID

10619070

Incident

Oct 16, 2013

Mileage

290,000 mi

CAR WON'T START AND CUT OFF WHEN CAR IS IN DRIVE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10508338

Incident

Apr 13, 2013

Mileage

138,000 mi

I WAS IN THE PARKING LOT OF A FAST FOOD PLACE WE CAME OUT AFTER WE ATE AND GOT IN THE CAR ATTEMPTED TO START IT BUT IT DID NOT START AT FIRST THEN I TURNED OFF THE IGNITION AND THEN TRIED AGAIN IT STARTED AND AFTER A SHORT TIME IT SEAMED LIKE IT TRIED TO START ITSELF AGAIN AND IT STARTED SMOKING FROM BELOW THE STEERING COLUMN SO I TURNED IT OFF AND JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR AND OUT THE BATTERY BY THE TIME THE BATTERY WAS OUT IT HAD ALREADY CAUGHT FIRE AND HAD TO BE PUT OUT WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER WHICH WAS SUPPLIED BY A TOW TRUCK DRIVER WHO JUST SO HAPPENED TO BE GETTING LUNCH THE FIRE DEPT WAS CALLED BUT NEVER FILED A REPORT THEY JUST MADE SURE ALL WERE OK THEN LEFT THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENED. *TR

NHTSA ID

10257787

Incident

Aug 14, 2008

Mileage

140,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY 4 MY STEERING COLUMN CAUGHT ON FIRE MAKING ME PULL THE CAR OVER AND JUMP OUT ALONG WITH 2 OTHER PERSONS , AFTER THAT WE CALLED THE TOW TRUCK TO HAVE IT TOWED HOME TO SEE WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND WHO TO CONTACT IN THE MEAN TIME THE DEALERSHIP HAD MY CAR FOR 4 MONTHS AND TO THIS DAY STILL HAS IT AND IS REQUESTING ME TO PAY HALF OF THE BILL TO GET IT FIXED AND I DO NOT FEEL I SHOULD PAY A DIME FOR A RECALLED CAR WITH AN OPEN RECALL ON IT SO THEREFORE I AM FILING A COMPLAINT AGAINST THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE CAR TO BE FIXED AND FOR ALL THE INCONVENIENCE IN WHICH IT HAS CAUSED ME GETTING BACK AND FOURTH TO SCHOOL, I AM IN COLLEGE FULL TIME SO THEREFORE I HAD TO DO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION GETTING TO AND FROM MY DESTINATIONS. AND WHEN THE CAR CAUGHT FIRE IT WAS THE FIRST TIME IN WHICH IT HAD EVER HAPPENED. SO NOW MY GRANDFATHER IS GOING TO PAY FOR IT TO GET FIXED AND WOULD LIKE ALL OF HIS MONEY BACK AND I WANT ALL I CAN GET FOR ALL THE INCONVENIENCE IN WHICH THIS PROBLEM HAS CAUSED MYSELF AND ALL OTHERS WHO WERE INVOLVED AND ALSO WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A MUCH BIGGER PROBLEM IF ANYONE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN HURT DO TO THE FIRE AND OR ANY OTHERS DAMAGES THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED. *TR

NHTSA ID

10255375

Incident

Aug 15, 2008

WHILE DRIVING THE OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND ENGINE DIED. THE MECHANIC SAID IT IS A CRACKED HEAD GASKETS. I HAVE ALWAYS FOLLOWED THE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE IN OWNER MANUAL. OIL CHANGES EVERY THREE MONTHS ETC.*AK

NHTSA ID

10187270

Incident

Mar 10, 2007

Mileage

96,801 mi

1995 PONTIAC GRAND AM COILS WENT BAD. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED HIS VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE COILS WERE REPLACED BECAUSE THE GARAGE STATED THEY WERE BAD, HOWEVER THE CONSUMER KEPT THE COILS AND PLACED THEM BACK IN THE VEHICLE WHICH HAS BEEN RUNNING EVER SINCE. *JB

NHTSA ID

10164768

Incident

Jan 1, 1901

CONSUMER COMPLAINT REGARDING 1995 GRAND AM THEFT. *TS THE CONSUMER LISTED BRAKES AS A POSSIBLE PROBLEM ON HIS VEHICLE. *JB

NHTSA ID

10147543

Incident

Jan 2, 2006

1995 PONTIAC GRAND AM OVERHEATING. REPLACED THE THERMOSTAT FOUR TIMES AND FINALLY THE HEAD GASKETS WARPED. PAID FOR THE HEAD GASKET REPLACEMENT. CONTINUED TO OVERHEAT AND CALLED GENERAL MOTORS. MEDIATOR WAS OF VERY LITTLE HELP. TOOK IT BACK UNDER THE REPAIR WARRANTY, THEN THE RADIATOR BLEW BECAUSE THEY HAD REPLACED THE RADIATOR CAP WITH A HIGHER PRESSURE RATING. WE TOOK IT BACK AND THEY REPLACED THE RADIATOR, HOSES, HEATER CORE AND NUMEROUS OTHER THINGS. IT CONTINUED TO OVERHEAT. IN GENERAL WE HAVE SPENT ABOUT $2500.00 AND STILL HAVE THIS ISSUE. ADDITIONALLY, WE NOW HAVE THE ABS WARNING LIGHT COMING ON OCCASIONALLY AND I FOUND SOME ENGINE WIRES TWISTED UP OVER THE MANIFOLD. I HAVE SINCE MOVED THEM BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL LOCATION AND HAD TO USE ELECTRICAL TAPE ON ANOTHER WIRE CONNECTION THAT THE LOCK (SNAP) WAS BROKE OFF. SINCE DOING THIS I HAVE NOT HAD THE CAR OVERHEATING AS OFTEN. ADDITIONALLY SINCE REPAIRS WERE MADE, WE NOW HAVE HEAVY CONDENSATION ON THE INTERIOR WINDSHIELD, (WINDOW WIPERS ON THE INSIDE COULD BE A SOLUTION...) ALONG WITH PUDDLES OF WATER ON THE PASSENGER FLOOR AND IN THE TRUNK....GOD ONLY KNOWS WHAT THEY DID TO MY CAR AFTER I CALLED GENERAL MOTORS, EVERYTHING JUST SEEMED TO GET WORSE FROM THERE.. COINCIDENCE, I THINK NOT. THEY ARE NOW BANKRUPT SO THERE IS NO RECOURSE IN MY CASE OF RETRIEVING MONEY NEEDLESSLY SPENT ON REPAIRS THEY SHOULD HAVE FIXED PROPERLY IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND WHILE I'M AT IT, I WONDER IF THEY EVER TOOK CAR OF THAT IGNITION RECALL? I AM STILL DRIVING THE CAR WHEN IT IS BEHAVING BUT I HAVE BEEN HAVING TO HOLD THE IGNITION SWITCH TO GET THE CAR TO START WHICH I HADN'T HAD TO DO BEFORE... ARE THEY WAITING FOR MY CAR TO CATCH ON FIRE DUE TO THIS IGNITION PROBLEM? THE SMARTEST THING WOULD BE TO TAKE IT TO SOMEONE ELSE BUT NO ONE WANTS TO TOUCH THE CAR AFTER FINDING OUT IT WAS AT THE OTHER DEALERSHIP SO WHERE DO I GO NOW? AND A REPLY ON THAT SURE WOULD BE A BIG HELP! *JB

NHTSA ID

10144193

Incident

Jul 14, 2003

Mileage

165 mi

DT: 1995 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONSUMER STATED THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT AFTER BEING IN THE VEHICLE FOR 30 MINUTES. THIS WAS A NEW SUMMIT TIRE. THE DEALERSHIP GAVE THE CONSUMER HIS MONEY BACK AND PUT THE OLD TIRES ON VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS GOING 60 MPH. THIS CAUSED FRONT END DAMAGE. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THERE WAS A CRASH DUE TO TIRE BLOWOUT. *AK

NHTSA ID

10137209

Incident

Sep 13, 2005

CONTACT STATES: ON THE FRONT DRIVERS' SIDE THE METAL PART BROKE AWAY AND THE TIRE CAME AWAY FROM THE PART IT WAS ATTACHED TO. THE TIRE HIT THE SIDE OF THE CAR. THE CAR WAS NOT DRIVABLE, AND THEY HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED.*AK

NHTSA ID

10119830

Incident

May 3, 2005

INTERMITTENTLY CONSUMER WOULD BE UNABLE TO START THE VEHICLE. ALSO, IT STALLS. CONSUMER IS ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE AFTER 45 MINUTES. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.*AK

NHTSA ID

10115133

Incident

Feb 9, 2005

Mileage

93,000 mi

THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH AND STRUCK A LIGHT POST. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

NHTSA ID

10107471

Incident

Jan 13, 2005

Mileage

190,000 mi

THE ORIGINAL HEADLIGHT SWITCH MALFUNCTIONED AND I DID NOT HAVE ANY DASH LIGHTS OR TAIL-LIGHTS. THE SECOND SWITCH MALFUNCTIONED TOO AND THE HEADLIGHTS NOW GO OUT WHEN I TRY TO CYCLE THEM FROM HIGH BEAM TO LOW BEAM OR DON'T COME ON UNTIL I CYCLE THEM AGAIN. *JB

NHTSA ID

10098669

Incident

Aug 15, 2004

Mileage

101,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SWERVED RIGHT ON ITS OWN. CONSUMER IMMEDIATELY PULLED LEFT, CAUSING REAR AXLE TO BREAK OFF, AND RESULTING IN A CRASH. DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES. *AK

NHTSA ID

10099654

Incident

Nov 2, 2004

MY VEHICLE'S (1995 PONTIAC GRAND AM) DIMMER SWITCH IS MALFUNCTIONED. THE HEAD LIGHTS GO OUT IF YOU TRY TO CYCLE FROM HIGH BEAM TO LO BEAM. I ALSO KNOW OF ANOTHER PERSON WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.I RECENTLY EXPERINCED THIS PROBLEM WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. *AK

NHTSA ID

10093734

Incident

Oct 6, 2004

Mileage

156,632 mi

A RECALL (#00V287000) WAS ISSUED FOR THE STARTER ASSEMBLY THE DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE AT NO CHARGE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE TWICE. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

NHTSA ID

10094142

Incident

Sep 21, 2004

Mileage

188,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING, THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKE, BUT THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE WITH SPEED. THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HIT A DITCH AND A FENCE. A 2X4 STEEL POLE HIT THE WINDSHIELD AND HIT THE DRIVER IN THE FACE THE DRIVER WAS UNCONSCIOUS. BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED HEAD AND NECK INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL. THE INSURANCE COMPANY TOTALED THE VEHICLE. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

NHTSA ID

10092322

Incident

Sep 15, 2004

WE HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE WINDOWS NOT WORKING. WE'VE HAD TO PUSH UP THE WINDOW WITH OUR HANDS WHILE PUSHING THE POWER WINDOW BUTTON AND IT DOESN'T CLOSE ALL THE WAY. NOW IT DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. ALSO WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE HEADLIGHTS STAYING ON. WE NOTICED IF WE PLAY WITH THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH (LIKE TURNING THE HIGH BEAMS ON AND OFF) THEN THE HEADLIGHTS WILL COME BACK ON AFTER A FEW TRIES. WE RECENTLY REPLACED ALL 4 BRAKES AND NOW THE ABS LIGHT IS ON AND STAYS ON. DEALER STATED THAT THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE ABS BRAKES.*AK

NHTSA ID

10088876

Incident

Oct 10, 2003

Mileage

80,103 mi

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO A SPACE BETWEEN THE FIREWALL AND THE INTERIOR. THERE WAS A SPACE WHERE WATER RAN DOWN, AND LEAVES GATHERED. THERE THE FIRE STARTED. *AK

NHTSA ID

10089606

Incident

Aug 1, 2004

CONSUMER TURNED THE IGNITION AND VEHICLE DID NOT START. UPON TRYING TO START THE VEHICLE AGAIN THERE WAS A NOISE. CONSUMER LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD AND THERE WAS FIRE.*AK

NHTSA ID

10089376

Incident

Aug 6, 2004

Mileage

126,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING AT 5 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE, AS A RESULT THE FRONT WHEEL COLLAPSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP. THE MECHANIC INDICATED TO THE CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO CORROSION. *JB THE REAR FRAME BOLT ON THE LOWER CONTROL ARM BROKE, WHICH PUT ALL THE WEIGHT ON THE FRONT FRAME BOLT OF THE LOWER CONTROL ARM AND AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE COLLAPSED. *NM *JB

NHTSA ID

10083354

Incident

Jul 8, 2004

Mileage

89,548 mi

I BOUGHT MY 1995 PONTIAC GRAND AM SE, USED IN 2001, NOT EVEN A MONTH AFTER HAVING IT, I HAD TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR. FROM THERE WENT MY COOLANT LINE, A DEALER PART I HAD TO PAY A FORTUNE FOR. THEN I ALSO HAVE SIGNIFICANT WATER DAMAGE THAT SOMEHOW GETS INTO MY CARAND I END UP WITH PUDDLES OF WATER ON THE FLOOR. MY HEATER CORE WENT, REPLACED THAT. THEN BALL JOINTS, REPLACED THAT. THEN THE RECALL ON MY IGNITION THAT I FAILED TO RECIEVE, WAS OUT WITH MY HUSBAND AND SON FOR THE DAY, GOT IN TO START MY CAR AND IT WOULDNT TURN OVER. TOOK THE KEY OUT, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR STARTED TO TURN OVER REPEDITILY. NEEDLESS TO SAY IF MY HUSBAND WASNT THERE MY SON AND I COULD HAVE DIED, I WOULDNT HAVE KNOW WHAT TO DO. MY SON WAS STRAPPED IN HIS CAR SEAT AND I POPPED THE HOOD, NEXT THING I KNOW SMOKE STARTS POURING INTO MY CAR FROM THE DASH. SO I GRAB MY SON OUT QUICKLY AS MY HUSBAND POPPED THE HOOD, AND SEEN SPARKS AND RIPPED THE POWER CORD OFF OF THE BATTERY WHICH STOPPED THE SPARKS WHICH WAS IN THE PROCESS OF STARTING A FIRE. AFTER REPLACING THAT, MY POWER STEERING WENT, HAD TO REPLACE THOSE LINES. THEN MY COOLANT WAS LOW FOR NO REASON AT ALL, THE NEXT WEEK, TWO WEEKS AFTER AN OIL CHANGE, OIL LIGHT COMES ON. NO OIL IN THE ENGINE. PUT OIL IN AND WAS FINE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR UNTIL CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND I HAD TO PULL OF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO FIND OUT THAT I HAVE A BLOWN HEAD GASKET PLUS OTHER PROBLEMS CAUSED BY THIS THAT CAUSED MY MOTOR TO NO LONGER BE IN RUNNING ORDER. I STILL OWE $2000 ON MY CAR AND WAS TOLD TODAY BY NUMEROUS SPECIALISTS THAT THIS CAR WITH THE BLOWN HEAD GASKETS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM IN THESE CARS, AND FOR SOME REASON GM FAILS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS AND LETS THESE CARS REMAIN ON THE ROAD. YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING. SO NOW I HAVE NO CAR WITH A BABY, AND A MAJOR PROBLEM. LIKE I SAID YOU NEED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. *AK

NHTSA ID

10082538

Incident

Jul 20, 2004

Mileage

87,000 mi

INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS DETERIORATED, CAUSING FUEL AIR MIXTURE FUMES TO ENTER INTO THE CAB. *AK THE INTAKE MANIFOLD ALLOWED OIL AND ANTIFREEZE TO LEAK OUT OF THE ENGINE. AT CERTAIN POINTS OF ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION THE FUEL AIR MIXTURE WOULD EXPEL INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. THE ODOR HAD BECOME STRONGER. *SC *JB

NHTSA ID

10063130

Incident

Dec 1, 2001

Mileage

115,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE SLID ON A WET ROAD AND REAR ENDED ANOTHER MOTORIST. THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. THE CONSUMER'S NECK, SHOULDER AND CHEST WERE SORE. THE VEHICLE'S FRONT END WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED. THE DEALERSHIP WILL BE CONTACTED. WHILE DRIVING LONG DISTANCES THE CONSUMER HEARD A DRAGGING NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP WHERE THE TECHNICIAN NOTICED WORN WHEEL BEARINGS. VEHICLE IS NOW ON IT'S SIXTH REPAIR. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM

NHTSA ID

10074347

Incident

May 26, 2004

VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND CONSUMER PLACED THE KEY INSIDE THE IGNITION, AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. A BURNING SMELL WAS COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER LIFTED UP THE HOOD, AND SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE STARTER. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO FAILURE. *AK *NM

NHTSA ID

10068632

Incident

Apr 21, 2004

Mileage

95,493 mi