Pontiac Grand AM
Owners filed 5,460 complaints across 16 model years of the Pontiac Grand AM. The 1999 drew the most (849).
Model years16
Complaints5,460
Recalls62
Fires179
Deaths34
Which Pontiac Grand AM years should you avoid?
Going by 5,460 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Pontiac Grand AM years to avoid are 2003 and 1999.
- 20032.6× the usual share of fires, crashes and deaths for a car of its age (5 fires, 27 crashes, 8 deaths).
- 1999849 complaints, 2.4× a typical Grand AM year, most often about the brakes.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Pontiac Grand AM model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 102 | 4 | 1 | 15 | Electrical System | Fatalities reported | |
| 2004 | 293 | 4 | 7 | 24 | Electrical System | Fatalities reported | |
| 2003Avoid | 325 | 5 | 5 | 27 | Electrical System | Fatalities reported | |
| 2002 | 395 | 4 | 3 | 22 | Electrical System | Above average | |
| 2001 | 538 | 7 | 4 | 21 | Electrical System | Above average | |
| 2000 | 675 | 8 | 14 | 43 | Electrical System | Fatalities reported | |
| 1999Avoid | 849 | 6 | 13 | 73 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Fatalities reported | |
| 1998 | 172 | 3 | 5 | 12 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Fatalities reported | |
| 1997 | 383 | 4 | 12 | 32 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Fatalities reported | |
| 1996 | 450 | 6 | 14 | 33 | Air Bags › Frontal | Above average | |
| 1995 | 409 | 1 | 42 | 59 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | High concern | |
| 1994 | 377 | 2 | 29 | 59 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Fatalities reported | |
| 1993 | 204 | 1 | 20 | 10 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Fatalities reported | |
| 1992 | 168 | 3 | 4 | 12 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Fatalities reported | |
| 1991 | 82 | 3 | 5 | 9 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Fatalities reported | |
| 1990 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.