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1997 Pontiac Grand Prix electrical system problems

95 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 1997 Pontiac Grand Prix, which is 9% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
95 9% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
104,000 miles 29 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
4 and 26
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 1997 Pontiac Grand Prix Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 104,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 4 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 3 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 4 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 2 complaints 200k+ miles: 3 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 104,000 miles
Based on 29 complaints that include mileage. 24% 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 miles3
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles4
120k to 140k miles3
140k to 160k miles4
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles2
200k+ miles3

What the data shows

Of the 29 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 104,000 miles, and 24% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 4 crashes, 26 fires, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

While traveling at about 35-40 MPH, consumer ran into another vehicle head-on. Upon impact, driver and passenger air bags did not deploy. Contacted dealer and they are not willing to do anything. Consumer stated there was an injury in the accident. Two weeks after purchase, water pump failed. Alternator failed. Windows quit going up and down. *slc

February 2001 CrashInjury

Problems with power steering pump, alternator, rack and pinion, power windows, and head gaskets. The power steering pump had suddenly gone out in traffic, the vehicle stopped abruptly in the middle of traffic(the alternator was replaced), the consumer discovered that the windshield wipers were inoperative upon start due to the failure of the wiper linkage under the cowl, the steering skipped as the consumer made right hand turns(the rack and pinion was replaced along with the power steering pump), the headlight…

Reported at 23,000 miles, January 1901

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