1998 Pontiac Grand Am

I HAVE HAD A NEW TRANSMISSION, CALIPERS, GEAR SHIFT MECHANISM,2 LIGHTERS, ALTERNATOR,2 SETS OF WINDOW MOTORS, 1 BROKEN MOTOR MOUNT,STRUT TORQUE WASNT BOLTED TO THE CAR WHEN LEASED, A RADIAL PULL IN 1 TIRE IN WHICH I HAD TO PAY TO HAVE REPLACED, TIRE SCRAPING ON FENDER RIGHT AFTER LEASING, 2 NEW HEADLAMPS,FUEL CAP, BATTERY, AND HAVE HAD A SHORT SOMEWHERE AND DEALER REFUSED TO LOCATE. DEALER AND PONTIAC CUSTOMER DIVISION REFUSE A BUY BACK OR TRADE IN. SENT PACKAGE TO GENERAL MOTORS TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF THE SITUATION AND THEY REFUSED THE PACKAGE ALL TOGETHER. PONTIAC TELLS ME THEIR FIELD REP WENT TO TALK TO JOHN MOORE AND HE REFUSED A BUY BACK SO IN TURN, SO DID PONTIAC. I JUST WOULD LIKE A CAR THAT RUNS. THIS IS MY SECOND PONTIAC THAT HAS BEEN A LEMON. I HAVE ALL DOCUMENTAION TO PROVE IT. HOW DOES A SINGLE MOM WORKING TWO JOBS GET HELP? ITS COSTED ME A FORTUNE IN MISSED WORK.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P195/65R15 )

PURCHASED VEHICLE 6/98. THREE DAYS AFTER PURCHASE CAR IGNITION SWITCH FAILED. VEHICLE TOWED 3 TIMES FOR SAME PROBLEM. FOUND WIRES IN HARNESS BAD CAUSING PROBLEM. BRAKE PROBLEMS SINCE OWNING WHEEL CYLINDERS LEAKING BRAKE SHOES SOAKED WITH OIL. ROTORS MACHINED @ 10,462. EXCESSIVE BRAKE DUST. BRAKE PADS WORN AT 10,465 MILES. REAR SHOES OUT OF ADJUSTMENT @ 10,465. 13,985 MILES ABS LIGHT FAILED. WHILE LIGHTS AND AC OR HEAT ON WHEN APPLYING BRAKES INTERIOR AND HEADLIGHTS DIM. CAN'T FIND PROBLEM! WHEN HEATER IS ON SMELL OF ANTIFREEZE. CAN'T FIND PROBLEM. FRONT SUSPENSION NOISE. STABILIZER BUSHINGS BAD CAN'T FIND PROBLEM. NO BRAKE PEDAL AT TIMES. WHEN ROAD SURFACE IS WET AND BRAKES APPLIED CAR WILL NOT STOP.

I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM SINCE THE BEGINNING. THEY HAVE TURNED THE DISKS AT LEAST TWICE, REPLACED THE ROTORS ONCE, RESURFACED THE PADS. THIS LAST TIME THAT I TOOK IT INTO THE SHOP, THEY SAID THAT THEY SUSPECT THE ROTORS TO WARPPED. YET I HAD PURCHASED THE EXTENDED WARRANTY TO EXTEND THE BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY, YET THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH IT BECAUSE IT WAS OUT OF THE ORIGINAL WARRANTY. I FEEL THAT THE VEHICLE DOES NOT REPRESENT THE QUALITY OR PERFORMANCE AS STATED OR ADVERTISED. THIS CAR IS A LEMON NO MATTER WHICH STATE YOU MAY PURCHASE IT.

I HAVE HAD MY ROTORS REPLACED THREE TIMES NOW. EVEN THOUGH MY MILAGE IS RATHER HIGH FOR THE TIME OWNED, MOST OF MY DRIVING IS FREEWAY DRIVING. I HAVE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE BREAKS FAILING, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE WEATHER IS DAMP OR WET. I HAVE ALSO HAD THE ANTILOCK BREAKS KICK IN WHEN I WAS DOING NORMAL BREAKING. THIS CAUSED ME TO ALMOST HAVE AN ACCIDENT, BECAUSE IT INCREASED MY STOPPING DISTANCE. I WAS GOING ONLY APPROXIMATELY 5-25MPH IN EACH OF THE SEVERAL INCIDENTS. WHEN THE BREAKS FAILED IT FEELS LIKE SOMEOPNE PUT VASELINE ON THE ROTORS. I STEP ON THE BREAK PEDAL, AND GET NO RESPONSE. I USUALLY HAVE TO PUMP THE BREAKS IN ORDER FOR THEM TO WORK. THIS PARTICULAR CAR ALSO HAD A BEDSPRING, CREAKING, CRACKING NOISE THAT SEEMS TO APPEAR WHEN I GO OVER BUMPS AND WHEN THE BODY FLEXES. NUMEROUS PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME WHAT THE NOISE IS, BUT MY DEALER CAN'T SEEM TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THEY DID PUT SOME TAPE AROUND SOMETHING AT ONE POINT THAT HELPED SOME, BUT THE NOISE IS VERY DISTRACTING AND CONTINUES. THE DEALER ACTUALLY TOLD ME THAT I SHOULDN'T BRING THAT CAR BACK TO THEM FOR THAT PROBLEM. ON MY LAST TRIP TO THE DEALER, THEY DID SEEM TO FIX THE PROBLEM TEMPORARILY, BUT WHEN I WAS ON THE ON RAMP TO THE FREEWAY, SOMETHING "CRACKED" AGAIN, AND THE NOISES ARE HEARD DAILY NOW. I ALSO HAD ONE OF MY FROMT TIRES FAIL. THE SIDEWALL BUBBLED OUT. THE MANUFACTURER DID NOTHING FOR ME. I WAS MORE OR LESS TOLD THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PROVE THAT THERE WAS A DEFECT IN THE TIRE. I STILL HAD ALMOST ALL OF THE ORIGIANL TREAD. THE NOISES IN THE SUSPENSION/BODY ARE IRRITATING, AND THE CAR SOUNDS LIKE IT IS GOING TO FALL APART ON THE ROAD SOMEDAY, BUT MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE BREAKS. I AM A VERY SAFE DRIVER, BUT FIND THE BREAKING SYSTEM THAT IS IN MY CAR VERY UNRELIABLE. I HONESTLY FEEL THAT I WOULD BE BETTER OFF WITHOUT THE ABS, AS I DON'T NEED THEM KICKING IN WHEN I AM DOING NORMAL SLOW STOPPING, SUCH AS PULLING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY OR JUST SLOW DOWN. VERY SCARY WHEN I DON'T STOP.

TRANSMISSION- R&R TRANS TO REPLACETHIRD GEAR INPUT AND REPLACED BUSHING RECONDITIONED TRANS ASSSEMBLY AND REPLACED AXLE SEAL / STEERING WHEEL REPLACED STREERING WHEEL SENSOR BUSHING , DEALER CLAIMS THEY COULD NEVER FIND PROBLEM / BRAKES DEALER SAID THIS WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY WENT TO MIDAS REPLACED PADS, LEFT CALIPER , RIGHT CALIPER BOTH HAD DAMAGED BOOTS UNEVEN PAD WEAR DRUMS WERE HARDSPOTTED AND OUT OF ROUND HOSES -STEELINED WERE RUST SPOTTED ./ REPLACED FRONT BUSHING.DEALER SAID THEY COULD NEVER FIND PROBLEM WITH BRAKES WHEN FIRST REPORTED TO THEM