2004 Pontiac Grand Am

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE BRAKE WAS DEPRESSED, BUT HAD NO EFFECT. THE SPEEDOMETER REACHED 35 MPH BEFORE THE CONTACT ENGAGED THE CLUTCH TO SLOW THE VEHICLE. CONSEQUENTLY, THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A VERY MINOR COLLISION WITH A SECOND VEHICLE. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED, THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV UNTIL THE TACHOMETER NEEDLE WAS REDLINED. THE VEHICLE ALSO HAD THE SAME PROBLEM ON SIX OTHER OCCASIONS. PREVIOUSLY, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER WHERE THE IDLE AIR CONTROL VALVE COMPUTER MODULE WAS REPLACED. THE PROBLEMS PERSISTED.

WHILE DRIVING IN A CITY AREA THE ACCELERATOR STUCK CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CONTINUE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED EVEN WITH THE BRAKE FULLY DEPRESSED. THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO AN EMPTY PARKING LOT, PULL UP THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND TURN OFF THE VEHICLE. ON RESTARTING THE MOTOR, THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV AT A HIGH RPM. ON CHECKING THE THROTTLE BODY, THE THROTTLE APPEARED TO REMAIN PARTIALLY OPEN WITHOUT THE ACCELERATOR FOOT PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED. AFTER MANUALLY PUSHING IT BACK IN PLACE, THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED, AND NO APPARENT CAUSE WAS FOUND. APPEARS TO BE A DEFECT THAT CAUSED PROBLEM TO OCCUR INTERMITTENTLY. *JB

2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM TRUNK POPPED OPEN AND RACED OUT OF THE DRIVE WAY WHILE IN REVERSE AND FOOT WAS NOT ON ACCELERATOR. *TS THE CONSUMER PUT IN A CLAIM TO GM, HOWEVER THE CLAIM WAS DENIED. THE LOCAL DEALER STATED THEY COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER STATED A RECALL WAS ISSUED WHICH DESCRIBED EXACTLY WHAT HE EXPERIENCED. *JB

WHILE ACCELERATING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK. CONSUMER MANAGED TO DECELERATE THE VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN, AND RESTART THE IGNITION. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WILL GET STUCK IN A VERY HIGH IDLE CAUSING THE TACHOMETER TO ALMOST ENTER THE RED ZONE. IT WAS MOST NOTICEABLE WENT HE CLUTCH WAS DEPRESSED DURING A HEAVY DOWN POUR, HOWEVER IT HAPPENED IT OCCASIONALLY HAPPENED ANYTIME. THE DEALER STATED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN HAD BEEN ISSUED REGARDING THE IDLE FLAIR, HOWEVER THE CONSUMER THOUGHT THEIR DIAGNOSES WAS INCORRECT. AFTER NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS, THE DEALER FINALLY REPLACED THE ENTIRE THROTTLE PEDAL ASSEMBLY AND THROTTLE CABLE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM STILL HAS NOT BE RESOLVED. *JB

BEGINNING IN DECEMBER OF 2004 THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A HEAVY RAINFALL HAD THE ACCELERATOR STICK AND THE CAR HAD TO BE PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED OFF. AT VARIOUS OTHER TIMES BETWEEN DEC 04 AND 3/28/05 THE VEHICLE DISPLAYED ERATIC SPEED CONTROL. ON 3/28/05 VEHICLE WAS SERVICED AT BOMMARITO SOUTH FOR THIS SAME ISSUE, DURING THAT SERVICE VISIT, THEY COULDN'T REPLICATE THE ISSUE. ON 4/08/05, VEHICLE WAS SERVICED AT DEALER FOR THE SAME ISSUE AGAIN AND THE THROTTLE BODY AND ACCELERATOR CABLE WERE REPLACED. THIS APPARENTLY ALSO DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2005 WITH APPROXIMATELY 9524 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, WHILE SLOWING DOWN IN 5TH GEAR AND LEVELING MY SPEED OUT AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, I RELEASED THE GAS PEDAL AND ENGAGED THE CLUTCH IN ORDER TO DOWNSHIFT. WHEN I DID THIS, THE RPM LEVEL ON THE VEHICLE CLIMBED TO APPROXIMATELY 4000 RPM AND REMAINED AT THAT LEVEL. IN ORDER TO GET IT TO COME DOWN FROM THE HIGH RPM I HAD TO PUMP MY GAS PEDAL SEVERAL TIMES. ON 9/12/2005 THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BY GM TO THE BOMMARITO PONTIAC SOUTH DEALER AGAIN, THIS TIME THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY COULDN'T REPLICATE THE PROBLEM BUT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SUPPOSE TO DO THIS.. ON SEPTEMBER 15TH 2005 AT APPROXIMATELY 20:00 HRS I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE THROUGH A HEAVY DOWNPOUR ON INTERSTATE 44 NEAR VALLEY PARK, MO. THE TRAFFIC AHEAD WAS SLOWING DOWN AS YOU COULD NOT SEE VERY FAR AHEAD DUE TO THE EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL. I REMOVED MY FOOT FROM THE ACCELORATOR, HOWEVER THE CAR STILL CONTINUED AS IF MY FOOT WAS STILL ON THE GAS PEDAL. I APPLIED THE BRAKES, BUT IT DID NOT HAVE AN EFFECT. I THEN APPLIED THE CLUTCH SO THAT THE ENGINE WOULD NOT CONTINUE TO MAKE THE CAR GO FOWARD, THE TACHOMETER THEN RAISED TO OVER 5,000 RPM'S I TRIED PUMPING THE GAS PEDAL TO MAKE IT COME DOWN BUT IT DID NOT HAVE ANY EFFECT. I ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT BECUASE OF THIS. TO AVOID ENGINE DAMAGE FROM THE HIGH RPM'S I HAD TO TURN THE ENGINE OFF AND PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE.

BEGINNING IN DECEMBER OF 2004 THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A HEAVY RAINFALL HAD THE ACCELERATOR STICK AND THE CAR HAD TO BE PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED OFF. AT VARIOUS OTHER TIMES BETWEEN DECEMBER OF 2004 AND 3/28/05 THE VEHICLE DISPLAYED A STUCK ACCELERATOR. ON 3/28/05 VEHICLE WAS SERVICED AT BOMMARITO SOUTH FOR THIS SAME ISSUE, DURING THAT SERVICE VISIT, THEY COULDN'T REPLICATE THE ISSUE BUT THEY INACCURATELY REPROGRAMMED THE PCM FOLLOWING THE TECH SERVICE BULLETIN #04-06-063 (IN REFERENCE TO IDLE FLAIR). THIS SERVICE DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM ON 4/08/05, VEHICLE WAS SERVICED AT BOMMARITO SOUTH FOR THE SAME ISSUE AGAIN AND THE THROTTLE BODY AND ACCELERATOR CABLE WERE REPLACED. THIS APPARENTLY ALSO DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2005 WITH APPROXIMATELY 9524 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, WHILE SLOWING DOWN IN 5TH GEAR AND LEVELING MY SPEED OUT AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, I RELEASED THE GAS PEDAL AND ENGAGED THE CLUTCH IN ORDER TO DOWNSHIFT. WHEN I DID THIS, THE RPM LEVEL ON THE VEHICLE CLIMBED TO APPROXIMATELY 4000 RPM AND REMAINED AT THAT LEVEL. IN ORDER TO GET IT TO COME DOWN FROM THE HIGH RPM I HAD TO PUMP MY GAS PEDAL SEVERAL TIMES. (I WILL POINT OUT THAT THERE HAD BEEN A HEAVY DEW THAT MORNING, I AM NOT SURE IF THAT HAD A BEARING ON THE ISSUE, BUT CONSIDERING THAT THIS SITUATION HAS ALSO OCCURRED DURING HEAVY RAINFALL I FEEL IT IS WORTH POINT OUT). ON 9/12/2005 THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BY GM TO THE BOMMARITO PONTIAC SOUTH DEALER AGAIN, THIS TIME THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY COULDN'T REPLICATE THE PROBLEM BUT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SUPPOSE TO DO THIS.. IT SOUNDS TO ME THAT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT OWNED A 2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM. SHE STATED VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT. SHE WAS GOING SLOWLY, WHEN THE VEHICLE TOOK OFF. SHE HIT THE BRAKES AND LUCKILY THE VEHICLE STOPPED, BUT SHE ALMOST WENT THROUGH A STORE WINDOW. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY WERE CHECKING I. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED. *AK *JB

WHILE APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE UNCONTROLLABLY ON IT IS OWN. CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. *AK