1999 Pontiac Grand AM Recalls, Problems & Maintenance

“THE PASSLOCK SYSTEM KEEPS THE CAR FROM STARTING AND YOU HAVE TO WAIT 10 MINUTES BEFORE THE SECURITY LIGHT STOPS BLINKING. I HAVE A 99 PONT. GRAND AM AND THIS SEEMS TO BE AN ONGOING PROBLEM IN THIS CAR AND OTHERS”

“I CAN REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION AT ANY TIME ANY SPEED AND ANY CONDITION”

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE KEY RELEASED FROM THE IGNITION AND ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL TURNED OFF. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES”

“AFTER ABOUT 100,000 MILES, I WAS TOLD THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET ON MY PONTIAC GM 1999 GRAND AM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED (COOLANT WAS LEAKING AND AFTER INVESTIGATION I SAW THAT THE DEXCOOL COOLANT WAS TO BLAME FOR WEARING OF THIS INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET)”

“MY 99 PONTIAC GRAND AM IS SLOWLY LEAKING ANTI-FREEZE, THE MECHANIC I WENT TO KNEW EXACTLY WHERE TO LOOK, THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. HE SAID THEY ARE GETTING ONE OR TWO EACH WEEK AND DID NOT KNOW WHY THEY HAVE NOT RECALLED THE VEHICLE”

“I HAVE A '99 PONTIAC GRAND AM WITH 65,000 MILES WITH A DEFECTIVE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A CLASS ACTION SUIT ISSUE IN CANADA AND IS A COMMON ISSUE IN THE USA ALSO”

“TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDOW REGULATORS CONTINUE TO FAIL. HE HEARD A GRINDING NOISE MOMENTS BEFORE THE REGULATORS SNAPPED”

“THE WINDOW REGULATOR FAILS EVERY 18 MONTHS OR SO. I'VE REPLACED THE DRIVER'S SIDE THREE TIMES, AND THE PASSENGER SIDE ONCE. IT'S ABOUT $300 EACH TIME, WITH LABOR”

“A MONTH AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW JUST FELL INTO THE DOOR WITHOUT WARNING.2 WEEKS AFTER THAT MY PASSENGER SIDE FELL INTO THE DOOR”

“THE CALIPERS FREQUENTLY FAIL TO RELEASE PROPERLY AND HAVE REPEATEDLY DAMAGED THE ROTORS, MORE OFTEN IN THE FRONT THAN REAR. I BOUGHT THIS CAR IN SEPTEMBER OF 2002 AND A FEW MONTHS LATER BEGAN TO HAVE BRAKE PROBLEMS”

“BRAKES MAKE GRINDING NOISE AND SHAKE/PULSATE WHEN APPLIED AT ANY SPEED. BRAKE ROTORS WERE TURNED AND PADS REPLACED. THEN A WEEK LATER DEALER SAID CALIPERS WERE STICKING AND NEEDED REPLACED”

“GRAND AM 1999 BOUGHT USED WITH EXTENDED WARRANTY NOW EXPIRED AS MILEAGE IS 130,000. I HAVE REPLACED THE ROTORS AT LEAST 3 TIMES AND HAVE NOW BEEN TOLD BY BIG O TIRES THAT NOW WILL NEED TO CHANGE EACH TIME I DO THE BRAKES AS THE BRAKE LINERS ARE NOW HARDER THAN THE ROTORS”

“1) NO WARNING OF ANY KIND! 2) FRONT DRIVERS SUSPENSION COIL BREAK/COLLAPSE, COIL PUNCTURED TIRE CAUSING TIRE BLOW OUT, CAR CRASHING DOWN ALL INSTANTANEOUS. NO INJURY - I WAS PULLING OUT OF MY GARAGE. HOW OFTEN 1 TIME”

“1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM COIL SPRINGS BREAK WITHOUT WARNING OR CAUSE. I HAVE 2 OF THESE CARS, AND BOTH HAVE HAD FRONT AND READ COIL SPRINGS BREAK WITHOUT CAUSE. I SEE THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS FILED WITH THE NHTSA SINCE THIS WAS INVESTIGATED IN 2004”

“I RELEASED THE PARKING BRAKE--AND IT RELEASED REALLY HARD. WHILE DRIVING, THERE WAS SMOKE. MY COIL SPRING (RIGHT, FRONT) BROKE AND PUNCTURED MY TIRE. I HAD TO GET TOWED TO A GARAGE TO REPLACE BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS. THE OLD COIL SPRINGS WERE DISCARDED”

“1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM - ISSUE BEGAN AFTER WE SET THE EMERGENCY FLASHERS AND THEN PRESSED BUTTON TO RELEASE IN JAN 2006. TO DATE THE AUDIBLE CLICKING OF THE FLASHER INTERMITTENTLY ENGAGES”

“THE TURN SIGNAL FLASHER MODULE ON MY DAUGHTERS 1999 GRAND AM GT (54,000 MILES) CONTINUES CLICKING AFTER THE SIGNAL HAS SHUT OFF. AT TIMES THE UNIT HAS CONTINUED TO MAKE THIS NOISE FOR UP TO 15 MINUTES CONSTANTLY. THIS IS EXTREMELY DISTRACTING FOR A TEEN DRIVER”

“TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED WITHOUT IMPACT TO THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURY TO THE UPPER AND MIDDLE BACK AREA”

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH THE CONTACT DROVE OVER A MANHOLE COVER ,CAUSING THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG TO DEPLOY. THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATING PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT”

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL ON A SHARP TURN AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO FLIP AND CRASH INTO A DITCH. THE FRONT AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY”