# 1997 PONTIAC GRAND AM — STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
> NHTSA complaint `389398` · 2003-01-15 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** PONTIAC
- **Model:** GRAND AM
- **Year:** 1997
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
## Narrative
PRIOR TO OCTOBER 1999  VEHICLE'S STEERING WHEEL WOULD LOCK UP WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE LEFT TURNS.  ON ONE OCCASION  CONSUMER WAS COMING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY WHEN  STEERING LOCKED UP, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HIT THE CURB.  THIS INCIDENT CAUSED SOME MINOR DAMAGE TO BUMPER.  *NLM.  *AK
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