NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Pontiac Grand AM Recalls
The 2004 Pontiac Grand AM has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 3, 2014.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 Pontiac Grand AM. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 293
- Crashes reported
- 24
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
7 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 Pontiac Grand AM, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2004 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 2000–2003, 2005 Grand AM, 4 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: storage
- Campaign
- 04V301000
- Reported
- June 30, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,857
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Fuel system, other: storage: tank assembly: pressure relief devices
- Campaign
- 07E021000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003, 2005 Grand AM, 13 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003, 2005 Grand AM, 57 other models
2004 Pontiac Grand AM complaints by year
NHTSA has received 293 owner complaints about the 2004 Pontiac Grand AM, the newest on November 15, 2021. Of these, 24 describe a crash (8%) and 7 a fire; owners reported 18 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2004 Pontiac Grand AM, the component group named most often is the electrical system (48%), followed by the exterior lighting (18%) and the air bags (7%).
1 of the 2004 Pontiac Grand AM's 4 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2004 Pontiac Grand AM owners gave the mileage (223 complaints), the median was 74,633 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System140
- Exterior Lighting53
- Air Bags21
- Structure20
- Vehicle Speed Control18
- Engine17
Complaints received, by year
| 2003 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 15 | |
| 2005 | 13 | |
| 2006 | 12 | |
| 2007 | 31 | |
| 2008 | 33 | |
| 2009 | 18 | |
| 2010 | 26 | |
| 2011 | 14 | |
| 2012 | 9 | |
| 2013 | 19 | |
| 2014 | 42 | |
| 2015 | 26 | |
| 2016 | 12 | |
| 2017 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 8 | |
| 2019 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2004 Pontiac Grand AM peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 42. 25% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Pontiac Grand AM drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Pontiac Grand AM year in the same window: 5th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2004 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 293 complaints about the 2004 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 2004 Pontiac models
Newest record on this page: November 15, 2021. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted