1997 PONTIAC GRAND AM Engine And Engine Coolingenginegasoline Problems

THIS CAR HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP MANY TIMES FOR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. YOU MUST PUSH THE PEDAL COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR BEFORE THE CAR WILL STOP. I HAVE HAD BRAKE PADS, ROTORS, ALTERNATOR, SERPINTINE BELT REPLACED. I HAVE HAD MY COMPUTER REPLACED 3 TIMES AND SIX INJECTORS INSTALLED. THIS CAR IS A NIGHTMARE GM SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS HORRIBLE CAR. AS WE ALL CAN SEE THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON NHTSA'S WEB SITE. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP US! DT

CONSUMER TRIED TO START VEHICLE WHICH HAD BEEN PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. IT WOULD NOT START. WHEN CONSUMER TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE THERE WAS SMOKE EMITTING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. CONSUMER DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY FOR SAFETY REASONS. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE RECALLED PART WAS INSTALLED AT NO CHARGE, BUT THE DAMAGE CAUSED DUE TO THE FAULTY PART WILL CHARGED. CONSUMER FEELS GM SHOULD REIMBURSE THE MONIES PAID. *JG

THERE IS AN OIL LEAK COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO TWO SERVICE STATIONS AND THEY BOTH AGREE THE OIL LEAK IS NOT COMING FROM CONSTANT DRIVING. CONSUMER WANTS PONTIAC TO FIX THE OIL LEAK. *JG

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ENGINE FIRE, THE DEALER HAD BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. NLM

CAR WOULD INTERMITTENTLY STALL AT ANY TIME OR ANY SPEED, SUCH AS ENTERING A HIGHWAY OR CROSSING AN INTERSECTION OR ON THE HIGHWAY. AFTER MUCH INVESTIGATING, PROBLEM WAS DETERMINED TO BE EXCESSIVE OIL PRESSURE. VERY HIGH OIL PRESSURE CAUSES THE ENGINE VALVES TO OPERATE INCORRECTLY RESULTING IS STALLING OR RAPID POWER LOSS. THE DEALERSHIP REPORTED THAT PONTIAC WAS AWARE OF THIS COMMOM AND LATENT DEFECT BUT WOULD NOT REPAIR THE PROBLEM AS A RECALL. THIS CAR WAS A NIGHTMARE TO DRIVE UNTIL THE PRESURE REGULATOR WAS REPAIRED AT MY EXPENSE.*AK

ENGINE WILL CUT OFF SHORTLY AFTER STARTING VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP STATED THAT IT WAS AN INTERNAL PROBLEM RELATED TO PRESSURE IN OIL PUMP. *AK DEALER HAD REPLACED SPARK PLUGS, FUEL FILTER, IGNITION SPARK INSULATORS, COIL HOUSING, OIL PUMP COVER, OIL PAN GASKET, AND DEALER DID A CARBON CLEANING. *SLC

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH ENGINE IDLING, AND CAUSING VEHICLE TO VIBRATE SO BADLY THAT IT APPEARED TO STALL. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON FOUR OCCASIONS, AND DEALER REFUSED TO DO ANY MORE REPAIRS. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CHRISTMAS EVE 1999 WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY ACCESS ROAD A LOUD BOOM WAS HEARD AND THE CAR BEGAN TO LOSE TO POWER. LUCKILY, WE WERE ABOUT 200 FEET FROM A GAS STATION. WE MANAGED TO GET THE CAR INTO THE GAS STATION. AT THIS TIME I SAW AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. MY HUSBAND OPENED THE HOOD AND FOUND THE ENGINE WAS ON FIRE. AS HE RAN INTO THE STORE TO GET A FIRE EXTINGUISHER, A MAN FROM THE FIREWORKS STAND NEXT TO THE GAS STATION ARRIVED WITH AN EXTINGUISHER AND PUT THE FIRE OUT. HE HAD SEEN US COMING DOWN THE ACCESS ROAD WITH BIG BALL OF FIRE UNDER THE CAR. OUR INSURANCE COMPANY SAYS THAT A PISTON GAVE OUT AND AS THE ENGINE BEGAN FAILING OIL BEGAN TO DRIP ONTO THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER OR SOME OTHER COMPONANT CAUSING THE FIRE. THIS IS...

I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE PROBLEMS FROM THIS CAR AND, GM DOES NOT WANT TO HELP. I WAS SENT OUT OF THE DEALER SHIP WITH NO HORN FOR THREE DAYS. DEALERS ARE NOW SMART ENOUGH TO WORK AROUND THE LEMON LAW IN WORDING REPAIR ORDERS. I THINK WITH ALL THE MOTOR PROBLEMS AND, SAFETY ISSUES MAYBE AN INVESTIGATION SHOULD BE DONE BEFORE A CAR STALLS AND SOMEONE GETS KILLED. *AK

MNO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

CARD RUNS ROUGH, STUMBLES AND HESITATES, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT ON. DEALER REPLACED CATALITIC CONVERTER, O2 CENSORS, EGR VALVE, SPARK PLUGS TO NO AVAIL. PLEASE E-MAIL ME IF YOU ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AT [email protected]. *AK

STARTED VEHICLE AND BACKED OUT OF DRIVEWAY. WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET, VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. WAS ABLE TO GET IT STARTED, AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALER. DEALER INDICATED THAT ALTERNATOR BEARING WAS BAD AND REPLACED IT. HOWEVER, VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN ON 01-SEP-99/11-OCT-99 AND 13-OCT-99. *AK

CAR WILL ALMOST DIE WHEN PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC. IT WILL STUMBLE , FALL ON ITS FACE WHAT EVER YOU CALL IT. BUT THEN IT WILL USUALLY TAKE BACK OFF REAL QUICK. IT USES TO MUCH GAS AND THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES OFF AND ON ALONG WITH THE COOLANT LIGHT. THE BLINKERS SOMETIMES DON'T WORK EITHER.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL UNEXPECTEDLY SHUT DOWN. ALSO THERE IS A MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE HEADLIGHT SYSTEM. DEALER CANNOT DIAGNOSE THE FAULT. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH COULD CAUSE A CRASH. ALSO, THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE HEADLIGHT SYSTEM. DEALER REPLACED PARTS, BUT COULD NOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CAR TRIES TO DIE AS ATTEMPTING TO TAKE OFF IN A INTERSECTION OR FROM A STOP. I'VE HAD IN THE SHOP 3 TIMES AND NEVER HAS BEEN FIXED. PARKING BRAKE DOESN'T ENGAGE UNLESS PULLED TO LAST CLICK. ALL OF THE ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. POWER STEERING PUMP. AND OIL PUMP REPACED. SERVICE PERSON AT BOB HOWARD TOLD ME MY CAR WOU.IS CAR SINCE PURCHASE. I'M PLANNING ON TAKING IT BACK FOR ITS 4TH TIME. PLEASE HELP. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 35 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DUE TO THE VEHICLE STALLING. ALSO, THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT RETRACT. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. DUP OF 827073. *AK

ENGINE HAS A HESITATION WHEN COMING TO A STOP OR LEAVING A STOP. OIL PUMP HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE. IGNITION MODULE HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE. DEALER HAS NOT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM ON 4 ATTEMPTS IN TWO WEEKS.

VEHICLE CONTINUALLY STALLING, BURNING SMELL AND NOISE.

ENGINE IDLES AT 3000 RPM FOR REASONS UNKNOWN. ALSO ONCE BRAKE IS RELEASED VEHICLE WILL RAPIDLY ACCELERATE TO 60 MPH. DEALERS HAS REPLACED COMPUTER MODULE WHICH DID NOT CORRECT PROBLEM. VEHICLE ALSO HAS BRAKE PROBLEMS. *AK

WHILE GOING DOWN RAMP, EXITING A PARKING GARAGE ENGINE BEGAN TO RACE AND ACCELERATE. HITTING THE BRAKES DID NOT HELP, WAS ONLY ABLE TO STOP THE AUTOMOBILE WHEN IT WAS PUSHED IT INTO NEUTRAL AND THEN DRIVE. THEN IT CALMED DOWN. *AK *SLC

WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN INTERSECTION, DRIVER NOTICED THAT OIL LIGHT AND BATTERY LIGHTS WERE ON. DRIVER THEN REALIZED THAT VEHICLE HAD STALLED. RESTARTED VEHICLE AND PROBLEM VANISHED.

FAST CLICKS COMING FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. WEATHER IS BELOW 65 DEGREES, OCCURS WITHIN ONLY 0.5 MILES TO 1.0 MILES OF INITIAL DRIVING. SOUND LIKE A DRUMROLL ON YOUR HARDTOP DESK WITH TWO DRUMSTICKS.

VEHICLE WILL NOT START TWO OR THREE TIMES A DAY. THE ENGINE WILL CRANK BUT THE ANIT-THEFT INDICATOR LIGHT WILL BLINK AND THE ENGINE WILL SHUT DOWN (IT SOUND AS IF NO FUEL GETTING TO ENGINE.)

BRAKES: WHEN DRIVING AND ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE CAR, HAS TO PUSH PEDAL COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR BEFORE THE CAR WILL STOP. BEGINNING TO MAKE GRINDING NOISE WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES. IN ADDITION, HEADLIGHTS WILL NOT CPME ON ON CERTAIN TIMES/SEAT BELT TWISTS ALL THE TIME AND TICKING NOISE FROM ENGINE AREA. *AK *AK

WHEN VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NOTICED THE OIL LEAKING OUT. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK