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I bought my 95 Grand AM in May 2003 it has been working good, but now the car is over heating. I have had it looked at, but no one can seem to find a problem. I have changed my coolent, oil and everything else I could think of. The car smells like anti freeze and the AC no longer works.
My wife has a 1995 GrandAm. She bought it before we were married last year, bought it new before I could tell her not to. I recently had the serpentine belt changed for $70 and I was crawling ynder it to see what was making the clunking noise when I shifted it into drive and saw the serpentine belt has been shredding pieces and dust all over everything. It's goin back tomarrow for a new one. It's only been on for 3 weeks!!. I heard the motor mounts had to be moved to change this belt, so while my wife was shifting with the brake on and the hood open, it seemed that the whole engine and tranny were moving back and forth on the top mount too far. Farther than normal. The tranny makes a clunking noise when dropped in drive. The shafts to the wheels seem solid, but maybe the engine mount on the top left of the engine as I look at it is worn out. It's just rubber pads'and they don't seem to stop much motion anymore. This is the only place where I can see that would allow the engine and tranny to move. Is there a lower engine mount on the bottom left of the motor I'm not seeing? Could this be the problem? or is the tranny wearin out. There are no standard u-joints on this car, but that's what it sounds like when it shifts. Where are these joints at and what do you call them? CV joints?. If anyone can help me, please e-mail me at Teeburz@aol.com. Thanx and good luck with your other than GTO pontiacs.
Well I don't own a '95 Gran am.. but do have a '96 I have had so Many headaches from this car. I have had problems with this car since I bought it. As of today I have 66,000 miles on it. Came out to my car seen there was water underneath the car on the passenger side. Thinking this was going to be something Minor Like a hose like soo many were telling me. No its more than that. I had the car towed to get fixed two days later hes still not sure whats wrong with the car. He thinks either a head Gasket or time chain cover?? hes telling me he puts fluid in the radiator he can't tell where it is coming from. This year I have also replaced ALL 6 Fuel injectors and my power windows stopped working all I could replace is the one window. The struts needs to be fixed I'm so done with this car. Thought I had such a good buy.. 40,000 miles and paid 6000. for it.. what a joke!
I bought my 1995 Grand AM SE Coup (with the Quad 4) about two years ago. I paid $6500 CAD for it, and so far I've put $2900 worth of repairs in it. $2300 in one shot, and three claims to my insurance agency resulting in my paying only my $200 deductible. Within six months of my purchasing the vehicle, even doing regular checking of all fluids, my engine seized causing damage to 12 out of the 16 valves. My mechanic told me he'd only work on my car because he is friends of my family, otherwise he'd never touch it because it's a labor-intensive engine. Currently, I'm now having transmission problems after putting on only 40,000km. I have vowed that as soon as this car is working enough to drive, and I can get a slightly better income, I am purchasing something else. I don't quite care what I get, so long as I never touch another Grand Am ever again. NEVER.
Well I've had all these problems listed. I know what everyone is going through. I have a problem that's stumping me. My 92 grand am SE 2.3 Quad 4 SOHC likes to lope and stumble on deceleration only. I have to slip it in neutral when I let off the gas. Can anyone help please email me at (eacha455@yahoo.com) Thanks Bill.
My 95 with a v-6 drives great, but lately I find my self driving down the road and the car looses all it's gears just like it's in neutral. If I shut off the engine and then turn it back on. The problem is then fixed for another few miles. Shutting the ignition of resets the problem. Does anyone no what the problem would be for that. (jeremy.block@offutt.af.mil) Thanks.
I just bought a 95 pontiac grand am se, for about $5000. when I got it, it was running fine, all except the first night I drove it. I stoped and shut the car off, and when I got back in the car and tried to start it, it wouldn't start. no the less I was a little ticked cause I had paid for the car in full and didn't even have it one day and it was causing me problems. I haven't had that problem since. now just like everybody else my powerwindows in the back are not working. they go down, but don't want to go back up. now I don't know if it is the transmission or what, but everytime I go to accelerate. it is like the car just does not want to go, and now after I get above fifty the car starts to vibrate, and I have something leaking in to my passanger side of the car. know can tell me what is wrong with it. it is really discouraging knowing I just bought the car and it doesn't want to run properly. I really don't even know how it passed the inspection from the dealership that I got it from. if anybody could give me advice contact me at jchartrand19@yahoo.com. thanks and good luck with all of you cars.
Hi, Everyone I hope this will lighten your day.
I bought a 1995 Grand Am SE in the winter of 2000. I have had really no problems with it, but the problems I did run into I will tell you how to fix.
The window problem is the tracks like to bend, so you can either bend them back or go to the scrap yard and have them replaced.
The one guy mentioned a rattle under the hood, that would probably be the AC compressor bearings, all you got to do is go to your mechanics and have them tighten it. It shouldn't cost anything, but if it does just do it yourself it only takes about 2 minutes to do.
I have now owned my 1995 Grand Am SE for 5 years and those were the only 2 problems I have had with the car. Other than the abuse I but it through I have had the transmission rebuilt for it has no comparability to others. It has an amazing shift kit in it which allows it to spin out when shifting into 3rd gear. And I have done enough to it to match or even out run a 5L mustang.
So sorry to all them people saying that the 1995 Grand Am SE is garbage, but it is all in how you take care of your car and keep it in good running condition.
I have a 95 grand am 3.1l v6 with 370000kms yes 370000kms. I bought in 2002 and have only put 500 dollars in just brakes and ball joints. I love this car and would buy another again.
I have just recently bought a 95 Grand Am. My only problem is the passenger's side window... I don't expect it to work too great being that it is 10 years old. I just believe that it will be a good car if you take care of it. So I think all of those people that was complaining just don't know how to take care of their cars. In closing, I really enjoy my car and recommend it to anyone!
Just bought a 98 Grand Am Gt. Have had problems with it from day one. Main problem is the overheating issue. Have took it to numerous mechanics and they still can't figure it out. Also have ticking noise coming out of engine. Also they haven't figured that out either. Needless to say I'll never buy one ever again!!!
Hello, I recently bought a 1995 Pontiac Grand Am SE Coupe as my first car for school. It is a two-door coupe and the power windows on both sides do not work at all. Sometimes they go down, but I have to put them up manually. Also, the right turn signal on both the front and rear do not work. If anyone knows how to fix these problems, please contact me at chu_bubblegum08@yahoo.com.
We purchased our '95 grand am SE(quad 4) just a few months ago.since then we have ran into several problems... first it began with problems accelerating from a stopped position. we came to the conclusion that this was a fuel pump issue, or possibly some "bad gasoline".we replaced the fuel pump, and used some gas treatments. nothing helped, it actually became worse; now the car was sputtering any time you accelerated. you wouldn't dream of attempting to pass another car or quickly turn off somewhere crossing other lanes of traffic! eventually,new plugs and wires seemed to help with this, but I have a feeling that problem will return in time. also, the car recently began overheating for no apparent reason. when we took it to a mechanic he said it was the water pump, someone else said the thermostat could be stuck. we replaced both of these items for over $400.had not even got the car back home (about 20 minutes from the repair shop) and it had already over heated! (completely baffled by this, we began racking our brains, trying to figure what else it could possibly be. then I remembered that another issue we were confused about was the mysterious water all over the floor boards in the front. I recalled another vehicle I owned in the past whose heating core "broke"...same scenario, water all over floorboards!) the same evening that we brought it home from the garage, we attempted to return it there since it was still overheating; we had to have it towed for the 20 minute drive, for another $70. the mechanic now agrees with my theory of a blown heater core. so in conclusion we wasted a lot of time and money fixing problems that were, not even the "immediate problems" that needed repaired. the mechanic did say that these things would have needed to be replaced anyway w/in a matter of days. so my advice is to get out of the endless cycle of "grand" am repairs now, before it's too late;if something on it doesn't need repaired yet, i think it's safe to say that it will... sooner than later.
We purchased our '95 grand am SE(quad 4) just a few months ago.since then we have ran into several problems... first it began with problems accelerating from a stopped position. we came to the conclusion that this was a fuel pump issue, or possibly some "bad gasoline".we replaced the fuel pump, and used some gas treatments. nothing helped, it actually became worse; now the car was sputtering any time you accelerated. you wouldn't dream of attempting to pass another car or quickly turn off somewhere crossing other lanes of traffic! eventually,new plugs and wires seemed to help with this, but I have a feeling that problem will return in time. also, the car recently began overheating for no apparent reason. when we took it to a mechanic he said it was the water pump, someone else said the thermostat could be stuck. we replaced both of these items for over $400.had not even got the car back home (about 20 minutes from the repair shop) and it had already over heated! (completely baffled by this, we began racking our brains, trying to figure what else it could possibly be. then I remembered that another issue we were confused about was the mysterious water all over the floor boards in the front. I recalled another vehicle I owned in the past whose heating core "broke"...same scenario, water all over floorboards!) the same evening that we brought it home from the garage, we attempted to return it there since it was still overheating; we had to have it towed for the 20 minute drive, for another $70. the mechanic now agrees with my theory of a blown heater core. so in conclusion we wasted a lot of time and money fixing problems that were, not even the "immediate problems" that needed repaired. the mechanic did say that these things would have needed to be replaced anyway w/in a matter of days. so my advice is to get out of the endless cycle of "grand" am repairs now, before it's too late;if something on it doesn't need repaired yet, i think it's safe to say that it will... sooner than later.e-mail me at skysmamamia@hotmail.com if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for me in regards to this info.
I bought a '95 pontiac grand am a little over three weeks ago and I spent more than I bought it for. I feel like a big fool! it overheated about a week ago and now I found out I have to spend a lot on fixing it. just like what someone wrote before, I thought I was getting a good deal, who knew? I have the same problem with the passenger side and rear windows and the leak that is on the passenger side. for weeks, I have been trying to figure out where it was coming from. I was putting transmission fluid every other week thinking it was just transmission fluid that was leaking, little did I know it was also the antifreeze. I'm very very very annoyed!!! when I buy a new car, I will never buy a pontiac!!