NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 Pontiac Grand AM Recalls
The 2001 Pontiac Grand AM has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 3, 2014.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 Pontiac Grand AM. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 538
- Crashes reported
- 21
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2001 Pontiac Grand AM, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
7 recalls on the 2001 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 2000, 2002–2005 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 2000 Grand AM, 1 other model
Equipment: other: owners/service/other manual
- Campaign
- 03V250000
- Reported
- July 15, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,707,825
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 225, child restraint anchorages
- Same campaign
- also 10 other models
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 2000 Grand AM
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E064000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2003 Grand AM, 19 other models
Fuel system, other: storage: tank assembly: pressure relief devices
- Campaign
- 07E021000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2005 Grand AM, 13 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2005 Grand AM, 57 other models
2001 Pontiac Grand AM complaints by year
NHTSA has received 538 owner complaints about the 2001 Pontiac Grand AM, the newest on November 27, 2023. Of these, 21 describe a crash (4%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 16 injuries.
In complaints about the 2001 Pontiac Grand AM, the component group named most often is the electrical system (43%), followed by the exterior lighting (18%) and the engine and engine cooling (14%).
1 of the 2001 Pontiac Grand AM's 7 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2001 Pontiac Grand AM owners gave the mileage (343 complaints), the median was 71,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System232
- Exterior Lighting98
- Engine And Engine Cooling75
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic59
- Visibility32
- Fuel System, Gasoline24
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 9 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 32 | |
| 2003 | 77 | |
| 2004 | 86 | |
| 2005 | 50 | |
| 2006 | 52 | |
| 2007 | 44 | |
| 2008 | 39 | |
| 2009 | 13 | |
| 2010 | 32 | |
| 2011 | 12 | |
| 2012 | 19 | |
| 2013 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 33 | |
| 2015 | 13 | |
| 2016 | 7 | |
| 2017 | 7 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2001 Pontiac Grand AM peaked in 2004, when NHTSA received 86. 38% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2001 vehicles, the 2001 Pontiac Grand AM drew 1.7× the complaints of the median Pontiac Grand AM year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 6 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 3/5
The 538 complaints about the 2001 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 2001 Pontiac models
Newest record on this page: November 27, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted