1999 Pontiac Grand AM steering problems
Owners reported steering problems in 75 complaints for the 1999 Pontiac Grand AM, 6% of the complaints on file.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 75 6% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 73,000 miles 12 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 9 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 7 and 2
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When steering problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 2 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 3 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 1 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 3 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 12 steering complaints that report mileage, the median is about 73,000 miles, and 42% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 9 crashes, 7 injuries, 2 deaths.
What owners wrote
When my sons were driving back to camp pendleton where they are stationed, the steering wheel locked up, floated to the left, they went over and down a hill, car was totaled. One son received a cut finger requiring ten stiches, the other received a fractured collarbone.
Clock spring has a disk that is not a uniform desgine due to it splitting and bowing out. Steering wheel sticks when turned either direction and horn is set off as well. The airbag light is also on and would assume that it would not inflate in the event of a frontal collision. Pontiac feels that the disk that should be one solid piece that I believe is two pieces, im responsible for their defective craftsmanship.
Other problems reported for the 1999 Pontiac Grand AM
- Brakes 270 complaints
- Electrical system 152 complaints
- Engine 126 complaints
- Suspension 113 complaints
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 100 complaints
- Lighting 84 complaints
- Air bags 80 complaints
- Body & structure 49 complaints