NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Pontiac Grand Prix Recalls
The 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 26, 2015.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 330
- Crashes reported
- 19
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
96 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
7 recalls on the 2002 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 2000–2001, 2003–2004 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 2000–2001, 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 2000–2001, 2003 Grand Prix, 1 other model
Fuel system, other: storage: tank assembly: pressure relief devices
- Campaign
- 07E021000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003 Grand Prix, 13 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 09E005000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2007 Grand Prix, 10 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003 Grand Prix, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2004 Grand Prix, 46 other models
2002 Pontiac Grand Prix complaints by year
NHTSA has received 330 owner complaints about the 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix, the newest on October 9, 2025. Of these, 19 describe a crash (6%) and 96 a fire; owners reported 19 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix, the component group named most often is the engine (26%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (19%) and the electrical system (17%).
3 of the 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix's 7 recalls also concern the engine and engine cooling.
Where 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix owners gave the mileage (242 complaints), the median was 92,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine86
- Engine And Engine Cooling62
- Electrical System56
- Exterior Lighting24
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic20
- Visibility19
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 8 | |
| 2003 | 12 | |
| 2004 | 18 | |
| 2005 | 19 | |
| 2006 | 25 | |
| 2007 | 19 | |
| 2008 | 31 | |
| 2009 | 18 | |
| 2010 | 20 | |
| 2011 | 16 | |
| 2012 | 10 | |
| 2013 | 8 | |
| 2014 | 29 | |
| 2015 | 25 | |
| 2016 | 42 | |
| 2017 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 9 | |
| 2019 | 8 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 42. 18% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Pontiac Grand Prix year in the same window: 4th highest of the 9 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 2/5
The 330 complaints about the 2002 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 2002 Pontiac models
Newest record on this page: October 9, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted