Recall Register

Pontiac Grand AM: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 40 recall campaigns for the Pontiac Grand AM, model years 1973 to 2005. NHTSA has 5,580 complaints on file for this model line. 22 of the 25 model years have a page on this register.

Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .

Model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19733
  2. 19751
  3. 19784
  4. 19830
  5. 19854
  6. 19861
  7. 19872
  8. 19882
  9. 19892
  10. 19900
  11. 19912
  12. 19923
  13. 19931
  14. 19942
  15. 19951
  16. 19964
  17. 19972
  18. 19981
  19. 19993
  20. 20005
  21. 20014
  22. 20021
  23. 20032
  24. 20042
  25. 20052
Pontiac Grand AM: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model yearRecall campaignsComplaintsShare of the line averageUnits in the campaigns
2005 Pontiac Grand AM210246%5,887,120
2004 Pontiac Grand AM2293131%5,880,575
2003 Pontiac Grand AM2325146%5,970,581
2002 Pontiac Grand AM1395177%5,877,718
2001 Pontiac Grand AM4538241%8,256,499
2000 Pontiac Grand AM5675302%7,036,097
1999 Pontiac Grand AM3849380%6,365,335
1998 Pontiac Grand AM117277%1,415,231
1997 Pontiac Grand AM2383172%1,593,412
1996 Pontiac Grand AM4450202%2,109,806
1995 Pontiac Grand AM1409183%699,617
1994 Pontiac Grand AM2377169%701,298
1993 Pontiac Grand AM120491%1,103
1992 Pontiac Grand AM316875%2,143
1991 Pontiac Grand AM28237%37,065
1990 Pontiac Grand AM03817%
1989 Pontiac Grand AM24420%170,601
1988 Pontiac Grand AM23114%170,601
1987 Pontiac Grand AM22813%153,776
1986 Pontiac Grand AM NHTSA page1115%261,171
1985 Pontiac Grand AM442%408,126
1983 Pontiac Grand AM NHTSA page010%
1978 Pontiac Grand AM400%2,145,898
1975 Pontiac Grand AM NHTSA page100%220,982
1973 Pontiac Grand AM310%915,862

The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.

A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Components in the complaints

8,105 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

Pontiac Grand AM: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
ComponentPer 1,000Mentions
Electrical System208.11,687
Engine and Engine Cooling126.51,025
Service Brakes, Hydraulic122.1990
Exterior Lighting89721
Air Bags55446
Visibility52.2423
Steering46.4376
Suspension39.1317
Power Train35.7289
Structure31.3254

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Pontiac Grand AM, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2000, with 4 campaigns.
Complaints about the Pontiac Grand AM, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2004, with 543 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Pontiac: all 34 model lines

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. Pontiac Grand AM: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/pontiac/grand-am/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
Manufacturer in the recall file
GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Which Pontiac Grand AM model years have the most recall campaigns?
2000 with 5, 2001 with 4, 1996 with 4. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Pontiac Grand AM model year has the most complaints?
The 1999 model year, with 849 of the 5,580 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Pontiac Grand AM name?
Electrical System: 208.1 per 1,000 component mentions. Engine and Engine Cooling: 126.5 per 1,000 component mentions. Service Brakes, Hydraulic: 122.1 per 1,000 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Pontiac Grand AM?
21 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.