Safety Score
74
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1993 Pontiac Grand Prix.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-08-01 | SEATS | No | 0 | RECENTLY I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE AND REALIZE THAT BOTH THE FRONT SEATS' BACK MECHANISMS WILL NOT LATCH. FROM NHTSA CAMPAI… |
| 2008-06-15 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | Yes | 0 | 1993 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX LOST USE OF BRAKES AND DROVE INTO PARKING LOT THEN STRUCK A POLE. *NJ (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH RE… |
| 2007-06-07 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANS AXLE SEEMS TO SLIP (ASIF SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL) IN SHARP CORNERS AND WHEN LEAVING STOP LIGHTS CAUSING A DANGEROUS … |
| 2007-02-14 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE | Yes | 1 | SEAT BELT MOUNTED TO THE DOOR FAILED TO RESTRAIN MY SON IN THE VEHICLE WHEN HE GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT. THE DOOR OPENED CA… |
| 2007-01-01 | STEERING:RACK AND PINION | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE CANNOT MAKE A LEFT TURN DUE TO RACK AND PINI… |
| 2005-01-21 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING,WITHOUT WARNING THE FRONT SEAT WOULD UNEXPECTEDLY MOVE FROM SIDE TO SIDE. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAI… |
| 2004-01-03 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | DRIVER SIDE DOOR HANDLE BROKE OFF WITHOUT ANY FORCE BEING USED. CONSUMER THEN TRIED TO OPEN THE DOOR USING THE HANDLE … |
| 2003-07-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | No | 0 | 1993 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX, SMOKE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. *AK |
| 2003-06-15 | STEERING | No | 0 | FOUND OUT THAT MY MAIN PROBLEM WITH MY STEERING AND SUSPENSION IS THAT THE CRADLE THAT HOLDS THE ENGINE IS CRACKED AND … |
| 2003-05-10 | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT WITH IT'S REAR CRADLE BOLTS AS STATED IN RECALL # 97 V 058 000. THE CONSUMERS … |
| 2003-04-26 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:FLASHER UNIT | No | 0 | I OWN A 1993 GRAND PRIX. EVER SINCE I BOUGHT IT USED IN 2001, I HAVE HAD TO PULL THE TURNING SIGNAL MECHANISM FORWARD T… |
| 2003-01-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 1 | THE STEERING COLUMN HAD BEEN SMOKING WHEN THE TURN SIGNALS WERE USED THEN ONE EVENING THE IGNITION SWITCH CAUGHT FIRE. … |
| 2002-07-16 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING REAR BRAKES WENT OUT CAUSING CONSUMER TO PULL THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, AND IT WILL BE HARD TO STOP VEHICLE.… |
| 2002-07-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH | No | 0 | WHEN STOPPED, IN NEUTRAL OR REVERSE VEHICLE WILL MOVE FORWARD, VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN EXAMINED BY DEALER.*AK VEHICLE H… |
| 2002-06-21 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | AFTER CONSUMER STARTED THEIR VEHICLE, PUT VEHICLE IN DRIVE GEAR IT ACCELERATED AT A SPEED OF 70 MPH WITHOUT CONSUMER A… |
| 2002-02-14 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | Yes | 0 | SEVERAL PROBLEMS AT DIFFERENT TIMES.OLT FELL OUT OF REAR OF ENGINE CRADLE CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING. WENT INTO THE DITC… |
| 2001-08-22 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR | No | 0 | BOUGHT IN 1999, REAR BRAKE ROTORS WERE WARPED AND REPLACED IN FALL 1999, SLIDE PINS WERE FOUND TO BE FROZEN UP AND CAUS… |
| 2001-05-08 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC | No | 0 | WHENEVER BRAKES WERE APPLIED REAR CALIPERS WOULD FREEZE UP AND PADS WOULD GRIND INTO ROTORS. MECHANIC REPLACED OLD … |
| 2001-05-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS | No | 0 | CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN. FLASHERS AND TURN SIGNALS WEREN'T WORKING. CONSUMER HAD AN APPOI… |
| 2001-05-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | SMOKE COMING FROM STEERING WHEEL WHEN CAR IS STARTED, AND WHEN IT IS BEING DRIVEN. *AK |
| 2001-01-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 3 | THERE WERE BOLTS MISSING OR NOT PUT IN AT THE MANUFACTURER TO CAUSE THE UPPER AN LOWER GASKET TO GO BAD RIGHT WERE THE … |
| 2000-10-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | VEHICLE STARTS UP FINE. IT HESITATES WHEN PRESSING BRAKE PEDAL, GETS REAL STIFF, AND STARTS TO PULSATE. IT HESITATES… |
| 2000-09-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | FAILURE OF EITHER THE BATTERY OR/AND ALTERNATOR AT LEAST THREE TIMES. I HAVE OWENED CAR SINCE NEW. |
| 2000-09-03 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE AFTER SMOKE AND SHORTED OUT P/LOCKS, INTERIOR LIGHTS, BLINKERS |
| 2000-07-21 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | EXCESSIVE SMOKE AND HEAT FROM STEERING COLUMN WHILE DRIVING. *AK |
| 2000-07-05 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS | No | 0 | BRAKES WERE REPLACED FOUR TIMES BY THE PONTIAC DEALERSHIP MECHANIC. WHEN CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKE PEDAL, STEERING WHEEL … |
| 2000-06-16 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN HEARD A CLUNKING SOUND, AND COULD NO LONGER STEER THE VEHICLE. THEN STOPPED, LOOKED UNDERNEATH, A… |
| 2000-06-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC | No | 0 | WHEN BRAKING VEHICLE THUMPED BADLY. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID IT WAS A BUSTED CALIPER PIN AND WARPED BRAKE… |
| 2000-05-15 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH | No | 0 | INTERMITTENT SMOKE FROM STEERING WHEEL WHEN USING DIRECTIONALS. *AK |
| 2000-04-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | UPON STARTING CAR SMOKE EMITS FROM STEERING COLUMN ON NUMEROUS OCCASSIONS. *AK |
| 2000-03-01 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL | No | 0 | WHEN APPLYING RIGHT TURN SIGNAL IT HAS TO BE HELD UP BY HAND IN ORDER TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. DEALER SAYS TURN SIGNAL UN… |
| 1999-10-07 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY |
| 1999-10-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC | No | 0 | ALL REAR BRAKES PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED MORE THAN ONCE(CALIPERS-4TIMES AND PADS-5 OR MORE IN LAST YEAR) AND WE CONTINU… |
| 1999-09-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | PLEASE PROVIDE A FIX, TOO HARD TO KEEP REPLACING EVERY 2-3 MONTHS. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN THE SUMMARY. *AK |
| 1999-09-01 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 0 | WHILE SERVICE TECHNICIAN WAS PULLING OUT FLOOR MATS AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT INDICATION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMA… |
| 1999-08-20 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER | Yes | 0 | REAR BRAKE CALIPERS KEEP FAILING , THEY GET TOO HOT AND MELT THE HUB CAP. REAR BRAKE CALIPERS HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY RE… |
| 1999-08-07 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY |
| 1999-06-15 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC | No | 0 | I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM PONTIAC OR SONEONE A YEAR AGO ABOUT SOME BRAKE PROBLEMS ANT THAT PONTIAC WOULD PAY FOR ANY REP… |
| 1999-06-06 | SEAT BELTS | Yes | 1 | WHILE DRIVING 20-30MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, AND SEAT BELT DID NOT DID RETRACT, RESULTING IN MI… |
| 1999-05-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | I OWN A 1993 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX THAT I PURCHASED USED IN 1998. 2 YEARS AGO, OCCASSIONALLY SMOKE STARTED TO COME OUT OF … |
| 1999-04-19 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | No | 1 | UPON STARTING THE CAR IN THE MORNING, SMOKE EMINATED FROM THE STEERING COLUMN/WHEEL ASSEMBLY FILLING THE INTERIOR WITH … |
| 1999-03-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | CAR CUTS OUT AND CHUGS - THERE WAS A EMISSIONS MODULE RECALL DONE ON THIS VECHILE IN LATE OCT-EARLY NOV. OF 98 SINCE TH… |
| 1999-03-10 | STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVING 45-50 MPH THERE IS A VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED THE OUTER TIE ROD ENDS WERE… |
| 1999-03-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS | No | 0 | ON-GOING / INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH SMOKE COMING FROM HORN ASSEMBLY; INSPECTED BY DEALER ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND INFORME… |
| 1999-02-08 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION WILL NOT DOWN SHIF, CAUSING TREMENDOUS WEAR ON BRAKES TO STOP CAR TO AVOID CRASH. *AK |
| 1999-01-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | No | 0 | SMOKE COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN, BURNT ELECTRICAL SMELL |
| 1998-09-28 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC | No | 0 | ON MAY 14, 1997 I HAD MY BRAKES RE-LINED, ROTORS TURNED, |
| 1998-09-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM | No | 0 | 4 FRONT AND REAR BRAKE FAILURES EVERY 20K-30K SINCE NEW |
| 1998-08-02 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH | No | 0 | TURN SIGNAL SWITCH SHORTED OUT. |
| 1998-07-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE FILLED UP WITH SMOKE THAT CAME FROM THE STEERING COLUMN AREA WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHI… |