NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Pontiac Grand AM Recalls
The 2000 Pontiac Grand AM has 8 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 3, 2014.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Pontiac Grand AM. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 8
- Owner complaints
- 675
- Crashes reported
- 43
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
14 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2000 Pontiac Grand AM, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
8 recalls on the 2000 Pontiac Grand AM
Electrical system: ignition
- Campaign
- 14V400000
- Reported
- July 3, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,877,718
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2005 Grand AM, 4 other models
Exterior lighting: hazard flashing warning lights: switch
- Campaign
- 03V327000
- Reported
- August 28, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 670,740
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001 Grand AM, 1 other model
Power train: manual transmission
- Campaign
- 00V372000
- Reported
- November 13, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 216
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 114, theft protection and rollaway prevention
- Same campaign
- also 2001 Grand AM
Structure: body
- Campaign
- 00V140000
- Reported
- May 18, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 487,400
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 201, occupant protection in interior impact
- Same campaign
- only the 2000 Pontiac Grand AM
Suspension: rear
- Campaign
- 00V116000
- Reported
- April 18, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 23
- Same campaign
- only the 2000 Pontiac Grand AM
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E064000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2003 Grand AM, 19 other models
Fuel system, other: storage: tank assembly: pressure relief devices
- Campaign
- 07E021000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2005 Grand AM, 13 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2005 Grand AM, 57 other models
2000 Pontiac Grand AM complaints by year
NHTSA has received 675 owner complaints about the 2000 Pontiac Grand AM, the newest on May 2, 2022. Of these, 43 describe a crash (6%) and 14 a fire; owners reported 40 injuries and 4 deaths.
In complaints about the 2000 Pontiac Grand AM, the component group named most often is the exterior lighting (23%), followed by the electrical system (19%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (17%).
3 of the 2000 Pontiac Grand AM's 8 recalls also concern the exterior lighting.
Where 2000 Pontiac Grand AM owners gave the mileage (327 complaints), the median was 66,771 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Exterior Lighting157
- Electrical System130
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic118
- Engine And Engine Cooling111
- Visibility43
- Fuel System, Gasoline35
Complaints received, by year
| 1999 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 28 | |
| 2001 | 60 | |
| 2002 | 68 | |
| 2003 | 110 | |
| 2004 | 155 | |
| 2005 | 58 | |
| 2006 | 26 | |
| 2007 | 26 | |
| 2008 | 27 | |
| 2009 | 16 | |
| 2010 | 15 | |
| 2011 | 17 | |
| 2012 | 7 | |
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 23 | |
| 2015 | 18 | |
| 2016 | 7 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2000 Pontiac Grand AM peaked in 2004, when NHTSA received 155. 40% arrived between 1999 and 2003, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2000 vehicles, the 2000 Pontiac Grand AM drew 1.9× the complaints of the median Pontiac Grand AM year in the same window: 1st highest of the 6 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 3/5
The 675 complaints about the 2000 Pontiac Grand AM are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Pontiac Grand AM by model year
Other 2000 Pontiac models
Newest record on this page: May 2, 2022. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted