1999 Pontiac Grand Am GT from North America - Comments

I have a 2000 grand am gt bought it brand new now have 101,000 miles and nothing, but problems.

1st my brakes replaced them then my blower motor doesn't work on 1 & 2. My turn signals don't work unless you hit the dash. The front end sounds like the car is going to fall apart at 50mph, believe it's the drivetrain or something.

My driver side window fell down now I need to have that replace. Now it seems like it's running rough so maybe a tune up. The radio knob goes up when you turn it down. The trunk relay doesn't work and neither does the light. So I need to replace it or watch it fall off a cliff somewhere..

I too have a 99 Pontiac GA I've had the car for two years I have a humming noise coming from the front left side my manifold is leaking I have a oil and power steering leak I have to tape up my back windows because they comes down when I'm driving when I replaced my brakes with new ones they still was squeaking my dash board is making a clicking noise I haven't had any problems with the turn signals yet.

I have had the same problems like everyone else and the hummming noise is so aggravating. Someone said it may be the cvjoints or wheelbearings. What is wrong with these cars? They are beautiful outside, but a little rotten some times on the inside. RECALLS PLEASE!

I have a 2004 g/a. The front passenger tire or rotor sounds like it is squeaking only when I make sharp left and slow speed turns. Could this be caused by bad tires slipping and should I just spray them down with silicon spray and have them re mounted... The other problem is a poping sound from the drivers side front end at slow speeds when turning slow or on a grade going into parking lots... Please any input on fixes for this problem...jkieffer@tmin.net.

Ah yes, another proud owner of a 99 Grand Am SE. I've owned mine since June 2000. Bought it with 16,000 km. Currently I have 215,000 km.

I have had the 1/2 fan speed resister problem (replaced under warranty), signal light problem (cleaned by me with help from internet forums), brake problem (replaced once under warranty and last year total brake replacement), all four hub caps replaced due to noise (under warranty - this may be where a lot of the noise complaints are originating from), scratched glass in all four power windows (replaced under warranty), loose right mirror (hasn't fallen of YET), noisy front and rear end, especially when it is cold (I believe this to be the strut mounts - was told that dealer could "pull tower" and grease (cheetah greese) top of struts for approx $200.00 - will try to do this myself), radio volume goes whatever way it decides regardless of what direction I turn it, left rear running light keeps going out, head light harness plactic nut broken on each light, the mysterious disappearing coolant - at least its not in my engine YET, alternator replaced (under warranty).

Gee I think that might be it. Otherwise it has been a good car... oh yeah...replaced original tires, which I hated with Michelin Harmony. These are great tires, ride nice, great in snow and rain, long tread life and well worth the cost.

Cheers.

I have had my '99 GA since July of 2003. Right away, I had to replace the blower motor and a/c compressor. That winter, I drove the car to my mother's house (a 3hr drive) my lower intake manifold cracked in half and the cylinder was bad so that was a $1600 repair. I've replaced the alternator, power steering pump, entire return line "system", I get very bad gas mileage as well.

I need a Rack & Pinion right now, but I am not sure if I have to get the one for VARIABLE steering or not. I have a V6 SE. My driver's side door rolls down when it wants to. There is a mysterious leak which causes my anti-freeze/coolant to leak... but none of my hoses are bad and there are no "puddles" under the car so I am unsure where the DEX-COOL is going.

My vinyl around the driver's side door controls is coming up at the trim. Also, the door panel by the window crevasse has the vinyl coming up as well. I need a new power steering pump pulley.

Oh, and my a/c only works on 3-5 and it is not even that cold.

Is it possible to petition Pontiac for a recall? or do something about all of these mishaps? I paid $7,500 for my car almost 4 yrs ago and I am moving in on $8,000 in repairs. I have each receipt and am not including routine maintenance such as oil, tune-up, tires, etc.

Please contact me with any information you may have in regards to my situation.

Thank you,

bridgetspace@hotmail.com.

WOW! I should have read these comments before I bought my lemon... Hi I feel like I'm in AA or something. I too have a 1999 G/Am GT V6. I bought my car in Philly about 2 years ago, for $5000. I'm the 2nd owner it has about 121k now. Well since I've had my car, I've noticed oil in my anti freeze and vice versa... twice I've replaced (lower intake manifold) head gaskets $1200/each time (remember aluminum blocks heat up fast!), oh then the power steering pump broke we had to replace belt, pulley the whole caboodle. Then, my window too would fall down and I ordered one tiny little plastic piece from GM that holds the glass in place, but you have to buy special poxy glue to hold it, that only auto glass shops have, can't even afford to have that done, not only that, but I needed two pieces! And yes, my vent/or temp control doesn't work on 1-3, only 4 & 5. Over the 2 years I've noticed that my steering wheel was a little crooked, (towards 11'o clock and got worse) so I thought maybe it I needed a alignment, b/c I had just purchased new tires a year ago. I take it to the shop, and big whammy hit me! I need a Rack & Pinion w/brackets. Apparently the bracket on the pass side broke off, the one on my drivers side was bent and stripped on the rack, who would have guessed that? How can that happen?? If the one breaks, he told me I WOULD lose control of the car... what if I had killed a family, or seriously got into a bad accident? I'm having a hard time with this, and finding one with the brackets, is a quest.

If you look up this make and model car in the 2005 consumer guide, its very, very poor. In almost everyway. Gas, Elect, relibility, engine, etc... I should have done my homework.

Oh wow! I'm glad I'm not the only one. I got my 2000 Grand Am GT from my sister who bought it brand new. Before I got the car they had it in and out of the dealer for repairs on the entire electrical system, luckily it was all covered under warranty. One time we were driving down the interstate and the locks started clicking from locked to unlocked and no one was touching them!! Since I bought the car two and a half years ago (I had to drive this car or nothing so I chose the Grand Am) I've had a ridiculous amount of repairs. Most of these were handled through my boyfriend so I never really saw the bills or what was actually wrong. It started when I noticed a slight shudder in the car and within a day it was jerking really bad. It turned out it had something to do with a flap in the gas tank, we figured this out when I filled the car up while we were on vacation and gas spilled out everywhere on the ground. He took over after that. Before all those problems though, I replaced the drive train at around 75k miles. I have went through three sets of lifetime carbon brakes, my fog lights don't work, my headlights have condensation in them, & my locks stopped working about a month ago. Unless you lock all four doors by hand you can't lock the doors, even though you can hear it clicking (I hope that this is just a relay). Then the icing on the cake was this: something broke in my passenger side window the other day while I was driving down the road and the window fell down into the door. I went to my sisters house, got some tools, took the door panel off and pushed the window back up. I found the broken piece, some little white plastic thing, but the window won't stay up without something shoved down in the track to hold it up. I'm so beyond sick of driving this money pit so if this window costs more than $100 to fix, I'm selling the car for whatever I can get out of it.

I have a 04 grand am v-6. The ac stopped working I have checked all fuses and relays.. The clutch on the compresser is not engaging..Has anyone else had this problem.

I have noticed a lot of these problems as well. I have a 1999 GA GT 4-door, and luckily my wife has driven it from brand new up until about 6 months ago. Under warranty we had to have all 4 door panels replaced due to vinyl peeling. We also had to have repairs made to the right front wheel/hub because of noise, although I don't know what they did. The radio volume problem is still there, haven't had any of the heater fan speed problems. I am currently working on replacing my power steering pump, I hope I don't get into rack & pinion problems like I've seen here.

I do have a comment on the window problem though. I had no choice, but to replace the driver's side front regulator, it was shot. I did have two other windows that were falling, taped up, that kind of thing. That little white piece you guys all talk about, I apologize I can't remember what exactly I did, but I do remember I took a simple screw and ran it through the white piece directly below the window, and it has held everything in place just fine since last summer. The only problem I had with it is the fact that I busted the reflectors getting the door panels off :)

Where do I start? I have had so many issues with my '99 Grand Am SE that I have probably paid for the car twice. I have replaced the water pump twice, lower intake manifold gasket twice, numerous brake jobs which included replacing the rotors on two occasions, alternator, a/c compressor, and three power window motors. Now I have hit 150,000 miles and I have either a blown head gasket or a cracked head. Needless to say this car has been nothing, but a money trap for me. I should have let this car go a long time ago, but after putting so much money into the car I feel I would be throwing away money.

I have problem with window's falling down. my main problem is my dash board is coming loose from where it's connected at bottom of windshield'it's curling backward toward inside of car. the dashboard has popped out from under my window dial's where the speed ohmmeter and other info. on car is.i've had several people look at it they say they have never seen that on this new model of car before. the air bag on passenger side looks like it's about to bust out any min.,i'm afraid it's an accident waiting to happen. this is my 2nd pontiac, I've been driving them since 1998.my 1st one had some problem's, but this one, it's the dash board curling back and busting the vent's on top of dash.

Wow - wish I'd known about this site a long time ago!

I too bought my 99 Pontiac Grand Am SE in 1998 brand new. It was great for the first 25,000 miles, then nothing but trouble.

I've had 2 power steering pumps ($800), new brake lines ($400), coolant system and brakes 2 times per year and rotors every other year.

Then at less than 50,000 miles a pin broke free in the transmission and obliterated the entire transmission - Pontiac said the warranty ran out at 36,000 miles ($3500 for this), in the last six months the struts and springs were shot (another $600+) and just today my mechanic told me that the engine is shot because the gasket blew and antifreeze got into the oil, and even though they can fix that, there is an awful "knocking" noise in the lower part of the engine.

They can get me a "junkyard" motor with 100,000 miles on it (Mine only has 85K) or pay $5000 for a "warranteed rebuilt" engine.

After reading this site, I'm having the car towed home and taking a sledgehammer to it! I have religiously maintained this car since I bought it. I've said I'll never buy another Pontiac, but I'm thinking I'll never BUY AMERICAN again!

Update:

My '99 Grand Am with 150,000 is finally done. After shelling out anywhere from $300-1000 a year the past few years for repairs I have finally thrown in the towel. My car overheated and blew the head gasket and cracked the aluminum head. The cost to repair this would be $2700, which is $1200 more than the Blue Book value of the car. I was also informed that my rack and pinion is shot, which is the reason I have had to have my power steering pump replaced 2 times in the last 6 months. That would be an additional $1000 to replace, bringing the grand total to $3700. Needless to say I have had enough. I finally decided it was time for a new car. I will never own another Pontiac as long as I live. I worked out a deal with the new car dealership to pay to have my car towed in for trade-in and they gave me $300 for the piece of junk. What really blows is I just spent $1900 last year replacing the lower intake gasket for the second time, along with replacing all of the cooling hoses. I also spent $650 replacing the power steering pump at the end of the year. With all of the money I have spent repairing this piece of crap car I could have purchased another vehicle. Pontiac should be ashamed that they haven't addressed any of the common issues on the '99 Grand Am.

I too have a 99 Pontiac grand am, left right window fell down, replaced that, few weeks later right window broke. Car has been in and out of the shop since I purchased it in 2000. In 2001 I had to replace the transmission. Today I get the good news that I have a blown head gasket, oh and my drivers window fell down again yesterday. Knob for radio doesn't work, lights for clock and radio go on and off. I could keep going and going, but I must get back to work. great car we all purchased!