1994 Pontiac Grand AM

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/30/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  CAR HAD TOUGH TIME TO ACCELERATE, AFTER THREE VISITS TO REPAIR SHOP, PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS THE TERMINALS FROM THE MAIN COMPUTER TO THE 02 SENSOR WERE BAD. HAD TO REPLACE COMPUTER AND SENSOR. HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING, TAKEN IN TO BE REPAIRED AND FOUND OUT THAT THE ENGINE HEAD ITSELF WAS CRACK WHERE #2 CYLINDER IS LOCATED. REPAIR SHOP STATED IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH QUAD FOUR GRAND AMS. HAD TO PAY APPROX. $2,500 IN REPAIRS

• 12/30/2000· VISIBILITY

  NON-POWER WINDOWS. WAS TOUGH TO ROLL DOWN, THEN ONE DAY WOULDN'T ROLL UP. REPAIR SHOP LOOKED AT IT, STATED THAT THE WINDOW REGULATOR WAS BROKEN BENT WHICH WAS MAKING WINDOW TRY TO ROLL OFF-TRACK. *AK

• 12/30/1997· STRUCTURE

  SHOCK ABSORBING UNIT MALFUNCTION.

• 12/30/1994· STEERING

  LOCATION OF TILT STEERING WHEEL LEVER CAUSES IT TO BE ACCIDENTLY PUSHED BY DRIVER'S KNEE WHILE DRIVING. *SKD

• 12/26/2000· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  WHILE DRIVING WITH LIGHTS ON DASHBOARD, HEADLIGHTS WOULD CONSTANTLY GO OUT, AND AT THIS TIME, WERE NOT WORKING. ALSO, TAIL LIGHTS WORKED ERRATICALLY. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE WITHOUT LIGHTS. IN ADDITION, STARTER AND BATTERY HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

• 12/23/2000· TIRES

  TIRE TREAD CAME UNDONE IN A TIRE WITH ONLY 31,000 MILES. DAMGAE WAS DONE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: P1857514 TIRESIZE: P18575R14)

• 12/20/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ANTILOCK BRAKES LOCKED UP 4 TIMES. *SD

• 12/19/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BUBBLE IN BRAKE CASING CAUSED BRAKE PADS TO PREMATURELY WEAR. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

• 12/16/1994· AIR BAGSCrash

  DRIVER'S AIR BAD DID NOT INFLATE DURING ABOVE ACCIDENT, RESULTING IN INJURY. "DUP: SEE 956160".

• 12/15/2000· STEERINGFire

  EA00007; A FIRE STARTED IN STEERING COLUMN. THERE SEEMED TO BE AN EXPLOSION. TOTAL LOSS. *AK

• 12/14/1998· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  FRONT HEADLIGHTS WILL GO OUT DURING DRIVING OR WHEN LIGHTS ARE SWITCHED BETWEEN BRIGHTS AND LOW BEAMS. LIGHTS HAVE GONE OUT COMPLETELY AND WILL NOT COME ON RENDERING THE CAR USELESS FOR NIGHT DRIVING.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 15 )

• 12/13/1998· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION WILL GO IN REVERSE, LOW GEAR WILL SHIFT INTO GEAR AFTER IT STARTS MOVING FASTER. *MJS

• 12/11/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  ENGINE HEAD CRACKED, CAUSING THE WATER TO LEAK, AND A ROUGH RIDE IN VEHICLE. DEAELR HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

• 12/10/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

  ENGINE HEAD CRACKED BETWEEN SPARK PLUG & REAR OF HEAD; OIL ON TOP OF PLUG; COOLANT LEAKS ONTO EXAUST MANIFOLD--CATALYTIC CONVERTER BEING PLUGGED UP CAUSES EXAUST PIPE TO SEPERATE FROM REAR OF ENGINE & VERY HOT EXAUST GOES DIRECTLY INTO ATMOSPHERE & MELTS INSULATION AROUND WIREING IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT

• 12/08/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  I HAVE REPLACED MY FRONT BRAKES SEVERAL TIMES AND ROTERS 3 NEVER GETTING MORE THAN 25,000PER SET. I HAVE TRY USEING DIFFERENT BRANDS AND ASKED THE DEALER WHY THEY KEEP GOING BAD ? *AK

• 12/08/1999· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL STALL UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH MAY CAUSE A CRASH. OCCUPANT HAS TO PLACE VEHICLE IN "NEUTRAL" POSITION IN ORDER TO RESTART VEHICLE. THERE IS A TSB TO REPROGRAM THE COMPUTER. VEHICLE'S COMPUTER HAVE BEEN REPROGRAMMED 12 TIMES. PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. *AK *ML

• 12/06/2003· AIR BAGSCrash

  AIR BAG NON-DEPLOYMENT. ON OCTOBER 25, 2003 MY DAUGHTER WRECKED HER 1994 PONTIAC GRAND AM SE FRONTAL RIGHT DRIVERS IMPACT. THE POLICE REPORT STATES SHE WAS TRAVELING A 55 MPH AT THE TIME OF THE IMPACT. WE, HOWEVER, WERE ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR HOME FROM THE TOWING LOT. THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. IS THERE A PLACE IN CENTRAL OR SOUTHEAST OHIO THAT CAN DOWNLOAD THE CRASH DATA RECORDER TO DETERMINE WHY THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY OR IF THE SPEED WAS LESS THAT REPORTED? *LA

• 12/06/2002· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHILE DRIVING ENGINE'S HEAD GASKET BLEW CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. TS

• 12/04/1996· AIR BAGS,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROLCrash

  SUDDEN ACCELERATION, CAUSING ACCIDENT/NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG DURING ACCIDENT, CAUSING INJURY.

• 12/03/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  1994 PONTIAC WITH QUAD 4 ENGINE HAS A CRACKED HEAD. IT SEEMS THERE ARE SEVERAL OCCURRENCES OF THIS DEFECT, AND PONTIAC SHOULD RECALL.*AK

• 12/02/1999· SEAT BELTS

  WHEN BUCKLED UP, THE SEATBELT IS SUPPOSED TO BE TIGHT. IN MY CAR, WHEN I SIT AT THE DRIVER SEAT WITH SEAT BELT ON, IT IS VERY LOOSE. IN PARTICULAR, THE SEAT BELT CAN FREELY MOVE THROUGH THE LOWER-LEFT BUCKLE. I CAN EASILY MOVE MY BODY AS IF THERE IS NO SEAT BELT ON.

• 11/30/1994· STRUCTURE

  DOOR MOLDING FAILURE. *AK

• 11/29/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  HEAD GASKET CRACKED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BUCK. ANTI-FREEZE IS LEAKING INTO THE GASKET. *AK

• 11/23/1999· SEAT BELTS

  SEAT BELT UNABLE TO RESTRAIN THE DRIVER DURING ACCIDENT, RESULTING IN INJURY. YH

• 11/21/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  COMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF BRAKES TWICE, OIL PAN ONCE AND CONTINUE HAVING PROBLEMS MAINTAINING OIL PRESSURE

• 11/19/2000· VISIBILITY

  WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED INTERMITTETLY, THEN STOPPED ALL TOGETHER. *AK

• 11/18/1999· ELECTRICAL SYSTEMFire

  CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A NO START CONDITION. NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN,AND WITHIN MINUTES, VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED WITH FLAMES FROM STEERING COLUMN TO THE REAR OF VEHICLE, CAUSING TOTAL LOSS OF VEHICLE. *AK

• 11/15/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  I HAD TO PAY FOR LEGAL FEES AND FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF MY CARS CRACKED HEAD BECAUSE THE WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER IT WITH OUT IT BEING CAUSED BY A LUBRICATED PART, I FOUND OUT THAT ALL QUAD 4 ENGINE HEADS ARE KNOWN FOR THIS PROBLEM AND HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO A DIFFERENT MATERIAL, I THINK PONTIAC SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPLACEMENT SINCE THEY KNEW OF THIS PROBLEM. *AK

• 11/15/1994· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  ENGINE OIL LEAK. *AK

• 11/14/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  THE HEAD CRACKED ON THE ENGINE. AFTER TALKING WITH SEVERAL DEALERS THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE AMONG GRAND AM'S. PLEASE INQUIRE SILENT RECALL.*AK

• 11/12/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  FAILURE OF THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES, CONSUMER WAS DRIVING, APPLIED FORCE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. *AK

• 11/10/1994· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ANTI-LOCK BRAKES GRIND. *AK

• 11/06/2001· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  A PART OF ABS SYSTEM IS SHORTING OUT AND CAUSING THE ALTERNATER TO SHORT OUT.*AK

• 11/05/2003· STEERINGCrash

  WHILE DRIVING, THE STEERING WHEEL COLLAPSED AND CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, WHICH RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. *JB *PH

• 11/05/1998· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 40 WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET LEAKED OUT COOLANT, AND THE CASTING CRACKED, SPILLING COOLANT ON THE WIRES. *AK

• 11/04/1999· ELECTRICAL SYSTEMFire

  THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE STEERING WHEEL / THE DASHBOARD & THE SUNROOF. *YC

• 11/04/1997· SEAT BELTS

  SEAT BELT FAILURE.

• 11/02/1999· STEERING

  PIN FROM STEERING WHEEL FELL OUT CAUSING STEERING TO BECOME VERY LOOSE WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. *YC

• 11/01/1995· SEAT BELTSCrash

  VEHICLE WAS HIT BROADSIDE, SEATBELTS DID NOT RESTRAIN. TT

• 10/31/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,VISIBILITY,STRUCTURE,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  POWER WINDOWS STOPPED WORKING AND HEATER COIL WENT OUT, AND RADIATER BROKE AND STEERING WILL AND PUT SOMETHING IN THE STEERING COLUMN HAD WHEEL CYLINDER REPLACED HEAD GASKET , AND CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING. *AK

• 10/27/2000· STEERING

  STEERING WHEEL FELL OFF WHILE DRIVING. DEALER HAS REPAIRED VEHICLE.*AK

• 10/26/1995· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  WHEN CAR IDLES GASOLINE FUMES ENTER INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT WHEN AIR CONDITIONER IS ON. TT

• 10/25/2002· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  THIS IS THE 2ND TIME I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE BLOCK ( 1ST TIME ONLY HAD 28145 MILES ON THE CAR AND NOW I HAVE 58294 AND IT CRACKED AGAIN) HOW MANY TIMES SEEMS LIKE EVERY 30000 MILES IT CRACKS. GM SAID NOT THEIR PROBLEM, BUT FROM WHAT I CAN SEE FROM THE CONSUMERS AND ALSO IN TALKING TO THE DEALERS AND THE MECHINICS THEY HAVE PROBLEMS WITH ALL THE 1994 GRAND AM'S ENGINES HAVING THE BLOCK CRACKED. SOMEONE NEEDS TO GET WITH GM AND SAY FIX THE PROBLEMS AND HAVE A GOOD REPLACEMENT SO THAT YOU CAN GET MORE THAN 30,000 MILES ON A ENGINE. I WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER PONTIAC, AS IT HAS COST ME MORE MONEY THAN ANY OTHER CAR THAT I HAVE EVER HAD. BEFORE THIS CAR I HAD A FORD MUSTANG AND IT LASTED ME 12 YEARS. THIS CAR HAS LASTED ME 3 YEARS AND I STARTED PUTTING MONEY INTO IT. I COULD HAVE BOUGHT ANOTHER CAR WITH ALL THE MONEY I HAVE PUT INTO IT OVER THE YEARS. DT

• 10/23/2001· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  MOTOR MOUNTS FAILED TWICE, A BANGING NOISE OCCURRED WHEN THE CAR WAS PUT INTO GEAR, REPLACE FRONT ENGINE MOUNT AND STRUT

• 10/22/2001· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO MAKE NOISES, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT ENGINE HAD GONE OUT DUE TO AN OIL PUMP FAILURE.*YH

• 10/22/1997· SEAT BELTS

  THE DEFECTIVE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT BUCKLE AND THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE PLASTIC BROKE OFF UNEXPECTEDLY, CAUSING THE BUCKLE TO DISLODGE WHICH WONT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. *AK

• 10/20/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKE PADS FAILED.

• 10/20/1997· AIR BAGS

  DURING VEHICLE COLLISION NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG. MJS

• 10/16/1998· STEERINGFire

  STEERING COLUMN FAILED RESULTING IN FIRE.

• 10/15/1998· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,STRUCTURE

  WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH, NOTICED VEHICLE STARTED TO LOSE POWER. ALSO, THE AUTOMATIC LOCKS WILL LOCK ONLY WITH VEHICLE IS PUT INTO MOTION; AND WHEN TRYING TO USE THE SWITCH ON THE DOOR, IT DOESN'T WORK. WHEN PUTTING ON HIGH HIGH BEAMS THEY WILL WORK, BUT WHEN CUTTING THE HIGH BEAM OFF, THE REGULAR LIGHTS WON'T WORK. IT TAKES ALONG TIME FOR THE CONSUMER TO GET THE LIGHTS TO WORK. *AK