Safety Score
58
Average
Recalls
3
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (3)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992-07-17 | 92V106000 |
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP | 20 | — | Details |
| 1991-11-19 | 91V204000 |
SUSPENSION:REAR | 272 | — | Details |
| 1991-10-21 | 91V182000 |
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | 1,851 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-06-23 | TIRES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1992 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT OWNS CENTRON CORDOVAN TIRES, DOT NUMBER UTT2, LINE SIZE P205… |
| 2006-10-21 | STEERING:RACK AND PINION | No | 0 | THE STEERING ON MY 1994 GRAND AM IS BROKEN. THE BOLTS THAT MOUNT THE STEERING GEAR TO THE CRADLE HAVE RUSTED AND BOTH … |
| 2004-08-31 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | WATER WAS COMING FROM THE ENGINE INTO THE VEHICLE. DEALER STATED THERE WOULD BE A CHARGE TO REPAIR VEHICLE. *AK |
| 2004-05-03 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES | Yes | 4 | CAUSE OF SUDDEN ACCELERATION: I HAD A PONTIAC GRAND AM 1992 AND THE VEHICLE DID ACCELERATE BY ITSELF. THE CAUSE IS A … |
| 2003-09-15 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | THE BRAKES FAILED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING SLOWED DOWN, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. TH… |
| 2003-09-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | COOLANT LEAKED FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 50 MPH WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT. *AK THE … |
| 2003-01-21 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 1 | THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO A POLE. * PH. THE CONSUMER WAS INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT. *JB |
| 2001-09-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE STALLS AT ANY SPEED/ ANY TIME AT LEAST ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK. DEALER CANNOT FIND CAUSE. *AK |
| 2001-07-14 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | IGNITION SYSTEM MELTED RESULTING IN TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF STARTING SYSTEM. IGNITION SYSTEM DID NOT IGNITE BUT DID CONTI… |
| 2001-06-29 | STEERING:RACK AND PINION | No | 0 | POWER RACK& PINION BELLOWS-FLUID LEAK ON EXHAUST MANIFOLD CAUSING FIRE. |
| 2001-06-23 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 2 | GMC SENT THEIR INVESTIGATOR TO READ THE SENSORY DIAGNOSTIC MODULAR. HE REPORTED THAT THE AIR BAG SENSOR WERE ON ASWER T… |
| 2001-05-03 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING, MY RADIO, CLOCK, CRUISE CONTROL, AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP WORKING. THIS WOULD USUALLY HAPPEN WHEN I W… |
| 2001-03-09 | STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR | No | 0 | WHILE APPROACHING A INTERSECTION WHERE I INTENDED ON TURNING, HALF-WAY INTO THE TURN THE ADJUSTABLE STEERING COLUMN BEC… |
| 2001-03-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | WE HAVE OIL IN THE COOLING SYSTEM AND WATER IN THE OIL NOTE: THIS WAS NOT DUE TO A CRASH AS INDICATED IN REPORT PROVIDE… |
| 2001-01-09 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | CRACKED HEAD, COOLANT LEAK, HIGH TEMP, OIL PUMP FAILUREC - 4TH TIME!! |
| 2000-12-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | THE HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED ONCE B/C OF A "SPECIAL RECALL" THAT HAD A 7 YR OR 100,000 MILE QUOTA ON IT WELL MY CAR WAS… |
| 2000-11-23 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | HEAD GASKET FAILURE WITH JUST 68,300 MILES CAUSING COOLANT INTO THE ENGINE. ESTIMATE TO REPAIR IS $1700.00. I SEE FRO… |
| 2000-11-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | ON MARCH OF 1999, THE FIRST PROBLEM WITH MY VEHICLE OCCURED. THE CAR WAS SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY, NO KEY IN THE IGNITI… |
| 2000-10-13 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THIS SPEEDOMETER CLUSTER HAS BEEN REPLACED THE TOTAL OF FOUR (4) TIMES AND IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT GRABS THE DRIVE… |
| 2000-09-13 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I HAVE REBUILTED MY TRANSMISSION FOR THE SECOND (2) TIME (EACH TIME COSTING OVER $1200.00). SOMETHING MUST BE WRONG HO… |
| 2000-09-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | I HAVE A LETTER FROM PONTIAC DATE NOV, 1995. WHICH STATES THAT 2.3L QUAD OHC ENGINE HAVE A DEFECT OF CRACKING CYLINDER … |
| 2000-08-15 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | PAINT IS LIFTING OFF IN CHUNKS IN SEVERAL AREAS ON THE HOOD, FRONT SIDE PANELS & ROOF. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED 7/13… |
| 2000-07-01 | STEERING:COLUMN | No | 0 | STEERING WHEEL TILT DISENGAGED WHILE DRIVING CAUSE TO GO UP & DOWN FREELY, CAUSING A LOSS OF CONTROL CONDITON.FOUND LOC… |
| 2000-06-22 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | ABS BRAKES WILL NOT ENGAGE. CONSUMER HAS TO STEP HARDER ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO MAKE THEM WORK.*AK |
| 2000-05-24 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AND APPLYING BRAKES, VEHICLE EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. WHEN TAKING VEHICLE FOR CHECK UP,… |
| 2000-04-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | WATER KEEPS MIXING INTO OIL, CAUSING ENGINE TO BLOW. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK HEAD GASKET CRACKED. THE CONSUMER… |
| 2000-03-31 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | I HAVE SPENT ALOT OF MONEY TRYING TO GET THIS CAR IN SAFE RUNNING CONDITION, AND AS OF RIGHT NOW MY PONTIAC SITS IN MY … |
| 2000-03-19 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | I RECEIVED NOTICE OF A RECALL ON THIS VECHICLE SEVERAL YEARS AGO INVOLVING CRACKED ENGINE HEADS AT THE TIME OF NOTICE I… |
| 2000-01-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | VEHICLE WAS PARKED. WENT TO PUT KEY IN IGNITION IT ACTED VERY ROUGH. WENT TO TURN KEY, IT WAS VERY HARD TO TURN, WAS NO… |
| 2000-01-07 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK |
| 2000-01-01 | SEATS | No | 0 | I HAVE A 92 PONTIAC GRAND AM AND THE PASSENGER SEAT DOES NOT LOCK INTO PLACE. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF I WERE TO BE IN CRA… |
| 1999-12-20 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | *-#WE HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO WHERE WE HAD THE CAR REPAIRED. IT WAS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET, AND WE ARE DEFINITELY NO… |
| 1999-12-13 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE | No | 0 | NOTICED SEIZED SPARK PLUG AT 90,000, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT, POOR IDLE, COOLANT CONSUMPTION, TWO ADDITIONAL SEIZED PLUGS A… |
| 1999-11-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | VEHICLE STALLS WHILE DRIVING, AT SLOW SPEED, ACCELERATING FROM STOP, WILL START AFTER A 15 MINUTE DELAY, HAVE TAKEN THE… |
| 1999-10-21 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | ORIGINAL PAINT IS PEELING OFF IN LARGE SECTIONS. |
| 1999-09-25 | POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY | Yes | 0 | WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT A SPEED OF 35 MPH AXLE CAME APART, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE V… |
| 1999-09-25 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | HEAD IS CRACKED, AND THE VEHICLE DOES NOT RUN.THE ANT-IFREEZE AND OTHER FLUIDS HAVE LEAKED OUT OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO T… |
| 1999-09-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | THERE IS A LEAKAGE COMING FROM THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET IN WHICH THE OIL IS LEAKING ONTO THE ENGINE. *AK |
| 1999-07-27 | WHEELS | No | 0 | WHEN I PUT ON BRAKES THE IS A CLUNKING SOUND IN THE RIGHT REAR TIRE AREA LIKE SOMETHING IS LOOSE. IT SOUNDS ALMOST CONS… |
| 1999-06-10 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | DEALER REPAIRED, THEN TESTED ENGINE. ENGINE SEIZED AT DEALERSHIP. |
| 1999-06-08 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | CYLINDER HEAD CRACKED AT REAR OF PART. COOLANT LEAKED ON TO HOT BLOCK AND CRUSTED OVER, WHICH MADE ME AWARE OF THE PRO… |
| 1999-05-05 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | HAD CAR LESS THAN YEAR,ENGINE REPLACED TWICE.WATER IN OIL BLOWN HEAD GASKET.PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK |
| 1999-04-01 | STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR | No | 0 | STEERING COLUMN RUSTED, CAUSING THE COLUMN TO BREAK WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMA… |
| 1999-03-18 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE HAD A COOLANT LEAKAGE. DEALER CONTACTED, AND DIAGNOSED PROBLEM AS A CRACKED ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD. VEHICLE AL… |
| 1999-03-09 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | STARTING IN 1996 APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR AFTER THE PURCHASE OF THE CAR A LEAK DEVELOPED IN THE FUEL TANK, THE TANK WAS R… |
| 1999-02-19 | VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES POWER WINDOWS HAVE NOT WORK PROPERLY SINCE PURCHASING VEHICLE, WINDOWS CONTINUE TO FALL OFF TRACK.*YH |
| 1999-02-12 | SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK | No | 0 | BRAKES APPLIED AT PARKING LOT SPEED AND LOCKED UP 3 TIMES IN SAME APPLICATION - ONLY HAPPENS IN COLD SNOWY OR WET WEATH… |
| 1999-02-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN | No | 0 | HORN WOULD NOT SHUT OFF - PULLED FUSE TO TURN OFF - LOW-NOTE HORN WENT OUT BEFORE FUSE PULLED - |
| 1999-01-31 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | CYLINDER HEAD GASKET FAILED CAUSING THE ENGINE TO STOP AFTER RELEASING A PUFF OF SMOKE. |
| 1998-12-28 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WHEN PURCHASED VEHICLE TRANSMISSION DID NOT SHIFT RIGHT. AT STOP SIGN IT WOULD DIE. THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT DISENGAGIN… |