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1986 Pontiac Grand Am Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

Data refreshed

Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
11
Latest Dec 23, 1997
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
2
Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since Jun 28, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 11 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1986 Pontiac Grand Am. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–11 of 11

Body & structure
Filed Dec 23, 1997

WATER COLLECTION UNDER PLASTIC BODY MOLDINGS IS CAUSING BODY PANEL TO RUST.

NHTSA ID
527525
Interior & seats
Filed Dec 4, 1997

DASH LIGHTS GO OUT WHEN HEADLIGHTS ARE ON. *AK

NHTSA ID
526409
Interior & seats
Filed Feb 20, 1997

DASHBOARD LIGHTS INOPERATIVE.

NHTSA ID
514900
Incident
Feb 9, 1997
Electrical
Filed Dec 30, 1996
Fire reported

UNDER THE HOOD COMPARTMENT FIRE, DRIVING THE VEHICLE SMELLED FUEL FUMES AND VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE , VEHICLE COMPLETELY BURNED, WILL PROVIDE FIRE REPORT. *AK

NHTSA ID
806880
Incident
Dec 26, 1996
Body & structure
Filed Jun 10, 1996

VEHICLE HIT A BUMP ON THE ROAD RESULTING IN VEHICLE EXPLOSION. *SD

NHTSA ID
505391
Incident
Jun 10, 1996
Steering
Filed May 30, 1996

LOSS OF POWER STEERING CONTROL, USUALLY AT SLOW SPEEDS AND/OR DURING COLD WEATHER. *AK

NHTSA ID
985023
Incident
May 10, 1996
Steering
Filed May 16, 1996
Crash reported

THE VEHICLE HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND CAUSED THE OWNER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR AND THE CAR CRASHED AND EXPLODED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

NHTSA ID
984528
Incident
Apr 28, 1996
Seat belts
Filed Apr 23, 1996

FAILURE OF THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR, BELT WILL NOT RETRACT.

NHTSA ID
983319
Incident
Apr 15, 1996
Seat belts
Filed Nov 22, 1995

PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELTS HAVE FAILED, REPLACED ENTIRE SEAT BELT BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT RETRACT. TT

NHTSA ID
975334
Incident
Nov 20, 1995
ElectricalTransmission
Filed Oct 4, 1995

CAR IS 6 CYLINDER 3. LITRE REPLACE IGNITION MODULE ABOUT FOUR TIMES WITHIN A YEAR AND THREE MONTHS . TT TRANSMISSION LEAK. *SLC

NHTSA ID
973031
Incident
Jul 8, 1994
Steering
Filed Jun 28, 1995

STEERING BELT BROKE.

NHTSA ID
485557
Incident
Jun 28, 1995

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Data sources

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