windows / windshield problem
7.7
pretty badTypical Repair Cost:
$292.00
Average Mileage:
85,953 miles
Number of complaints:
13 complaints
Most common solutions:
- replace window regulators (5 reports)
- not sure (3 reports)
- fix it or you will be constantly in the weather (2 reports)
- use wooden blocks so they don't fall down! (2 reports)
- rigged in the up position with wire until fixed (1 reports)
Helpful Websites About 1999 Pontiac Grand Am window regulators broke
2007Jun 01
Grand Am SE
- Automatic transmission
- 60,000 miles
Pretty much I've had the EXACT SAME PROBLEM EVERYONE ELSE has had- my back left window refused to roll up or down by itself- but would stay in the up position if you pushed it up, and then the very next week the EXACT SAME PROBLEM happened to the front window. I didn't fix it for a long time and just left both windows up until my GF rolled one down and it fell all the way into the door... Not the safest thing to park your car with the window rolled all the way down. The mechanic said for both windows it would cost $600 or $800 so i'm super mad at Pontiac cause this isn't the only quality defect I've had with this car. :(
2007Nov 08
Grand Am SE V6
- Automatic transmission
- 80,000 miles
I've had this car for about four years and i've had some electrical problems and stuff but one day I was rolling down my driver side window and heard a really loud pop sound and the window just slid down into the door. I took off the panel and found out that the plastic things that hold the window on the regulators snapped. I just duct taped it shut and didn't worry about it too much because it was winter and i didn't need the window anyway. After that happened both rear windows did the same thing within a week of the drivers window!
2007Aug 23
Grand Am SE Coupe I-4 2.4L
- Automatic transmission
- 58,563 miles
So I bought my '99 Pontiac Grand Am off an older fellow, he took great care of the car and only drove it as a Sunday car. About a month after getting it the drives window (Coupe) started going up and then it dropped into the door. So I'm pissed, make it home and start taking part my door to find that there is a plastic bracket attached to the window with a metal "L" shape combined. The plastic had snapped in half. Bought a new window regulator for $147 and installed it, although it didn't come with the braket and they were fused onto the window, so I took it to a shop and they installed it, lasted a week and broke again, shop replaced it again, lasted a month and then it broke again, so then the mechanic calls Pontiac and asks if there are any recalls for this, there are none, although after talking to everyone I know that has a Pontiac Grand Am, they have all had this problem, so he ordered a regulator direct from Pontiac in hopes that the quality would be better and so far I haven't had any problems with it... going on 3 months now, but I've also been babing it in hopes of it not breaking again, last time it was winter and snowing, already had to retint my window. And the last 2 regulators were replaced free of charge even though Pontiacs cost nearly $80 more.
2007Nov 03
(reported on)Grand Am SE V6
- Automatic transmission
- 96,000 miles
This is the 2nd time that this has happened to the car. first time was the passenger side window a few yrs ago. I was at the beach and we shut the rear door and heard something drop. Since I was there when this happened before, I knew what was wrong. .
2006Oct 16
(reported on)Grand Am SE
- 85,000 miles
I have owned two pontiac grand ams for the past 7 years and the regulators are a pain! I have replaced 4 window regulator/motors under warranty, and then one broke again last December, right now my car is in the shop to fix the driver side window again! The other pontiac has had 1 window fixed twice the other window once(it only has two windows). I'm tired of paying the $500 bill each time.... I'm afraid to even roll down the window because who knows when it will decide to "chunk" and get stuck!! Also had cruise control button stop toggling... and just as a bonus annoyance my odometer likes to blink 3 numbers and 5 seconds later the other 2 numbers.... one last irk, the "lids" to the mirrors on the visors like to break and fall off.
2007Jan 06
(reported on)Grand Am V6
- Automatic transmission
- 100,000 miles
I was going to the bank drive up window last night, and of course it was pouring cats and dogs... When I went to put the window down it went thud and I couldn't get it to work.. I tried to push it back up but instead it dropped into the door!! I had to use a table cloth to cover it for the night!! I will be going to the dealer in the morning. My arse will be sitting there when they arrive!! This is the second time it has happened and I just got the car in June!! The first time they said they fixed it and I won't have any more problems!! LOL my arse!! I should have insisted they look into the problems when I saw the scratches on the passenger window glass!! Now.. I have other complaints about the lights and computer codes!
2006Sep 13
(reported on)Grand Am SE
- 92,500 miles
Yeah Grand Ams suck! I have replaced the window regulators in my car twice once at 92,500 miles and again at 102k don t ever buy one everything goes wrong. Don't force the windows when they are frozen.
2006Aug 30
(reported on)Grand Am SE
- 130,000 miles
Don't try and roll the windows down when you are in freezing conditions
2006Apr 19
(reported on)Grand Am SE
- 120,000 miles
ALL 4 of my regulators and MOTORS broke on my power windows! THIS CAR IS A PIECE OF SHIT! I have wooden block holding my windows up so they dont fall down and so it doesnt rain in my car anymore! I know I could buy new regulators but they are just going to break anyways and the car isnt even running right now because of something with the engine. O yea by the way my car takes a minute or two to turn on also! Well right now it stalls back out and smokes! PIECE OF SHIT! It doesnt matter how many people have owned it, I am the only owner of my car and I have always taken GREAT care of it because I didnt want this shit to happen but it does anyways! I think we all should blow pontaic up, stupid american cars, AND I AM AMERICAN!
2004Oct 23
(reported on)Grand Am SE
- 70,000 miles
and its not only even the window, my power steering pump is already bad, my side-view mirror on the driver side is broken off and my freagin' ignition sucks. Most of the time it takes a minute or so to turn the damn thing.
2004May 02
(reported on)Grand Am SE
- 72,328 miles
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT MY DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW REGULATOR HAS BROKEN ON ME. I HAVE HAD SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH MY GRAND AM, THAT I AM 'HEAD OVER HEALS' IN WITH THIS PIECE OF SHIT~ I HAVE REPLACED MY WINDOW REGULATOR TWICE NOW. UNFORTUNATLY ONCE AGAIN AS I AM WRITING THIS COMMONTARY, I AM WAITING ON MY 3rd DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW REGULATOR TO COME IN SO THAT IT CAN BE REPLACED YET ONCE AGAIN. I DONT THINK THAT THE PROBLEMS ON MY PONTIAC GRAND AM SE WILL EVER DESIST, THEY ARE COMING SO FREQUENTLY NOW THAT I CANT AFFORD TO FIX ONE BEFORE ANOTHER PART OR PIECE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED! IM FURIOUS WITH GENERAL MOTORS & THE PONTIAC ASSEMBELY LINE! PONTIAC NEEDS TO RETURN TO THE DRAWING BOARD & PRODUCE, VEHICLES THAT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC CAN RESPECT, AS WELL AS TRUST IN DEPENDIBILITY & SAFTEY FOR THEIR FAMILIES!
2003Sep 08
(reported on)Grand Am SE
- 78,000 miles
I called Pontiac to try to get some help regarding the fact that my car is only 5 years old and with the last 2 months side mirrors have busted off and both window regulators have broken as well along with the clearcoat chipping and leaving my paint exposed to the elements. Pontiac pretty much told me "sorry, not our problem" because I bought the car used (I am the second owner), because I did not buy the extended warranty, and because it's over 70000 miles. I have done my research and found that these are all common problems with this make and model. Pontiac should really be taking responsibility for making a less-than-desirable product.
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2007Sep 26
Grand Am SE V6
I might as well copy and past some of the complaints i read about this. First my front driver window would not roll down then it just stopped working. Not long after that both rear windows just fell and had to hold them up with rubber door stops until i could afford to get them fixed. Both had the regulator worn out. Very annoying if you don't get it fixed right away. The body shop new what it was right away telling me they get these all the time on this car. Didn't take more than a couple hours to get the part and fix it.
spat209
Stockton, CA, USA
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