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2003 Pontiac Grand AM air bags problems

20 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2003 Pontiac Grand AM, which is 5% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
20 5% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
57,000 miles 14 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
16 and 0
Injuries and deaths
14 and 1

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Air bags complaints by mileage, 2003 Pontiac Grand AM Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 57,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 4 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 57,000 miles
Based on 14 complaints that include mileage. 57% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles1
20k to 40k miles4
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 14 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 57,000 miles, and 57% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 16 crashes, 14 injuries, 1 death.

What owners wrote

2002 pontiac grand am that my daughter was in hit an embankment and rolled several times. There was extensive front and both sides damage. No airbag deployed in the car. I have found a complaint that was filed about another airbag that did not deploy. I am wondering how many more there are.

July 2004 CrashInjuryDeath

While driving vehicle was invovled in a head on collision and airbags did not deploy. Please provide additional information.

Reported at 6,000 miles, May 2003 Crash

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