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2004 Pontiac Grand Prix electrical system problems

111 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix, which is 18% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
111 18% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
90,000 miles 79 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
13 and 18
Injuries and deaths
12 and 2

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 90,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 23 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 5 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 6 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 5 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 8 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 3 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 7 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 7 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 3 complaints 200k+ miles: 9 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 90,000 miles
Based on 79 complaints that include mileage. 43% 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 miles23
20k to 40k miles5
40k to 60k miles6
60k to 80k miles5
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles8
120k to 140k miles3
140k to 160k miles7
160k to 180k miles7
180k to 200k miles3
200k+ miles9

What the data shows

Of the 79 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 90,000 miles, and 43% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 13 crashes, 18 fires, 12 injuries, 2 deaths.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owned a 2004 pontiac grand prix. The contact stated that the driver was unable to turn the steering wheel and the vehicle stalled. As a result, the driver crashed into an expressway wall and bounced off into traffic where it was struck by another vehicle and a truck. A police report was filed. The driver was fatally injured. The vehicle was destroyed. The contact referenced NHTSA campaign number: 14v400000 (electrical system), but it was not confirmed if the vehicle was included in the recall.

November 2013 CrashInjuryDeath

We bought a pontiac grand prix 2004 and found out on nov. 28, 2007 that there was a recall on this vehicle. We bought this vehicle last year. No one has contacted us by mail on this recall. We had paid for it to be fixed and would like to know who we need to contact to get our money back on this.

Reported at 65,749 miles, November 2007

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