NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Pontiac Grand Prix Recalls
The 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix has 9 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 26, 2015.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 9
- Owner complaints
- 461
- Crashes reported
- 10
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
162 fires
On a 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
9 recalls on the 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix
Engine and engine cooling: engine
- Campaign
- 15V701000
- Reported
- October 26, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,003,556
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2004 Grand Prix, 3 other models
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 09V116000
- Reported
- April 8, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,497,516
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2003 Grand Prix, 3 other models
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 08V118000
- Reported
- March 12, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 207,542
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2003 Grand Prix, 1 other model
Seat belts
- Campaign
- 00V228003
- Reported
- August 7, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 156,305
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 209, seat belt assemblies
- Same campaign
- also 2001 Grand Prix, 12 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 99V283000
- Reported
- October 21, 1999
- Vehicles affected
- up to 111
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Fuel system, other: storage: tank assembly: pressure relief devices
- Campaign
- 07E021000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2003 Grand Prix, 13 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 09E005000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2007 Grand Prix, 10 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2003 Grand Prix, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2004 Grand Prix, 46 other models
2000 Pontiac Grand Prix complaints by year
NHTSA has received 461 owner complaints about the 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix, the newest on March 20, 2024. Of these, 10 describe a crash (2%) and 162 a fire; owners reported 9 injuries.
In complaints about the 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix, the component group named most often is the engine and engine cooling (33%), followed by the engine (16%) and the electrical system (14%).
3 of the 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix's 9 recalls also concern the engine and engine cooling.
Where 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix owners gave the mileage (297 complaints), the median was 97,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine And Engine Cooling151
- Engine73
- Electrical System63
- Power Train43
- Steering35
- Visibility23
Complaints received, by year
| 1999 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 15 | |
| 2001 | 33 | |
| 2002 | 19 | |
| 2003 | 47 | |
| 2004 | 39 | |
| 2005 | 26 | |
| 2006 | 24 | |
| 2007 | 40 | |
| 2008 | 44 | |
| 2009 | 25 | |
| 2010 | 15 | |
| 2011 | 14 | |
| 2012 | 14 | |
| 2013 | 10 | |
| 2014 | 14 | |
| 2015 | 23 | |
| 2016 | 47 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix peaked in 2003, when NHTSA received 47. 25% 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 Prix drew 1.8× the complaints of the median Pontiac Grand Prix year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 9 ranked years.
The 461 complaints about the 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Pontiac Grand Prix by model year
Other 2000 Pontiac models
Newest record on this page: March 20, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted