Pontiac Pontiac 2003
Model Pontiac made in 2003 by Pontiac got 17 consumer complains as well as 13 service bulletins. Consumer complaints with reference, among others things, to electrical system and engine and engine cooling. Technical service bulletines regarding electrical system and engine and engine cooling.
Model 2003
Bulletins
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING | |||
| 03/22/2007 | 0 | 12/02/2002 | |
| My 2003 grand prix gtp, which had regular car maintenance service, caught on fire in the parking lot when i was at work. a co-employee told me she heard these grand prix have a history of catching on fire and i checked on the internet and found articles that they do have a number of reports of engine fires, which mine was. therefore, i thought i would file a complaint report. | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | |||
| 12/01/2007 | 46000 | 3 | |
| I bought my grand prix from chip banks in duquoin, il. in august of 2006 and it had only 39,500 after owning it for 4 months the head started to misfire. i had someone look at it and they said it had been healy coiled to just temporarily fix the problem. i contacted the dealer i bought the car from and they said they would fix my car but i had to pay for it. i did not buy the extended warranty for my car because i could not afford it and it did not have very many miles on it so i thought it would be okay. i had it healy coiled to repair it and it held for 8 months and now all the other rocker arms are needing healy coiled in because they are worn out and they are dropping the push rod into my head. i bought a new head for my car and had it installed and now the other head is doing the same thing. please help me. i am the mother of four and i am low income i called chip banks and they will not help me and i have no way to get my kids around. one thing about my car is advanced auto where i got my head from had to special order it because it had a 8 mm bolt pattern so i don't know if that helps answer any questions you may have or not. i gave $13,000.00 for this car and i cannot afford another car and i don't want another car i love my grand prix i just need to know if the heads have been recalled or something. i tried to go on car fax.com and it said my car had eleven reports on it but i do not own a credit card so i cannot purchase it to find out what has happened to my car. the dealership did not tell me if the car had ever been wrecked or the engine messed up or anything. thank you. *tr | |||
| 10/30/2006 | 45000 | 2 | 05/12/2005 |
| Car stalled on me while on a busy road. ended up being related to the cars passlock system. cost $500 for towing and repairs. problem appears to be happening again as car stalled on me while on the road again on 12/11/2007 and would not start up again. apparently this is a widespread problem on late 90's early 2000's gm vehicles. if this were to happen to someone on the interstate, i would hate to imagine what would happen as everything shuts down on the car (i.e. power steering). very dangerous!!! *tr | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - EXHAUST SYSTEM - MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | |||
| 12/05/2007 | 1 | ||
| 3.1l intake manifold gasket leak. *tr | |||
| 10/01/2004 | 2 | 09/01/2003 | |
| Creaking noise in the steering wheel. intermediate shaft was replaced. also, burning smell coming from under the hood. gaskets replaced on the intake manifold and also the throttle gasket replaced.*ak | |||
| EQUIPMENT | |||
| 12/01/2007 | 46000 | 3 | |
| I bought my grand prix from chip banks in duquoin, il. in august of 2006 and it had only 39,500 after owning it for 4 months the head started to misfire. i had someone look at it and they said it had been healy coiled to just temporarily fix the problem. i contacted the dealer i bought the car from and they said they would fix my car but i had to pay for it. i did not buy the extended warranty for my car because i could not afford it and it did not have very many miles on it so i thought it would be okay. i had it healy coiled to repair it and it held for 8 months and now all the other rocker arms are needing healy coiled in because they are worn out and they are dropping the push rod into my head. i bought a new head for my car and had it installed and now the other head is doing the same thing. please help me. i am the mother of four and i am low income i called chip banks and they will not help me and i have no way to get my kids around. one thing about my car is advanced auto where i got my head from had to special order it because it had a 8 mm bolt pattern so i don't know if that helps answer any questions you may have or not. i gave $13,000.00 for this car and i cannot afford another car and i don't want another car i love my grand prix i just need to know if the heads have been recalled or something. i tried to go on car fax.com and it said my car had eleven reports on it but i do not own a credit card so i cannot purchase it to find out what has happened to my car. the dealership did not tell me if the car had ever been wrecked or the engine messed up or anything. thank you. *tr | |||
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE - STORAGE - TANK ASSEMBLY - FILLER PIPE AND CAP | |||
| 12/21/2004 | 48529 | 3 | 12/21/2002 |
| Continual expensive repair of my 2003 pontiac montana. in jan. 2003.. door handles had to be repaired because they snapped. (under warranty). in october 2004... gas tank had to be replaced because the nozzle came loose from the tank, $900 repair today.. 12/21/04 van did not pass inspection due to right tie rod loose and alignment $300 (car has 48,000 miles on it. *ak | |||
| FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER | |||
| 03/28/2004 | 1 | 04/30/2003 | |
| I have a 2003 pontiac grand am gt that i purchased brand new in may 2003. since then i have taken my car back to the dealer for service more than 4 times for different things. my car at times hesitates before starting other times makes weird popping noises and sometimes the brakes make a popping noise. everytime a service mechanic checked for those problems they were not duplicated. then i noticed one day that on my passenger side floor was soaked!!!!! i had taken it to the dealer twice before they were able to find out what the problem was it was a problem with the way the water was draining it caused my floor to get soaked everytime it rained. the dealer fixed that. now it's a few months later and i'm driving on the interstate and my car just dies completely cuts off while driving no warning at all! no shoulder for me to pull off on !!!!very dangerous. i try to start my car and it does not even turn over. i get towed to the dealer were they tell me that my sensor was bad, it read i had a little less than an 1/2 of tank but actually it was empty. the dealer put a sensor in and told me to come pick up my car. i still do not feel comfortable driving my car. i believe that it was more than the sensor. my car just completely died with no warning. no hesitation nothing, my fuel light was not on! my car would not even turn over. when it runs out of gas it still turns over it didn't! i hope that my car is completely fixed that was my reason for buying a new car, i have not even had this car a year and i have had several signs that i may have a lemon!*ak | |||
| FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER - STORAGE - FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM | |||
| 12/16/2006 | 56000 | 1 | 11/30/2006 |
| Gm has problems with erratic fuel sensors, and that is a safety issue for people who travel a lot and have no idea how much gas they have, or don't have in their cars. i have broke down in the middle of a snowstorm, on a busy expressway in the middle of rush hour traffic because i ran out of gas because my gas gauge was reading wrong. that was in me 1991 chevrolet lumina. the same thing is happening with my 2003 pontiac grand am. i believe that this whole thing should be recalled being that it is not covered in lemon law for new york state and a costly repair $(200-300 for the parts) and add on the $70 an hour for labor. *jb | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, AIR - DISC | |||
| 07/13/2005 | 5 | 03/01/2003 | |
| I have a 2003 pontiac grand am v6 and am on my 5th set of lifetime warrenty breaks and my 2nd set of rotors. i have also had to take it in for the gas hand malfunctioning and the motor on the drivers side window is not working. | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - ANTILOCK | |||
| 03/18/2002 | 03/01/2002 | ||
| I was drivining on the highway , i hit my brakes because someone had cut me off. upon doing so my brakes had locked up causing me to lose control of my vehicle, in which it sent me into a spin. i then hit the guardrail and wall on both side of the highway. i would like to add i paid $1000. extra for anti lock brakes. i broke my wrist and burned my arm from the impact of the airbag..i was blocking my face with my arm.*ak | |||
| STEERING - GEAR BOX - SHAFT SECTOR | |||
| 10/01/2004 | 2 | 09/01/2003 | |
| Creaking noise in the steering wheel. intermediate shaft was replaced. also, burning smell coming from under the hood. gaskets replaced on the intake manifold and also the throttle gasket replaced.*ak | |||
| STEERING - LINKAGES - TIE ROD ASSEMBLY | |||
| 12/21/2004 | 48529 | 3 | 12/21/2002 |
| Continual expensive repair of my 2003 pontiac montana. in jan. 2003.. door handles had to be repaired because they snapped. (under warranty). in october 2004... gas tank had to be replaced because the nozzle came loose from the tank, $900 repair today.. 12/21/04 van did not pass inspection due to right tie rod loose and alignment $300 (car has 48,000 miles on it. *ak | |||
| STRUCTURE - BODY - DOOR | |||
| 07/20/2005 | 1 | 02/04/2005 | |
| Number 2 above - our pontiac montana 2003 van has the automatic door opener on the passenger side of the car. the door slides back into place when the button is pushed. it is suppose to go back to an open position when the door touches a person or an object. our concern is it takes all of my body weight for this door to go back. so if or when a child might get his arm or even head in between the frame and the door closing if he were starting to get out of the van it could cause serious injury since the door would not just go back as it should. our grandson did get his fingers/hand caught in it and the button had to be pushed to release him. the manufacturer says this is normal. it is not when the chrysler vans which my niece owns has the same type set up and when you just touch her door as it's closing it goes right back open. we really are concerned with the physical damage this could cause a child. i was trying to demonstrate to some friends when we first got the van how the door would go back not knowing it would take a lot of pressure on the door for it to go back and it bruised my arm. the way this door works now we will never buy another montana unless this feature is corrected. we would definitely go to a chrysler van next. theirs is much safer. we have 8 grandchildren and this is a major concern everytime they go with us in the car. *nm | |||
| 08/08/2003 | 18000 | 3 | 08/13/2002 |
| In august of 2004 while camping my 18 month old son was getting out of our 2003 pontiac montana when he instinctively reached back into the van to grab his sippy cup that he dropped while the door was starting to close, his hand became pinched in the sliding door. i didn't realize that he had dropped his cup, so i looked away trying to grab his twin brother before people in neighboring camp sites yelled immediately that the door had actually closed completely on his hand. luckily nothing was broke because his hand was so small and it happened just underneath the protective strip so it actually closed completely. i contacted several departments and spoke to quite a few people at gm regarding this matter and they pretty much all told me (after hundreds of questions from them) that i should have been watching my kids better and that it is a safety feature to stop complete closure of objects unfortunately larger than my 18 month old sons hand. also i heard a lot of sorry and this is unfortunate that it had to happen but there wasn't anything else they could do for me. *jb | |||
| STRUCTURE - BODY - DOOR - HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS | |||
| 12/21/2004 | 48529 | 3 | 12/21/2002 |
| Continual expensive repair of my 2003 pontiac montana. in jan. 2003.. door handles had to be repaired because they snapped. (under warranty). in october 2004... gas tank had to be replaced because the nozzle came loose from the tank, $900 repair today.. 12/21/04 van did not pass inspection due to right tie rod loose and alignment $300 (car has 48,000 miles on it. *ak | |||
| SUSPENSION | |||
| 03/01/2004 | 9000 | 4 | |
| Tires/structure of the vehicle have failed 4 times. car has 55,000 miles on it and is now on the 4th set of new tires, average tire lasts about 9-12,000 miles, with one set having only lasted 4,000 miles. the dealer kept blaming it on the tires but i believe there is a problem with the vehicle itself, the car has been aligned with each set of new tires and 2 extra times when i took it in because it pulls to the left severely and it also shakes even after being aligned. i don't think 6 alignments is normal for a new car. is anyone else having these same issues? *nm | |||
Car dealers selling
| State | City | Zip | Name | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT | FAIRFIELD | 06824 | G AND J PONTIAC | |
| IL | DUQUOIN | 62832 | CHIP BANKS | 542-2114 |
| KY | BOWLING GREEN | MARTIN | ||
| MD | LAUREL | FOX PONTIAC | 301 725-2700 | |
| MI | BRIDGEMAN | SIEMANS IN BRIDGEMAN | ||
| MI | FREELAND | BURT WATSON | ||
| NY | ROCHESTER | IRONDEQUIOT SUZUKI |