2004 Pontiac Grand Am

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE,AFTER A HARD RAIN, I CAME OVER A HILL AND NOTICED THAT TRAFFIC HAD STOPPED DUE TO AN ACCIDENT AHEAD. I HIT THE BRAKES AND NOTICED THAT MY SPEED WAS NOT IMPEDING AS NORMAL.I DIDN'T WANT TO COLLIDE WITH THE VEHICLE AHEAD OF ME IN MY LANE WHICH WAS COMPLETELY STOPPED ABOUT 40 YARDS AHEAD,SO, I TRIED TO GO TO THE LEFT. I FIGURED THAT IF I DIDN'T STOP IN THAT DISTANCE I 'D STOP IN 5 OR 10 MORE FEET WITHOUT COLLIDING WITH THE VEHICLE AHEAD. THE INSIDE SHOULDER WAS NOT WIDE ENOUGH TO SAFELY HARBOR BOTH FRONT WHEELS OF MY CAR AND MY LEFT FRONT WHEEL SKIDDED OFF THE SHOULDER CAUSING THE ENTIRE REAR END TO SKID OFF THE INTERSTATE WHILE THE FRONT AXLE REMAINED ON THE SHOULDER. LUCKILY THE RAVINE WAS SHALLOW AND I WAS ABLE TO GET THE ENTIRE CAR OFF THE SHOULDER INTO THE RAVINE AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RAVINE, WHICH HAD NO INCLINE AND GET BACK ON THE ROAD ALBEIT IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. I THOUGHT I NEEDED BRAKES SO I HAD THEM CHECKED OUT.I WAS TOLD THAT THE BRAKES WERE IN GOOD SHAPE. THE REAR WERE NEARLY BRAND NEW AND THE FRONT HAD QUITE A BIT OF WEAR. I FOUND OUT LATER THAT THE REAR BRAKES WERE NOT SELF ADJUSTING. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE HAD TO BE DEPLOYED TO ADJUST THE REAR PADS. THIS IS CLEARLY A DEFECT IN ENGINEERING DESIGN OR CONSTRUCTION. THIS IS MY FOURTH CAR AND I'VE NEVER HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKES ON EITHER VEHICLE UNLESS I PARKED ON AN INCLINE. SINCE THEN I NOTICED THE FRONT OF THE CAR AROUND THE WINDSHIELD SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN REPAIRED BECAUSE PART OF THE TRIM WAS LEFT OFF. I BOUGHT THIS CAR FROM ENTERPRISE RENTALS AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN TOLD IF IT HAD EXTENSIVE OR ANY BODY WORK.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO VIOLENTLY ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE DRIVER HAD TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP THE VEHICLE FROM ACCELERATING. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000. UPDATED 11/07/16*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE THROTTLE WAS STICKING AND NOT DECELERATING/ A LOCAL MECHANIC REPLACED THE THROTTLE/BRAKE ASSEMBLY. UPDATED 12/07/16.*JB UPDATED 12/12/16.*JB

TAKATA RECALL. I WAS AT WORK AND I WENT OUT TO START MY CAR AND IT WOULD NOT START. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER SHIP TO HAVE IT WORKED ON. THEY TOLD ME THAT I HAD A SHORT IN THE WIRING HARNESS. I HAVE TALKED TO SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT HAS HAS A PONTIAC GRAND AM AND THE SAME THING HAS HAPPENED TO THEM AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS. ALL THE SYMPTOMS OF EACH CAR WAS THE SAME. MY CAR WILL NOT START, MY TEMP GUAGE DOESN'T WORK, MY TURN SIGNALS DOESN'T WORK, MY HORN DOESN'T WORK, AT NIGHT WHEN MY LIGHTS ARE ON MY CRUISE CONTROL DOESN'T WORK, MY FOR LIGHTS DOESN'T WORK,MY SECURITY ALARM DOESN'T CHIRP WHEN U LOCK IT,MY RPM FLUCTUATES UP AND DOWN AT IDLE. ALL THIS HAPPENED WHEN MY WIRING HARNESS GOT A SHORT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TURN SIGNAL FUNCTION INTERMITTENTLY WORKED. AT TIMES, WHEN THE CONTACT NEEDED TO USE THE TURN SIGNAL, THE FUNCTION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. MORE THAN ONE DEALER SPECULATED THAT THE FAULTY HAZARD SWITCH MAY NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED NO REMEDY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

PROBLEM: THE STEEL BRAKES LINE GOING TO THE FRONT AND BACK RUPTURED AT THE SAME TIME DURING WHAT WAS TO BE AN EMERGENCY STOP. THEY WERE ON TOP OF THE ABS MODULE AND WERE HEAVILY RUSTED. HENCE, THERE WAS NO BRAKING EXCEPT BY PULLING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WHEN I WAS CUTOFF BY ANOTHER CAR AND HAD TO JUMP THE CURB TO AVOID A COLLUSION. LUCKILY NO DAMAGE TO ME OR THE CAR, EXCEPT TWO RUPTURED BRAKE LINES. I WAS IN CHICAGO ON CITY STREETS IN THE DIVERSEY SHERIDAN ROAD AREA. I HAD THE DAMAGED AREA REPLACED AND TRADED IN THE CAR....UNSAFE. THESE LINES SHOULD HAVE BEEN COATED WITH SOME TYPE OF RUST PREVENTATIVE COMPOUND.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS REMAINED ON AND ILLUMINATED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR WAS OPEN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WAS SUPPOSED TO SHUT OFF ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE EMITTED A FUEL ODOR AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V400000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 171,000.

REGULAR OCCURRENCES STARTED AT 120K MILES, THESE ARE ALL ISSUES WHICH PREVIOUSLY COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FILED BY CURRENT 2004 GRAND AM OWNERS BUT HAVE NOT BEEN CORRECTED AND I HAVE CALLED EVERY 6 MONTHS FILING THESE COMPLAINTS. 1) GAS FUMES ARE COMING IN THE CAR WHEN IT IS RUNNING OR SITTING STILL IDLING, 2) BLINKERS START BLINKING ON THEIR OWN AROUND 80 DEGREES F OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE, MECHANIC SAID IT WAS BECAUSE GREASE IN STEERING COLUMN BECOMES THIN AND SHORTS OUT OTHER WIRING CAUSING THE SMOKE (FIRE) WHICH COMES FROM STEERING COLUMN, THIS OCCURS EVERY SUMMER TO FALL WHEN TEMPS ARE 80 DEGREES OR HIGHER), 3) HORN DOES NOT WORK, MECHANIC REPLACED HORN MECHANISM BUT IT DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE & I AM CONCERNED THE AIR BAG SYSTEM WON'T WORK EITHER SINCE THEY ARE INTER TWINED IN THE STEERING COLUMN, 4) THE DASH IS WARPING, CRACKING AND BREAKING HORRIBLY, IT CAUSES A STICKY HAZE (GAS) ON MY WINDSHIELD CAUSING ISSUES WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT, I CONTINUALLY WIPE OFF BUT IT DOES NOT HELP, 5) THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR 2K MILES, THE MECHANIC STATES IT IS A FUEL SYSTEM INDICATOR CODE, INDICATING THE FUEL CAP IS NOT FITTING CORRECTLY, WHICH HE HAS CONFIRMED IS INCORRECT. STARTING AT 142K THE CAR OVERHEATS (I JUST GOT THE WATER PUMP AND THERMOSTAT CHANGED), THE CAR SHAKES TREMENDOUSLY AND SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING WHEN TEMPERATURE GAUGE IS INDICATING THIS OVERHEATING, LEAVING THE CAR UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN SINCE NO POWER STEERING ETC, THE REPLACEMENT OF THE PARTS HAS NOT CORRECTED THE ISSUE. I AM VERY TIRED AND WORRIED ABOUT MY FAMILY'S SAFETY IN THIS CAR. PLEASE ASSIST AS I HAVE BEEN CALLING SINCE 2013 ABOUT THE #'D ISSUES. THANK YOU. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR