Recall Register

1986 Pontiac Grand Prix: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 4 recall campaigns for the 1986 Pontiac Grand Prix. The newest campaign is 87V046000. NHTSA received the report on 3 Apr 1987. The NHTSA record gives the component Structure / Body / Door. NHTSA has 2 complaints on file for this model year. 2 NHTSA investigations name this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 87V046000, in the NHTSA record

Inspect and modify power door lock switch as required.
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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.

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Recall campaigns

4 campaigns, newest first. 219,624 units in total.

  • 87V046000Structure / Body / Door
  • 86V139000Equipment / Other / Labels
  • 86V131000Exterior Lighting / Headlights / Switch
  • 86V056000Exterior Lighting / Headlights / Switch

  1. 87V046000Received . 20,096 units.

    Structure / Body / Door

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Drivers side power door lock switch may separate during actuation, exposing the electrical terminal.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    The terminal may contact the steel remote mirror cable,a short can occur without blowing a fuse. This may allow the cable to overheatand could result in a vehicle fire.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Inspect and modify power door lock switch as required.

    Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 86V139000Received . 100 units.

    Equipment / Other / Labels

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Tire label contains incorrect tire size information. Consequence of defect: vehicles fail to comply with FMVSS 110.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Install tire loading label with correct information.

    Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  3. 86V131000Received . 106,111 units.

    Exterior Lighting / Headlights / Switch

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The push pull headlight switch may have electrical contacts which allow an intermittent headlight circuit causing headlight to flicker or suddenly go out. Consequence of defect: sudden loss of the headlights under severe weather or nighttime driving conditions could reduce driver visibility which might result in a vehicle crash without prior warning.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Replace headlight switch as necessary.

    Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP..

  4. 86V056000Received . 93,317 units.

    Exterior Lighting / Headlights / Switch

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The push-pull headlight switch may have electrical contacts which allow an intermittent headlight circuit causing headlight to flicker or suddenly go out. Consequence of defect: sudden loss of the headlights under severe weather or nighttime driving conditions could reduce driver visibility which might result in a vehicle crash without prior warning. Note: also, see NHTSA campaign number 86v131000.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Replace headlight switch as necessary.

    Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

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

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

Complaints by component

2 complaints, 3 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

1986 Pontiac Grand Prix: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Fuel System, Gasoline2
Structure1
Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
2
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
14 Feb 2002

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

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.

Complaints about the 1986 Pontiac Grand Prix, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1997, with 1 complaint.

Investigations

NHTSA investigations that name the 1986 Pontiac Grand Prix
NumberTypeSubjectComponentOpenedClosedCampaign
PE89145Preliminary evaluationPARKING BRAKE CABLEParking Brake21 Jul 198922 Sep 1989
PE89104Preliminary evaluationJAMMED STEERING MECHANISMSteering17 Mar 198912 May 1989

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

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

  1. 19651
  2. 19662
  3. 19701
  4. 19721
  5. 19733
  6. 19741
  7. 19761
  8. 19773
  9. 19785
  10. 19794
  11. 19803
  12. 19811
  13. 19821
  14. 19831
  15. 19842
  16. 19851
  17. 19864
  18. 19870
  19. 198811
  20. 19899
  21. 19908
  22. 19914
  23. 19921
  24. 19931
  25. 19941
  26. 19953
  27. 19961
  28. 19975
  29. 19984
  30. 19994
  31. 20005
  32. 20016
  33. 20023
  34. 20033
  35. 20047
  36. 20051
  37. 20061
  38. 20073
  39. 20081

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1986 Pontiac Grand Prix: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/pontiac/grand-prix/1986/. 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
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1986 Pontiac Grand Prix?
219,624 units in 4 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Pontiac Grand Prix have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 68 recall campaigns for the Pontiac Grand Prix, model years 1965 to 2008. 4 of them name the 1986 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1986 Pontiac Grand Prix name most often?
Fuel System, Gasoline: 2 of 3 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1986 Pontiac Grand Prix open?
No. Each of the 2 investigations that name this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.