2002 PONTIAC GRAND AM — Complaint #673163
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NHTSA Complaint about EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH filed June 9, 2008
NHTSA complaint #673163 (ODI reference 10230380) concerns a 2002 PONTIAC GRAND AM and was filed on June 9, 2008. The owner reports the failure occurred on May 20, 2008. The vehicle had 90,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Montana 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 2002 PONTIAC GRAND AM shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
I OWN A 2002 PONTIAC GRAND AM GT AND THE TURN SIGNAL INDICATORS WILL RANDOMLY STOP WORKING. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS ON 5/20/08. THE INDICATOR ARROWS INSIDE THE CAR WERE NOT GOING OFF WHEN I TRIED TO SIGNAL. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND EXAM THE EXTERIOR LIGHTS ONLY TO FIND THAT NO SIGNAL LIGHTS OUTSIDE MY CAR WORKED EITHER. THIS PROBLEM NOW OCCURS EVERY COUPLE OF DAYS AND I FIND IT VERY DANGEROUS ON BUSY ROADS. I FEEL IT COULD LEAD TO A PREVENTABLE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT. THROUGH RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON COMPLAINT FROM FELLOW PONTIAC OWNERS. I ALSO FOUND THAT A RECALL INVESTIGATION WAS FILED BACK IN SEPT. OF 2005 (#PE05055) BUT WAS CLOSED IN JAN. OF 2006 WITH NO RECALLS BEING ISSUED. I HAVE CONTACTED MY MECHANIC AND IT IS GOING TO COST ME AROUND $300 TO FIX THIS. I AM UPSET THAT THIS SAME MALFUNCTION WAS RECALLED IN THE 2001 GRAND AM MODELS (03V327000) BUT WILL NOT BE FIXED FOR MY 2002. WHEN IS GM GOING TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF IT'S MANUFACTURING ERRORS?? *T
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 673163 |
| ODI Number | 10230380 |
| Date Filed | June 9, 2008 |
| Failure Date | May 20, 2008 |
| VIN | 1G2NW52E62M |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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