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Pontiac Grand Am Electrical System Safety Report | Dec 17, 2007
Reported on Dec 17, 2007
| I BOUGHT MY 2002 GRANDAM WHEN IT WAS A YEAR OLD WITH 22,000 MILES ON IT, I'M THE SECOND OWNER. I HAD PROBLEMS WITHIN A FEW MONTHS. SMOKE CAME FROM THE STEERING COLUMN AND THERE WAS A CLICKING NOISE IN THE DASH. THEN THE BLINKERS DIDN'T WORK RIGHT...WOULD ONLY WORK RANDOMLY...TOOK IT TO THE PLACE WHERE I BOUGHT IT AND THEY REPLACED THE TURN SIGNAL ARM...STILL HAVING TROUBLE TO THIS DAY WITH THE BLINKERS. A FEW MONTHS AGO THE CAR WOULDN'T START...IT WAS TURNING OVER BUT IT WOULDN'T ACTUALLY START. REPAIR SHOP REPLACED FUEL PUMP, DIDN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM BUT THE CAR RAN FOR A FEW WEEKS AND THEN IT WOULDN'T START AGAIN. REPAIR SHOP SAID THE PASSCODE SECURITY/IGNITION SENSOR HAD TO BE REPLACED. THEY DID IT, AND IT WORKED FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS AND THE OTHER DAY THE CAR WOULDN'T START, SAME THING AS THE FIRST TIME. I CALLED THE LOCAL PONTIAC DEALERSHIP AND ALL I SAID WHEN THE MECHANIC ANSWERED WAS I HAVE A 2002 GRANDAM AND IT WON'T START WITHOUT HESITATION OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION HE ASKED ME WAS THE SECURITY LIGHT ON? I SAID YES! HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT? HE SAID IT'S A VERY COMMON PROBLEM W/ THESE CARS AND THE ONLY THING TO DO IS HAVE THE PASSCODE SENSOR REPLACED BUT THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO WAY OF BYPASSING THE SECURITY/PASSCODE SYSTEM. WELL, I TOLD HIM I ALREADY DID THAT A FEW MONTHS AGO, SO HE SAID A TEMPORARY FIX FOR RIGHT NOW IS TO PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND TURN IT TO ACC, WAIT 10-15 MINUTES AND IT SHOULD START, BUT THIS IS TEMPORARY. WELL, IT DID WORK AND HAS FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS BUT I KNOW IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN AND I'M WORRIED THAT I'LL GET STRANDED OR LEFT HELPLESS SOMEDAY. IT'S RIDICULOUS TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM AND KEEP PUTTING MONEY INTO A PROBLEM THAT THERE'S NO SOLUTION TO. I LOVED THIS CAR WHEN I FIRST GOT IT AND NOW I HATE IT AND WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER PONTIAC AGAIN. I'M SO DISAPPOINTED. *TR | |
| Make: | Pontiac |
| Model: | Grand Am |
| Manufactured by: | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| Year: | 2002 |
| Was a crash reported? | N |
| Was an injury reported? | |
| Was a death reported? | |
| Was a fire reported? | Y |
| Location: | CLARKSVILLE TN |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 1G2NE12F72C |
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| Number of cylinders: | 4 |
| Vehicle type: | |
| Vehicle fuel: | GAS |
| Was a police report filed? | N |
| Tire size: | |
| Dealer name and location: | CARMAX NASHVILLE TN 37204 |
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