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Pontiac Grand Am Electrical System Safety Report | Sept 09, 2005
Reported on Sept 09, 2005
| STARTED WITH WARNING LIGHTS ON DASH COMING ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY, TOOK TO LOCAL GARAGE AND THEY PUT IT ON THE COMPUTER BUT NOTHING SHOWED UP. HUSBAND BOUGHT NEW BATTERY AND NEW ALTERNATOR. DID NOT HAVE THE PROBLEM FOR THREE MONTHS AND THAN I WAS COMING HOME FROM WORK AND ONE BY ONE THE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON, SPEEDOMETER, GAS GAUGE, ODOMETER, ETC...WENT TO 0 AND THE CAR JUST STOPS. THIS HAPPENS IN THE SPAN OF APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES. FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED I WAS IN THE OUTSIDE LANE OF A 4 LANE HIGHWAY. FORTUNATELY TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT AND NO ONE HIT ME. CAR WOULD NOT START AGAIN. TRUCK DRIVER PULLED HIS TRUCK BEHIND ME WITH FLASHERS UNTIL WE COULD GET MY CAR ACROSS TRAFFIC AND SAFELY TO THE SHOULDER. THIS HAPPENED 9/9/2005. TOOK MY CAR TO LOCAL GMC REPAIR SHOP AND THEY SAID IT WAS A FUSE BOX THAT WAS CORRODED DUE TO A LEAK AND REPLACED IT. RECOMMENDED THAT I HAVE MY CAR CHECKED FOR LEAKS WHICH I DID AND THERE WAS NONE WHICH AT THE TIME I THOUGHT WAS ODD BUT MY CAR SEEMED TO BE BETTER. 12/9/2005 SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN ONLY THIS TIME WHEN IT STARTED I WORKED MY WAY TO THE SHOULDER PRIOR TO MY CAR STOPPING. TOOK BACK TO SAME GARAGE, THEY PUT IT ON THE COMPUTER AND COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG SO THEY CALLED THE COMPANY FOR GUIDANCE. FIRST THEY THOUGHT IT WAS THE IGNITION SWITCH, REPLACED THIS BUT DID NOT STOP THE DRAIN ON MY BATTERY. THAN THEY THOUGHT IT WAS THE ONE SIDE OF THE MIDDLE FUSE BOX BUT AFTER REPLACING IT, DISCOVERED THAT WAS NOT IT, THAN THEY REPLACED MY INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER. IN THE MEANTIME I WENT ON LINE AND DISCOVERED THAT I WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN AND THAT IT APPEARED TO BE A DEFECT IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM BUT GMC IS NOT RECEPTIVE TO ACKNOWLEDGING THE PROBLEM. I WROTE THEM A LETTER AND THEY CALLED AND SAID I HAD TO LOG MY COMPLAINT WITH YOU. I HAVE THE FIRST FUSE BOX THAT WAS REPLACED BUT THEY DID NOT GIVE ME THE OLD PARTS THE SECOND TIME. I DID GET THE REPAIR SHEET WITH CODES AND COMMENTS. *JB | |
| Make: | Pontiac |
| Model: | Grand Am |
| Manufactured by: | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| Year: | 1999 |
| Was a crash reported? | N |
| Was an injury reported? | |
| Was a death reported? | |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | BEVERLY WV |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 1G2NW12EXXM |
| Mileage: | 117239 miles. |
| Speed: | 60 MPH |
| Number of cylinders: | 6 |
| Vehicle type: | FWD |
| Vehicle fuel: | GAS Fuel injection. |
| Was a police report filed? | N |
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