1999 Pontiac Grand Am SE2 review from North America

The brakes make a very loud grinding noise and sometimes the car misfires. I fixed the misfire problem by cleaning the injectors and since then I have had no problem with it, but I expect this problem to come back. I have noticed that the brake problem is very common. While driving to school I heard the same exact noise coming from another Grand Am next to me.

Replaced one injector at 97000.

Seats are very uncomfortable and make squeaky noises. Whenever I brake the seats lean forward and make cracking, squeaking noises which extremely annoy me. I will spray that with WD-40 soon, but I don't think the problem will go away.

I started to hear a weird squeaky noise coming from the front right tire recently and it has proven to be extremely annoying, I'm going to get that checked out soon.

Struts went out at around 50 thousand miles.

Suspension squeaks whenever more that 2 people sit in the back.

Coolant started leaking at around 60,000.

I like my Grand Am for it's looks and decent performance. The car is quick of the line and very fast on the highway, but the reliability of the car is sub-par.

The handling is not that great, but the looks make up for it.

I have noticed that my Grand Am is a lot smoother while using premium gasoline, and using the valvoline fuel system cleaner I got rid of the knock which so many Grand AMs suffer from.

If the reliability of the Grand Ams was like Honda's, I would really love it.