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Re: Hey xeroinfinity
I normally don’t respond to anyone that would talk to a female in such a condescending manner (it’s just not nice and it makes you seem a little low brow) especially considering you have no idea what my GM has put me through. Don’t judge me until you have driven 56,000 miles in my piece of crap car. Until then, you just don’t know, now do ya????
My Grand Am has given me nothing but crap since it was new.
When it had 2,000 miles on it, it just wouldn’t start one morning. Turned out to be PassLock. For some reason (that no one at the service department at any of 3 different GM dealerships I took it to) the car thought I was stealing it. The security light blinks for 10 minutes, after that it will start. The theory on that is if you’re stealing the car, you won’t wait around for 10 minutes. This is still going on. Not very often, but enough that it really ticks you that occasionally you have to wait 10 minutes to start your car.
Around 5,000 miles the drivers side window just fell down into the door. No reason for it at all.
Around 7,000 the sunroof wouldn’t open. It was a gear and it was under warranty. All that took from me was my car for 1 day – not a big problem, but it shouldn’t have happened.
I, for the most part, stopped even bothering to keep track of the mileage when things screwed up thereafter.
Driver side window fell again. The overhead light just fell out – I didn’t touch it, it was because the sunroof hit it wrong. The sunroof was out of line. I should tell you here that this car has NEVER been wrecked. My Grand Am and my 2001 Firebird are the 2 single most pampered cars in the world. These are 2 beautiful cars. I fell in love with them and couldn’t decide between the 2…..so I bought them both at the same time. They are very well taken care of. I have never once neglected their care. I have treated them both the same and one has given me nothing but hell and the other one only had a window off track a little bit one time.
Why is the Grand Am a huge pile of junk and the Firebird is fine? They’re both 2001 3.4 liter V-6.
According to GM, it’s because I neglected the Grand Am. That’s what they say is the reason for the problems all these millions and millions of people are having.
I know it’s not true.
Anyways………back the problems it’s had……..
The Catalytic converter had to be replaced around 30,000 miles. I live in Atlanta. Anyone familiar with this area knows that if you get on 285 and can’t go faster than 45mph, you may very well wreck and die. But, the good Lord answers prayers….so I lived.
The trim around the back bumper keeps bulging, it’s been fixed 4 times. It keeps happening, it won’t stop. It’s not a good look. But, it’s not terribly noticeable.
The blinkers didn’t work half the time. Now, this was a recall. But until it was, I almost got rear-ended quite a few times. Some of those people gave me the bird. It wasn’t even my fault. But that’s over now.
Sometimes it won’t let my keys go. I have to cuss at it for a few minutes, then it lets go. Again…..no one knows why.
Then one day I put it in gear and that little piece of plastic broke. Not a good look, but not a big deal.
The window gets off track sometimes.
The passenger seat won’t lock in position most of the time.
And probably some other stuff I’m forgetting about.
And of course the overheating issue that started this whole thread.
I didn’t deserve any of these problems because I take excellent care of my cars.
Those are all the reasons I need to believe that GM’s suck.
Right, Jim?
Never imply I'm making baseless accusations......I've put up with a lot of crap from that car and I've met people who have GM's as well that have been put through a lot of stress. They can get very expensive in repairs. My car has 56,000 miles on it. It just ticks me off that I've spent so much money on scheduled maintenance to make sure my cars are in perfect condition, only to spend another 8,000 on repairs that GM blames on me saying I didn't take care of it. If you like them, Jim....by all means buy one.
Based on my particular problems with this car, it may not even be so much a matter of GM making an inferior vehicle as it is that mine just happens to be possessed of the devil. But there is a problem with my car that is NOT my fault in any way.
I'm going to pick up my car from the shop, put a huge dent in my bank account and then go home.
Stephanie
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