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2002 Pontiac Grand Prix electrical system problems

56 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix, which is 14% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
56 14% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
85,000 miles 41 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
2 and 11
Injuries and deaths
4 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 85,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 8 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 5 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 11 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 5 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 4 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 3 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 2 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 85,000 miles
Based on 41 complaints that include mileage. 27% 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 miles2
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles8
60k to 80k miles5
80k to 100k miles11
100k to 120k miles5
120k to 140k miles4
140k to 160k miles3
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles2
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 41 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 85,000 miles, and 27% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 11 fires, 4 injuries.

What owners wrote

While driving the vehicle, the onstar communications system activated 4 times on it's own before consumer noticed that the vehicle was on fire. The onstar communications box is located in the left, rear corner of the vehicles trunk. Vehicle was towed and has been inspected, however vehicle has not been repaired. Consumer has repeatedly contacted manufacturer and service manager as to when the repairs would commence, but consumer has yet to receive a satisfactory response.

January 2002 FireInjury

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 pontiac grand prix. The contact stated that the engine remained on when the key was removed from the ignition. The failure occurred on numerous occasions. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the failure was unable to be duplicated. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 134,361.

Reported at 134,361 miles, July 2014

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