Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING | |||
| 1 | |||
| Brake failed. nlm. consumer states prior to recall, a new starter was needed as well as a new engine and also a new lighting switch, consumer has also had to get new tires. *jb | |||
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - BRAKE LIGHTS - SWITCH | |||
| Rear turn signals and brake lights are inoperable. dealer has been notified. please provide further information. *ak | |||
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS - SWITCH | |||
| 1 | |||
| Consumer experiencing various different electrical problems with low beams not working. also, hazard lights stay on, and high beams work intermittently. consumer noted problem may be linked to pontiac's most recent recall. *ak | |||
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - HEADLIGHTS | |||
| 05/03/2002 | 20 | 04/01/2002 | |
| When clicking on bright lights ,lights go completly out until you click switch again .turn signal for right side does not work either after complete change of bulbs and fuses ,cruise control doesnt work either | |||
| 02/04/1999 | 15 | 08/01/1996 | |
| When you turn on the high beams the interior and headlights go out and the high beams never come on, when you turn the high beams off, the interior and headlights come back on only sometimes. the other times you have to turn the kights on and off several times to get any lights at all back on. this is very dangerous in the middle of the night on a long trip with my 2 children in the car! it was not a fun episode and thank goodness nobody was hurt. everytime since that we have tried to get the high beams to work, the same thing happens | |||
| 10 | 05/01/1996 | ||
| Switching from high to low beams headlights shut off & use of hazard lights shut off turn signals until car sits overnight | |||
| 01/30/2000 | 06/01/1994 | ||
| Headlights go off, dimming will bring them back on. *ak | |||
| 12/12/2000 | 1 | 09/01/1994 | |
| While driving at night consumer had on high beams, and when switching to low beams all lights went out, consumer had to switch back and forth, and then lights came back on.*ak | |||
| 12/26/2000 | 0 | ||
| 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 | |||
| 08/31/1999 | 16 | ||
| The headlight trouble almost caused vehicle to leave road at high speed. i found that when they cut out, i need to put high beams on & then switch back to low beams. seatbacks for both front seats will fly foward during heavy braking. a mechanic advised me that the seat backs were supposed to move foward like this, i would like this fixed. as for the driver window, many other grand am owners tell me that they have same problem - this one has cost me over $100 in drying out my vehicle interior and repairs. *ak | |||
| 05/07/1999 | |||
| Vehicle experiences a squeaking noise coming from the steering wheel, indicating a failure in the power steering which may cause a crash. also, problems with passenger's door latch which won't open from the inside/high beam in the headlights is inoperative/struts malfunctioned too early, and when applying gas pedal, vehicle hesitates which may cause a crash. dealer cannot determine the problem. please provide further information. *ak | |||
| 03/01/1994 | |||
| There is a wiring short and the interior lights will go off and sometimes the headlights. usually happens when using turn signal. also when turning on flashers the abs light comes on. the right interior turn signal light stays on when lights are on. also the steering column vinyl covering over the airbag has split down the pontiac symbol exposing the airbag. | |||
| 08/15/1998 | 10 | 04/01/1996 | |
| 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 ) | |||
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - HEADLIGHTS - HIGH/LOW BEAM DIMMER SWITCH | |||
| 01/19/1999 | |||
| When driving at night and using , high beams, they would go out completely. have taken to dealership and nothing was found. currently, having problems with regular headlights going out. would switch from high beams to headlights to high beams to get them to work.*ak | |||
| 1 | |||
| When engaging high beams, failure occurs. | |||
| 12/03/1997 | 6 | ||
| Whenever the dimmer lights are used, all the lights would go out. can play with dimmer & switch and all lights back on again. turn signal does not work properly. needs to use emergency flasher to get the turn signal to work like it should. *ak | |||
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - HEADLIGHTS - SWITCH | |||
| 03/20/2004 | 104900 | 1 | 12/05/2003 |
| Consumer stated there was an electrical short in the switch that controlled the headlights. the headlights failed to come on. *ak | |||
| 01/01/2000 | 1 | ||
| Consumer received recall notice 00v287000/ engine starter. also, experienced problems with switch that controlled exterior lights of vehicle malfunctioning. exterior lights would stop operating when switching between dim and bright. at times, there was smell of burning wires. *ak ping of tilt on steering column backed out twice. the replacement new switch failed. the dash lights were out. the window brackets were weak. the front disc brake pads failed frequently. *yh | |||
| 5 | |||
| Since purchased new this car has been nothing but trouble. now there is a switch recall in 2001. why hasn't something been done about all the other complaints. last week the cranksensor went out while driving 55mph. car stopped running | |||
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - TAIL LIGHTS | |||
| 12/26/2000 | 0 | ||
| 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 | |||
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - TURN SIGNAL | |||
| 02/05/2003 | 20000 | 14 | 05/06/1995 |
| While driving in fairly heavy rain, the turn signals stop functioning. after 2-3 days of dry weather, they begin functioning again. this has happened to me while on the freeway. it's horrifying. during my ownership, this has happened no less than 14 times. *jb | |||
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - TURN SIGNAL - FLASHER UNIT | |||
| Rear turn signals and brake lights are inoperable. dealer has been notified. please provide further information. *ak | |||
| 10 | 05/01/1996 | ||
| Switching from high to low beams headlights shut off & use of hazard lights shut off turn signals until car sits overnight | |||
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - TURN SIGNAL - SWITCH | |||
| 09/05/2001 | 1 | ||
| Turning signal intermittently wouldn't work. turning signal has a delayed response, sometimes coming on 2-3 minutes later or a hour later. service manager indicated that mult-i function switches in grand ams are all a problem. repair cost $200. *ak | |||
| 09/22/1999 | |||
| Windshield wiper's are working intermittently, and alsso work occasionally when consumer uses the turn signal. *ak | |||