1997 PONTIAC GRAND AM Electrical Systemignitionswitch Problems

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF AT A STOP WITHOUT WARNING. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM CAUSED THE FAILURE. AS OF OCTOBER 15, 2007, THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAD NOT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT HER VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 02V070000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: IGNITION: SWITCH). THE CONTACT FELT THAT HER VEHICLE SHOULD BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE RECALL. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 150,000. UPDATED 01/11/08. *LJ THE DEALER STATED ENGINE REPLACED IN JUNE. UPDATED 12/12/07 *TR

THE IGNITION KEY CONTINUES TO GET LOCK OR STUCK IN THE IGNITION. THIS REPRESENTS A SECONDARY SAFETY ISSUE IN THAT CAR HAS KEY IN THE IGNITION AT ALL TIMES. BATTERY COULD DRAIN LEAVING PASSENGERS AND DRIVERS STRANDED IN UNSAFE OR UNABLE TO REACT TO UNSAFE SITUATIONS (CRIMINAL PURSUERS, ASSAILANTS, ETC). BECAUSE YOUR CAR HAS BEEN DRAIN DUE TO AN IGNITION DEFECT THAT LOCKS YOUR KEY IN THE IGNITION. *JB

RECALL 02V070000 CONCERNING IGNITION SWITCH. IGNITION SWITCH WIRING MELTED. DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT REPAIR FREE OF CHARGE BECAUSE THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED.*AK

THE DASHBOARD COMPONENTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF. THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE VEHICLE ON AND OFF BUT THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS STAYED ILLUMINATED. WITHIN SECONDS OF THIS, SMOKE STARTED COMING FORM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILED AND DAMAGED THE STEERING COLUMN AND OTHER COMPONENTS. THERE WAS A IGNITION SWITCH RECALL 02V07000 BUT THE CONSUMER WAS NEVER NOTIFIED ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS WAS COVERED BY THE RECALL. *JB

97 GRAND AM 4CYL PUR NEW 5/97 SERIES OF PROBLEMS.GT VERSION BUT DRIVEN CAUTIOUSLY BY 40 YEAR OLDS.AT 2 YEARS AND 39,000 MILES WATER PUMP FAILS.IS UNDER CAR AND IS 600.00 DOL TO REPLACE!NOBODY SHOULD BUY THE 4 CYLINDER WHEN AN ITEM PRONE TO FAILURE LIKE A WATER PUMP CANT BE ACCESSED WITHOUT REMOVING THE MANIFOLDS ON THE CAR.AT 50,000 KEY COMES OUT OF IGNITION WHILE CAR RUNNING.IGNITION SWITCH FAILS,HAS TO BE RE KEYED AND COST IS 500.00 BY LOCAL MECHANIC SERV STAT.AT 55,000 MILES AT INTERLOCKS UP,CAR STUCK TOWED AT THIS TIME A ALTERNATOR CHECK SHOWS THAT IS NOT CHARGING.REPLACE BOTH COST 800.00 PLUS BATTERY.DEC 2000 FRONT LEFT TIRE ON ALUM WHEEL IS FLAT-TAKE TO SEV STAT,THEY REFILL DRIVE CAR AFTER X-MAS IT DEFLATES CAUSES CAR TO SPIN HIT LIGHT POLE MOSTLY ON TIRE AREA AT 40 MPH ,NO AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT BUT A HIGH SNOWBANK DECELERATES CAR.ALUM WHEEL...

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEMS. DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED AT THE TIME OF THIS CALL. IGNITION SWICTH HAD BEEN REPLACED ONCE, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, VEHICLE WILL NOT START. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 02V070000 FOR IGNITION SWITCH. VEHICLE WOULD NOT START ONE EVENING. CONSUMER TOOK CAR TO DEALER FOR RECALL REMEDY. DEALER STATED THAT IGNITION CYLINDER AND BATTERY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND PROBLEM WAS NOT WITH IGNITION SWITCH. CONSUMER BELIEVESPROBLEM WAS WITH SWITCH, BUT DEALER WOULD NOT INSTALL RELAY TO CORRECT RECALL FIRST. DEALER WAS REQUESTING PAYMENT FOR REPLACEMENT OF CYLINDER AND BATTERY.*AK

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE CAR A "CLICKING" SOUND OCCURRED AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START. THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED, AND ALL WAS WELL FOR A WEEK. THEN, THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING. ALSO, ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON, THE GAUGES FLASHED BACK AND FORTH ,AND THE CAR STOPPED. WOULD NOT RESTART UNLESS WAS SET FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. WHEN IT STARTED THE SAME INCIDENTS REPEATED. WARNING LIGHTS WOULD OFTEN COME ON AND OFF WITHOUT THERE BEING ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE SYSTEM THAT THE LIGHTS WERE INDICATING. ONCE THE CAR WAS PULLED TO A STOPPING LOCATION IT WOULD NOT TURN COMPLETELY OFF , AND THE KEY WOULD GET STUCK IN THE IGNITION. THESE PROBLEMS PERSISTED FOR 2 DAYS UNTIL IT COMPLETELY STOPPED.*AK

IGNITION FIRE--INSERTED KEY INTO IGNITION SLOT AND THERE WAS A TERRIBLE SMELL OF INSULATION & SOMETHING LIKE GUNPOWDER--THE CAR'S ELECTRIC SYSTEM WAS AFFECTED---RECENTLY WATCHED TV & HEARD THAT PONTIAC RECALLS GRAND AM '97 BECAUSE OF PROBLEMS W/ IGNITION SWITCH AND RELATED FIRE. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE REPAIRED AND BECAUSE OF THE RECALL EXPECTS REIMBURSEMENT IN FULL. *JG

WHILE IN MOTION, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS RELATING TO THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS BEGAN TO ILLUMINATE AND DIM SPORADICALLY. CONSUMER TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND THEN TURNED THE IGNITION ON. THE VEHICLE STALLED, PRESENTING IT INOPERABLE AT THAT TIME. THE STEERING BECAME STIFF AND CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO SWITCH GEARS TO NEUTRAL. SMOKE BEGAN TO EMIT FROM THE DASHBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT FACILITY AND REPAIRED BECAUSE THE GM FACILITY WAS CLOSED. THE REPAIR SPECIALIST INFORMED CONSUMER THE PROBLEM TRACED BACK TO THE IGNITION SWITCH, WHICH REQUIRED REPLACEMENT OF AN ALTERNATOR AND A BATTERY RECHARGE. PONTIAC WAS CONTACTED SHORTLY (REQUEST C20753090) AND INFORMED CONSUMER THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF ANY PROBLEMS OR RECALL RELATING TO THE INCIDENT. IN APRIL 2002, GM SENT CONSUMER A RECALL LETTER (02V07) REGARDING FAULTY IGNITION SWITCHES. CONSUMER WAS REIMBURSED FOR THE IGNITION SWITCH REPAIR, BUT HAS NOT BEEN REIMBURSED FOR...

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE HAVING VEHICLE SERVICE BY ANOTHER DEALERSHIP WAS INFORMED THAT RECALL FOR IGNITION SWITCH WAS NOT DONE, BUT IS STATED AS BEING DONE IN GMC DATE SYSTEM,BY ANOTHER DEALERSHIP. WHEN OTHER DEALERSHIP WAS CONTACTED,THEIR REPLY WAS FOR THE CONSUMER TO PAY TO HAVE RECALL DONE.

CONSUMER STATES WHILE HAVING VEHICLE SERVICED WAS INFORMED THAT THE RECALL ON THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS NOT DONE,BUT ON GMC DATABASE STATES THAT IT WAS DONE.WHEN THE DEALER WAS CALLED AND INFORMED OF THIS THE DEALER REPLIED THAT THE CONSUMER WOULD BE CHARGED FOR RECALL REPAIR. *AK *YH

VEHICLE WOULD STALL OUT AT MULTIPLE SPEED WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE BEEN TO DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

PRIOR TO RECALL 02V07000 NOTIFICATION VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A SHORTAGE IN THE COMPUTER FOR THE STEERING WHEEL ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. CONSUMER BELIEVES THE SHORTAGE IS A RESULT OF RECALL. *TT

THE ORIGINAL DELCO BATTERY WAS BURNED WHEN THE VEHICLE IGNITION SWITCH FAILED. *YH

TRIED TO START CAR, DASH BOARD LIGHTS CAME ON, CAR WOULDN'T START, KEY WOULDN'T COME OUT, THEN TRIED TO START CAR AGAIN AND IT STARTED. THE NEXT DAY-WENT TO RUN ERRANDS-STOPPED AT STORE AND KEY WOULD NOT COME OUT OF THE IGNITION, HAD TO CALL TOW TRUCK, THEY HAD TO DISENGAGE TRANSMISSION TO TOW, GARAGE MECHANIC HOOKED UP TO COMPUTER AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG. THE PROBLEM WAS THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILED, HAD TO BE REKEYED AND BATTERY REPLACED. WE DID HAVE THE MANUFACTURERS RECALL DONE ON THE IGNITION SWITCH AT DAVE CROSS MOTORS, LEE'S SUMMIT MO 816-524-3636 ON APRIL 15,2002. WONDERING IF TWO PROBLEMS ARE LINKED?*AK

WHEN KEY IS PUT IN IGNITION IT WILL NOT TURN . HAS TO JUMP START VEHICLE.CONTACTED DEALER.*AK

AFTER RECALL 02V070000 REPAIRS WERE DONE AT ROGER PONTIAC IN CHICAGO, PHONE 312/225-4300 IGNITION SWITCH BECAME HOT, CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO GET KEY OUT OF IGNITION SWITCH, AND THERE WAS A CLICKING SOUND WHEN STARTING VEHICLE. *AK

THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE RELAY SWITCH, AND THEY SAY THAT I HAVE TO PAY THEM (PONTIAC) TO FIX THE PROBLEM.*AK

AFTER TURNING OFF ENGINE KEY WILL NOT COME OUT OF IGNITION, CONSUMER HAS TO WIGGLE KEY TO GET IT OUT.*AK

WHILE STARTING VEHICLE, WOULD CONTINUE TO RESTART BY ITSELF UNTIL CONSUMER SWITCHED IGNITION SWITCH TO ACCESSORIES. STARTED TO STOP, BUT SPARKS AND SMOKE WERE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN, THE BACK OF CONSUMERS PANTS WERE ON FIRE. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED.*AK. CONSUMER STATED THE IGNITON WAS RECALLED, AND CONSUMER SUFFERED 2ND DEGREE BURNS.*JB

NHTSA ECALL 02 V 070 000/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 02008 CONCERNING IGNITION SWITCH. DEALER: HUBERT MOTORS, LONGMONT CO; PHONE# 303/776-2650 UNABLE TO HONOR RECALL BECAUSE NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. PLEASE FILL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFROMATION AND PLEASE FILL IN THE VEHICLE MILEAGE.*AK

RECALL 02 V 070 000 ELICTRICAL SYSTEM; IGNITION; SWITCH. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR RECALL TO HAVE A RELAY SWITCH INSTALLED. AFTER SWITCH WAS INSTATLLED, QUARTER OF A MILE DOWN THE ROAD ENGINE CHECK LIGHT ILLUMINATED, INDICATING A BURNED SMELL. TOOK BACK TO DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

NHTSA RECALL 02 V 070 000/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 02008 CONCERNING IGNITION SWITCH: DEALER: SUNRISE PONTIAC, BARTLETT, TN ; PHONE# 901//333-8000, WAS NOT ABLE TO HONOR RECALL BECAUSE NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHEN CONSUMER TURNS VEHICLE ON THERE IS SHORT WHEN SHE TAKES KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION VEHICLE IS STILL RUNNING. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

NHTSA RECALL 02 V 070 000 MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 02008 CONCERNING IGNITION SWITCH: DEALER: DONNY BOHN GMC; HARVEY, LA; PHONE# 504/347-4070 REFUSED TO HONOR RECALL UNTIL A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED AT CONSUMER'S COST. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

GOT RECALL 02V070000. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND HAD REPAIRS DONE. CURRENTLY, VEHICLE WILL START, AND THEN SHUT OFF. WILL NOT STAY CRANKED. DEALER CONTACTED. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

#1 - COMPUTER MODULE FAILED - ALL WARNING LIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY COME ON AND GO OFF (50,000 MILES). #2 - IGNITION SWITCH - PIN COMES LOOSE AND KEY WILL NOT WORK. HAVE TO REPLACE & REKEY. #3 - PCM/VCM REPLACED @ 58,000 MILES. #4 - BRAKE ROTORS HAVE BEEN "TURNED" TWICE, STILL PULSATE. #5 - PARKING BRAKE CONSTANTLY NEEDS ADJUSTING. #6 - GM DEALER OVERCHARGED ON LABOR, 5.5 HOURS SHOULD HAVE BEEN 1 HOUR. GM NOT WILLING TO HELP SOLVE SITUATION.

AFTER TURNING ENGINE OFF IGNITION KEY WILL NOT RELEASE, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

CONSUMER PUT KEY IN IGNITION AND TURNED IT AND STEERING COLUMN STARTED SMOKING. TOWED TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID IT WAS IGNITION SWITCH. *AK

WHEN PUTTING KEY IN THE IGNITION SWITCH THERE IS NO RESPONSE, VEHICLE WILL NOT TURN OVER. CONSUMER WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC REPLACED INNER MECHANISM OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE BROKE DOWN AGAIN, VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALERSHIP.*AK

IGNITION LOCKS UP. HAS HAPPEND SEVERAL TIMES. LOCKS UP AND THE KEY CANNOT BE TURNED EVEN WHEN THE STEERING COLUMN IS NOT LOCKED UP. LAST TIME IT HAPPEND WE HAD TO PUT THE CAR UP ON A JACK TO UNLOCK THE IGNITION? IT CANNOT BE FIXED NOWTHOUGH WITHOUT SPENDING ALOT OF MONEY. THE CAR WAS TAKEN IN TO THE DEALER WHEN IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY FOR THE SAME PROBLEM AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NO PROBLEM AND THAT THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING FOR ME. THIS IS NOT NORMAL AND SHOULD NOT HAPPEN AND BECAUSE THEY REFUSED TO FIX IT PROPERLY THE FIRST TIMEI AM GOING TO END UP SPENDING A GREAT DEAL AMOUNT OF MONEY. *AK