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1985 Pontiac Grand Prix Owner Complaints

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

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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.
3
Latest Oct 21, 1996
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 Feb 26, 1996

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1985 Pontiac Grand Prix. 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 1–3 of 3

Transmission
Filed Oct 21, 1996

THE TRANSMISSION WENT COMPLETELY OUT ON THE HIGHWAY . *AK

NHTSA ID
802969
Incident
Jul 19, 1996
Engine
Filed Aug 14, 1996
Fire reported

ENGINE FIRE. (OHIO STATE POLICE REPORT)

NHTSA ID
507464
Incident
Jul 3, 1996
Seat belts
Filed Feb 26, 1996
Crash reported1 injury reported

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THE BACK OF THE FRONT SEAT FLIES UP,PUSHING YOU INTO THE DASH ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. *AK

NHTSA ID
979694

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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