NHTSA Complaint #10173130 — 2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM

GRINDING SOUND IN FRONT BRAKES. DEALER REPLACED ROTORS AT MY EXPENSE. STILL MAKING GRINDING NOICE. BREAKS SEEM TO HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW IN 2001. RECALL OF BLINKER SWITCH. BLINKING (INSIDE ABOVE RADIO) NOISE CAME BACK AFTER 1 YEAR. DEALER SAYS THAT RECALL WAS FOR THE HAZARD LIGHTS NOT THE TURN SIGNALS? CAR WON'T START AND SECURITY LIGHT ON. HAVE TO WAIT 10 MINUTES WITH CAR IN (ON) POSITION AND THEN CAR WILL START..THIS INFORMATION IS LOCATED IN THE OWNERS MANUAL (ARE THEY EXPECTING THIS PROBLEM?) DEALER SAID AT FIRST THAT MY KEY WAS WORN OUT THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT READING IT CORRECTLY AND THEN LATER STATED THAT THE SENSOR WAS BAD IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. HAD TO REPLACE IGNITION SENSOR SWITCH AT MY EXPENSE. REAR FLOOR BOARD BEHIND DRIVERS SIDE GETS WET. NO KNOWN CAUSE. RECENTLY THE SERVICE VEHICLE SOON LITE CAME ON. DEALER REPAIRED AT MY EXPENSE. DEALER SAID THAT THE HEADLIGHTS WERE OUT AND A PART WAS CRACKED. HEATER/AC BUTTONS 1 AND 2 DO NOT WORK. RECENTLY NOTICED THAT WHEN I DRIVE I HEAR GRINDING SOUNDS SEEMS TO BE COMING FROM THE BODY OF THE CAR, LIKE IT'S COMING UNSCREWED. JUST TOOK MY CAR IN FOR REPAIRS OF IGNITION SWITCH, 4 NEW TIRES, A BACK SEAT SEATBELT REPLACEMENT AND MY DRIVERS SIDE AUTOMATE SEAT ADJUSTER WAS WORKING THE MORNING I TOOK IT IN. WHEN I PICKED UP MY CAR IT WAS MAKING A GRINDING SOUND AND THE SEAT CUSHION WAS TORN. SERVICE MANAGER SAYS THEY WILL REPLACE THE SEAT CUSHION BUT THEY DON'T THINK THEY BROKE THE SEAT ADJUSTER AND THE SERVICE MANAGER SAYS THAT MAYBE THE SEAT ADJUSTER JUST DECIDED TO GO ON THAT PARTICULAR DAY. I'M NOW FIGHTING TO HAVE THEM REPAIR WHAT THEY BROKE. I WILL NEVER GO TO NUCAR PONTIAC IN DELAWARE FOR REPAIRS AGAIN. THIS IS THE WORST CAR I'VE EVER OWNED. I THINK MOST OF THESE PROBLEMS SHOULD BE RECALLS SINCE MANY PEOPLE HAVE THEM. I WILL NEVER BUY A GM CAR AGAIN. PLEASE SOMEONE HELP TO MAKE THE CAR MAKERS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR POOR WORKMANSHIP. *NM