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Pontiac Grand Am Steering Rack And Pinion Safety Report | Oct 17, 2000
Reported on Oct 17, 2000
| ON SERVERAL OCCASIONS I AM HAVING MAJOR FRONT END PROBLEMS, FROM THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT POPING, TO THE WHOLE FRONT END POPING, THE DEALER REPLACED THE RACK THE CV BOOTS 3 TIMES, THEY KEPT BUSTING, LOWER BALL JOINTS, A ARMS, THIS CORRECTED THE PROBLEM FOR A BIT, THEN THE CV BOOT FRACTURED AGAIN THEY WOULDNT REPLACE, NOW THE FRONT IN POPS HORRIABLY WHEN YOU MAKE A TURN TO THE RIGHT AND ADD A LITTLE TORQUE, TOOK TO DEALER, NO DIAGONSIS, TOOK TO AN INDEPENDENT AGENT, EVERYTHING SEEMS FINE, ONLY THING HE CAN THINK OF IS A BREAK IN A SPOT WELD ON THE FRONT END, IE THE TUBING THAT SUPPORTS THE ENGINE AND FRONT SUSPENSION, I HAVE EVENT CONTACTED PONTIAC CUSTOMER CARE CENTER AND THEY SAY THE PROBLEM IS NO LONGER THERES, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO LET YOU TEST THE CAR AND HEAR THE NOISE, AND SEE IF IT WOULDNT MAKE YOU A TAD BIT UNEASY ABOUT DRIVING IT | |
| Make: | Pontiac |
| Model: | Grand Am |
| Manufactured by: | General Motors LLC |
| Year: | 1999 |
| Was a crash reported? | |
| Was an injury reported? | |
| Was a death reported? | |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | CAPE FAIR MO |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 1G2NE52T2XC |
| Mileage: | |
| Speed: | 15 MPH |
| Number of cylinders: | |
| Vehicle type: | FWD |
| Vehicle fuel: | GAS N/A. |
| Was a police report filed? | N |
| Tire size: | |
| Dealer name and location: | |
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