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Pontiac Grand Am Electrical System Safety Report | Dec 16, 2003
Reported on Dec 16, 2003
| 2 WEEKS AFTER PURCHASE, FLOORBOARD WAS DRENCHED AND TOOK TO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE REPAIRED.THEY SAID IT WAS;HOWEVER, THE NEXT BIG RAIN THE CAR WAS DRENCHED AGAIN. THE CAR STAYED FOR ALMOST 2 WEEKS DURING WHICH TIME, THE MECHANICS COULD NOT FIGURE IT OUT AND I WAS INFORMED THAT SOME EXPERIMENTAL FLUID WAS USED TO TRY TO STOP THE LEAK, BUT THAT DID NOT WORK SO IT WAS BEING REMOVED. THE MECHANICS WERE PUTTING IT UNDER THE WATER HOSE TO SEE IF THEY COULD DETERMINE THE LEAK. THIS WAS FINALLY FIXED, THOUGH I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE CAUSE MAY HAVE BEEN OR WHAT THE FINAL FIX WAS DONE. 6 MONTHS LATER, THE BLINKERS WENT OUT AND WERE HAPHAZARD WORKING. THIS WAS REPAIRED UNDER A DIFFERENT PONTIAC DEALERSHIP AS I WAS LEERY TO EXPERIMENTS. 3 MONTHS LATER, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON OR THE CHECK VEHICLE LIGHT, HEADLIGHTS WERE ACTING FUNNY. DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED THIS WAS DUE TO CORROSION AND WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. LAST WEEK, THE TRACTION OFF LIGHT KEPT COMING ON, THE HEADLIGHTS KEPT BLOWING BULBS, THE SERVICE VEHICLE LIGHT WAS ON, THE CIGARETTE LIGHTER WOULD NOT WORK, AND THE DAYLIGHTS AND FOG LIGHTS WOULD NOT WORK AT ALL. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE MAP SENSOR WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, BUT THE HEADLIGHT CONTROL CIRCUIT CONTROL MODULE WAS NOT COVERED. I WAS INFORMED BY DEALER#2 THAT THE FAULTY PARTS COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE PRIOR WATER LEAKAGE. BOTH THE WARRANTY COMPANY AND DEALER #2 TOLD ME THAT EVEN THOUGH HEADLIGHTS AND A LIGHTING SYSTEM WAS PERTINENT, THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO FIX IT AT NO COST TO ME. DEALER #2 FIXED THE MAP SENSOR AND I PICKED UP THE VEHICLE. NOW OTHER PROBLEMS AFTER MAP REPAI. SINCE THE CAR WAS WATERLOGGED AND IT IS ONLY LOGICAL THAT ANY WATER DAMAGE SHOULD BE COVERED BY SOMEONE. I CALLED DEALER#1 AND EXPLAINED THE SITUATION. AT THIS TIME, WHEN THEY PULLED UP THE RECORD OF THE CAR, I WAS INFORMED THE WATER LEAKAGE WAS ON A SERVICE BULLETIN I DID NOT GO PUT MY CAR IN THE LAKE AND I DID NOT ASK FOR THIS KIND OF HASSLE.*AK | |
| Make: | Pontiac |
| Model: | Grand Am |
| Manufactured by: | General Motors LLC |
| Year: | 2001 |
| Was a crash reported? | N |
| Was an injury reported? | 0 person(s) were injured. |
| Was a death reported? | 0 person(s) died. |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | LITTLE ROCK AR |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 1G2NE12T61M |
| Mileage: | 38000 miles. |
| Speed: | |
| Number of cylinders: | 4 |
| Vehicle type: | FWD |
| Vehicle fuel: | GAS Fuel injection. |
| Was a police report filed? | N |
| Tire size: | |
| Dealer name and location: | LANDERS TOYOTA |
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