Friday morning I was on empty, so I went to the gas station. Turned off car & filled up, started it no problem. Then went to get breakfast, turned off car. The came back after no more then 5 minutes the car would not start. No sputtering, no failure to fire, no stalling before this occasion. Nothing. I have had the car for about 1.5 years. I have had no problem with it starting. I took it to auto repair shop & they said it was common problem. That they have had a lot of 2001 grand am with this exact problem. It was fixed. I was told to watch the car because if it happens again they will report the problem. When we first go the car the front head lights would go off by themselves at night. That happened at 12:30am. Also the taillights went out at the same time. We reported that to the dealership & they fixed it.
2001 Pontiac Grand Am electrical complaints
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Intermittently consumer was unable to turn the key in the ignition switch. Dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem.
While driving vehicle shut down. Consumer tried to restart vehicle but it failed to do so. Consumer took vehicle back to the dealer, who made a few adjustments. However, the problem recurred.
The solenoid chip, located behind the steering column, failed and caused the entire vehicle to lock up. This failure occurred when the vehicle was restarted after it had been driven and parked. The parts the dealership replaced are 12458191 and 670487. Dealership indicated that this is a common failure with these vehicles. *ak the two failures occured with 20000 miles of one another.
2001 pontiac grand am has had problems with window motor, turn signals, air conditioner, the brake system, the security system and vehicle would not start. *mr there was strange noise when the brakes were applied and when making a left turn. The other problems with the window motor, turn signals, air conditioner were resolved per warranty, but the brake system problems continued. There were two instances with the factory security system. The vehicle would not start. The vehicle would just crank but not catch. The security light started to flash. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where they reset the system. A few months later, the security system locked the vehicle. The consumer found that the key sensor in the ignition shorted and the pass lock module was replaced and re-keyed. *sc
Vehicle is having electrical problems. Turn signals were defective, the gas gauge will indicate that vehicle has more gas than what was really in the vehicle. The power steering trac off light came on. Also, vehicle shut down completely and had to be towed.
I have had several problems with my vechicle not starting and the dealer has told me several different reasons. Back in may 2003 is suppose to have been the computer codes were inproperly put into my car but now in march 2004 it is my ignition switch which a friend of mine has had the same problem but it was a recall on her car year.
Turned of the vehicle and it would not restart. The engine turned over but it would not fire.
After driving the vehicle to visit a business, it would not restart. The engine would turn over but would not start.
After the dealership replaced the hazard warning switch for the hazard warning light recall 03v327000 the turn signal stopped working correctly.
When attempting to start vehicle the engie failed. Consumer looked under the hood, and noticed some wires melted, followed by the engine burning. Consumer put the fire out.
After making an appointment and leaving the vehicle at the dealership to have the hazard warning switch recall 03v327000 repairs performed, dealership didn't have the replacement switch. Also when the vehicle was picked up the clock, radio, display lights and the headlights were inoperative. The dealership did not accept responsibility.
My 2001 pontiac grand am continues to shut down with the anti-theft system being activated. Have rpl fuel pump and had it towed 2 times to dealership to have computer reset in last 2 months. I have been told there is no way to deactivate the program. Now have an unreliable car. Don't know when it won't start and need a tow again!
Ignition key switch failed not allowing vehicle to start. Car was towed to dealer. Ignition switch was replaced and cost was split between dealer and owner since warranty mileage was exceeded. Dealer was very helpful, courteous and communicated the trouble to my complete understanding. Car was repaired in 1 day.
I have a pontiac grand am gt 2001 v6 and it has 3 major problems. The car has 52,000 miles and I have had to replace the rotors/breaks twice already. Whenever the front brakes are applied they pulsate and drag the car to a stop. Best of all its starting to shudder again when I use the breaks. So, soon to be 3 times in about 3 years. Second, the speakers have blown 2 times. I dont understand why gm would put speakers in the car that cannot handle the power from the factory reciever. Finally, the engine cooling problem. The low coolant light would turn on when I started the car, then turn off after 10-30 seconds. This went on for a week or two and I brought it in to get checked out. They told me the dex cool coolant ate through the gaskets, which caused the loss of coolant. Its $800 to get it fixed. Please do something, this car's design is flawed.
The hazard lights stopped operating. The fuses were changed twice but the problem still occurs. *ak the signal lights also failed. When the consumer changed the fuses the lights worked for 2-3 weeks then failed again.
Water leaked into floorboard from air-conditioner. Grinding noise coming from the front and back wheels. Trim came loose from back bumper. Rearview mirror fell off. Had numerous times where the car would crank but not start (dealership could not duplicate problem) front driver window would not come down on occasion. Car caught fire under the dashboard while parked in our garage. The fire did extensive damage to the interior of the car. The inspector sent out to look at the car (by gm) said the fire was electrical and not caused by anything we did to the car. The car was repurchased by gm on january 7, 2004 after basically calling them on a daily basis to get something done about it.
Blower motor for heater/air conditioner has faild twice. First time did not work on 1 or 2. Second time faild to operate on 1,2, and 3.
2 weeks after purchase, floorboard was drenched and took to the dealership to be repaired.they said it was;however, the next big rain the car was drenched again. The car stayed for almost 2 weeks during which time, the mechanics could not "figure it out" and I was informed that some "experimental" fluid was used to try to stop the leak, but that did not work so it was being removed. The mechanics were putting it under the water hose to see if they could determine the leak. This was finally fixed, though I do not know what the cause may have been or what the final fix was done. 6 months later, the blinkers went out and were haphazard working. This was repaired under a different pontiac dealership as I was leery to "experiments." 3 months later, the check engine light was on or the check vehicle light, headlights were acting funny. Dealership and was informed this was due to corrosion and was not covered under warranty. Last week, the traction off light kept coming on, the headlights kept blowing bulbs, the service vehicle light was on, the cigarette lighter would not work, and the daylights and fog lights would not work at all. I was informed that the map sensor was covered under warranty, but the headlight control circuit control module was not covered. I was informed by dealer#2 that the faulty parts could have been caused by the prior water leakage. Both the warranty company and dealer #2 told me that even though headlights and a lighting system was pertinent, there was nothing they could do to fix it at no cost to me. Dealer #2 fixed the map sensor and I picked up the vehicle. Now other problems after map repai. Since the car was waterlogged and it is only logical that any water damage should be covered by someone. I called dealer#1 and explained the situation. At this time, when they pulled up the record of the car, I was informed the water leakage was on a service bulletin I did not go put my car in the lake and I did not ask for this kind of hassle.
Electrical wiring failure (signal light - tail light).
Ignition cylinder, and ignition switch failure.
Car won't start. Security light flashed. Had to leave key in on position 15 minutes before car would start start.
Dash lights came on and off intermittently. Also, while braking there was a loud grinding noise. Abs warning light and engine check light kept illuminating.
Speakers have been replaced twice, calipers, electrical problems and only 3 months after I purchased the vehicle until now I have heard a grinding, scrubbing noise in the wheels when driving at slow speeds. And when slowing down the car shudders violently. I have only had the car a year and every month something has had to be fixed. The car is still under warranty and I am very displeased with the service that I have gotten from the dealership. I am now consulting a lawyer who handles lemon law cases.
While driving, the computer malfunctioned. The vehicle failed to start 4 times in the past 8 months and needed to be towed each time. Filed a complaint (odi id 10004570) for the first time. Then after two trips to the store, and after attempting to restart the vehicle after 10 to 20 mins. Now parts of the computer was replaced; 2 fuel pumps, battery (dealer?s solution, even though battery was fine) flashed the body control module, replaced spark plug harness and several other parts. In an effort to find problem, the ingnition mechanism was replaced for the 4th time. Still uncertain if the problem was fixed, it?s suspected that the ignition switch may have been the defect all along.
Turn signal and/or hazard lights operates in an inconsistent basis. Most of the time I have to start the flasher, then cut it off for the turn signals work. Usually it works but not all the time.
My ignition sevceral times has failed me by the pass lock feature secruity light on I have to wait 10 minutes for the stupid thing to reset and half the time is does not reset I have went out and purchased a new battery being told that would solve the problem it did not all ti did was save me from having a dead battery while waiting the 10 minutes for the security light to go off, I finally got a reading on the codes and the one is 1632 and 1731 well what is it and why do I have to pay for a repair on a 3 year old car that gm states in there warranty book they stand behind the product that they make and when out of warranty as is my car they will cover half if not all well I have the codes and the dealer still wants to charge me for a diagnoses, the car is 2 1/2 - 3 years old and my milage is 65,000 I have never had so many problems with a car as I am having with this pontiac grand am se. I have always bought chrysler products and one time I decide to try a pontiac is has been a costly nightmare I have also had problems with my breaking system the car had 7,000 miles on it and the dealer replaced the breaks rotars and calipers at which time I am now repaceing the breaks every 4-6 months and about every other break changing I am replacing the rotars calipers the entire breaking system for the most part which I just did again at a tune of 700.00 + dollars in one month I have put 1400.00 in to the car between repairs and rental car cost, please someone do something about this product they are not as safe as they seem and gm should stand behind there defective car
I just purchased a 2001 pontiac grand am se1 in august of 2003. It seems the "passlock" theft ignition is not working properly & the car will not start unless reset per the procedure in the manual.
I have a 2001 pontiac grand am gt with currently 10.000 miles and I am constantly having problems with intermittent hard starting since I bought the car new. I have brought the car to three different dealers with no results, they said since the problem is intermittent and they cannot duplicate it they cannot determine what it is.
Fuel pump does not work. Dealer notified. *ak the fuel gauge , fuel injectors, fan, lights, door locks, computer chip, oil leak, brakes, blinkers had to be replaced. Gmac had been notified on several occasions and had refused to cooperative in fixing the defects. These were known defects. Gmac refused to fix under warranty and refused under the lemon law. *scc
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