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Pontiac Grand Am Engine And Engine Cooling Engine Safety Report | Aug 04, 2003
Reported on Aug 04, 2003
| WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN AND WOULD NOT START AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALER. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK THE SES (SERVICE ENGINE SOON) LIGHT WAS INTERMITTENT, THE DAY LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE AND THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE. THE SOLUTION WAS A LOOSE FUEL CAP SEAL. WHEN THE VEHICLE DIDN'T START, THE SOLUTION WAS REPROGRAMMING THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE. ON ANOTHER OCCASION WHEN THE VEHICLE DIDN'T START THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED. THE RPM DROPPED/STALLED AND WAS DIAGNOSED AS NO FUEL PUMP PRESSURE AND THE SENDER FUEL PUMP/FUEL TANK UNIT WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A HARD START WHERE THE PROBLEM WASN'T DIAGNOSED AND THE SOLUTION WAS TO PLACE THE WASHER ON THE GROUND WIRE. WHILE DRIVING, ALL THE LIGHTS HAD COME ON, NO POWER WAS SENT TO THE GAS PEDAL, THE VEHICLE FELT LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL, THE SPEEDOMETER REGISTERED, THE GAS GAUGE REGISTERED THE FUEL FOLLOWED BY THE ENGINE SURGING. (NOTHING REGISTERED THE RPMS) *SCC *JB | |
| Make: | Pontiac |
| Model: | Grand Am |
| Manufactured by: | General Motors LLC |
| Year: | 2002 |
| Was a crash reported? | N |
| Was an injury reported? | |
| Was a death reported? | |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | HOMER GLEN IL |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 1G2NF52F92C |
| Mileage: | |
| Speed: | 50 MPH |
| Number of cylinders: | 4 |
| Vehicle type: | FWD |
| Vehicle fuel: | GAS |
| Was a police report filed? | N |
| Tire size: | |
| Dealer name and location: | BERT ADAMS PONTIAC, INC. JOLIET IL 60435 |
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