2002 Pontiac Grand Am GT from North America - Comments

28th May 2005, 18:28

"I love my 2002 Grand Am GT, but it's had some fairly large issues"

What things have gone wrong with the car?

Had to have the head gasket replaced at 26,000 miles. It was one month within GM's 3yr/36,000 mile warranty, so I lucked out. Most recently, at 38,000 miles I had to have the driver's door window and window regulator replaced, as the regulator burnt out and the tabs on the window that connected it to the regulator snapped off. About a $600 job that insurance and my extended warranty covered all, but $100 of. Today I couldn't get it to turn over. Cranks, but won't turn. Probably a fuel pump/injector issue. We'll see.

General comments?

I really like this car when it's working well. I love the aggressive look and the 3.4 V6 in the GT that handles like a dream. But someone who didn't buy an extended warranty would be up s@#t's creek with the amount some of these things would cost. If currently it is indeed a fuel issue I'm expecting a job worth another $600. That would make $1200 worth of repairs in under two weeks to a car with under 40,000 miles and well under four years old.


1st Jun 2005, 14:28

Turns out that repair was a combination of dirty fuel injectors and a bad battery during heavy heat. Not too bad, cost about $75 for the battery and $6 for the fuel system cleaner. Not nearly the $600 I was expecting.


7th Sep 2005, 01:20

The car is only metal it all brakes down, but mine is fine I love the look, power, ride the car was fine till I put cheap gas in it can't start it back up its been in the shop for 4 weeks and they still can't figure out the problem. firs it was spark plugs then it was fiul pump then it was feul filter and security basicly it was $2500 and its still not starting.

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