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I have a 2000 Grand Am GT. The first time in 2003, I pulled the door panel off and found the little plastic clip broken. I took it into the dealer and they replaced the regulator and motor. I bought the extended warranty, so they ONLY charged $200 (sarcasm).
Last week, I took it back to the dealer because the window only rolls down sometimes, and now they wanted almost $700 (out of warranty now) for a regulator and motor. To me, this seems like something that should be recalled as a safety issue. What if you are in an emergency and the only way out is through that window? No more Pontiacs for me!
I have a 2002 GrandAm. While under warranty Pontiac replaced the passenger side “plastic” broken piece of the regulator. Two weeks after the warranty ran out this same window broke again – same symptoms. Due to “excessive mileage” (as if the number of miles has any significance with the window) Pontiac would not consider repairing their repaired window. Pontiac wanted $300 – 500 to repair, could possibly need another motor as well as the regulator. We bought a new regulator with motor for $68.00 (http://www.speedyautoparts.com).
I own a 2003 Pontiac Grand Am GT and both of my windows have broken numerous times. I have had the dealership where I purchased my car fix them countless times yet it seems that every 2 months on of the windows is breaking again. If Pontiac is having these problems then why don't they fix it?? I mean what is gonna happen when my warranty runs up and the windows continue to break? I can say that I will never buy a Pontiac again if they can't even take the time to fix the problem.
I have a Grand Am 2003. I too am having problems with the clips breaking on the driver's side window. We have replaced the clips 4 times and the window once. I dread the investment of replacing the mechanisms. I will never ever buy Pontiac or GM again. The dealership told me this is a common problem. Then why not recall and fix their engineering flaws. I know why GM stands for Great Mistake.
I have a 2004 Pontiac Grand Am GT. Car has been great currently 81,500 miles. Recently the Driver Window stopped rolling down it made a loud pop and would not go down. I took the door panel off thinking it was just off track and what do I find CHEAP PLASTIC PARTS! Both plastic clips had broken. I took it to a local glass shop and they told me they could fix it, but I had to buy a whole new window for $190 just to get the plastic clips. I called the dealership to see if I could just get the parts and he told me I had to buy the whole regulator. WHAT A CHEAP DESIGN FOR A MAJOR COMPONENT!
I bought a 2003 Pontiac Grand AM on 10/6/05; in January, 2006 the plastic tab at the bottom of the driver's window snapped off. I had the window replaced at an auto glass shop for $180 (the guy said it was a bad design).
It's now August, 2006 and the same window is broken again. The glass shop is going to replace it for free under the warranty, but I don't think they'll do it again after that (they said they sometimes see 2 or 3 of these a week).
This is bunk and I'm going to start by calling the dealer I bought it from on Monday. I don't expect much for results.
I had the same problems with my 02 grand am. It's the design of the window and I had mine replaced more than a few times. My brother, who is a mechanic, ended up using... get this...SUPER GLUE to fix the window and it worked 10 times better than before. Just a suggestion, but sometimes using a shady method on a shady car works.
I have a 99 Grand AM GT, and a 2000 SE. The GT has had the drivers side window (plastic piece) break 3 times and the passenger 1 time. The SE has had the drivers side break 2 times and now the passenger side has broken for the second time this morning. each and every time we were told that the piece could not be re-clued and we had to pay 700 to get the whole assymbly replaced. I think it time that Pontiac took ownership of this problem. I will be pursuing this.
Well, I have a 2001 grand am se, I bought it used from a elderly man (77) and it only has 28k on it, I hit a pot hole in the road and my window fell into the door, after a loud snap. and sure enough, its the plastic clips, so I pulled off the pass side panel and looked to find out that the back clip is half broke already, pontiac... if it wasn't there problems with overheating before, now its everything else, car runs great, but body wise, it's a heap.
My girlfriend's 1999 Pontiac Grand Am was a gift to her by her grandma. I have a hard time holding my tongue when it comes to my opinions of Pontiac. Earlier this year I found out that her window regulator was broken and found that a new one was $120 at Auto-zone and even more than that at the Dealership. Luckily I was able to replace it with a junkyard part for $40. Now, several months later, the window is broken again. It's those cheap plastic clips. It's so inconvenient. Right now we have ghetto rigged the window with paper-clips to keep it up. I just want to replace those stupid clips, but nobody sells them. I've looked at several junkyards and they're all glued to the window with some industrial strength apoxy. You end up having to snap it off of there. And of course, they don't use cheap plastic on the part they glue to the window, they use it on the part that holds all the weight and runs along the regulator tracks. PIECE OF CRAP!
Well, I guess this is pretty much repetitive... I didn't realize that this was a common problem. I have a 99 grand am and the passenger's side window fell in about 8 months ago, resulting in $500 to have the assembly replaced (although the repairman said that it didn't need replacing, they don't allow you to purchase these clips on their own from a dealer, so I had to replace the motor. ridiculous). 2 weeks ago I found that my driver's side window won't roll down now. Well, I'm not even going to bother getting it replaced. It's not worth it. Just praying the window doesn't fall inside the door like the other one.
I currently have a 2002 Grand am SE. It currently has 118,000 miles on it. Yesterday I was driving down the road and smoke was coming from my fuse box. The fuses caught fire. I put out the flames and 3 of the fuses were completely gone. I believe there was a short, but still don't feel safe and was wondering if any other people with a car of this make have this same problem.
Well just like the rest of you I have a a 2001 grand am Pontiac SE, 2 Dr coupe. Same thing the driver side window fell. I opened the panel and the plastic clips are broken imagine that so now I have the window being held up by a board so it doesn't drop on me again. Its so cute the way we use this objects to hold up these windows that should have been put together properly and operated correctly from the beginning!!!
Just like everyone else... I have a 2001 grand am SE. Both side windows fell into the doors within weeks of each other, I have replaced the ds hub assy once and the ps two times, and there is an annoying ticking that sounds like the directional is on constantly. I can't belive Pontiac is still in business with such shotty designs!
On saturday, my drivers side window fell into the door as I was attempting to put the window down on my 2000 Pontiac Grand Am SE. After taking off the door panel, I found out that the clips broke. And as far as I can see... this is a common problem with Grand Ams... just great...I am a broke college student and can't afford to fix the problem and can't afford not to fix it either since its snowing a lot and its cold outside.