2002 Pontiac Grand Am

2002 GRAND AM SE BOUGHT USED 11/2006, JULY 2007 CAR STARTS INTERMITTENTLY, TOLD NOTHING CAN BE DONE, BUT ITS A COMMON PROBLEM THIS HAPPENED ABOUT 5 TIMES, AUGUST 2007 CAR WOULD STALL WHILE DRIVING NO WARNING LIGHTS, WOULD START IMMEDIATELY, TOOK INTO DEALER REPLACED A WASHER AS PER A SERVICE BULLETIN, WAS TOLD COULD FIX, MAY NOT THAT IT COULD BE PASSLOCK SECURITY SYSTEM WAS TOLD THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM ON THESE CARS AS THE PART AND THE REPLACEMENT PARTS ARE ALL FAULTY, CAR RAN FINE FOR 2 MONTHS, NOW WONT START IN THE MORNING, FUEL PUMP IS TURNING, ALTERNATOR AND STARTER ARE FINE, DEALER SAYS NO PROBLEM FOUND, HAVE TO CRANK 3-5 TIMES TO GET IT TOO START, THEN ITS FINE ALL DAY, AND THE NEXT MORNING WONT START, THEN BECOMES INTERMITTENT. THE PARTS TO REPLACE FAULTY PASSLOCK BRING THE REPAIR JOB TO OVER $500, AND THEY CANT GUARANTEE AND SAID THAT IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN, I HAVE READ ABOUT THIS ON NUMEROUS WEBSITES AND CANT UNDERSTAND WHY PONTIAC WONT FIX THE PROBLEM. I BOUGHT A NEWER CAR TO ELEVATE REPAIR COSTS AND NOW HAVE TO DEAL WITH A CAR PAYMENT AND AN UNRELIABLE VEHICLE. I WILL NOT BUY A GM CAR AGAIN, DUE TO THEIR POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE AND REFUSAL TO ADMIT THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WHEN SOOO MANY PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT IT. *TR

I OWN A 2002 PONTIAC GRAND AM. EVER SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, THE SECURITY LIGHT WILL COME ON FOR A FEW DAYS AND THEN GO OFF AGAIN. IT WOULD NEVER BLINK, JUST STAY ON CONSTANTLY FOR 3 TO 4 DAYS. THIS OCCURS APPROXIMATELY EVER 3 MONTHS OR SO. BEGINNING ON 10/16/07, THE CAR WOULD START AND THEN SHUT OFF AGAIN. THAT DAY I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR IMMEDIATELY AND HAVE NO OTHER PROBLEMS WITH IT. HOWEVER, ON 10/24/07 WHEN I WENT TO LEAVE FOR WORK THE CAR WOULD NOT START. THERE WAS NO POWER WHATSOEVER TO THE VEHICLE. AT NOON THAT DAY WHEN MY BOYFRIEND TRIED TO START IT, IT STARTED JUST FINE. I LET IT JUST SIT FOR TWO DAYS WHILE I DROVE ANOTHER VEHICLE TO WORK. I BEGAN DRIVING THE VEHICLE AGAIN ON 10/27. IT RAN FINE UNTIL 1:30 PM ON THE 28TH WHEN I STOPPED TO PUT GAS IN THE CAR. AFTER FILLING UP WITH GAS, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AGAIN. I HAD DONE SOME PRIOR RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE HAD HAD THIS PROBLEM AS WELL. HUNDREDS OF OTHERS WITH 2002 PONTIAC GRAND AMS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD TO TURN THE KEY TO ON AND WAIT 10 MINUTES. THE POWER DID COME BACK AFTER 15 MINUTES, HOWEVER, EACH TIME I ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, IT WOULD SHUT DOWN AGAIN. AFTER SITTING AT THE GAS PUMP FOR OVER AN HOUR TRYING TO RESET THE SYSTEM, MY BOYFRIEND ARRIVED AND PUSHED ME TO A PARKING SPOT WHERE HE DISCONNECTED THE POWER TO THE BATTERY, WAITED A FEW MINUTES, AND THEN RECONNECTED THE POWER. THE CAR DID START AFTER THAT. I HAVE NOT HOWEVER DRIVEN THE CAR SINCE AS I AM SCARED OF WHERE IT WILL STRAND ME NEXT TIME. I AM LOOKING INTO GETTING IT FIXED. THEY ARE TELLING ME THAT IT'S A DAILY OCCURRENCE TO GET CALLS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AT THE DEALERSHIPS I HAVE CONTACTED FOR QUOTES. IT IS GOING TO COST $400 TO GET THE IGNITION SWITCH AND HALLS SENSOR REPLACED. PONTIAC NEEDS TO REALIZE THAT THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. HOWEVER, I'M AFRAID SOMEONE WILL HAVE TO END UP DYING FROM IT BEFORE THEY DO. *TR

THERE ISSUE WAS INTERMITTENT SO THERE ARE NO DEFINING MOMENTS THAT LEAD TO THE START OF THE ISSUE. THE VEHICLE WOULD IDLE AT 2000 TO 3000 RPM WHILE IN PARK AND AT TIME REDLINING ITSELF. IF THE PROBLEM OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING THE CAR WOULD BEGIN TO ACCELERATE AND WOULD BE HARD TO BRAKE. AT STOPS THE CAR WOULD LURCH FORWARD. DURING THESE EVENTS THE VEHICLE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD NOT DISPLAY AND NOT CODE WAS RECORDED BY THE COMPUTER. AFTER FOUR TRIPS TO THE DEALERSHIP THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) WAS FOUND TO BE FAULTY AND WAS REPLACED. *JB

2002 PONTIAC GRAND AM SHUT OFF WITHOUT ANY WARNING ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH. IT HAPPENED ON JANUARY 15TH AND 17TH AND 27TH. THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS BEING THE IGNITION SWITCH AND WAS INFORMED THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. I WAS ALSO TOLD PONTIAC REFUSES TO RECALL BECAUSE THEY DO NOT FEEL IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. HOW CAN DRIVING IN TRAFFIC AND HAVING YOUR CAR SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSTATE/HWY NOT BE A SAFETY ISSUE? A DEATH FROM THIS PROBLEM IS IMMINENT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT ADJUSTER DOES NOT LOCK IN PLACE. THE SEAT ROLLS BACK AND FORTH WHEN THE CONTACT APPLIES THE BRAKES. SHE BELIEVES THAT THIS COULD PLACE THE PASSENGER IN HARM'S WAY BECAUSE SHE ASSUMES THAT THE SEAT BELT IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY EITHER. SHE CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY ADVISED HER TO APPLY OIL OR SOAP TO THE TRACK OF THE SEATS. SHE OBEYED, BUT THE REMEDIES DID NOT WORK. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY THE DEALER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 43,696 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,200. UPDATED 08/29/07.*JB UPDATED 02-01-08. *KB UPDATED *JB

SECURITY LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON, THEN CAR WILL NOT START. HAS LEFT ME STRANDED ALONE AT NIGHT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. I TOOK IT TO GET IT LOOKED AT AND THE COMPUTER THAT THEY HOOKED IT UP TO SAID THERE WAS NO PROBLEM, YET CAR WILL NOT START. THIS IS THE 5TH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED AND I AM TOLD IT IS THE PASSLOCK SYSTEM. IT TOOK 3 DAYS FOR THE MECHANICS TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF ELIMINATION TO FIGURE THIS OUT. I HAVE TALKED TO NUMEROUS PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AND THE ONLY THING GM OFFERS IS A 600.00 BILL FOR A PROBLEM THAT THEY ARE WELL AWARE EXISTS. *JB