NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Pontiac Grand Prix Recalls
The 2006 Pontiac Grand Prix has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 3, 2014.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 Pontiac Grand Prix. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 239
- Crashes reported
- 17
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
21 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 Pontiac Grand Prix, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2006 Pontiac Grand Prix
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 2004–2005, 2007–2008 Grand Prix, 4 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 09E005000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2005, 2007 Grand Prix, 10 other models
2006 Pontiac Grand Prix complaints by year
NHTSA has received 239 owner complaints about the 2006 Pontiac Grand Prix, the newest on August 3, 2023. Of these, 17 describe a crash (7%) and 21 a fire; owners reported 22 injuries.
In complaints about the 2006 Pontiac Grand Prix, the component group named most often is the electrical system (27%), followed by the power train (26%) and the exterior lighting (20%).
1 of the 2006 Pontiac Grand Prix's 2 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2006 Pontiac Grand Prix owners gave the mileage (187 complaints), the median was 92,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System65
- Power Train61
- Exterior Lighting48
- Steering42
- Engine32
- Air Bags19
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 11 | |
| 2008 | 18 | |
| 2009 | 9 | |
| 2010 | 10 | |
| 2011 | 18 | |
| 2012 | 17 | |
| 2013 | 16 | |
| 2014 | 50 | |
| 2015 | 31 | |
| 2016 | 15 | |
| 2017 | 13 | |
| 2018 | 8 | |
| 2019 | 8 | |
| 2020 | 6 | |
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2006 Pontiac Grand Prix peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 50. 16% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Pontiac Grand Prix drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Pontiac Grand Prix year in the same window: 5th highest of the 9 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 3/5
The 239 complaints about the 2006 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 2006 Pontiac models
Newest record on this page: August 3, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted