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Pontiac wipers, windshield & visibility problems

Across all Pontiac models in NHTSA's complaint database, 1,676 complaints involve wipers, windshield & visibility. The Grand AM accounts for the largest share (25%). The single worst model year is the 1999 Grand AM with 100 wipers, windshield & visibility complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
1,676 about wipers, windshield & visibility, all Pontiac models
Most affected
Grand AM 25% of these complaints
Typical mileage
63,000 miles 732 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
14 and 15

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Pontiac models

ModelComplaintsShare
Grand AM42625%
Grand Prix38123%
Vibe20612%
Bonneville1318%
Trans Sport1046%
Torrent1036%
G6845%
Montana755%
Sunfire714%
Aztek292%

Worst model years for wipers, windshield & visibility

  1. 1999 Pontiac Grand AM100 complaints
  2. 2006 Pontiac Torrent95 complaints
  3. 1997 Pontiac Grand Prix87 complaints
  4. 2004 Pontiac Vibe82 complaints
  5. 2003 Pontiac Vibe81 complaints

Wipers, windshield & visibility complaints by model year

Pontiac wipers, windshield & visibility complaints by model year 0 100 200 1990: 9 '90 1991: 20 1992: 36 '92 1993: 31 1994: 113 '94 1995: 81 1996: 80 '96 1997: 170 1998: 97 '98 1999: 167 2000: 164 '00 2001: 104 2002: 91 '02 2003: 121 2004: 114 '04 2005: 57 2006: 137 '06 2007: 34 2008: 23 '08 2009: 22 2010: 5 '10
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
19909
199120
199236
199331
1994113
199581
199680
1997170
199897
1999167
2000164
2001104
200291
2003121
2004114
200557
2006137
200734
200823
200922
20105

Among the 732 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 63,000 miles.

Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.