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Pontiac Grand Am Electrical System Alternator/generator/regulator Safety Report | Jan 02, 2001
Reported on Jan 02, 2001
| I STARTED MY CAR AND IT DIDN'T START. IT THEN SMELLED LIKE IT WAS ON FIRE. IT THEN STARTED AFTER THAT, BUT EVER SINCE IT DID NOT WORK WELL. A FEW DAYS LATER I RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE ABOUT FIRES IN THE STEERING COLUMN. ABOUT 3 WEEKS AFTER THE FIRE, MY CAR WOULD START THEN DIE A FEW MINUTES LATER. I HAD TO KEEP JUMPING IT TO GET IT TO THE DEALER TO BE FIXED. THEY REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR AND SERPENTINE BELT. I HAD THE ALTERNATOR REPLACED JUST A YEAR AGO BECAUSE OF A SIMILAR PROBLEM BUT WAS UNAWARE OF THE RECALL THEN. I CALLED GM AND THEY TOLD ME TOUGH LUCK IT WAS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY. I DON'T THINK IT IS A COINCIDENCE THAT AFTER THE FIRE EVERYTHING WENT WRONG. I DON'T THINK I SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE TO PAY, AND I FEEL GM SHOULD REIMBURSE ME. ALSO, SINCE WE CAN'T GET THIS RECALL FIXED UNTIL MARCH, I AM WORRIED THIS MAY HAPPEN AGAIN. SOMEONE TOLD ME THAT THE FIRE COULD HAVE AFFECTED THESE OTHER AREAS, AND SINCE IT IS A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT, I DON'T THINK I OR OTHER PEOPLE SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE TO PAY. | |
| Make: | Pontiac |
| Model: | Grand Am |
| Manufactured by: | General Motors LLC |
| Year: | 1994 |
| Was a crash reported? | |
| Was an injury reported? | 0 person(s) were injured. |
| Was a death reported? | 0 person(s) died. |
| Was a fire reported? | Y |
| Location: | JOHNSTOWN NY |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 1G2NE15M5RM |
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| Vehicle type: | FWD |
| Vehicle fuel: | GAS N/A. |
| Was a police report filed? | N |
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