NHTSA Complaint #10056716 — 1995 PONTIAC GRAND AM

ABOUT A YEAR AGO I PURCHASED A 95 PONTIAC GRAND AM SE FROM PRICE POINT USED CAR SUPER CENTER. WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR I WAS TOLD BY THE PERSON SELLING IT TO ME THAT IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR A KID GOING TO COLLEGE THAT IT WAS RELIABLE AND SUCH... WELL I GOT THE CAR, NOT ONLY IS IT NOT RELIABLE IT KEEPS BREAKING DOWN ON ME. FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR OF OWNING THE CAR IT HAS OVERHEATED TOO MANY TIMES TO COUNT... I CONTACTED THE DEALER BUT THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE OF BEING BOUGHT AS IS... SO I TOOK IT TO AN A PLACE CALLED AUTO LAB... THEY SAID THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM OF IT OVERHEATING SAID IT WAS A HEAD GASKET BLOWN... SO AFTER IT WAS FIXED IT WORKED FOR ABOUT A WEEK THEN STARTED OVERHEATING AGAIN... I PROMPTLY TOOK IT BACK THEY SAID THAT I HAD BLOWN THE WATER PUMP AND FIXED IT A WEEK LATER AFTER GETTING IT BACK IT OVERHEATED AGAIN... THEY FINALLY DID A FINE INSPECTION OF IT AND SAID I NEEDED A NEW RADIATOR I FIGURED FINE GOT ONE AND IT STILL OVER HEATS THE ENGINE IS A 2.5 LITER QUAD 4.. ITS BEEN A YEAR NOW AND I HAVE YET BEEN ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO STOP OVERHEATING EVEN IN WINTER... AS A LAST DITCH EFFORT I AM WRITTING TO YOU WONDERING IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO FOR ME... I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT MY PARENTS HAVE PUT IN WELL OVER $3,000 INTO THIS CAR IN VEHICLE REPAIRS ALONE AND IT STILL HAS FAILED TO WORK. EACH TIME I TOOK IT BACK TO AUTO LAB THEY HAD IT FOR A LEAST A WEEK, AND OVER A MONTH STRAIGHT DURING THE SUMMER. I AM STILL PAYING ON THIS VEHICLE AND IT IS BLEEDING ME DRY.*AK