Safety Score
66
Average
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993-09-14 | 93V153000 |
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | 1,103 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-05-03 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | KEY GOES TO ACCESSORY AT ANY TIME. I JUST BOUGHT THIS CAR.CAR SHUTS OFF AT ANYTIME! *TR |
| 2006-01-06 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ONLY STARTS IN NEUTRAL, NOT PARK. TH… |
| 2005-12-27 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 1993 PONTIAC GRAND AM, 124,OOO MILES. THE CAR STARTS AND RUNS GOOD. WHEN I GO 10 TO 15 MILES AND IF I COME TO A STOP,… |
| 2005-11-07 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | 1993 GRAND AM ENGINE HEAD CRACK..ACCORDING TO MY MECHANIC HE'S SEEN MULTIPLE HEAD CRACKS ON QUAD 4 ENGINES. CAUSED … |
| 2005-04-26 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | Yes | 2 | 1993 GRAND AM WAS INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT. THE CAR WAS HIT IN THE FRONT RIGHT PASSENGER SIDE. THEN IT CAUGHT FIRE FROM T… |
| 2004-09-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 1 | VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND CONSUMER TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. A NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT. CONSUMER LIFTED UP TH… |
| 2003-10-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | MY CAR STARTS AND RUNS GOOD. WHEN I GO 10 TO 15 MILES AND IF I COME TO A STOP, THE CAR STALLS. IT STARTS WITH NO PROBLE… |
| 2003-08-29 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND BEGAN SMOKING UNDER THE HOOD. AN INDEPENDENT SHOP STATED THAT SWITCH LAMP BURNED OUT CAUSING SM… |
| 2003-06-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE HAD A CRACKED ENGINE HEAD GASKET. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK THE CYLINDER HEAD, WATER PUMP, SPARK PL… |
| 2003-06-06 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING, SMOKE AND THEN FLAMES EMITTED FROM UNDER THE HOOD. *AK |
| 2003-06-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING, SMOKE EMITTED FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND THEN THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *TS *JB |
| 2003-03-24 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | MY BROTHER'S (JOHN STURGILL) 1993 PONTIAC GRAND AM CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURNED TO THE GROUND WITH THE IGNITION OFF. MY BR… |
| 2002-10-06 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE BRAKES WILL SKID WHEN WET CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HAVE EXTENDED STOPPI… |
| 2002-10-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD | No | 0 | CAR IS WHITE. PAINT IS PEELING OFF HOOD OF CAR FOR NO APPARENT REASON. STEEL IS EXPOSED AND STARTING TO RUST. THE EN… |
| 2002-09-03 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | MECHANICS KNOW THIS GOES BAD IN GRAND AM'S, HAS HAD MANY COMPLAINTS. -------- DIMS 11 IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02… |
| 2002-08-25 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | Yes | 1 | 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 PA… |
| 2002-07-25 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING 45MPH HAD EXTENDED STOPPING. TS |
| 2002-07-18 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK |
| 2002-07-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL | No | 0 | SUDDEN SPEED WHILE DRIVING OVER 60 MPH. *NLM |
| 2001-08-21 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | THIS IS THE FOURTH FAILURE OF THE HEAT EXCHANGER WITHIN THE PAST 2 YEARS. NOT TO MENTION A NEARLY COMPLETE FAILURE (95… |
| 2001-07-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | DRIVER HAD PARKED AND LEFT VEHICLE. IGNITION SWITCH HAD SHORTED OUT AND FILLED VEHICLE WITH SMOKE. KEY WAS NEVER IN I… |
| 2001-05-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | FIRST GEAR BURNS OUT/VEHICLE SHUDDERS AND STALLS WHILE STOPPING BEFORE COMPLETE FAILURE. *AK |
| 2001-03-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS | No | 0 | AFTER STARTING THE IGNITION, I NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM FUSE BOX, BURNING PLASTIC DRIPPED ONTO THE CARPET, IGNITING EN… |
| 2001-03-07 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK |
| 2001-02-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE ANTIFREEZE BEGAN LEAKING DUE TO CRACKED CYLINDER HEAD, THERE WAS A SPECIAL POLICY FOR REPAIR BUT THE VEHICLE NOT LO… |
| 2001-01-30 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL | No | 0 | TURN SIGNAL UNIT DOES NOT WORK.*AK |
| 2000-12-04 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | CAUSE OF FIRE IS UNKNOWN. CAR WAS STARTED AND FLAMES BLEW OUT OF BOTTOM, SIDE, & TOP OF ENGINE. *AK |
| 2000-08-25 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | I JUST NEED TO KNOW IF THIS PART HAS BEEN RECALLED OR NOT. I CAN'T FIND A USED DOOR "CRANK SHAFT" BECAUSE THIS IS A PR… |
| 2000-08-21 | TIRES:TREAD/BELT | No | 0 | PE00 020 ; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 70MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A NOISE. VEHICLE WAS VIBRATING. HE WAS ABLE TO … |
| 2000-07-29 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 2 | NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK |
| 2000-07-21 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | CYLINDER CRACKED, SMALL LEAK OF ENGINE COOLANT ONTO EXHAUST MANIFOLD. HAVE TO KEEP CHECKING AND ADDING ANTIFREEZE TO C… |
| 2000-06-07 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY |
| 2000-06-02 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | CYNLIDNER HEAD CRACKED. *AK |
| 2000-05-09 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | THE ENGINE HAS A COOLANT LEAK DUE TO CRACKED HEAD. YH |
| 2000-05-06 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK |
| 2000-05-01 | STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK |
| 2000-04-25 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION SOLENOID HAS GONE BAD, CAUSING CAR TO STALL AT STOP SIGN HAPPENS WHEN CAR IS WARM, TOLD THAT THIS IS A VER… |
| 2000-03-24 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | A SPECIAL EXTENDED WARRANTY GRANTED TO OWNERS OF CERTAIN VIN ENGINE CODES TO REPLACE CRACKED CYLINDER HEADS BY PONTIAC.… |
| 2000-03-23 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | TWO ENGINE HEAD GASKETS FAILED. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER MANUFACTURER'… |
| 2000-01-21 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND LEAKED OIL. CONSUMER TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC TOLD HIM THAT ENGINE HEAD GASKET … |
| 1999-12-28 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | Yes | 2 | I WAS DRIVING APX. 25-30 MPH ON SLUSH COVERED ROADS. I SAW THE CAR AHEAD OF ME BRAKING, SO I STARTED TO APPLY STEADY P… |
| 1999-11-28 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | THE ENGINE MOUNTS ON MY VEHICLE HAVE FAILED, THE EFFECT IS WHEN I MOVE MY CAR FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE OR VISVERSA THE ENG… |
| 1999-11-19 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT GOT FIRE UNEXPECTEDLY WITH NO ELECTRICAL PROBLEM BEFORE INCIDENT. SMELL ELECTRICAL BURNING AFTE… |
| 1999-11-17 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM | No | 0 | COMPONENT #1 (BRAKES)-BRAKES WEAR OUT EVERY THREE MONTHS REGARDLESS OF DRIVING CONDITIONS OR DRIVING HABITS, HAVE HAD A… |
| 1999-10-05 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED WHEN INVOLVED IN A CRASH, AND THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG. VEHICLE WAS HI… |
| 1999-10-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING SMOKE AND A BURNING SMELL CAME FROM THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WHICH CAUSED A FIRE. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE… |
| 1999-09-30 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE HEAD FAILURE, LOSS OF COOLANT, COOLANT WARNING LIGHT COMES ON. TOOK TO DEALER ON TWO OCCASIONS. NEVER NOTIFIED … |
| 1999-09-29 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS | No | 0 | WHENEVER THE FUSE IS REPLACED, THEY WOULD CAUSE SPARKS. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE. THE FUSE CONNECTS THE C… |
| 1999-08-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | IGNITION SWITCH IS EXPERIENCING SAME PROBLEM AS MENTIONED IN RECALL 93 V 153 000; BUT, THIS VEHICLE IS NOT COVERED U… |
| 1999-07-27 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE FLYWHEEL TENSIONER BROKE AWAY FROM THE ENGINE. THE BOLT HAD BROKEN IN HALF. THIS CAUSED THE ENGINE TO DIE OUT &… |