2004 Pontiac Grand Am

I LOVE MY PONTIAC GRAM AM, THE CAR NOT STARTING HAS BEEN THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THE CAR. JUST CALLED THE DEALLER SHIP AND THEY SAID IT WOULD COST ABOUT $419 TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I ALREADY SPENT $1000 OR MORE ON TOWES AND NEW BATTIERIES, ETC. TILL I LEARNED THE 10 MIN TRICK. I'M GETTING SICK AND TIRED OF WAITING THE TEN MINUTES FOR MY SECURITY LIGHT TO RESET. WHAT DOES IT TAKE FOR A RECALL THIS PROBLEM. I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE HAVE HAD TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM.

CAR WILL NOT START. PASSLOCK SECURITY SYSTEM BAD. HAVE TO LEAVE IGNITION ON FOR 10 MINUTES TO LET SYSTEM RESET. FOUND PAGES OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE GM PASSLOCK SECURITY SYSTEM ON THE WEB. I GUESS NOTHING WILL BE DONE TILL SOMEHOW THERE IS A DEATH. WITH THE GOV. NOW OWNING A PART OF GM THE NHTSA IS NOW REALLY IN GM'S BACK POCKET AND WILL NOT DO ANYTHING. *TR

TURN SIGNAL SWITCH CLICKING, WHEN AFTER USING THE TURN SIGNAL AND DURING DRIVING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID IT WAS THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH. I SEE THAT IN DECEMBER 2004 GM ISSUED A POLICY COVERING TURN SIGNAL/HAZARD FLASHER FOR A REPLACEMENT. WE DID NOT RECEIVE A LETTER ABOUT THIS. I WOULD LIKE YOU TO LOOK INTO THIS AND SEE IF THE 2004 GRAND AM IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL, IF SO HOW DO I GO ABOUT TO GET THE DEALERSHIP THE PROPER PAPERS TO FIX THIS ISSUE AT "NO COST" TO ME. THIS HAS BEEN AN OCCURRING ISSUE SINCE EARLY 2009, I JUST HAD TIME TODAY TO GET IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT, BECAUSE THE CLICKING IS GETTING WORSE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEYS HAD TO BE IN THE IGNITION IN THE ON POSITION FOR TEN MINUTES BEFORE THE VEHICLE WOULD START. AFTER TEN MINUTES THE IGNITION RESET THE PATH LOCK SYSTEM. THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THE FAILURE IS NORMAL FOR HIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE; HOWEVER, THERE ARE NO RELATED RECALLS. THE CONTACT IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE MANUFACTURERS DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 109,000.

2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM GOT IN CAR, AND CAR WOULD NOT START. LIGHTS COME ON, RADIO ON JUST WOULDN'T START. I HAD TO BE LATE WORK BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE A RIDE AND GOOGLED THE PROBLEM, FINALLY FOUND OUT IT IS A PROBLEM WITH THE SECURITY SYSTEM AND LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING IT. IT HAS SINCE HAPPENED ONE MORE TIMES SINCE THE FIRST TIME (FIRST TIME WAS 12/15/09) TODAY IS THE 16TH. TWICE IN TWO DAYS. IT IS WINTER AND I HOPE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN WHEN I AM WITH MY KIDS. IT'S TO COLD FOR THAT. I HAVE HEARD WHEN PEOPLE TAKE THEIR CARS IN TO GM TO HAVE IT FIXED IT COSTS ABOUT $600.00 AND THERE IS NO WAY WE HAVE THE MONEY FOR THAT SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE HAVING TO PUT THE KEY TO "ON" POSITION AND WAIT 10 MINUTES FOR THE SECURITY SYSTEM TO RESET. IT WILL START THEN BUT THAT IS SO FRUSTRATING AND IF IT HAPPENS WHEN WE ARE AWAY FROM HOME THIS WINTER IT WILL BE COLD AS WELL. I CAN'T BELIEVE WHEN I SEARCHED ONLINE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM AS ME! *TR

THE PASSLOCK SYSTEM IN MY 2004 GRAND AM KEEPS ACTING UP. I GO TO START MY CAR AND I HAVE TO PUT MY KEY IN THE "ON" POSITION FOR 10 MIN. THIS COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE. MY CAR SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING IT THE OTHER DAY. POWER STEERING WAS NOT WORKING. HAD TO GLIDE TO A STOP. WAS TOLD THIS WAS A MALFUNCTION OF THE PASSLOCK SYSTEM. I THINK THAT THIS IS A RECALL SITUATION AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. DEALERSHIP CANNOT FIGURE OUT WHAT IS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM OTHER THAN IT IS A PASSLOCK SYSTEM MALFUNCTION. *TR

PROBLEM WITH THE PASSLOCK SYSTEM ON '04 PONTIAC GRAND AM. CAR WON'T START AND IS UNPREDICTABLE. THE TEMP FIX IS TO TURN IGNITION ON FOR 10+ MINUTES THEN TURN OFF AND CAR WILL START. THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM WHEN YOU'RE AT PLACES LIKE A GAS STATION. THERE ARE REPORTS ALL OVER THE INTERNET OF THIS SAME PROBLEM AND PONTIAC NEEDS TO RECALL AND FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

CLICKING NOISE THAT SOUNDS LIKE TURN SIGNAL, THOUGH TURN SIGNAL NOR HAZARDS COME ON. SOUND IS VERY UNPREDICTABLE, AND VERY ANNOYING. HAVE NOTICES SMALL WISPS OF SMOKE COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN, BUT THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY DUST UNTIL READING OTHER COMPLAINTS. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD THEY HAD NO IDEA WHAT THE PROBLEM MIGHT BE. *TR