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Pontiac Grand Am Electrical System Safety Report | May 22, 2008
Reported on May 22, 2008
| ABOUT A YEAR AFTER I GOT THE CAR, WHICH WAS AROUND 3 YEARS AGO, I WAS IN A PARKING LOT & TURNED IT OFF FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THEN WHEN I WENT TO START IT AGAIN IT WOULD NOT START. ALSO, THE SECURITY LIGHT WAS FLASHING. THAT HAPPENED AGAIN 6 MONTHS LATER AND THEN 3 MONTHS AFTER THAT AND THEN EVERY MONTH. THEN ABOUT 2-3 WEEKS AGO THE INTERIOR CHIME AND INTERIOR LIGHTS WOULDN'T SHUT OFF. IT WAS EXACTLY WHAT IT WOULD DO IF I HAD JUST PUT MY KEY IN AND THE DOOR WAS OPEN. HOWEVER, MY KEY WAS NOT IN AND THE DOORS WERE CLOSED. WE DISCONNECTED A FUSE AND THAT AT LEAST MADE THE NOISE AND LIGHTS GO OFF AND KEPT MY BATTERY FROM DYING. MY RADIO ALSO DIDN'T WORK BUT I COULD LIVE WITH THAT. THEN ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO MY CAR STARTED LOCKING ITSELF EVERY 30 SECONDS AND THE TRUNK OPENED EVERY TIME THE CAR LOCKED. I OPENED THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR AND SMOKE CAME POURING OUT. I CALLED A NEIGHBOR AND HE DISCONNECTED MY BATTERY AND TOOK MY CAR TO HIS HOUSE TO WORK ON IT. HE CALLED ME BACK THE NEXT DAY AND SAID THAT A MODULE UNDERNEATH MY PASSENGER SIDE DASH WAS MISFIRING AND IF WE HAD NOT DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY WHEN WE DID THE CAR WOULD HAVE CAUGHT FIRE. I SAW THE OLD COMPUTER MODULE. HALF OF THE PLASTIC WAS MELTED AWAY AND THE WIRES WERE BURNT. HE GOT A NEW ONE FROM A JUNK YARD FOR $50 FOR ME AND RESET IT, WITH A MACHINE FROM WORK, TO MY PASSLOCK. THAT SEEMS TO HAVE FIXED THE PROBLEM BUT I'VE READ COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER OWNERS OF PONTIAC GRAND AMS AND THE SAME THINGS ARE HAPPENING TO THEM. I JUST LISTED A COMPLAINT AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT I DID TO FIX IT BUT IF THIS IS HAPPENING TO THAT MANY PEOPLE SOMEONE COULD GET HURT IF THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO GET FIXED. MY CAR ALMOST CAUGHT FIRE AND IT WASN'T EVEN ON! *TR | |
| Make: | Pontiac |
| Model: | Grand Am |
| Manufactured by: | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| 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: | MILFORD MI |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 1G2NW12E31M |
| Mileage: | 157000 miles. |
| Speed: | 0 MPH |
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| Was a police report filed? | N |
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