Faults:

Brakes every 20000 and my miles are all highway.

Rotors every 35000.

1 and 2 on the fan broke at 100000.

Coolant problems at 150000.

Coil spring and struts at 200000.

ABS and Trac Off light has just came on. I guess I'll drive without ABS for a while.

General Comments:

I have spent $4000.00 on non-routine maintenance and I'm sure there is more to come.

Extremely poor quality and the brakes are the worst I ever heard of.

The cheap wheel covers are so cheap that after a few years they rattle so loud that you have to ditch them.

I still have to pay a fair bit of the car off and it makes me so nervous knowing that more problems are yet to come.

The car does drive nice and handles well, but that is little consolation to the pocket book.

I feel somewhat lucky (knock wood) after reading some of the other reviews because I have put so many kms on the car, but still cars should be built to last, and this one isn't.

No wonder they have the worst warranty in the business, I'll never buy a GM again.

Faults:

I haven't had a single problem with my Grand AM.

General Comments:

I bought this car used almost 2 years ago. I haven't had any problems with it. Of course I take great care of it; wash every weekend, oil changes when needed, air pressure checked on tires.

Very responsive car, quick when you need to move.

Great looking and a joy to drive. Really awesome car.

Faults:

Ever since I own this car, I have never had any problems with it. Except the usual oil change, filter change and everything that the book recomend for you to do at a certain mileage.

The only big thing that I had to do is change the tires. They were some expensive, $400 for the 4 of them, but I think this car deserves it.

General Comments:

The Grand Am response on passing gear is excellent, it will not die on you. Also, the mileage that I get on the highway is great! The only thing I do not like is the mileage I get on the city. I believe I got more mileage in my '94 cavalier that on the Grand Am, but I am usually on the road so, it doesn't matter that much.

Faults:

Brakes! Brakes and more brakes! Had warped rotors replaced every 6,000 miles, mostly under $100 per service warranty agreement with dealer. Was told by service mgr that it was "my driving habits." My Honda has never had rotors replaced in 206,000 miles (so much for my driving habits).

Power steering servo went bad at 20 K, replaced under warranty.

Air conditioning compressor went bad at 30 K, replaced under warranty.

Alternator just went out at 86 K, serpentine belt appears worn.

Back-up light housings are half full of rainwater because the electrical cable inlet is not sealed. In fact the cable runs inside the rear wheel wells, allowing snow and ice to accumulate on them. When ice breaks loose it tears the cables from their retainer clips and pulls them right from the light sockets. Very thoughtful designing!

Headlight housings have "speed clips" (this is an oxymoron) which are supposed to make replacing headlamps really easy and avoid having to re-aim the headlights each time. Yeah, right. The owners manual shows a housewife replacing the headlamp without dirtying her manicure. In the real world, it took the dealership service manager 20 minutes to get the speed clips back in and that evening when I turned my headlamps on, the replaced lamp beam shown up into the trees.

There have been some odd phenomena with the electrics, e.g., the digital instrument readouts have pulsed on and off, the clock went ga-ga, and then returned to normal. Also, I can't stand the 'change oil' warning light that comes on when it feels like it, is totally independent of any real need to change the oil, and is hell to get to turn off (you have to go into a dash side switch panel and run a fairly complex procedure to get the thing off).

General Comments:

The car handles really well (apart from braking).

Performance is sporty without being scary.

Ergonomics are good (comfortable to drive).

Sound system is excellent.

Fuel economy is surprisingly good for such a high performance engine.