2000 Pontiac Grand Am: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed Mar 29, 2016 · Engine · FL · fire · 1 injury

Tl* the contact owns a 2000 pontiac grand am. The contact stated that the turn signals became inoperable. While driving 10 MPH, the vehicle began to smoke. The hood was raised and the engine caught fire. A pedestrian extinguished the fire. A fire report was not filed. The contact sustained smoke inhalation that did not require medical attention. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

Filed Jul 15, 2014 · Electrical, Engine · OH · fire

Letter from senator brown on behalf of constituent re vehicle recall. *smd on january 8, 2013, the vehicle caught on fire in the engine compartment. The consumer received a post card in the mail, in june 2014 regarding a recall concerning a possible engine fire. The consumer no longer owns the vehicle.

Filed Jul 14, 2014 · Electrical, Engine · 142,000 miles · MI

Electrical issues big time: (so far, these are the issues I have found) blinkers & hazards randomly work, smell burning wires, ignition switch problems when trying to get car to start, gear shift sticks when attempting to take it out of park to reverse, smell fuel & low coolant button comes on but cannot determine leaks. "I'm being told by gm's customer service department that I have to go to a certified gm repair shop, pay out of pocket for the diagnose of issues which isn't going to be cheap, and then submit the information back to gm who may or may not fix it?!?!?! If they don't, I'm stuck with the bill!!! Which is going to cost me thousands to fix, because I can't sell it with all the issues." "as a single mother of two, I am highly appalled by this!! With all these recalls from gm, makes me wondering what else will go wrong with this vehicle, I "pinched pennies" and we went without necessaries to purchase said vehicle for my 17 yr old daughter. I pray for my two daughter's safety and the passengers that may ride with her everyday, I can only hope gm will add her "VIN" to the recall list and fix all problems, so I don't end up at anyone's funeral, as a result of gm's several years of failure to provide consumers with the big mistakes they made."

Filed Sep 17, 2005 · Electrical · 88,400 miles · NC · fire

My wife was driving my car to work at 6:30 am on highway. It is a 2000 pontiac grand am with 88,000+ miles. Never had a problem like this before. The factory installed cd stopped playing. She reinserted it. It stopped again. She glanced in her rear view mirror to see what appeared to be a silvery glow at the rear passenger side speaker. Then a fire from the speaker. By the time the car was able to stop along side the highway, the flames filled the whole rear window. She tried to open the door, it remained locked. She tried to open the driver window, it would not release. The flames were now over head and along the passenger seat . She shut the car off, pulled out the key and the door finally opened. She got out of there, opened the back door and got out her purse on the floor. She beat it down the highway. She looked back and could see flames now under the car and the inside completely burning. Two trucks had stopped and the guys had fire extinguishers to put out the fire. Then the fire truck and police arrived. The fire was completely doused out. The only thing not burnt was the front end and the engine. She came seconds from losing her life. National will treat this as a total write off but I almost lost my wife (it could have been me that day). Have you ever heard of anything so freaky? A speaker on fire?

Filed Aug 25, 2005 · Electrical · PA

On 4/27/2005 I replaced the combination switch on my 2000 grand am, because it was making a clicking noise for about 2 weeks, when the turn signal wasn`t on and I noticed some smoke coming from the steering column. A week later I received a recall notice on the switch. Gm`s consumer services sent me a form to fill out for a refund. I sumitted the forms and my claim was refused because the recall was performed on 4/26/2004. I checked my records and they did replace the switch 1 year earlier. My concern is that gm was replaceing bad with bad. My service request # 1-348061917. Customer relationship manager; krystal keel.

Filed Jan 21, 2004 · Electrical · PA · fire

Consumer parked in the driveway and shut vehicle off. A family member informed consumer that vehicle was on fire. Consumer called the emergency rescue department to put the fire out. Fire department informed consumer that the fire started from the dashboard.

Filed Jul 10, 2003 · Engine · 54,000 miles · OK · fire

Intake manifold on 3.4l sfi v6 engine on grand am's have severe problem - lets water out of the system very fast, will let a full tank of coolant out in less than 1 hour of driving time. This causes driver to be stranded, also an environmental issue with coolant leaking everywhere. This has caused my engine to be on fire, and the repairs are extensive. Mechanics know this problem all too well, everyone I have been to has had to fix it multiple times. The procedure takes 6 full hours, requiring pricy labor on the consumers expense. New intake manifold gaskets still don't last long even after they have been replaced. Gm needs to stand behind their faulty product, and fix this problem. I will spend more in repairs on the engine, then I paid for the car - and I bought it brand new. Please make gm fix this problem, it is an environmental issue with antifreeze leaking everywhere, it is a hazard to people who have to stop to refill the coolant tank just to drive, and it is a very costly and hard to get to component of the engine.

Filed Jun 16, 2003 · Engine · CA · fire

Vehicle was shut off in the parking when it caught on fire from engine. Dealer notified.

Filed May 15, 2003 · Engine · TX · fire

The engine caught fire while driving on the interstate. Mr scc

Filed May 6, 2003 · Brakes, Electrical · 20 miles · VA · fire

I purchased my 2000 pontiac grand am used with 27000 miles on july of 2001. In october of 2001 I had my first brake job, february 2002, july 2002, march 2003 brakes checked on 2 other occasions for noise. Car was serviced in march 2003 for brakes and alignment - 5 weeks later car caught fire driving in traffic. The smoke was coming from under the hood, the fire dept. And police were on the scene in less than 10 minutes - the car was totaled. Cause is under investigation.

Filed Mar 13, 2001 · Engine, Fuel system · IL

Gas fumes were felt inside of vehicle, it was leaking into engine all over. Vehicle would start shaking, and blue gray smoke came outof exhaust. It happened 3 times, each time fuel injectors were replaced. Dealer kept vehicle 2 weeks, and same day picked up consumer drove 40 miles and it repeated same thing. 1 month later , engine check light was coming on. Dealer did not have a remedy. Consumer has got gm involved to rectify problem.*ak the consumer states the vehicle was at the dealer service shop for 34 or more days.

Filed Feb 9, 2001 · Electrical · WI · fire

Veh started on fire fire in the engine.