2000 Pontiac Grand Am Tires & wheels Problems

KUMO TIRES, 225/50R16 , DOT#Y0F8YA3F4903. THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH WHEN THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT. THE TIRE HAD ONLY 13,000 MILES ON IT WHEN THE TIRE SIDEWALL BLEW OUT. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE TIRE DISTRIBUTOR WHERE IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE OTHER 3 TIRES HAD EXCESSIVE WEAR. ALSO, THE CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE ALL FOUR TIRES WHICH HAD ONLY 15,334 MILES. ALL OF THE TIRES HAD 3 ROTATIONS, YET THE TIRES JUST WORE OUT PREMATURELY. THE CAUSE OF THE PREMATURE WEAR WAS UNDETERMINED. *AK *SC *JB

NHTSA ID

10103247

Incident

Oct 15, 2004

Mileage

13,000 mi

HEARD LOUD NOISE COMING FROM FRONT PART TIRES WHILE DRIVING. I KNEW IT WASN'T THE BRAKES. TOOK IT TO MY REGULAR MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD IT WAS A BAD WHEEL BEARING. $400 LATER IT WAS REPLACED. THIS IS NOT MY FIRST PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR. 1ST PROBLEM: BLOWER MOTOR WENT, 2ND: WATER PUMP WENT, 3RD: WAS TOLD IGNITION COLUMN NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, 4TH: SHOE OVER TIMING BELT WORE AWAY BECAUSE OF WATER PUMP PROBLEM. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS OTHER PROBLEMS INCLUDING REPLACEMENT OF THE BRAKES. MY CAR ONLY HAS 53,000 MILES ON IT AND WAS BOUGHT BRAND NEW IN JUNE OF 2000. FOR THE MONEY I HAVE SPENT ON IT, I COULD'VE HAD A LEXUS! *JB

NHTSA ID

10074740

Incident

Apr 22, 2004

I HAVE AFTER MARKET RIMS WITH SUMITOMO HTR+ 225/40ZR18 TIRES. ON MY WAY TRAVELING TO CALIFORNIA FROM LOUISIANA MY REAR TIRE BLEW OUT CAUSING MY RIM TO CRACK AND IT ALSO SCRACHED UP THE LOWER RIGHT HALF OF MY CAR, IT COST ME $600.00 TO REPLACE THE RIM AND TIRE AND NOW I HAVE A BUBBLE FORMING IN MY FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE I THINK THAT THE COMPANY WHO MAKES THIS TIRE SHOULD REFUND ME THE MONEY I SPENT TO REPLACE THE RIM AND TIRE, FIX THE DAMAGE TO MY CAR, AND ALSO GIVE ME A REPLACEMENT FOR THE ONE WITH THE BUBBLE. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE BECAUSE IM NOT THE ONLY ONE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MY FRIND HAS THE SAME EXACT TIRES AND HIS DID THE SAME THING ONLY HE WAS AT A STOP LIGHT WHEN IT HAPPENED.THESE TIRES ARE NOT CHEAP AND I STILL HAVE TO REPAIRE THE BODY DAMAGE. THANK YOU FROM A CONCERED SOLDIER OF THE ARMY. *AK

NHTSA ID

10055106

Incident

Dec 22, 2003

Mileage

84,800 mi

I OWN A 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM GT, AND I AM COMPLETELY FRUSTRATED WITH THE LACK OF RESPONSE TO ALL OF THE GRAND AM'S PROBLEMS. THERE IS A GRINDING/RUBBING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF CAR. I WAS TOLD IT NEEDED NEW ROTORS AND PADS....WELL I HAVE DONE THAT TWICE NOW WITHIN THE LAST 4 MONTHS, AND STILL THE NOISE IS THERE. THEN I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION....REPLACED THAT AND THE NOISE IS STILL THERE. NOW I HAVE FOUND OUT BY ALL OF THE OTHER HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS CAR THAT THE NOISE IS MORE THAN LIKELY FAULTY GOODYEAR TIRES. WHEN I CALLED LOCAL PONTIAC DEALER THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD DO WITHOUT CHARGE BECAUSE OF NO RECALL ON THE TIRES. I AM TO MY BOILING POINT WITH THIS CAR AND SOMETHING HAS GOT TO BE DONE BY PONTIAC. *NLM

NHTSA ID

10013646

Incident

Mar 29, 2003

ALL 4 TIRES TREAD SEPARATING FROM TIRE WALL. PURCHASED 10/01 25,000 MILES ON TIRES. TIRES ROTATED EVERY 5000 MILES. BF GOODRICH REFUSED TO REPLACE DEFECTIVE TIRES WITHOUT PRORATING THE TREAD WEAR. TIRE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THE TIRES ARE DEFECTIVE BUT HANDS ARE TIED BY MANUFACTURER. DT

NHTSA ID

770665

THE TIRES ARE VERY WEAK AND ARE NOT VERY "DURABLE." FROM THE EXPERIENCE I'VE HAD, I DON'T FEEL SAFE WITH THE TIRES AND WHEELS ON MY CAR. EVERY TIME I'M DRIVING SOMEWHERE AND ENCOUNTER EVERYDAY ROAD CONDITIONS, I'M SCARED TO FIND A FLAT, POPPED TIRE; OR BLOWOUT. I'VE HAD THE EXTERIOR BLACK LINING FIXED 2 TIMES AND I'M NOT HAPPY IT IS HAPPENING AGAIN! THE REAR WINDSHIELD WEATHER STRIP IS SEPARATING. THE LOWER BODY MOLD IS COMIING OFF THE BODY AROUND THE ENTIRE VEHICLE. A SUSPENSION COVER PART DOESN'T FIT, HAS BEEN TO DAVE CROSS SERVICE DEPT. WHERE CAR SPENT 4 DAYS AND SAID TO BE REPAIRED, I GOT MY CAR BACK AND IT WAS WORSE THAN WHEN IT WENT THERE. WHOEVER HAS REPLACED THE FRONT BUMPER IS A COMPLETE MORON! IT ISN'T LINED UP WITH THE PROPER THINGS! THE DRIVER SIDE IS LOWER THAN THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE CAR SOUNDS LIKE IT IS GOING TO FALL APART ON A PERFECT ROAD! A LOT OF MONEY HAS BEEN PUT INTO THIS VEHICLE AND IT'S VERY UPSETTING WHEN IT IS TAKEN TO GET FIXED, PAY FOR THAT, GET IT BACK, IT'S STILL NOT RIGHT, TAKE IT BACK AGAIN, PAY, RECIEVE RUDE CUSTOMER SERVICE, THEN IT'S A HALF-A** JOB! THERE'S SO MANY THINGS TO COMMENT ABOUT, BUT THOSE ARE THE TOP SUBJECTS WITH MY CAR. HOPEFULLY, I WILL BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY FOR ONCE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, IT IS APPRECIATED. DT

NHTSA ID

769728

Incident

Jul 14, 2001

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH A WEAR NOISY ON THE FRONT. DEALER WAS CONTACTED STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE TIRES AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ALSO IT WOULD NOT PASS THE INSPECTION. MR

NHTSA ID

8022760

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TIRE. ALSO STATED THAT HAS CALLED THE DEALER AND DEALER STATED THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE TIRE SEPARATING THE RIM WICH A CAUSES A ROBBING SOUND WICH IT WILL MAKE IT A DIFECTIVE TIRE. GOODYEAR EAGLE. WICH IS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. MR

NHTSA ID

8022268

CONSUMER STATES AT VERY SLOW SPEEDS JUST BEFORE STOPPING, THERE WAS A SCRAPING/RUBBING SOUND THAT WOULD COME FROM THE FRONT END, NEW FRONT DISK BRAKE PADS WERE INSTALLED ALONG WITH NEW ROTORS, HOWEVER THIS DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM, THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING INCOMPATIBILITY BETWEEN THE STANDARD EQUIPMENT ALUMINUM SPORT WHEELS AND THE ORIGINAL GOODYEAR EAGLE RS-A TIRES, P225/50R16, DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS WAS A TIRE PROBLEM AND THAT A NEW SET OF TIRES SHOULD REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *SLC

NHTSA ID

566732

WHILE DRIVING FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER TIRES ARE SHIFTING ON THE RIMS, WHICH MAKES A LOUD GRINDING NOISE. TOOK TO DEALER, AND PROBLEM WAS NOT REMEDIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

NHTSA ID

8006817

WHILE DRIVING, THE LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO PULL TO THE LEFT AND TO SLOW DOWN, A VEHICLE FROM BEHIND REARENDED THE CONSUMER, ONE PERSON WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT, NO SPECIFIC TIRE INFORMATION WAS GIVEN, (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). *SLC

NHTSA ID

564296

Incident

Nov 1, 2001

A TIRE IS RUBBING AGAINST THE RIM, MAKING LOUD SQUEAKING/ GRINDING NOISE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

NHTSA ID

8003377

Incident

Nov 1, 2001

STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES AT ANY SPEED, AND IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO BALANCE WHEELS. DEALER REPLACED FRONT ROTORS. THIS DID NOT REMEDY PROBLEM. AFTER 2 MORE TRIPS TO DEALER, CONSUMER WAS TOLD PROBLEM WAS TIRES SHIFTING ON RIMS. PONTIAC KNEW THIS, BUT HAD NO REMEDY.*AK

NHTSA ID

8000712

Incident

Dec 15, 2000

TIRE IS RUBBING AGAINST FRONT PASSENGER'S RIM WHICH RESULTS IN A LOUD NOISE, AND MAY CAUSE A TIRE BLOWOUT. DEALER PLACED TALC POWDER IN TIRE SO IT WON'T MAKE NOISE, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTED, AND TIRE WAS STILL RUBBING AGAINST RIM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

NHTSA ID

877047

Incident

Oct 1, 1999

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLES. *AK

NHTSA ID

723326

Incident

May 4, 2000