2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM — Complaint #641170
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NHTSA Complaint about EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS filed October 5, 2007
NHTSA complaint #641170 (ODI reference 10205067) concerns a 2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM and was filed on October 5, 2007. The owner reports the failure occurred on October 24, 2005. The vehicle had 41,715 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to North Carolina based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as exterior lighting:hazard flashing warning lights, 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 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 2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE HAZARD AND TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS WOULD NOT WORK. ON OCTOBER 24, 2005, THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE, HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. SHE SPOKE TO THE DEALER AND THEY ARE ATTEMPTING TO CHARGE HER FOR THE REPAIR, HOWEVER, SHE BELIEVES THAT IT IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT FOR THE SAME PART TO FAIL WITHIN TWO YEARS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 86,392 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 41,715.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 641170 |
| ODI Number | 10205067 |
| Date Filed | October 5, 2007 |
| Failure Date | October 24, 2005 |
| VIN | 1G2NW52E54C |
Similar EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS Complaints for 2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE HAZARD LIGHTS BECAME INOPERABLE. THE FAILURE WAS PERSISTENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM SE. SHE STATED THAT THE HAZARD LIGHTS WOULD INTERMITTENTLY AND RAPIDLY TURN ON AND OFF. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS A BURNING WIRE SMELL WHEN THE FAILURE
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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