2003 Pontiac Grand Am

I OWN A 2003 PONTIAC GRAND AM GT1 VIN NUMBER[XXX]AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS IN HOT WEATHER AND I FOUND A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM, HOWEVER I NEVER RECEIVED A NOTICE BECAUSE I AM THE SECOND OWNER OF THIS CAR. I CONTACTED A DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE VIN DOES NOT FALL INTO THE CATEGORY OF CARS AFFECTED, SO I CALLED GM TWICE. THE FIRST PERSON TOLD ME IT DID AND THE SECOND TOLD ME IT DIDN'T. IT HAS THE SAME SYMPTOMS REGARDLESS OF VIN AND IS DANGEROUS IN TRAFFIC BECAUSE IT WILL NOT THROTTLE DOWN. THE CAR HAD ABOUT 25,000 MILES ON IT WHEN I NOTICED THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE MY WIFE DROVE IT FOR THE MOST PART, BUT SAID SHE HAD ALSO NOTICED IT PRIOR. THE CAR IS UNSAFE IN HOT WEATHER FOR OUR DRIVING CONDITIONS HERE IN MARYLAND, AND I WANT GM TO COVER THE REPAIR BECAUSE THE CAR IS WELL TAKEN CARE OF AND IT'S A FACTORY DEFECT JUST LIKE ON THE OTHER GRAND AM'S. *NM *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

SEVERAL TIMES SINCE PURCHASING MY 2003 PONTIAC, THERE IS INTERMITTENT CLICKING COMING FROM THE HAZARD SWITCH AREA IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND SEVERAL INSTANCES OF TAIL LIGHT, TURN SIGNAL, AND HAZARD LIGHT FAILURE. HAVE HAD THE PROBLEM DIAGNOSED BY A MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD IT IS COMING FROM THE MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH IN THE STEERING COLUMN AND WILL COST MORE THAN $300 TO FIX. I HAVE FOUND OTHER REPORTS OF THIS MALFUNCTION FROM PONTIAC OWNERS FROM 1999 UP THROUGH 2004 AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND A RECALL FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE HAZARD SWITCH. MY HAZARD SWITCH HAS BEEN REPLACED AND DID NOT ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRYING TO START THE VEHICLE, IT WOULD NOT START. THERE WERE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH BOARD WHICH INDICATED THE BATTERY WAS WORKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DETERMINED THAT A SECURITY FEATURE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL. THE MECHANIC RECOMMENDED THAT IF THIS OCCURRED AGAIN THE KEY SHOULD BE TURNED TO THE ON MODE WITHOUT COMPLETELY STARTING THE VEHICLE. THE KEY NEEDED TO SIT IN THAT POSITION FOR TEN MINUTES THEN TURN THE VEHICLE OFF FOR 5 MINUTES. AFTER THIS PROCESS, THE VEHICLE SHOULD START NORMALLY. IF THE VEHICLE DOES NOT START REPEAT THE PREVIOUS STEP TWO TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND A COMPLAINT WAS TAKEN. *NM

FOR SEVERAL MONTHS THE SECURITY LIGHT ON MY 2003 PONTIAC GRAND AM WOULD COME ON AND WOULD NOT GO OFF UNTIL I STOPPED THE CAR LET IT SIT FOR AWHILE. ON 8/15/2006 THE CAR WOULD NOT START AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO GOODYEAR. THE GOODYEAR STORE INFORMED ME THAT THEY COULD NOT START THE CAR AND SUSPECTED THAT THE COMPUTER WAS BAD SINCE THEY COULD NOT GET A NEGATIVE FEED TO THE FUEL INJECTORS. THEY SUGGESTED THAT I TOW THE CAR TO A DEALER. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALER WHEN THE CAR WAS UNLOADED IT STARTED. I WAS INFORMED BY THE SERVICE PERSON THAT IT APPEARED TO BE A RESULT OF THE IGNITION NOT BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE CHIP ON THE KEY. AFTER THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS THE IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER WAS ACTIVATING THE KILL SWITCH AND THAT IT HAD SHORTED THE BCM THEREBY PREVENTING THE CAR FROM STARTING. I WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT I WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE BOTH OF THEM OR THE CAR COULD SHUT DOWN AT ANY TIME. THE CAR HAS 40,000 MILES AND IS OUT OF WARRANTY THE COST TO REPLACE THESE ITEMS WAS $752.00. I HAVE NOTICED ON SEVERAL WEBSITES THAT THIS PROBLEM IS COMMON TO THIS VEHICLE AND IS VERY EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR. FURTHERMORE, BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED AT THE DEALER THIS COULD HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING WHICH COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *NM

MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH - PONTIAC GRAND AM GT 2003. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH MANY MANY PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR GM VEHICLE. MALFUNCTION IN SWITCH CAUSES A TICKING NOISE AS THOUGH THE HAZARD LIGHTS WERE ON ALTHOUGH THEY ARE NOT. NOISE IS ALMOST CONSTANT. HAZARD SWITCH REPLACED AND DID NOT FIX PROBLEM. EVERYONE I HAVE TALKED TO HAS SAID THAT REPLACING THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH CORRECTS THE PROBLEM. IF SO MANY ARE MALFUNCTIONING, WHY ISN'T THERE A RECALL TO FIX THEM? *JB