2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM — Complaint #1282980
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NHTSA Complaint about EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH filed May 16, 2016
NHTSA complaint #1282980 (ODI reference 10865140) concerns a 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM and was filed on May 16, 2016. The owner reports the failure occurred on May 16, 2016. The report was geocoded to California based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as exterior lighting:hazard flashing warning lights:switch, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same PONTIAC GRAND AM cohort independently describe similar exterior lighting:hazard flashing warning lights:switch failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
THIS QUESTION SHOULD BE "TELL US WHAT HAPPENS". MY DIRECTIONAL LEVERS AND LIGHTING TO SIGNAL RIGHT OR LEFT DOES NOT WORK MOST OF THE TIME. THE LIGHT GOES ON BUT IT DOESN'T BLINK AT ALL. I WOULD SAY THIS IS A PROBLEM 97% OF THE TIME. THIS MAY ALSO HAPPEN WITH MY HAZARD LIGHTS. I UNDERSTAND UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER THAT SHE WAS A RECALL IN 2003, BUT MY CAR WAS NEVER RECALLED UNDER MY VIN NUMBER. THIS HAPPENS EITHER WHEN THE CAR IS IN MOTION OR WHEN IT IS STILL. IT HAPPENS ON CITY STREETS, AND HIGHWAYS AND EVEN IN MY DRIVEWAY. THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE ALSO HAD THE FLASHERS CLEANED AND THE FLASHER RELAY REPLACED BY MY MECHANIC.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1282980 |
| ODI Number | 10865140 |
| Date Filed | May 16, 2016 |
| Failure Date | May 16, 2016 |
| VIN | 1GNV52E0YM7 |
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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, HE TURNED ON THE TURN SIGNAL AND THE SIGNAL BEGAN TO ILLUMINATE. THE TURN SIGNAL CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE UPO
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED THE TURN SIGNALS FUNCTIONED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT FOUND NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 03V327000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING: HAZARD FLAS
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TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT NOTICED THE TURNING SIGNAL AND THE HAZARD LIGHT WOULD FAIL INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT INQUIRED ABO
MY HAZARD LIGHTS DO NOT WORK, AND NEITHER DO MY TURN SIGNALS. I AM A FULL-TIME COLLEGE STUDENT, WHO COMMUTES BACK AND FORTH TO SCHOOL EVERYDAY, AS WELL AS MY PART-TIME JOB. I HAVE ALWAYS HAD TROUBLE
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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