Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL | |||
| 07/01/2008 | 28000 | ||
| I purchased my 2005 pontiac grand am se used in may of 2008 with only 23,000 miles on it. the first issue began only about 2-3 months after the purchase. first the key would get stuck...a few weeks later, that was no longer a problem. then the car had trouble starting. very random, sometimes it would start after a few tries, sometimes it would start after 30 minutes. then it got worse. the car would shut off as i was driving...no warning at all...just turned off as if i turned the key off. this also is extremely random..mechanics have checked my fuel pump pressure, cleaned the lines twice...i was told the pressure was right to specifications. it has been 3 years that i have the car..could not afford to take it to a gm dealer. i checked and cleaned the fuses related to the ignition..after i did that, for the first time in 3 years my car did not shut off. that lasted about 2 weeks, now it is starting all over again. i have gotten stuck on the highway in the middle of traffic, up on mountainous roads, at red lights, very dangerous. my car still has trouble starting at times and now it returned to the danger of the car shutting off. my electrical system sometimes goes crazy when the car shuts off..sometimes it does not. sometimes the car shuts off when turning on my directional signal..sometimes it does not. sometimes it shuts off at a stop sign..sometimes it shuts off driving 55 mph. if this were my fuel pump, it would have died years ago. this is gm's poor electrical systems proven to be a problem in the grand am and other models as well. | |||
| 02/12/2009 | 45000 | 1 | |
| My husband has a 2005 chevy truck with 30000 miles. i own a 2005 pontiac grand am, both with 45000 miles, both driven for pleasure. i just replaced front and rear brakes. my abs and no trac light is on. i was told my hub was bad. my husband just replaced a hub on his truck as well, no warranty! i was told by auto zone and the people who work on my car that gm has a bad hub and knows it. i can not afford to replace mine at this time so i have to park the car. *tr | |||