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2002 PONTIAC GRAND AM — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

fire · 650476 · 2007-12-20

Vehicle

Make
PONTIAC
Model
GRAND AM
Year
2002
Manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Component
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
Yes
Crash
No
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

I BOUGHT MY 2002 GRANDAM WHEN IT WAS A YEAR OLD WITH 22,000 MILES ON IT, I'M THE SECOND OWNER. I HAD PROBLEMS WITHIN A FEW MONTHS. SMOKE CAME FROM THE STEERING COLUMN AND THERE WAS A CLICKING NOISE IN THE DASH. THEN THE BLINKERS DIDN'T WORK RIGHT...WOULD ONLY WORK RANDOMLY...TOOK IT TO THE PLACE WHERE I BOUGHT IT AND THEY REPLACED THE TURN SIGNAL ARM...STILL HAVING TROUBLE TO THIS DAY WITH THE BLINKERS. A FEW MONTHS AGO THE CAR WOULDN'T START...IT WAS TURNING OVER BUT IT WOULDN'T ACTUALLY START. REPAIR SHOP REPLACED FUEL PUMP, DIDN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM BUT THE CAR RAN FOR A FEW WEEKS AND THEN IT WOULDN'T START AGAIN. REPAIR SHOP SAID THE PASSCODE SECURITY/IGNITION SENSOR HAD TO BE REPLACED. THEY DID IT, AND IT WORKED FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS AND THE OTHER DAY THE CAR WOULDN'T START, SAME THING AS THE FIRST TIME. I CALLED THE LOCAL PONTIAC DEALERSHIP AND ALL I SAID WHEN THE MECHANIC ANSWERED WAS "I HAVE A 2002 GRANDAM AND IT WON'T START" WITHOUT HESITATION OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION HE ASKED ME "WAS THE SECURITY LIGHT ON?" I SAID "YES! HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT?" HE SAID IT'S A VERY COMMON PROBLEM W/ THESE CARS AND THE ONLY THING TO DO IS HAVE THE PASSCODE SENSOR REPLACED BUT THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO WAY OF BYPASSING THE SECURITY/PASSCODE SYSTEM. WELL, I TOLD HIM I ALREADY DID THAT A FEW MONTHS AGO, SO HE SAID A TEMPORARY FIX FOR RIGHT NOW IS TO PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND TURN IT TO ACC, WAIT 10-15 MINUTES AND IT SHOULD START, B

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10212388
Machine
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