The water pump went bad they said.
The radiator hoses are bad.
The power stearing something is gone.
The brakes really really suck and no dealership or mechanic in louisiana who can seem to figure out whats wrong with it (when you hit the brakes the back brakes bite down really bad and sometimes the call will just buck and won't stop at all (not all the time every now and then) but i, ve had many people diagnois the problem, but they all seem to be wrong becouse it keeps doing the same thing).
I honestly have thought about just getting a whole new brake system and leaving it at that, but I'm not rolling in the dough, but I mean if somebody wants to pay for it like pontiac or something hey hook me up.
The car seems to just not want to go any faster between 55 and 60 so you have to hit the gas to the floor to jump it up past about 3 or 3.5RPMS.
Everytime it rains, water seems to get into the car on the drivers side only.
Other minor things have been stupid, but nothing I really remember.
It was a awesome car until around the end of 2002. One thing goes wrong and then everything starts popping up, and its funny since i,'ve had it I have tried to keep it up perfectly, but it seems the better care you take of it the more that goes wrong.
The car is nice and it is pretty quick (when its working properly).
If I could figure out whats wrong with the brakes and stop the water leaking inside I would keep this car forever.
If anybody wants to email me with any type of ideas of something please do.
hotboytroy2003@yahoo.com
Mr. Jackson,
I am a college student at Penn State. I've always been under the hood of a car. my father is a mechanic and I share his passion. When I am home on the weekends I work at his shop. I just had a grand am in last week. The lady too had the same problem. I ended up fixing it and she said that there were no more problems. Your problem based on my knowledge is a wheel sensor. However, you cannot buy the sensor alone. you must buy a wheel bearing. The wheel bearing is a complete ABS unit that includes the wheel sensor that you need. If I had to bet I would say that it is on your drivers side. However if I am wrong, then the bearing will work on the passenger side as well. This par is not cheap. Do not buy it from GM. Buy an after market one from Advance auto or NAPA. The quality is still great and it will save you about 150.00 or more.
Hope it works out for you.
PS. Let me know the results
ED
ejb234@psu.edu.
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