NHTSA Complaint #10199037 — 1999 PONTIAC PONTIAC

THE 1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM - POSSIBLY THE WORST CAR EVER MADE. AT 30,000 MILES, THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED. AT 40,000 MILES, THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS REPLACED. RECALLS REPLACED THE STEERING WHEEL & CENTER CONSOLE, AND OTHER RECALLS HAVE BEEN MADE. AT 50,000 MILES THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED AGAIN. SHORTLY AFTER THE WARRANTY RAN, MAJOR ENGINE PROBLEMS CAUSED A $2,500 COMPLETE ENGINE REPLACEMENT. UNDER 90,000 MILES, THE GAS GAUGE STOPPED WORKING AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS NEEDED REWIRING. NOW, UNDER 92,000 MILES A NEW PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRICAL: THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS COME ON INTERMITTENTLY, THE TRUNK POPS OPEN ON ITS OWN, THE AIRBAG COMES ON AND OFF, THE CAR ONLY STARTS RANDOMLY, AND WORST OF ALL IT SHUTS OFF ALL ON ITS OWN WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET, SO YET AGAIN WE ARE FORCED TO HAVE DIAGNOSTICS RUN TO FIGURE OUT WHAT NEW AND COSTLY REPAIRS WILL NEED TO BE MADE. PONTIAC/GM SHOULD ADMIT THEY MADE A MISTAKE WITH THE GRAND AM/OLDSMOBILE ALERO AND PAY ALL THE CURRENT OWNERS SOME $$ AND TAKE ALL THE CARS TO A JUNK YARD. THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA COMPLETELY RECALLED THESE CARS FOR THE CITIZENS OF CANADA, YET IN THE U.S. IT'S THE UNFORTUNATE OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES WHO ARE GETTING TAKEN. DO WHAT I AM DOING AND CONTACT YOUR LOCAL BBB, STATE AG, OR ANY OTHER POLITICAL OFFICE (IN ADDITION TO PONTIAC/GM) AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT PIECES OF CRAP THE 99 GRAND AM/ALERO ARE. I HAVE TALKED TO MANY REPAIR SHOPS AND OTHER OWNERS OF THE CAR, AND BY FAR EVERYONE SEEMS TO KNOW WHAT TYPES OF MAJOR PROBLEMS THIS CAR HAS BEEN. WHAT OTHER CAR MANUFACTURER WOULD ALLOW SO MANY PROBLEMS TO EXIST (SUCH AS CAR COMPLETELY SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING) AND HAVE THE GALL TO SAY NOTHING IS WRONG WITH IT? *TR