We purchase a 2002 pontiac grand am se in july of 2005 from champion chevrolet in brighton michigan, we had it in to dealer within the first few weeks of owning it, which they didn't repair that day because what needed to be done would take to long so it was taken in the following sat. Had the ABS,trac control and the service engine soon sensor was replaced and there was a noise under the front drivers side which was fixed but came back a week later they told us that the noise was normal, I don't believe this as none of our other cars make this noise not even our chevy pickup truck. We also had it back in again for the sensors for the ABS, trac control and the service engine light that keeps coming on. We cont'd to have this problem and still don't have it fixed. When the lights come on I don't have my ABS brakes anymore and no trac control. My blinkers also have been giving me a problem as sometimes they work and other times they don't. Most of the time I can get them to work if I put my hazard lights on for a few mins. But I should not have to. I have been a gm person all my life as my dad has worked for gm for 35 something yrs. But they need to fixs these problems as it is unsafe for me, my children, my husband or whoever else maybe in the car and the other drivers on the road especially here in michigan with snowy and icy roads. I also have read some of the other complaints here and it seems that there are a lot of other people having the same problems. I was also told today while getting my oil change done that there is a problem with the dexcool in this car too. I did look around on the net and notice that there seems to be a lot of people having this problem. I have not had this problem yet as I only have 50,000 miles on my car but some of the signs that people are talking about I have notice so it will go into a dealer to have it checked and I will be keeping my invoices as I hope gm does the right thing and takes care of this problem to.
2002 Pontiac Grand Am engine complaints
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In 2003 I had the exhaust manifold replaced because the car was leaking anti freeze. Short time later I had the entire exhaust system replaced because anti freeze got into the exhaust system and engine was burning too hot into the catalytic converter. This plugged the converter causing the car to lose power since there was no where for the exhaust to go. Work was covered by warranty/work completed in california. I was told that the very minute I smell the rotten egg smell that this would mean that the exhaust manifold seal was leaking again. 8/2005...just had the exhaust manifold seal replaced for secont time. Car is now at 85k. Have extended warranty too 100k. I had the car out for a week and again the smell is back. I see from this site that there are many of us out there that have suffered the same problem. If the problem is recurring then gm should have to pay to fix it even after the extended warranty period. 8/2005...
2002 pontiac grand am developed problems with the brakes and the emergency brake equipment. *mr the vehicle stalled as the consumer backed out of the driveway when the vehicle was placed in drive. The emergency brake would hang up. The traction control light stayed on. There was an occasion when the consumer could not get the traction control to re-engage. The dealer claimed to have found nothing. The rotors were replaced along with the emergency brake pads which was stated to be beyond specifications. Three loud bangs had come from the left rear wheel. The consumer experienced numerous electrical problems and oil leaks.
I purchased a 2002 pontiac grand am se brand new. I began having trouble with it starting at 36,400 miles, the security light would come on, and car would not start. I called the dealership and because it was off warranty, they were not willing to help (although they had been very helpful during the sale). I took it to a small repair shop, and they thought that the problem was caused by a remote start system that I had installed at a dealership. Removed the remote start, but continued to have problems with it starting, and the security light coming on (if I kept the ignition on for 10 minutes it would reset). At 44,000 miles, while sitting in my driveway warming up the engine died. I had it towed to a local dealership where they found that the timing chain had broken and completely destroyed the engine. I called the dealership that I had purchased the vehicle from, and they refused to do anything about it. After much effort, they finally said that they might consider a "goodwill" warranty if I could provide receipts for all of my oil changes. Since these were done at home, I did not have receipts. I am still making payments on this car and feel that because it was a catastrophic incident that the dealership should have been willing to help me replace the engine in the car. The vehicle only had 44,000 miles on it, and it is sitting in my driveway dead. Anybody that looks at the car will know that I loved my grand am. Because I did not have the money to replace the engine (they wanted $3000) I ended up buying a 1995 jeep cherokee with 225,000 miles on it, this vehicle starts and runs everyday!!! It is very sad that general motors cannot take a few lessons from jeep in how to build a reliable product. Up until the day that I called the dealership with a car that would not start at 36,400 miles, I raved about what a terrific place they had been to deal with. 400 miles off warranty...they did not even know my name.
Coolant leak - internally.... Blew head gasket. Car brand new!! Service records indicating that car was 100% properly maintained by owner. Service department at perruzzi pontiac in langhorne, pa. Is keeping a tight blindfold on this known defect in this car and all other grand am gt 2002 models that have reported the same problems.
I replaced the lower intake manifold gasket in my pontiac grand-am (2002) at a cost of $700. The problem was well-known amongst the mechanics I saw and I was informed that this problem needs to be addressed. The mechanics could not believe that gm had not fixed this problem. I was told this was due to faulty gaskets and that the quality of gasket used was quite poor. I researched the problem on the internet and ran into numerous individuals with the same problem. The problem is common to the v-6 3.1l and 3.4l engines. It causes rapid oil loss and coolant leaks. This made the car undrivable and damaged the engine. My car is only two years old and this damage happened outside the warranty. I was treated rather rudely by pontiac and offered no help. This issue is ripe for a class-action or recall scenario. Very dangerous to the driver and car. High cost of repairs for a twenty dollar gasket. No accident occurred, but was stranded.
Intermittently vehicle will not start. Vehicle was taken to the dealer on numerous occasions, and no defects were found. Manufacturer stated they will make contact with the dealer vehicle was serviced when the dealer found the same defect two years ago, and currently the problem recurred.
While driving at 35 MPH on a side street steering wheel became stiff followed by the vehicle stalling. The vehicle was towed to mechanic, who determined that the timing belt broke, which should not happen at this low mileage.
Consumer complained about multiple problems with this vehicle. While driving vehicle stalled on its own. Consumer tried to restart vehicle, but was unable to do so. Then, fifteen minutes later the vehicle started. Driver's and passenger side electrical windows rolled up and down on their own. Also, transmission failed while shifting. Consumer contacted dealer for an appointment for these problems.
While driving, the timing belt broke. This caused the engine to turn two different ways. This caused catastrophic engine failure. The head broke as well as the pistons and rods. A new engine is now required.
I have had my car in numerous times to dealership and still have not been able to fix problem. When I travel down interstate the RPM locks in at around 2.6--every so often it will kick out and move past 3. This causes a jerking motion in car that is quite noticeable by everyone in car. I have assisted my dealership in finding the cause of this problem, by having a mechanic take if for test drives, applying scanning tool, and a data recorder to engine. I have put on over 600 miles trying to diagnosis problem. I have now been told that they really don't know what is causing the symptoms, but think it may a programming error. They state that the computer controlling the torque converter is not working properly. They state gmc has approx 13 other cars in us that is doing this, but they do not know what is causing the problem or how to fix it. They are currently working on a fix---but this may take years since any changes made, have to go through gov. In the mean time I am suppose to cont to drive this car and live with the sudden quick jerks that I get every 1-2 miles going down road, wait for the comp upgrade, and hope that this is the cause!! If not we start over. I am real frustrated with this whole process and the way this has been handled at my dealership. I want a resolution to this asap. The car only has 27,000 miles on, and should not be having this much problems. At this point I am very disappointed in my service I have received and in the whole gmc technician staff, and product.
While driving for a little while and when turning off the engine, vehicle would not restart. Vehicle was towed to the dealership. Dealer inspected vehicle several times, and could not duplicate or correct the problem.
My 2002 grand am se was not accelerating. Brought it to the dealer who said that the timing chain had jumped. Dealer said it was my fault due to not enough oil changes and sludge in the engine. I called pontiac for assistance and was treated rudely! Upon taking the grand am to another mechanic (non-dealer) it was found that the timing chain tensioner failed causing the timing chain to jump. Yet the dealer did not catch this. New mechanic could not find any trace of sludge in the engine causing the problem as the dealer said. While it was in their possession, the dealer caused more damage to the engine by starting it with a broken timing chain.
Purchased the car new in 2001. Oil changed every 3,000 miles and all regular maintenance. At 40,000 miles lower intake gasket began leaking. Replaced myself, followed manual precisely. Upon reassembly engine began nocking. Took to dealer and they cited bad lifters and replaced them.
This is the 2nd grand am I have owned and both times the intake gasket has started leaking the first on started leaking at 74.000 miles and my new one started leaking at 30.000 miles... What is wrong with the gaskets the first one was a 1999 and the new one is a 2002.
I have had my car in the shop several times for problems and they can typically replicate the problem, but cannot fix it. I have had 3 brake jobs on my car, as well as the calipers rebuilt, and my brakes still do not work right. The ABS system fails constantly. I experience slides on dry surfaces even. I also have transmission, coolant, and fueling problems. I have had a fuel pump replaced finally, after the 3rd time of taking it in for not starting, 2 times prior there was nothing supposedly wrong. Also, I am still getting only 125 miles on a tank of gas. They an reciprocate the problem but will not fix it. I also keep getting a low coolant and check engine message lights but they say nothing wrong. The power windows also drag and make marks on the window surfaces. They are very slow rolling up. The light in the radio area fades in and out, and the radio goes off and on alot as well as only the front speakers work primarily. Back do not. Accelerator pedal sticks, and causes car to rev up to 5000 rpms very scary!
While driving at 45 MPH, the vehicle shut down and would not start again. The vehicle was towed to the nearest dealer. The dealer inspected the vehicle and could not duplicate or correct the problem. *ak the ses (service engine soon) light was intermittent, the day lights were inoperative and the dealer could not duplicate. The solution was a loose fuel cap seal. When the vehicle didn't start, the solution was reprogramming the engine control module. On another occasion when the vehicle didn't start the ignition switch was replaced. The RPM dropped/stalled and was diagnosed as no fuel pump pressure and the sender fuel pump/fuel tank unit was replaced. The vehicle experienced a hard start where the problem wasn't diagnosed and the solution was to place the washer on the ground wire. While driving, all the lights had come on, no power was sent to the gas pedal, the vehicle felt like it was in neutral, the speedometer registered, the gas gauge registered the fuel followed by the engine surging. (nothing registered the rpms) *scc
2002 pontiac grand am gt intermittently the engine will just stop and all power is lost.. I have had this occur on the freeway and also on city streets. I am concerned about the safety of my family and others.
While driving timing chain broke, causing vehicle to stall.
Consumer states that while driving at any speed and with no warning vehicle will shut off, causing consumer to pull over. It will be hard to get the vehicle back started.dealer notified.
Consumer leased vehicle new in 06/02. After 1 month the head gasket blew without warning while driving. Dealer repaired, but incident occurred again about 3 weeks later. Dealer repaired again, but gasket blew 4 months later. Dealer has repaired vehicle 5x for blown head gaskets since lease.
I have a 2002 pontiac grandam gt. I purchased it in the end of 2001. Within my car reaching 10000 miles there were problems with it. The car started to overheat and there were performance problems. After taking it in I was told the the intake manifold need to be replaced and it was on back order. They finally replaced the manifold after two weeks. But the car has not performed the same. The car still slightly overheats and the dealership mentions that it is okay that the car runs slightly warm. And at time I smell the coolant when the car is running. I feel that if the manifold was fixed then there shouldn't be any other problems with the car. I also found out that alot of other gm vehicles are having problems with there manifold. I feel that after the warntee is over that the car will have problems later.
While driving at 50 MPH the vehicle stalled without warning. Consumer had vehicle towed. The dealership ran a diagnostic on the vehicle, and indicated that the fuel pump and main computer needed to be replaced. Please provide more details. Ts
Vehicle shut down while traveling on highway without prior warning. Dealership is aware of problem. *ak also the drivers power seat is inoperable at times, it makes a grinding noise, and at times would not move at all, there was a pulsation when brakes were being applied, brakes were replaced and the rotors were resurfaced, starter was replaced, there was a clunking nosie when driving straight or making turns, the dome light fell off, trunk is hard to close, consumer has to slam trunk to get it to close, the dealer found the latch out of adjustment, when starting vehicle there is a noise from the engine area, there was a noise coming from the wheel area, dealer could not duplicate consern, alternator was replaced, vehicle stalled, delaer replaced fuel sending unit, the clock radio was loosing time, the remote keyless entry will only work when consumer is close to the vehicle, the windows were making a scratching noise when being rolled up, the air conditon has an odor, steering wheel has a mild vibration when driving.
Vehicle had been parked in garage when driver noticed a puddle under vehicle. Took vehicle to dealer, and was informed that problem was a defective water pump. Dealer told consumer there was no water pump available.
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