1999 Pontiac Grand Am GT CP review from North America

Power Windows

Water Pump

Other general maintenance issues.

This is a very quick car for the price, and it is very easy to work on.

The engineer for this car (3.4L Engine)

was very ingenious in designing it.\

FIXING POWER WINDOWS:

Ok, first I have to tell you that this is a entry level mechanic job

to fix this problem, its takes a little bit of research, and the

worse possible scenario, you will slide away wtihout paying more than

a hundred bucks. If the mechanic at the place you took it to used the

same glue gm used, this will happen again. (GM uses a 3M Glue that

they will not recognize as the problem due to the fact that they do

not want to make 3M look bad.) This glue attaches your glass to a

glove, the glove is attached to the track mount, the track mount is

attached to the cable that pushes your windows up and down. When the

glue fails, this glove falls off the window when you are lowering it,

thus you will notice when you try to roll it up again, this will put

pressure in the wrong spot on the track mount (Which is made out of plastic) and brake it. If this occurs, you will have to buy a new regulator assembly for upwards of 350 dollars from GM Which takes 1

month to produce, or I recommend to get a

used one from the junkyard for 75 bucks. ( I repeat, the assembly is

not the problem, USE WINDOW EPOXY for attaching the glove back to the

window, I used GMs 3M epoxy and it failed 6 months later. This first

time job took me about 4 hours to figure out how to rip the door

apart, which is extremely easy. second time I had toi fix it, it took

me less than 2 hours. One more thing, if your windows glue does

break, DO NOT ROLL IT UP, this will make for a hassle to find an

regulator assembly at a Junkyard, because these things break all of

the time do to GM's 3M crappy glue. Any weird things with the window,

leave it rolled all the way down till you can rip apart the door.

When repairing, you will need to let this glue sit overnight, and use a 2x4 cut to length to prop the window into place so no thieves or rain get into your car.