2000 Pontiac Grand AM problems
NHTSA has received 939 complaints about the 2000 Pontiac Grand AM, and 19% of them involve lighting. After that come brakes (17%) and electrical system (15%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 939 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Lighting 19% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 68 and 19
- Injuries and deaths
- 54 and 6
- Typical mileage
- 65,000 miles 436 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 43 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 55 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 98 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 79 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 57 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 38 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 21 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 34 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 4 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 2 |
| 200k+ miles | 5 |
What the data shows
Among the 436 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 65,000 miles. For lighting specifically, the median reported mileage is about 72,000 miles (108 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 68 complaints mention a crash; 19 complaints mention a fire; 54 injuries reported; 6 deaths reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2000 ranks 2nd most-complained-about out of 16 model years of the Pontiac Grand AM with enough data (632 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 5 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Vehicle ignition shut off causing driver to lose control and sliding left of center hitting another vehicle.....updated 12/30/15 updated 9/8/2017
It is my belief that this vehicle may also have had a ignition switch problem like later models. I believe that looking into these faulty ignition switches in earlier models should be investigated. For the last 3.5 years I have just explained my daughters accident as just an automobile accident, but after seeing some of the crash scene photos from a newer vehicle accidents they seem too familiar to what my daughters accident looked like.
Tl* the contact owns a 2000 pontiac grand am. While driving approximately 50 MPH, the front driver and passenger side air bags deployed inadvertently. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The contact sustained a bloody nose and facial lacerations as a result. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 105,000.
My 2000 pontiac grandam gt was bought new and with 24,000 miles on it in 2004 the lower intake manifold was leaking dexcool. Kaiser pontiac in deland florida fixed the problem and now in 2009 with 50,000 miles the exact same problem is occurring. After reading several (80) complaints online there should be a recall on this problem.