1997 Pontiac Grand Am SE review from North America

A lot of little things, the clock on the radio doesn't work, the volume knob very rarely works. I routinely have to replace the brake pads & rotors, usually once per year. I had an issue where I couldn't get the key to turn to get the car on, they switched the lock cylinder for $600, 1 year a 1 month later I couldn't get my key out & they charged me full price to switch the cylinder again, 1 week later it happened again, when I took it in a guy popped a cover off under the stearing column & pushed a button on the celinoid & the key released, apparently that's what it was all along & they wouldn't give me a refund. The drivers side window won't go back up, we took it apart, we think it may have been accident damage that bent some rods & nocked the gears out of alignment, fixed it, but it eventually fell apart again. And I have a check engine light issue with heavy stutter if I push the gas to quickly or go up certain hills, most people believe its just dirty spark plugs or something, but I haven't had that issue resolved yet.

Overall, I have no spent much on repairs aside from the key situation, which in the end should not have cost so much, but the mechanics I took it to were not honest, or competent. However, I have put up with a lot of little things that I just live with, if I was the type of person that cared, it probably would have cost a fortune to fix all this stuff.