Faults:

Brakes felt lousy when I bought it. Dealer replaced them.

One of the computer modules went and the car wouldn't start (covered by warranty, but about $1200 if not).Had to wait almost a week for parts to come in and schedule (car dead in the mean time) One week later the module that reads the chip in the ignition key (Pass-Lock) also went (replaced under warranty, but within a week of warranty end). Asked Pontiac to extend warranty because these expensive repairs seemed related. After weeks of arguing, they still refused.

Sunroof leaks in heavy rain.

General Comments:

Pontiac could have easily extended the warranty to give me peace of mind, but refused.

I cringe every time it rains.

Eats brakes.

Faults:

Absolutely nothing.

In a previous review, I read that it starts hard and cranks late, that's true, but once the engine is going, it's all smiles from there.

General Comments:

This car is a very sporty, rather comfortable car to drive.

Accelerates quick, smokes a lot of the competition.

Turning is smooth, shifting is perfect.

Faults:

Battery cable replaced few weeks after owning it.

Grinding noise coming from front end. Two goodyear tires replaced under warranty.

Scratches on windows from putting then up and down.

Power seat quit working.

68,000 head gasket blew not covered under warranty. Warranty ended at 60,000kms.

71,000 strange noise from the front end, but knew it wasn't the motor. need to replace wheel bearing and control arm bushing.

Since my warranty has ran out in 2months I will have forked out 3000.00 in repairs on this Grand Am.

So glad I purchased such a reliable vehicle.

Faults:

Two days after the car was purchased, the passenger power window regulator was bad. GM certified.

General Comments:

Perfect first car for a single person.

Has awesome low end torque.

Great gas tank for high gas prices in Illinois. Hopefully it will handle well in the winter.

Some older person must have had the car. It came with weird options; leather seats/lumbar support, no moon roof.

The 8 speaker Monsoon sound kicks, and the low miles for being used.

Added a trailer hitch too. It tows a personal watercraft just fine, and added Sirius radio; will never go back to FM.

So far so good.

Faults:

Had to have the head gasket replaced at 26,000 miles. It was one month within GM's 3yr/36,000 mile warranty, so I lucked out. Most recently, at 38,000 miles I had to have the driver's door window and window regulator replaced, as the regulator burnt out and the tabs on the window that connected it to the regulator snapped off. About a $600 job that insurance and my extended warranty covered all, but $100 of. Today I couldn't get it to turn over. Cranks, but won't turn. Probably a fuel pump/injector issue. We'll see.

General Comments:

I really like this car when it's working well. I love the aggressive look and the 3.4 V6 in the GT that handles like a dream. But someone who didn't buy an extended warranty would be up s@#t's creek with the amount some of these things would cost. If currently it is indeed a fuel issue I'm expecting a job worth another $600. That would make $1200 worth of repairs in under two weeks to a car with under 40,000 miles and well under four years old.