2004 Pontiac Grand Am

I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE WINDSHIELD WIPER TRANSMISSION ON MY 2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM 3 TIMES, IF I GO THRU A CAR WASH IT BREAKS MY WIPERS EVERY TIME, MY DRIVES SIDE WIPER WOULD NOT WORK AT ALL, FINALLY I HAD TO GET IT CHECKED OUT BY A MECHANIC AND HE TOLD ME IT WOULD COST 500 PLUS TO FIX, THANKFULLY I FOUND A PART AT A JUNK YARD FOR 50.00 AND REPLACED IT, ABOUT A MONTH LATER I WENT THRU A CAR WASH AND IT BROKE AGAIN, I THINK THAT WATER PRESSURE SHOULDN'T BREAK IT! ALSO MY SECURITY LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON, I HAVE NO IDEA WHY, IT GOES OFF AFTER BEING ON A FEW MINS, ALSO MY DASH IS PEELING VERY BAD, WHICH EVERY GRAND AM I HAVE LOOKED AT IS PEELING, IT BLOCKS MY DASH AND EVERYTHING AND ITS PUTTING PRESSURE ON MY FRONT WINDOW! THANKS! *TR

A 2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM, DRIVING EASTBOUND ON DIRT ROAD. DRIVER CAME AROUND A CURVE ON DIRT ROAD AND HAD SUDDEN LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE. DRIVER DESCRIBED WHEEL BEING TORN OUT OF HIS HANDS WITH LOSS OF CONTROL. VEHICLE THEN ROLLED ONTO ITS SIDE. WHILE VEHICLE WAS UP ON ITS SIDE, IT WAS NOTED THAT DRIVER'S SIDE REAR SUSPENSION BOLT WAS BROKEN. *TR

2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM WITH APPROXIMATELY 65,000 MILES. CLICKING SOUND NORMALLY ASSOCIATED WITH DIRECTIONAL/TURN SIGNAL IS BEING HEARD, EVEN WHEN DIRECTIONAL IS NOT IN USE. SOMETIMES THE CLICKING IS ACTIVATED BY MOVING OR TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CLICKING IS NOT CONSTANT OR CONSISTENT, BUT IT DOES OCCUR EVERY TIME THE DIRECTIONAL SIGNAL IS USED. THE SOUND APPEARS TO COME FROM THE DASHBOARD AREA (NEAR THE RADIO AND HAZARD LIGHT BUTTON). THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND HAS DIAGNOSED IT AS A FAULTY/DIRTY MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH, WHICH HE SAYS HE REPLACES FREQUENTLY. IF THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE, I BELIEVE GENERAL MOTORS (PONTIAC) SHOULD ADDRESS THE ISSUE BEFORE IT TURNS MORE SERIOUS. *TR

ON 02/23/2008, VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND WAS TAKEN TO GM CERTIFIED AUTO CENTER. PERFORMED DIAGNOSTIC CIRCUIT CHECK - PASSLOCK SYSTEMS FAILURE. REPLACED PASSLOCK CYLINDER AND SWITCH. ON 05/22/2008, TAKEN TO A DIFFERENT GM CERTIFIED AUTO CENTER. DIAGNOSTIC FOUND IGNITION CYLINDER LOOSE INTERNALLY CAUSING LOSS OF CONTACT. REPLACED IGNITION CYLINDER AND SWITCH FOR THE SECOND TIME IN ONLY FOUR MONTHS. ON SAME DAY (05/22/2008), DRIVER REPORTED A CLICKING TYPE NOISE AS IF TURN SIGNALS WERE ON WHEN THEY WEREN'T. DIAGNOSTIC FOUND INTERNAL FAILURE IN MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH - REPLACED. ON 12/29/2010, CLICKING NOISE RETURNED AND VEHICLE TAKEN TO GM CERTIFIED AUTO CENTER. DIAGNOSTIC FOUND INTERNAL SHORT/FAILURE IN MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH AND IT WAS REPLACED FOR A SECOND TIME. WHEN LEAVING AUTO CENTER, "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT ON. DIAGNOSTIC INDICATED IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO REPLACED, FOR A THIRD TIME.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM. UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE SHE NOTICED THAT THE SECURITY LIGHT LOCATED ON THE DASHBOARD WAS ILLUMINATED. AFTER DRIVING FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES THE WARNING LIGHT SHUT OFF. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO RECUR INTERMITTENTLY FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS UNTIL THE VEHICLE WOULD NO LONGER START. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR WAS THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 92,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

PASSLOCK SECURITY SYSTEM IS FAILING. CAR WILL START UP PERFECTLY ONE DAY BUT THEN THE NEXT DAY IT MAY NOT START AND THE SECURITY LIGHT WILL BE FLASHING. TAKES TEN MINUTES TO RESET. BASICALLY YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN AND WHAT DAY THAT YOUR CAR WILL START AND ITS A HUGE NUISANCE. I'M NOT SPENDING OVER 600 DOLLARS TO GET THIS FIXED WHEN THIS PRODUCT SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECALLED. IT'S RIDICULOUS. *TR

I OWN A 2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THERE IS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITH THE CAR THAT CAUSES A SECURITY MALFUNCTION. ON NUMEROUS RANDOM OCCASIONS WHEN I PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND TRY TO START MY CAR AND SECURITY LIGHT COMES ON THE CAR WILL NOT START. I HAVE TO WAIT 10 MINUTES UNTIL THE SECURITY LIGHT TURNS OFF AND THEN RE-START THE CAR. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CORRECT THIS FAILURE. I BOUGHT THE CAR AUGUST OF 2010 AND HAVE HAD THE PROBLEM THE ENTIRE TIME. *TR

SECURITY LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING IN INTERSTATE 80 TO KEARNEY NEBRASKA. DEALERSHIP IN FREMONT TOLD ME NOT TO TURN OFF CAR UNTIL I GOT TO DESTINATION. TOLD IT MAY NOT START AGAIN. TALKED TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS ONE IN KEARNEY NEBRASKA AND ONE IN FREMONT NEBRASKA. THE DEALERSHIP IN KEARNEY SAID THEY COULD NOT GET TO IT DUE LARGE VOLUME OF BUSINESS. TOLD ME TO LEAVE IT IN ON POSITION FOR 10 MINUTES THEN RESTART CAR. I GOT BACK TO FREMONT AND THE DEALERSHIP IN FREMONT VERIFIED THE PROBLEM. THE SECURITY SENSOR WAS HAVING TROUBLE ACKNOWLEDGING THE KEY AND THOUGHT SOMEONE WAS STEALING THE CAR. THE CAR POSSIBLE NOT START AGAIN OR SHUT DOWN.THE FREMONT DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE IGNITION CYLINDER AND WIRING HARNESS. IT COST $630.00. I ASKED IF THEY HAD HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM. THEY SAID YES, THAT THEY HAD SEEN IT QUITE FREQUENTLY. I CHECKED THE INTERNET AND THERE WERE NUMEROUS BLOGS AND STATEMENTS TO THE SAME SITUATION THAT OTHERS HAD EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR