Safety Score
85
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1996 Pontiac Grand Prix.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE POWER STEERING MALFUNCTIONED. IT WAS EXTREMEL… |
| 2014-06-28 | STEERING | Yes | 0 | AFTER STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN, LOST CONTROL OF STEERING WHILE MAKING LEFT TURN. CAR CONTINUED, RAN OVER A MAIL BOX AND … |
| 2006-04-03 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE TWICE WHERE DROPS OF ENGINE OIL FELL ON THE EXHA… |
| 2005-09-21 | STEERING:RACK AND PINION | No | 0 | DT: AROUND SEPTEMBER 21, 2005 THE CONSUMER STARTED EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTY TURNING TO THE RIGHT. IT WAS LIKE THE STE… |
| 2004-02-23 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS WORKING ON THE VEHICLE NOTICED THAT GAS WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER STATED THAT… |
| 2003-08-02 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH, THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE SEAT WAS GETTING EXTREMELY WARM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC… |
| 2003-07-30 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILURE, TWO OF THREE IN BACK SEAT HAVE FAILED IN LAST 4 MONTHS NOW TODAY FRONT PASSENGER SEAT FAILED.… |
| 2003-06-04 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A GAS LEAKED. *JB THE GAS TANK STARTED TO LEAK ACROSS THE ENTIRE REAR WELD SEAM AFTER BEING… |
| 2003-04-05 | VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | No | 0 | THE POWER WINDOW ON DRIVER'S SIDE KEEPS COMING OFF OF THE TRACK, IT HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER 5 TIMES FOR THIS, AND STIL… |
| 2003-03-15 | AIR BAGS | No | 1 | SATURDAY MARCH 8, 2003, I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM SHOPPING WITH MY 4-YEAR-OLD SON WHEN THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG OF MY 199… |
| 2003-03-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | FAILURE OF THE IGNITION WIRES & PLUGS FOR THE SECOND TIME IN 3 YEARS. *JB |
| 2002-08-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | VEHICLE ON 4TH ALTERNATOR AT 63,000 MILES. ALTERNATOR FAILURE IN THIS VEHICLE CAN OCCUR SUDDENLY, WITH LITTLE OR NO WA… |
| 2002-06-01 | STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH AND MAKING A RIGHT TURN, THE INNER TIE ROD ON PASSENGER'S TIRE BROKE OFF, CAUSING VEHICLE TO BE IN… |
| 2001-05-28 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES | No | 0 | WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN AFTER BEING STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT, THE THROTTLE CABLE BROKE AND THE CAR WAS GOING AS IF IT W… |
| 2001-03-07 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE WAS OVERHEATING DURING NORMAL OPERATION OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A DEALERSHIP AND REPLACED RADI… |
| 2001-02-17 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | VEHICLE HIT A TREE AT 40-45MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TATALLE… |
| 2000-12-29 | WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS | Yes | 0 | CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 5MPH ON INTERSTATE AND WAS TURNING INTO HIS APARTMENT COMPLEX, AND DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE FE… |
| 2000-11-27 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY | No | 0 | VECHICLE ABS LIGHT CAME ON ALL INTERIOR AND EXTERNAL LIGHTS DIMMED, ONCE VECHICLE WAS SHUT OFF IT WOULD NOT RESTART. BA… |
| 2000-11-01 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | No | 0 | BOTH HEADLIGHT LENSES HAVE FALLEN OFF, ONE WAS ORIGINAL THE OTHER WAS REPLACED PREVIOUSLY UNDER WARRANTY FOR THE SAME R… |
| 2000-07-15 | STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID | No | 0 | I JUST PURCHASED THE CAR ON JULY 3RD AND JULY 15TH WE HAD RAIN AND NOW THE WHOLE INSIDE OF THE TRUNK IS FLOODED. *AK |
| 2000-05-20 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 1 | 10 SECONDS AFTER VEHICLE HIT CURB AT 12 MPH DRIVERSIDE AND PASSENGERSIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED UNEXPECTEDLY. DEALER HAS B… |
| 2000-05-07 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | LOSS OF POWER AT 60 MPH. AFTER STOPPING VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF OVERDRIVE. GRINDING. AFTER EVALUATION BY MECHANI… |
| 2000-01-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL | No | 0 | ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS (TWICE WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY ONCE ON SIDE STREET) MY GAS PEDAL PUSHED DOWN UNDER M… |
| 1999-09-26 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS | No | 0 | WATER IS FILLING UP ON THE REAR TAIL LIGHT LENS WHICH IS CAUSING A ELECTRICAL SHORT. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THEY ARE AWA… |
| 1999-09-22 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | CONSUMER HAS HAD A PROBLEM WITH POWER DOORS/LOCKS EVERY SINCE SHE HAS HAD THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER WAS LOCKED INSIDE FO… |
| 1999-07-14 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC | No | 0 | UPON INSPECTION OF THE TIRES CONSUMER NOTICED REAR BRAKES DID NOT OPERATE DUE TO RUSTED ROTORS AND INOPERATIVE CALI… |
| 1999-06-22 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | ACCELERATOR CABLE BROKE. YH |
| 1999-06-22 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR | No | 0 | DEALER SAYS REAR ROTORS WERE UNSAFE TO DRIVE DUE TO RUSTING. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THE CAR IS GARAGE KEPT, STILL HAS THE … |
| 1999-06-01 | STEERING:RACK AND PINION | No | 0 | STEERING RACK FAILURE (40K MILES). STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN LEFT *AT ALL* AT A DEAD STOP; EXTREMELY STUBBORN AT SP… |
| 1999-04-14 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | WAS GOING 30MPH & HAD APPLIED BRAKES. VEHICLE KEPT GOING. LOW TRACTION LIGHT CAME ON. VEHICLE HIT ONE CURB & THEN ANOTH… |
| 1999-04-04 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | MY FATHER, JIMMIE G. NALL, ORIGINALLY LEASED THIS VEHICLE; AT LEASE END, HE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FOR ME. WHILE MY FAT… |
| 1999-04-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION SHIFT LINKAGES EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS, REQUIRED TIGHTENING. *MJS |
| 1998-11-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE | No | 0 | PROBLEM IS WITH FACTORY PASSENGER'S KEY II SECURITY SYSTEM. VEHICLE WILL MOST OF THE TIME, BUT WILL NOT START AT TIMES… |
| 1998-10-30 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE) | No | 0 | VEHICLE HESITATES ON ACCELERATION DUE TO EGR VALVE FAILURE. YH |
| 1998-09-06 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | Yes | 2 | MY HUSBAND AND MYSELF WERE INVOLVED IN A HIGH IMPACT REAR END COLLISION. DUE TO THE SEAT BACK FAILURE MY SEAT BELT DID… |
| 1998-07-13 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | ALTERNATOR FAILED. |
| 1998-07-07 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5MPH AND TURNING A CORNER, THE LOWER BALL JOINT BROKE AND THE WHEEL FELL OFF. ALSO, THERE W… |
| 1998-05-29 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR | No | 0 | BRAKE ROTORS RUSTED OUT, CAUSING THEM TO FLAKE AWAY WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, REPAIRED… |
| 1998-04-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | Yes | 1 | WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 50 MPH , VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION AND THE RESTRAINTS DID NOT RETRACT UPON IMPACT. PASSE… |
| 1998-03-20 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE. ALSO, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. |
| 1998-02-22 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR | No | 0 | AT 26,000 MILES REAR ROTORS WERE WARPED AND RUSTY. HAD THEM REPLACED. AT 34,000 ROTORS ARE WEARING OUT ALSO. *AK |
| 1998-02-20 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | FRONT BRAKE ROTORS ARE PREMATURELY WEARING. WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT HIGH SPEED VEHICLE VIBRATES, AND PEDAL NEARLY G… |
| 1998-01-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:CALIPER | No | 0 | THE BRAKE CALIPER UPPER RETAINING BOLT WOULD FALL OUT ALLOWING THE BRAKE CALIPER TO LODGE AGAINST AND LOCKUP THE WHEEL. |
| 1997-09-25 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC | No | 0 | MY CAR CURRENTLY HAS 28,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE ROTORS REPLACED 3 TIMES! |
| 1997-08-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 65 MPH CAR KICKED INTO NEUTRAL THE ENGINE WAS REVVING. THE TACHOMETER MAXED OUT AND CAR STOPPED. … |
| 1997-07-04 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SIDE PASSIVE RESTRAINT SEAT BELT DOES NOT LATCH INTO THE BUCKLE. MANUFACTURER NOT CONTACTED. *AK |
| 1997-07-02 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES WHEN BRAKEARE APPLIED THER IS DELAY IN BRAKING, A POPPING NOISE IS HEARD AND THEN THE BRAKE WILL INGAG… |
| 1997-05-20 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | ENGINE USES UP TO ONE TO TWO QUARTS OF OIL BETWEEN OIL CHANGES. NO OUTWARD SIGNS OF LEAK. |
| 1997-04-10 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR RATTLES. |
| 1997-02-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | ABS BRAKE FAILURE, THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND ABS LIGHT COME ON YELLOW, LOW TRACTION LIGHT CAME ON, AND THE PEDA… |