NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Pontiac Grand AM Recalls
The 2003 Pontiac Grand AM has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 3, 2014.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 Pontiac Grand AM. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 325
- Crashes reported
- 27
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2003 Pontiac Grand AM, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2003 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, 2004–2005 Grand AM, 4 other models
Vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal
- Campaign
- 04V528000
- Reported
- November 1, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 92,863
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 124, accelerator control
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E064000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002 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, 2004–2005 Grand AM, 13 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002, 2004–2005 Grand AM, 57 other models
2003 Pontiac Grand AM complaints by year
NHTSA has received 325 owner complaints about the 2003 Pontiac Grand AM, the newest on August 4, 2025. Of these, 27 describe a crash (8%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 28 injuries and 8 deaths.
In complaints about the 2003 Pontiac Grand AM, the component group named most often is the electrical system (41%), followed by the exterior lighting (20%) and the vehicle speed control (11%).
1 of the 2003 Pontiac Grand AM's 5 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2003 Pontiac Grand AM owners gave the mileage (238 complaints), the median was 63,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System134
- Exterior Lighting65
- Vehicle Speed Control35
- Engine And Engine Cooling24
- Air Bags20
- Engine17
Complaints received, by year
| 2003 | 21 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 14 | |
| 2005 | 28 | |
| 2006 | 27 | |
| 2007 | 33 | |
| 2008 | 25 | |
| 2009 | 19 | |
| 2010 | 15 | |
| 2011 | 14 | |
| 2012 | 15 | |
| 2013 | 13 | |
| 2014 | 50 | |
| 2015 | 19 | |
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 8 | |
| 2018 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 6 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2003 Pontiac Grand AM peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 50. 28% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2003 vehicles, the 2003 Pontiac Grand AM drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Pontiac Grand AM year in the same window: 4th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2003 one of the three best-measured Pontiac Grand AM years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 1/5
The 325 complaints about the 2003 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 2003 Pontiac models
Newest record on this page: August 4, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted