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Pontiac Grand Am Exterior Lighting Safety Report | July 14, 2009
Reported on July 14, 2009
| I HAVE 2 PROBLEMS. FIRST IS MY HAZARD/TURN SIGNAL SWITCH, WHICH CAUSES MY TURN SIGNALS TO WORK INTERMITTENTLY. I SEE ON YOUR WEBSITE AND VARIOUS OTHERS THAT THIS PROBLEM INVOLVES A RECALL BY GM, HOWEVER WHEN I SPOKE TO THEM THEY TELL ME THAT IT HASN'T BEEN RECALLED. THERE WAS NOTHING THAT LED UP TO IT, JUST STARTED BEING A PROBLEM ONE DAY. I HAVE NOT HAD IT FIXED YET, AS I FEEL LIKE IT'S GM'S RESPONSIBILITY TO FIX IT. MY SECOND PROBLEM IS MY MANIFOLD INTAKE, WHICH IS CAUSING MY CAR TO LEAK COOLANT INTO THE ENGINE AND MAKING MY CAR OVERHEAT. I HAVE SEEN THAT THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR THOUSANDS OF OWNERS AND GM IS DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT. I HAVE SPOKEN TO THEM AND THEY REFUSE TO FIX IT. THEIR DEALERSHIP WANTS TO CHARGE ME $1400 TO FIX IT, EVEN THOUGH IT IS OBVIOUSLY A PROBLEM. EVEN THOUGH I HAD ALREADY HAD THE PROBLEM DIAGNOSED THROUGH ANOTHER REPAIR SHOP, THEY SAID THEY WOULD NOT EVEN CONSIDER FIXING IT UNLESS I HAD IT DIAGNOSED THROUGH THEIR DEALER, WHICH COST ME $105 THAT I DON'T HAVE. I AM DISABLED, AND ON STATE DISABILITY AND I FEEL LIKE THEY COMPLETELY SCAMMED ME, NOT TO MENTION THAT NOW I HAVE AN INOPERABLE CAR AND HAVE NO WAY OF GETTING TO THE DOCTOR. NOTHING LED UP TO THE PROBLEM, IT LEAKS COOLANT CONSTANTLY AND NOW OVERHEATS ALL OF THE TIME, MAKING IT UNDRIVABLE. *TR | |
| Make: | Pontiac |
| Model: | Grand Am |
| Manufactured by: | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| Year: | 2000 |
| Was a crash reported? | N |
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| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | HOLLYWOOD CA |
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| Was a police report filed? | N |
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