The Recall Desk

Vehicle

Pontiac Grand Am

1 recall affects this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

1–1 of 1

  • Severity pendingNHTSA·14V400000·2014-07-03

    GM Recalls 5.8 Million Vehicles for Ignition Switch Airbag Risk

    General Motors is recalling 5,877,718 vehicles from 1997-2008 because the ignition switch may move out of the run position, preventing airbags from deploying in a crash.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET, PONTIAC, OLDSMOBILE IMPALA, GRAND AM, GRAND PRIX, MALIBU
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

  • 2005Not rated by NHTSA

    2 trims tested for 2005; overall ratings can differ by trim.

    View on NHTSA.gov
  • 2004Not rated by NHTSA

    2 trims tested for 2004; overall ratings can differ by trim.

    View on NHTSA.gov
  • 2003Not rated by NHTSA

    2 trims tested for 2003; overall ratings can differ by trim.

    View on NHTSA.gov
  • 2002Not rated by NHTSA

    2 trims tested for 2002; overall ratings can differ by trim.

    View on NHTSA.gov

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Technical service bulletins

81 manufacturer service bulletins across 1 model year. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2005: 3.5/5 · 102 complaints · most complained-of: electrical

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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