1999 Pontiac Grand Am GT from North America - Comments

29th Nov 2004, 18:08

"A pain in my butt"

What things have gone wrong with the car?

I bought the car used April of 2003. It was a GM Certified vehicle. The first thing that I noticed was wrong with the car that the trunk leaked on the right-hand side and to this day it still does. The second thing that happened was the ignition coils went. I have replaced 2 as of now. Then a couple of weeks went by and I had to replace spark plug wires and clean the fuel injectors due to the car running rough. This car only likes the premium gas in it I have been told. Now my latest is that my key less entry doesn't work properly. It will unlock, but not lock the car. I also have been told that I have a leak in my intake manifold. I love the design of the car, but it has been a money pit to me now. I have just under 60,000 miles on it and I wait to see what will go wrong next. I am scared to drive it long distances for I have been stuck twice because it has broken down. My husband is on his second Grand Prix and no problems. My best friend had a Grand Am and started having problems at 30,000 miles and now has traded it in for a Grand Prix. I believe I will go back to buying a Honda. I would not recommend this car to anybody at this time.

General comments?

The design is great. I love the red with my tan leather interior.


4th Apr 2005, 17:52

I was told by the dealer that the car should only be run on regular gas not premium.


28th Jun 2005, 10:41

I'm sure that if you keep up with the maintenance of the car you would run into any mechanical problems I've had my gt for over 1 year and I've had to replace things that break down as time goes along, but nothing major.

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