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Pontiac Grand Am Engine And Engine Cooling Engine Safety Report | July 18, 2003
Reported on July 18, 2003
| WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE CAR A CLICKING SOUND OCCURRED AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START. THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED, AND ALL WAS WELL FOR A WEEK. THEN, THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING. ALSO, ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON, THE GAUGES FLASHED BACK AND FORTH ,AND THE CAR STOPPED. WOULD NOT RESTART UNLESS WAS SET FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. WHEN IT STARTED THE SAME INCIDENTS REPEATED. WARNING LIGHTS WOULD OFTEN COME ON AND OFF WITHOUT THERE BEING ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE SYSTEM THAT THE LIGHTS WERE INDICATING. ONCE THE CAR WAS PULLED TO A STOPPING LOCATION IT WOULD NOT TURN COMPLETELY OFF , AND THE KEY WOULD GET STUCK IN THE IGNITION. THESE PROBLEMS PERSISTED FOR 2 DAYS UNTIL IT COMPLETELY STOPPED.*AK | |
| Make: | Pontiac |
| Model: | Grand Am |
| Manufactured by: | General Motors LLC |
| Year: | 1997 |
| 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: | AURORA CO |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 1G2NW12T8VC |
| Mileage: | 87000 miles. |
| Speed: | 10 MPH |
| Number of cylinders: | 4 |
| Vehicle type: | FWD |
| Vehicle fuel: | GAS Fuel injection. |
| Was a police report filed? | N |
| Tire size: | |
| Dealer name and location: | BURT FORD |
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