2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM — Complaint #858798
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NHTSA Complaint about EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:ANTI-THEFT DEVICES filed May 27, 2011
NHTSA complaint #858798 (ODI reference 10402985) concerns a 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM and was filed on May 27, 2011. The owner reports the failure occurred on May 27, 2009. The vehicle had 120,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Illinois based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as equipment:electrical:anti-theft devices, 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 equipment:electrical:anti-theft devices 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
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT ENTERED AND STARTED THE VEHICLE WHEN THE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM ACTIVATED. THE WARNING LIGHTS BEGAN TO FLASH ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT STATED HE HAD TO WAIT APPROXIMATELY TEN TO FIFTEEN MINUTES WITH THE KEY IN THE IGNITION BEFORE BEING ABLE TO START THE VEHICLE. ALSO, WHEN DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ANTI THEFT WARNING LIGHTS WOULD ILLUMINATE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE FUEL PUMP WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED AFTER THE REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000. UPDATED 07/08/11*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN THE ANTI-THEFT ACTIVATED, IT PREVENTS HIM FROM STARTING THE VEHICLE ABOUT FOUR OUT OF TEN STARTS AND ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH THE VEHICLE WILL STALL WHILE DRIVING. UPDATED
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 858798 |
| ODI Number | 10402985 |
| Date Filed | May 27, 2011 |
| Failure Date | May 27, 2009 |
| VIN | 1G2NF52T9YM |
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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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