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2004 Pontiac Grand AM electrical system problems

144 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2004 Pontiac Grand AM, which is 36% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
144 36% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
92,000 miles 109 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
6 and 5
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2004 Pontiac Grand AM Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 92,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 3 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 8 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 19 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 16 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 15 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 14 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 11 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 8 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 7 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 6 complaints 200k+ miles: 2 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 92,000 miles
Based on 109 complaints that include mileage. 28% 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 miles3
20k to 40k miles8
40k to 60k miles19
60k to 80k miles16
80k to 100k miles15
100k to 120k miles14
120k to 140k miles11
140k to 160k miles8
160k to 180k miles7
180k to 200k miles6
200k+ miles2

What the data shows

Of the 109 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 92,000 miles, and 28% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 6 crashes, 5 fires, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 pontiac grand am. While traveling approximately 20 MPH, the vehicle struck a bump in the road and intermittently shut off. The contact indicated that there was a noise coming from the front of the vehicle and to avoid a crash into on coming traffic, the contact swerved to the right. The tires went flat and the contact crashed into a curb. The air bag deployed directly in the contact's face and the vehicle coasted due to the intermittent failure.

Reported at 140,000 miles, October 2014 CrashInjury

During traffic my 2004 pontiac grand am just shut itself off! Moments before I did hit a pothole. Suddenly, the lights in dash illuminated, bells sounded, and my key independently moved from the on position to off. I lost power steering, brakes. The car slowed to a stop. I called 911 in desperate fear of being hit.-car wouldn't restart, key wouldn't come out of ignition. I became angered and pounded on the ignition area and near the radio. The car then was able to respond and turn on.

Reported at 166,000 miles, August 2014

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