2003 Pontiac Grand Am

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK AND WAS DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS. A NHTSA RECALL, #04V528000 WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE CONCERNING, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL HOWEVER, THE RECALL DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT OFFER A SECOND REPAIR UNDER THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED.

SECURITY FEATURE FAILURE ON 2003 PONITAC GRAND AM. LIGHT HAD BEEN FLASHING OFF AND ON. GM STATED THIS IS ISOLATED INCIDENT. FORTUNATELY, CAR WAS IN DRIVEWAY, BUT HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. REPAIR WAS $469. GM ALSO STATED NO ACTIVE RECALLS, BUT DEALERSHIP INFORMED COMPUTER UPDATE FROM 2003 NEEDED. GM CUSTOMER SERVICE IS POOR. HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH BRAKE, BUT WILL INVESTIGATE FURTHER. WILL RESEARCH IF SAME AS OTHER COMPLAINTS. *NM

MY DAUGHTER HAS A 2003 PONTIAC GRAND AM GT. SHE HAD BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT HER BRAKES NOT FEELING QUITE RIGHT BEFORE 15,000 MILES AT 17,000 WE HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT BRAKE PADS AND RESURFACE THE ROTORS. WEEKS AFTER THE REPAIR SHE BEGAN COMPLAINING ABOUT THE BRAKES AGAIN. SINCE THEY HAD JUST BEEN REPAIRED I TOLD HER SHE HAD TO BE MISTAKEN. SIX MONTHS LATER SHE WAS STILL COMPLAINING AND WE TOOK THE CAR TO OUR OWN MECHANIC. HE TOLD US THE REAR BRAKE PADS WERE FINE BUT THE ROTORS WERE DETERIORATED BEYOND REPAIR. THE CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AT 25000 MILES ,MOSTLY HIGHWAY MILES,SO WE EXPECTED THE CAR TO BE FIXED UNDER THE WARRANTY. THE DEALER REFUSED TO FIX IT UNDER THE WARRANTY. HE CLAIMED MY DAUGHTER WAS AN INEXPERIENCED DRIVER AND MUST HAVE BEEN HARD ON THE BRAKES . HE WANTED TO FIX THE CAR FOR $1000. REPLACING BOTH FRONT AND REAR ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS. THE ROTORS WERE APPARENTLY ROTTING UNDERNEATH THE PADS. THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN,THE ROTORS ARE DEFECTIVE AND SHOULD BE RECALLED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. *NM

I BOUGHT A 2003 NEW PONTIAC GRAND AM. WITHIN A TWO WEEK PERIOD I HAD IT BACK IN THE DEALERSHIP DUE TO SHAKING IN THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. ABOUT A MONTH LATER I WAS MOVING FROM THE STATE OF MAINE TO TEXAS AND I GOT STUCK IN ALABAMA FOR THREE DAYS DUE TO THE SHAKE IN THE SAME PLACE. THIS WOULD HAPPEN WHEN I DROVE AT HWY SPEEDS AND ALSO WHEN I APPLIED THE BREAKS CAUSING THE CAR AND STEERING WHEEL TO SHAKE. IT DID ENOUGH DAMAGE THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER, ROTOR, PADS, FLUID, VALVES ALL HAD TO BE COMPLETELY REPLACED. THIS STOPPED THE SHAKE MOST OF THE TIME. WHEN I GOT TO TEXAS I HAD IT IN THE SHOP TWO MORE TIMES AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE AND THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. BUT THEY DID TURN THE ROTORS. WELL HERE I AM THREE YEARS LATER AND STILL HAVING SHAKE IN MY CAR WHEN IT IS AT HWY SPEEDS. SINCE I LIVE IN A SMALL TOWN I DON'T OFTEN GO ON THE HWY. THIS PAST WEEKEND I WAS ON THE HWY AND SURE ENOUGH THAT SAME SHAKE. I HAVE IT IN THE SHOP NOW AND THEY ARE SAYING THAT THE ROTORS ARE WARPED VERY BAD AND THAT IS CAUSING THE SHAKE. MY CONCERN IS THIS WAS REPLACED BEFORE AND I STILL HAD THE SHAKE. I GET TOLD THAT THERE IS NO PROBLEM WHILE IT IS UNDER WARRANTY BUT AS SOON AS THE COVERAGE IS ENDED THEY SAY THAT BY REPLACING THE ROTORS MY PROBLEM WILL BE FIXED. I FEEL LIKE I HAVE GOTTEN SHAFTED AND GM SAYS ITS MY PROBLEM. IS THERE ANYTHING MORE ON THIS PROBLEM, AND ANYTHING MORE THAT I CAN DO ABOUT IT? *NM

CAR MAKES A RANDOMLY CLICKS LIKE THE TURN SIGNAL IS ON, BUT AT UNEVEN INTERVALS. WHEN THE TURN SIGNAL IS USED, THE CLICKING BECOMES CONSISTENT. TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS DO NOT APPEAR TO BE ACTIVATING WHEN RANDOM CLICKING NOISE IS MADE. STARTED VERY INFREQUENTLY, BUT HAS NOW INCREASED TO A NEAR CONTINUAL LEVELS. APPEARS TO BE SIMILAR TO RECALL: 03V327000. *JB

THE CONSUMER REQUEST ASSISTANCE IN GETTING A COPY OF THE ACCIDENT REPORT. THE VEHICLE INSPECTION REPORT, AND WRITTEN MONETARY SETTLEMENT FM GM, HIS DAUGHTER WAS INJURED IN THE 2003 PONTIAC AM. *BF THE CONSUMER IS REQUESTING CORRESPONDENCE FROM GM. UPDATED THE CONSUMERS DAUGHTER WAS IN A SINGLE ACCIDENT ON THE INTERSTATE. THE VEHICLE HYDROPLANED IN WET RAINY CONDITIONS AND SHE CRASHED INTO A GUARDRAIL, THEN SPUN AROUND AND SEVERED A LIGHT POLE. THE BRAKES DID NOT ENGAGE AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *SC *JB THE CONSUMER HAS NOT RECEIVED REQUESTED DATA DEFINED ON THE 0500-05/01/05 MEMO. *SC AS OF 3/28/2006 THE CONSUMER HAS NOT RECEIVED THE FIELD ASSESSMENT REPORT. *NM UPDATED 05/09/06 THE CONSUMER STATED A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE BBB WILL BE CONTACTING NHTSA IN THE NEAR FUTURE. UPDATED 07/13/06. *JB