NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Pontiac Grand AM Recalls
The 2005 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 2005 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
- 102
- Crashes reported
- 15
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 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 2005 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 2000–2004 Grand AM, 4 other models
Suspension: rear
- Campaign
- 05V054000
- Reported
- February 14, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 9,402
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Fuel system, other: storage: tank assembly: pressure relief devices
- Campaign
- 07E021000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2004 Grand AM, 13 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2004 Grand AM, 57 other models
2005 Pontiac Grand AM complaints by year
NHTSA has received 102 owner complaints about the 2005 Pontiac Grand AM, the newest on April 24, 2020. Of these, 15 describe a crash (15%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 7 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2005 Pontiac Grand AM, the component group named most often is the electrical system (39%), followed by the exterior lighting (12%) and the fuel system, gasoline (11%).
1 of the 2005 Pontiac Grand AM's 4 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2005 Pontiac Grand AM owners gave the mileage (79 complaints), the median was 83,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System40
- Exterior Lighting12
- Fuel System, Gasoline11
- Air Bags10
- Engine10
- Steering8
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 7 | |
| 2007 | 6 | |
| 2008 | 12 | |
| 2009 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 9 | |
| 2012 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 27 | |
| 2015 | 9 | |
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2005 Pontiac Grand AM peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 27. 27% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Pontiac Grand AM drew 0.3× the complaints of the median Pontiac Grand AM year in the same window: 6th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2005 one of the three best-measured Pontiac Grand AM years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 3/5
The 102 complaints about the 2005 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 2005 Pontiac models
Newest record on this page: April 24, 2020. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted