Pontiac cooling system problems
Across all Pontiac models in NHTSA's complaint database, 493 complaints involve cooling system. The Grand AM accounts for the largest share (34%). The single worst model year is the 1999 Grand AM with 29 cooling system complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 493 about cooling system, all Pontiac models
- Most affected
- Grand AM 34% of these complaints
- Typical mileage
- 66,000 miles 215 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 12
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Which Pontiac models
| Model | Complaints | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grand AM | 167 | 34% |
| Grand Prix | 73 | 15% |
| Bonneville | 65 | 13% |
| Montana | 60 | 12% |
| Trans Sport | 39 | 8% |
| Sunfire | 27 | 6% |
| Aztek | 15 | 3% |
| Sunbird | 8 | 2% |
| Torrent | 8 | 2% |
| G6 | 7 | 1% |
Worst model years for cooling system
- 1999 Pontiac Grand AM29 complaints
- 1998 Pontiac Bonneville28 complaints
- 1997 Pontiac Grand AM20 complaints
- 2000 Pontiac Grand AM20 complaints
- 1996 Pontiac Grand AM19 complaints
Cooling system complaints by model year
View the numbers
| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 5 |
| 1991 | 10 |
| 1992 | 24 |
| 1993 | 21 |
| 1994 | 13 |
| 1995 | 21 |
| 1996 | 38 |
| 1997 | 56 |
| 1998 | 68 |
| 1999 | 71 |
| 2000 | 57 |
| 2001 | 46 |
| 2002 | 24 |
| 2003 | 11 |
| 2004 | 6 |
| 2005 | 2 |
| 2006 | 14 |
| 2007 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 |
Among the 215 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 66,000 miles.
Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.