NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Pontiac Grand Prix Recalls
The 2003 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 2003 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
- 106
- Crashes reported
- 5
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
37 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2003 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 2003 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 2000–2002, 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 2000–2002 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 2000–2002 Grand Prix, 1 other model
Fuel system, other: storage: tank assembly: pressure relief devices
- Campaign
- 07E021000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002 Grand Prix, 13 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 09E005000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002, 2004–2007 Grand Prix, 10 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002 Grand Prix, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002, 2004 Grand Prix, 46 other models
2003 Pontiac Grand Prix complaints by year
NHTSA has received 106 owner complaints about the 2003 Pontiac Grand Prix, the newest on May 12, 2026. Of these, 5 describe a crash (5%) and 37 a fire; owners reported 9 injuries.
In complaints about the 2003 Pontiac Grand Prix, the component group named most often is the engine (29%), followed by the electrical system (19%) and the engine and engine cooling (15%).
3 of the 2003 Pontiac Grand Prix's 7 recalls also concern the engine and engine cooling.
Where 2003 Pontiac Grand Prix owners gave the mileage (77 complaints), the median was 100,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine31
- Electrical System20
- Engine And Engine Cooling16
- Structure9
- Exterior Lighting8
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic6
Complaints received, by year
| 2003 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 7 | |
| 2005 | 7 | |
| 2006 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 10 | |
| 2010 | 7 | |
| 2011 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 7 | |
| 2015 | 9 | |
| 2016 | 15 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2003 Pontiac Grand Prix peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 15. 21% 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 Prix drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Pontiac Grand Prix year in the same window: 9th highest of the 9 ranked years.
That makes 2003 one of the three best-measured Pontiac Grand Prix years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 2/5
The 106 complaints about the 2003 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 2003 Pontiac models
Newest record on this page: May 12, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted