NHTSA Data Explorer

Pontiac Grand Am

Data refreshed May 30, 2026

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Complaints

5,459

Active records

Recalls

29

Active records

TSBs

906

Active records

Filing history

Monthly totals over the last 20 years. Click a legend item to show or hide that series.

Reported severity

Based on consumer complaints filed since 2000. Recalls and TSBs do not include severity data.

Deaths

55

Injuries

458

Crashes

454

Fires

180

Top reported issues — Pontiac Grand Am

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Condition issue

1,690

Operating state

1,606

Noise

663

Engine behavior

633

Lighting behavior

611

Starting behavior

606

Safety restraint issue

531

Fluid issue

496

Reporting mechanism

483

Thermal issue

452

Braking behavior

444

Safety restraint behavior

432

Access/entry issue

294

Vibration/harshness

287

Driver assistance issue

259

Electrical issue

250

Steering behavior

199

Performance issue

178

Transmission/drivetrain behavior

129

Powering on/off behavior

115

Smell

100

HVAC behavior

87

Ride/handling behavior

69

Infotainment behavior

57

Recent change

55

Wiper/washer behavior

25

Recent filings

The 10 most recent filings for each type.

2003 PONTIAC GRAND AM

Filed Aug 4, 2025


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2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM

Filed Nov 27, 2023


Twice in one month my vehicle has died while driving. I have been braking and turning when this has happened and it dies without warning. No check engine lights are on the vehicle and it has 150,000 miles. It turns right back on when this happens, not sure what’s happening I lose all power to my car, checked the battery and alternator and they are perfectly fine.

2003 PONTIAC GRAND AM

Filed Nov 25, 2023


1 death
1 injured

Engine has lost power from 150hp @ 3K RPM and 200ft·lb @ 4K RPM. It is now 50hp @ ½K RPM & 75ft·lb @ 2K revolutions per minute. Gear Shift Button has seperated from globe. Radio needs to be replaced or reset daily. Rear window defroster has seperated from window, and won’t retain position. Tire Pressure Monitoring System hasn’t worked to no avail. Turn signals are showing discrepancies when activated from switch.

2003 PONTIAC GRAND AM

Filed Nov 22, 2023


Disc are advanced, technologically superior, and come standard with enabling more braking force with less pressure. Albeit an impermeable transmission requires no fluid changes and less maintenance, servicing one is challenging. It works well in dusty environments or in heavy–duty tasks, and an malfunctioning transmission risk ruining the entire system. Wiper motor & transmission failed last spring. This mercifully costed my job after 832 days, and makes us perilous under Secretary…

2003 PONTIAC GRAND AM

Filed Nov 18, 2023


2 deaths
4 injured

Korr’s Automotive wants $55Ø to repair our exhaust leak. Fuel lines are too close to engine, which can cause death or injury upon impact. You’re welcome for [XXXXXX] upon request! Driver seat is out of commission on power. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

2003 PONTIAC GRAND AM

Filed Nov 18, 2023


4 deaths
2 injured

Ecotec Gen I was re–engineered to be smoother and more efficient than its predecessor. Featuring an dual in–block balance shafts, power–steering pump, water–pump housing, and removable oil filter housing. This engine replaced the Quad–4 and GM 122 in North America and first appeared. GM offers an official kit which can be converted into 2.2 supercharged versions using modified ECM software. Model L42 is an CNG version of the Ecotec 2.2, producing 129 hp and 129 ft⋅lb. This LSJ was listed…

1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM

Filed Jul 22, 2023


2 injured
Crash

Our braking system on this car failed us, and is probably crushed by now at no fault of my own. My safety was at–risk when the brakes lost pressure and if it wasn’t for our seatbelts, I could’ve been thrown through the windshield. I hereby declare that [XXX] deliberately caused our accident and lied about being blinded. [XXX] lost her son—[XXX]—and was jealous of my opportunity to do what he couldn’t. Her other son—[XXX]—choose not to attend college and contraband drugs among other…

2003 PONTIAC GRAND AM

Filed Jul 16, 2023


Debra J. Westfall—neighbour—loves controversy, and won’t back down from expressing her anger or bafflement exhibited from half–assed parenting. Funny how she hates us snowflakes for sharing her entitled, materialistic narcissism. Five porch monkeys were using electric scooters on our street when one of them vandalised our driver side taillight. Turnpike commissions can confirm that latter in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Ohio. Debra Westfall hates people who aren’t genuine, and…

2003 PONTIAC GRAND AM

Filed Jul 16, 2023


Crash

Body, Brakes, and Electrical concern me. My family owned a 1999 same model vehicle, and the brakes failed us in an accident from its’ left driver seal being punctured. Here is what’s going on with the 2003 aside from the latter mentioned. Exhaust from manifold to catalytic converter followed by muffler rusted out by 175,ØØØ miles and now broke apart. Frame and rocker panels are rusted out before 175,ØØØ miles and broke apart by rear wheels on both sides. Electrical concerns caused me to…

1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM

Filed Jun 3, 2023


The gas gauge will show full then without warning quickly drop to “E” and the low fuel indicator will ding and the light will come on then just as quickly as it started it will go back to full or 2/3rds the slow creep back to the full position. (The tank was not full) While driving all the electrical components start going wild, everything goes on and off quickly. The accelerator will rev(while foot is on or off accelerator) and drop over and over (as if there were bad gas in it) then go back…

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Updated May 30, 2026. Refreshed nightly.