1993 PONTIAC GRAND AM Steering Problems

ON AUG 25,2002 MY DAUGHTER WAS ON THE WAY TO THE STORE AND A TRUCK PULLED IN FRONT OF HER.SHE HIT THE TRUCK ON THE PASSERNER SIDE AND THE GRAND AM WAS HIT ON THE RIGHT SIDE .SHE WAS GOING ABOUT 40 MILES A HOUR AND IT TOTALED THE CAR AND DID DAMAGE TO THE FORD PICKUP.THE STEERING WHEEL WAS BEND .THE RIGHT SIDE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED .SHE WAS INJURED SHE HIT HER HEAD ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND IT BEND HER KNEE AND LEG AND ARMS WHERE HURT AS WAS HER CHEST .THE COMPLAINT WE HAVE IS THAT THE BACKSEAT CAME LOOSE FROM THE FRAME AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS HAS HAPPEND BEFORE AS YOU READ I HAVE HAD THIS CAR FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS AND LOVED IT .BUT I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THAT PROBLEM BECAUSE NEXT TIME SOME ONE COULD BE IN THE BACKSEAT. EVEN THE TOWTRUCK DRIVER SAID HE HAD NEVER THIS HAPPEN BEFORE. BUT ON THE GOOD SIDE THE WAY CAR LOOKED THE POLICE AND EMT COULDN'T BELEIVE SHE WALKED OUT OF IT ON HER OWN THANK GOD! PLEASE LET ME KNOW SOON AS POSSIBLE THANK YOU. *AK

TILT STEERING WHEEL PIN FELL OUT WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING POOR CONTROL OF STEERING WHEEL. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

STEERING WHEEL TILT WILL NOT LOCK, IT FLOPS UP AND DOWN. COMSUMER BELIEVES THIS IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE WHEEL IS JUST FLOPPING WHILE DRIVER IS TURNING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER ONCE BEFORE FOR SAME PROBLEM, AND HAS TO BRING VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER FOR SAME DEFECT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH AND MAKING A TURN THE STEERING COLUMN BROKE, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL. CONSUMER HELD THE STEERING COLUMN VERY HARD TO GET THE VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN SO THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T LOCK UP. *AK

GOING AROUND A CORNER WITH THE STEERING WHEEL IN THE MIDDLE POSITION, THE TILT FAILED. THIS CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO MOVE UP AND DOWN FREELY TO THE POINT STEERING WAS VERY DIFFICULT.

STEERING FEELS LIKE IT GOES COMPLETELY OUT. THIS FEELINGS LASTS A SPLIT SECOND, BUT GETS DRIVER'S ATTENTION REAL QUICKLY. DEALRS AND MANUFACTURER COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM.

WHEN TURNING INTO A PARKING LOT WITH THE TILT STEERING WHEEL IN THE UP POSITION, THE TILT MECHANSIM BROKE AND CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO FALL INTO THE DRIVER'S LAP. *AK *JB

POWER STEERING PUMP FAILED. *DH

HISSING NOISE FROM STEERING COLUMN. *SD

STEERING RACK FAILED 3 TIMES. *SD

SINCE APRIL 1995, VEHICLE HAS HAD (3) STEERING RACK FAILURES.TT

LOOSE STEERING. *DH

ENGINE STALLED WHILE DRIVING 45 TO 50 MPH; LIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY GOES OUT; POWER LOCKS UP; OTHER ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS; ALSO, OIL AND FUEL GAUGE INOPERATIVE. TT