1999 Pontiac Grand Am Body & structure Problems

Our braking system on this car failed us, and is probably crushed by now at no fault of my own. My safety was at–risk when the brakes lost pressure and if it wasn’t for our seatbelts, I could’ve been thrown through the windshield. I hereby declare that [XXX] deliberately caused our accident and lied about being blinded. [XXX] lost her son—[XXX]—and was jealous of my opportunity to do what he couldn’t. Her other son—[XXX]—choose not to attend college and contraband drugs among other things. [XXX] and his mother [XXX] were also jealous of me for having an opportunity that [XXX] chose not to take. They blame me for Chastity [XXX] & [XXX] turning their parental rights over to the Commonwealth of Kentucky. How their oldest daughter being raped by her paternal grandmother’s husband has to do me is absurd and childish in my opinion. Murray Police Department was called on October 23, 2014 at 7:23 am in reference to 2 vehicle collisions to inspected and verified by law in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. [XXX] and his sister [XXX] their colleagues at Seacrest Rehabilitation—Healthcare Center and [XXX] or [XXX] Consolidated Schools with the latter allegations. Ma and I later went to Dr. [XXX] chiropractic center for evaluation, he can verify her back or knee problems as they related to this incident. [XXX] can verify us suffering from medicalised homelessness, despite state law in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania declaring residential leases cannot exceed three years. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

NHTSA ID

11533840

Incident

Oct 23, 2014

WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE A RECALL FOR THIS INCIDENTS. I HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALER SINCE 2000 AND CONTINUE WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS. THE DASH IS DEFECTED HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE BECAUSE IT LIFTS UP AND CAN'T SEE THE ROAD VERY WELL. IN PUERTO RICO THE DEALER ROYAL MOTORS DOES NOT SELL PONTIAC ANY MORE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10633454

Incident

Nov 1, 1999

I WAS BACKING UP SLOWLY OUT OF A PARKING SPOT. AS I TURNED ME WHEEL TO THE RIGHT, I HEARD A VERY LOUD NOISE. IT SOUNDED LIKE A POP OR A CRACK. IT WAS MIDNIGHT SO I COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG WHEN I INSPECTED MY VEHICLE. AS I WAS DRIVING HOME I HEARD A LOUD SCRAPING SOUND. AS I WOULD BREAK IT GOT LOUDER AND LOUDER. IT WAS SCRAPING AND TEARING. I GOT HOME AND STILL COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING. I CHECKED THE NEXT DAY AND I NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE COIL WAS COMPLETELY CRACKED. BECAUSE OF THIS CRACKED COIL, THE PROTRUDING PIECE OF METAL FROM THE COIL WAS JAMMED AND RESTING ON THE TIRE WALL. BECAUSE OF HAVING TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOME, THE COIL HAS TORN AND RIPPED UP MY TIRE WALL AND I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME BEFORE WITH A CRACKED COIL ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF MY VEHICLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THIS IS CRAZINESS AND COMPLETELY UNSAFE! I FEAR FOR MY LIFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE AS IT CLEARLY HAS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. I AM BAFFLED AS TO WHY THERE IS NO POSTED RECALL FOR THIS HAZARDOUS PRODUCT. PONTIAC SHOULD BE ASHAMED FOR LETTING THIS GO AND NOT ADMITTING THEIR FAILURE AS A CAR MANUFACTURER. *TR

NHTSA ID

10550850

Incident

Nov 2, 2013

Mileage

125,000 mi

HAD ALL WINDOW MECHANISMS REPLACED AFTER ENDURING A WONDERFUL GARBAGE BAG COVER TREATMENT FOR WINDOW BEAUTY ENHANCEMENT LAST WINTER 2007-08. FOUND MY IGNITION REFUSES TO START W/ 1 KEY. I STARTED NOTICING THE SMELL OF ANTIFREEZE. TOOK TO MY MECHANIC OF 22 YEARS. THOUGHT IT WAS A CRACK IN THE ACTUAL CONTAINER WHICH HOUSES ANTIFREEZE. THIS WAS REPLACED. NOPE. STILL LEAKING. CAR NEVER INDICATED ON PANEL THAT IT WAS ABOVE TEMP & OVERHEATED, STAYED WITHIN THE NORMAL RANGE. THE CAR NEVER ONCE OVERHEATED. MECHANIC COULDN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. SAID IT WAS A FAULTY COMPUTER... INDICATES, TIRES NEED CHECKING, FLASHING LIGHTS, ABS OFF/ON...WHICH BY THE WAY WAS CAUSING ME TO NOT HAVE MY CAR PASS INSPECTION TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY!! FOUND I WAS ALL OF A SUDDEN REPLACING ANTIFREEZE BY THE GALLONS. WAS STILL PAYING OFF MECHANIC FROM PREVIOUS ISSUES. DON'T ASK, WHILE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE ANTIFREEZE PROBLEM! BROUGHT CAR IN TO HAVE RADIATOR CHECKED BY FRIENDS MECHANIC, FLUID WAS LITERALLY POURING OUT OF BOTTOM OF CAR. $1600. LATER!! HEAD GASKET SET,WATERPUMP,SERPENTINE BELT, RADIATOR HOSES, THERMOSTAT & GASKETS, CROSSOVERPIPES, AIRFILTER...NOW? 1 1/2 MONTHS LATER? WELL HEY.GUESS WHAT? RIDING MERRILY TO WORK LAST SAT. CAR STALLED ALL THE WAY...& YIPEE ANOTHER VISIT, ANOTHER MERE 900. BAG OF SHELLS CONSISTING OF CRANK SHAFT, BEARINGS. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? I DON'T HAVE IT!!.....I THOUGHT THIS GUY WAS PUTTING ME ON...I'VE LOST WORK SINCE I'M 45 MIN. AWAY. I'VE SPOKEN TO PONTIAC SEVERAL TIMES. THEY WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS. ACT DUMB- THE AMERICAN WAY...WEIRD, I'VE READ MORE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE, I'M SURPRISED YOU GUYS DON'T DEMAND SOME RESOLUTION FOR CONSUMERS. WHAT GIVES? IT'S SO INCREDIBLY OBVIOUS THIS IS A REAL SOLID COMPLAINT ABOUT ENGINE DEFECT WITH ALL THE EVIDENCE TO BACK IT UP!! I THINK IT WAS MINNISOTA OR MISSOURI THAT CONSUMERS ACTUALLY WON A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST PONTIAC FOR THESE SPECIFIC COMPLAINTS. NAMELY HEAD GASKET, ENGINE RELATED ISSUES.. *TR

NHTSA ID

10256670

Incident

Nov 3, 2008

Mileage

76,000 mi

WITHOUT WARNING OR PHYSICAL IMPACT/IMPAIRMENT RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING FRACTURED WITH A LOUD BANG, AND THE JAGGED END PIERCED MY TIRE SIDEWALL, DESTROYING TIRE. THIS OCCURRED AT APPROX 25 MPH, I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER WITHOUT INCIDENT, HAD TO BE TOWED, NEW COIL INSTALLED, NEW TIRE PURCHASED, LABOR DAY PLANS RUINED. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER, CAR WAS PARKED FOR 12 HRS IN 70 DEGREE WEATHER, ANOTHER HUGE BANG, DRIVERS SIDE FRONT COIL FRACTURED, C-SHAPED PIECE UNDER THE VEHICLE, AGAIN, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED, COIL REPLACED, MISSED A DAY OF WORK AS THIS HAPPENED IN CONNECTICUT, AND I WORK IN MASSACHUSETTS. *TR

NHTSA ID

10254924

Incident

Jun 17, 2007

Mileage

175,000 mi

THE DASHBOARD ON MY 1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM HAS CRACKED AND IS LIFTING, SEPARATING FROM THE WINDSHIELD. I CAN NO LONGER DRIVE IT, BECAUSE OF POOR VISIBILITY. I WENT TO THE DEALER, AND THE COST TO REPLACE IS $1300. IT IS A FACTOTY DEFECT, BUT GENERAL MOTORS WILL NOT GIVE ME AN ALLOWANCE ON REPAIRS, ONLY A VOUCHER TO APPLY TOWARDS THE PURCHASE OF A NEW CAR.*AK

NHTSA ID

10110534

Incident

Nov 1, 2004

DASHBOARD PADDING WAS PEELING OFF NEAR THE PASSENGER AIR BAG. CONSUMER BELIEVED THIS CONDITION MAY CAUSE THE AIR BAG TO DEPLOY INADVERTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK *NM

NHTSA ID

10089803

Incident

Feb 15, 2004

Mileage

65,000 mi

COOLANT LEAK WHEN PARKED ON HILL, WINDOW FELL DOWN AND BROKE. SEVERE WIND NOISE AT SPEED WITH PASSNGER WINDOW UP. *JB

NHTSA ID

10078885

Incident

Apr 5, 2004

Mileage

40,600 mi

BODY OF VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY HOOD CONTINUES TO LOSE PAINT IN THE FORM OF PAINT CHIPS DUE TO SLIGHT COLLISION WITH FLYING DEBRIS ETC WHEN DRIVING UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS. I FEEL THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE IS MUCH MORE DAMAGE THAN ANY CAR SHOULD HAVE CONSIDERING THE NORMALCY OF THE DRIVING CONDITIONS. ALSO, THE BODY OF THE CAR DENTS VERY VERY EASILY, MORE THAN IT SHOULD I FEEL UNDER THE NORMAL CONDITIONS IN WHICH I USE THE VEHICLE. BOTH THE PAINT AND THE BODY OF THE CAR HAVE VERY LOW INTEGRITY.*AK

NHTSA ID

10075312

Incident

Jul 8, 2003

WHEN ROLLING DOWN THE TWO BACK WINDOWS IT LEAVES A SCRATCH DOWN THE WINDOWS. BOTH WINDOWS HAVE THE EXACT SAME SCRATCH IN THE EXACT SAME SPOT AND ITS ABOUT A INCH WIDE. MY MOTHERS GRAND AM THOUGH NOT A 1999 DID THE SAME EXACT THING. FOR THE "OTHER COMPLAINT" : THE LINING THAT COVERS THE DOORS ON EVERY DOOR, RIGHT BY THE WINDOWS IS SEPARATING. IT SHOULD BE TUCKED UNDER INTO THE SEAM BUT THEY ARE ALL SEPARATING. *LA

NHTSA ID

10072324

Incident

May 7, 2004

THE FRONT FENDER IS CRACKING TERRIBLY. THERE WAS ONE SMALL CRACK WHEN PURCHASED IN NOVEMBER. HOWEVER NOW IT'S CRACKING ALL THE WAY ACROSS. I HAVE SPOKE WITH OTHER GRAND AM OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. IF THIS WOULD FALL OFF WHILE DRIVING, IT COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.*AK

NHTSA ID

10063618

Incident

Dec 10, 2003

Mileage

49,000 mi

MY WIFE PURCHASED A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM IN 1999. FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS LIKE THE STEERING WHEEL MAKING SOUNDS WHEN WE TURN THE WHEEL, BRAKE LIGHTS BURN OUT FREQUENTLY, FUSES ON BACK LIGHTS ARE SHORTED OUT WITH SIGNS OF MELTED METAL, WATER GETS INTO THE TRUNK AND COLLECTS. WE HAVE SPOKE TO THE DEALER AS WELL AS SEVERAL MECHANICS ABOUT THESE PROBLEMS AND WE ARE TOLD THESE ARE COMMON PROBLEMS WITH THIS TYPE OF CAR. I FOUND OUT THAT BY GOING IN ON ANY SEARCH ENGINE AND TYPING IN "1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM PROBLEMS", THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS. THE MANUFACTURER DENIES ANY PROBLEMS.*AK

NHTSA ID

10060728

Incident

Mar 8, 2004

Mileage

30,000 mi

HAD AN ISSUE UNDER ORIGINAL MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY OF WINDOWS BEING SCRATCHED BY DEFECT IN THE DOOR. THEY ACCEPTED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DEFECT AND REPLACED GLASS AT NO CHARGE. THEY SAID THAT THE PROBLEM THAT CAUSED THE SCRATCHES WAS RESOLVED. ON 8-23-02 THE ISSUE REOCCURED AND WAS TO BE FIXED. THE DEALERSHIP AT THAT TIME DID NOT HAVE THE NECESSARY PARTS TO FIX THE PROBLEM. ON 12-4-02 THERE WAS AN APPOINTMENT MADE TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND REPLACE THE WINDOWS, BUT THE "ICE STORM OF THE CENTURY" HIT NORTH CAROLINA. SINCE THEN I HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPERTUNITY TO LEAVE MY CAR IN THE SHOP FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME DUE TO MY EMPLOYMENT. NOW PONTIAC SAYS THAT THEY WILL MAKE ME PAY OUT OF POCKET TO FIX THE ISSUES WITH THE DOOR THAT WERE SUPPOSE TO BE HANDLED UNDER THE ORIGINAL MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY.

NHTSA ID

10038951

Incident

Jul 14, 2000

Mileage

32,024 mi

PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE'S WATER PUMP AND BELT TENSIONER. *MR THERE WAS A GAP IN THE BODY AT THE PASSENGER FRONT FLOOR BOARD, THERE WAS A SHORT IN THE VOLUME OF THE RADIO, BAD DISPLAY, BAD MOTOR CARRIAGE, AND THE HOOD DID NOT HOLD WITH THE PROP STICK. *SCC *JB

NHTSA ID

10041863

Incident

Mar 1, 2003

Mileage

78,000 mi

PARTS FALLING OFF CAR- RIGHT DOOR PANEL, RIGHT SIDE MIRROR, BUTTON ON GEARSHIFT, DRIVER SIDE CONTROL PANEL(BUTTONS FOR WINDOWS,DOOR, LOCKS,MIRROR) . *AK

NHTSA ID

10033017

Incident

Aug 5, 2003

THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR HANDLE, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR HANDLE AND THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE DOOR HANDLE ALL LOCK UP - THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD (NO CHILD LOCKS ARE NOT IN USE) AND YOU CANNOT ENTER THE VEHICLE AT ALL. A MECHANIC HAS THOROUGHLY CHECKED THE VEHICLE - THEY ALL NEED TO BE REPLACED! I ALSO HAVE BROWN SPOTS COMING THROUGH THE PAINT JOB - IT IS A WHITE VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID

10029256

Incident

Jul 27, 2003

1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM 2.4 L AUTO SEVERE BRAKE FAILURE---REPLACEMENT OF PADS 8 TIMES, ROTORS 3 TIMES AND CALIPERS 2 TIMES IN 80,000 MILES. BRAKES OCCASIONALLY LOCK UP AND MAKE LOUD GRINDING AND SQUEALING NOISES STEERING SHUDDERS AND VEHICLE PULLS TO LEFT.. PARTICIPATING PONTIAC DEALER FAILED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM SINCE PURCHASE AT 11,000 MILES. UNDER WARRANTY REPLACEMENT IT HAS HAD 6 DOOR PANELS DUE TO PEELING LEATHER ON TOP OF PANEL, 5 GEAR SHIFTERS DUE TO DEALERS IMPROPER INSTALLATION, 2 FACTORY CD/RADIO FAILURES, 1 RACK AND PINION UNIT, 2 FRONT STRUT ASSEMBLIES DUE TO KNOCKING NOISE FROM FRONT OF CAR (WENT BAD AFTER 10,000 MILES USE), PROBLEM WITH HESITATION AT IDLE-COLD START(UNSUCCESSFULLY DIAGNOSED BY DEALER) CARPET LOOSE IN TRUNK AROUND LATCH ASSEMBLY(TOO SHORT FOR TRUNK AND WAS HOT GLUED TO BACK WALL OF CAR BY DEALER INSTEAD OF REPLACEMENT). TURN SIGNALS STILL OCCASIONALLY FAIL TO WORK(DEALER SAID THEY WORKED JUST FINE) BATTERY CONNECTION IN FACTORY BATTERY BROKE LOOSE SPILLING CORROSIVE BATTERY ACID ALL OVER AROUND BATTERY TRAY AREA. ALL FOUR WHEEL COVERS HAVE BEEN REPLACED BECAUSE OF "PIE PAN" NOISE WHEN YOU HIT A BUMP (NEW ONES DID NOT FIX PROBLEM). AFTER WARRANTY WAS UP PONTIAC' CARE HOTLINE OR THE DEALER COULD "CARE " LESS THAT AFTER DOZENS OF TRIPS FOR REPAIRS THE DEALER STILL DIDN'T FIX THE CAR WHILE IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. SINCE THEN,BESIDES THE UNREPAIRED ITEMS ON MY CAR, THE ALTERNATOR WENT BAD AT 60,000 MILES ($120), GLASS IN INTERIOR REAR VIEW MIRROR BROKE WHILE ADJUSTING, BOTH OUTSIDE REAR VIEW MIRRORS HAVE BROKE OFF IN TWO DIFFERENT AUTOMATIC CAR WASHES (HELD INTO DOOR BY A STUD MOUNTED INTO 1/4 INCH OF PLASTIC IN THE MIRROR). AND THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILED AT 75,000 MILES($300). FOG LIGHTS AND BACKUP LIGHTS HAVE WATER CONDENSATION IN THEM SHORTING OUT BULBS. SURPRISINGLY ,THIS CAR IS "BABIED" ,BUT BY IN MY DESCRIPTION YOU SURE COULDN'T TELL IT. *NLM

NHTSA ID

10023794

Incident

Jun 24, 2003

Mileage

11,000 mi

PANEL AND TRIM ON DOORS PEELING UP AND COMING UNDONE ON ALL FOUR DOORS. HAD A PREVIOUS GRAND AM, SAME YEAR, DID THE SAME THING. *JB

NHTSA ID

10021506

Incident

Feb 24, 2003

FUEL IS LEAKING FROM UNDERCARRIAGE OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS CONSTANTLY BEING FILLED W/GAS AND IT WAS POURING OUT FROM BENEATH THE CAR.*AK

NHTSA ID

8013710

Incident

Jul 1, 2002

ROTORS ARE WARPED, AND INTERIOR OF DOOR IS PEELING OFF ALL DOORS.*AK

NHTSA ID

754166

Incident

Nov 5, 2001

A BOLT FELL OUT OF THE SUB-FRAME AND CAUSE THE TIRE ROD END TO BEND AND THIS CAUSE ME TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR ALMOST HITTING A LIGHT POLE. THE FRONT END SHAKES BADLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. *AK

NHTSA ID

750585

Incident

Apr 7, 2001

PASSANGER SIDE MIRROR BROKE AND WAS REPLACED.YD

NHTSA ID

562550

WATER GETTING INTO PASSENGER SIDE FLOORBOARD, AND WATER RUNNING OVER FUSE RECEPTICLE, CAUSING HEADLIGHTS TO INTERMITTENTLY COME ON WITHOUT TURNING ON THE SWITCH. VEHICLE BEEN IN / OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON SEVEN OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER*AK

NHTSA ID

891305

Incident

Dec 1, 1999

WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL BACK AND FORTH, NOISE WAS HEARD, MORE NOTICEABLE WHEN TURNING TO THE RIGHT. CONSUMER RETURNED TO DEALERSHIP IN JULY 2000 BECAUSE NOISE WAS STILL PRESENT WHEN DEALERSHIP ORIGINALLY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH STEERING. A PRIVATE MECHANIC STATED THAT "THUMP" COULD BE EMITTED FROM RACK AND PINION STEERING SYSTEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK THERE IS A 3 TO 6 SECOND DEOAY IN THE TRANSMISSION WHEN ENGAGING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE, SOMETIMES SLIPPAGE OCCURS MOMENTARILY AFTER THE CAR ENGAGES INTO DRIVE,BATTERY LEAKS CONSOLE LATCH FAILED. NLM

NHTSA ID

886309

Incident

Aug 18, 1999

WHEN WE PURCHASED THE CAR, IT HAD EXCESSIVE WIND NOISE, BOTH FROM THE DRIVERS DOOR NEAR MIRROR, AND RIGHT REAR DOOR. I TOOK IT INTO THE PONTIAC GARAGE, THEY PLAYED WITH IT, BUT NOT FIXED. I CALLED PONTIAC, AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A BULLITOON WIND NOISE, SO I CONTACTED GARAGE AND THEY ORDERED IN NEW WEATHER STRIPPING FOR DOORS. INSTALLED THAT BUT STILL THE SAME. TOOK CAR TO CHEVROLET GARAGE AND THEY ADJUSTED DOORS, BUT STILL THE SAME. HAVE TRIED PONTIAC HELP LINE SEVERAL TIMES, NO RESULTS, AND PONTIAC GARAGE UNABLE TO HELP. SOUNDS LIKE (DEPENDING WHICH WAY WIND IS COMING FROM) YOU ARE DRIVING WITH YOUR WINDOW DOWN A INCH OR SO. SOME TIMES BAD ENOUGH THAT YOU AND THE PASSANGER HAVE TO RAISE YOUR VOICES SO YOU CAN HEAR WHAT IS BEING SAID. HELP!!!!!*AK

NHTSA ID

735855

Incident

Sep 9, 1999