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2000 Pontiac Grand Prix electrical system problems

66 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix, which is 11% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
66 11% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
111,000 miles 40 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 25
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 111,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 6 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 7 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 5 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 9 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 3 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 2 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 111,000 miles
Based on 40 complaints that include mileage. 15% 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 miles2
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles6
80k to 100k miles7
100k to 120k miles5
120k to 140k miles9
140k to 160k miles3
160k to 180k miles2
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 40 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 110,000 miles, and 15% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 25 fires, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Husband moved the 2000 pontiac grand prix gtp w/ super charger. Closer to work site & parked the car, sat & ate lunch in car. The cabin of the car filled with smoke. Husband couldn't get doors open, but got the windows to come down. Had to crawl out of the windows and realized car was on fire. Within 10-15 minutes the car was completely in flames. The firemen had to pry the sides of the hood up to get the fire out. The car was totaled. Approximate mileage 121000.

Reported at 121,000 miles, May 2007 FireInjury

Drove car for about 45 minutes on freeway then parked in a bank parking lot. Turned car off and went into bank. All indications on dash where fine that day and car drove just fine. About 15 minutes later, some one came into the office I was at and asked if anyone in here has a black grand prix. I went out and found that black smoke and fire was coming out of the engine compartment on the passengers' side. The fire department had already been called. Car then tried to start itself.

Reported at 25,000 miles, November 2006 Fire

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