Pontiac Grand Prix
Registered from 1996 to 2008.
About this model
The Grand Prix is a line of automobiles produced by the Pontiac Division of General Motors from 1962 until 2002 as coupes and from 1989 through 2008 model years as four-door sedans.
From the Wikipedia article Pontiac Grand Prix, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Crash test
| Stability control | Optional |
| Forward collision warning | No |
| Lane departure warning | No |
Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2008 | 1633 kg · 2810 mm wheelbase · 12.4 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 9.4 motorway · Sedan, 4-door |
| 2007 | 1650 kg · 2810 mm wheelbase · 11.8 L/100km (EPA) · 13.8 L/100km city · 9.0 motorway · Sedan, 4-door |
| 2006 | 1650 kg · 2810 mm wheelbase · 11.8 L/100km (EPA) · 13.8 L/100km city · 9.0 motorway · Sedan, 4-door |
| 2005 | 1625 kg · 2810 mm wheelbase · 12.4 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 9.4 motorway · Sedan, 4-door |
| 2004 | 1625 kg · 2810 mm wheelbase · 11.8 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 9.0 motorway · Sedan, 4-door |
| 2003 | 1551 kg · 2810 mm wheelbase · 11.8 L/100km (EPA) · 13.8 L/100km city · 9.0 motorway · Sedan, 4-door |
| 2002 | 1551 kg · 2810 mm wheelbase · 11.8 L/100km (EPA) · 13.8 L/100km city · 9.0 motorway · Sedan, 4-door |
| 2001 | 1551 kg · 2810 mm wheelbase · 11.2 L/100km (EPA) · 13.8 L/100km city · 9.0 motorway · Sedan, 4-door |
| 2000 | 1551 kg · 2810 mm wheelbase · 11.2 L/100km (EPA) · 13.8 L/100km city · 8.7 motorway · Sedan, 4-door |
| 1999 | 1551 kg · 2810 mm wheelbase · 11.2 L/100km (EPA) · 13.8 L/100km city · 9.0 motorway · Sedan, 4-door |
| 1998 | 1550 kg · 2810 mm wheelbase · 11.2 L/100km (EPA) · 13.8 L/100km city · 8.7 motorway · Sedan, 4-door |
| 1997 | 1541 kg · 2810 mm wheelbase · 11.8 L/100km (EPA) · 13.8 L/100km city · 9.0 motorway · Sedan, 4-door |
Regulator investigations
Opened by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation is a question the regulator asked about a possible defect, not a fault it found — most end without a recall.
Loss of Headlights
Recall query, opened April 2017, closed March 2021.
Power steering fluid leaks - fires
Preliminary evaluation, opened May 2009, closed October 2009.
Engine compartment fire
Engineering analysis, opened June 2007, closed May 2008.
Engine compartment fire
Preliminary evaluation, opened January 2007, closed June 2007.
Loss of brake lamp illumination
Preliminary evaluation, opened January 2007, closed April 2007.
Unstable headlamps
Defect petition, opened December 2005, closed April 2006.
Engine compartment fires
Engineering analysis, opened October 2002, closed March 2004.
Engine compartment fires
Preliminary evaluation, opened June 2002, closed October 2002.
Power rack and pinion steering failure
Engineering analysis, opened April 2002, closed December 2002.
Steering rack and pinion
Preliminary evaluation, opened November 2001, closed April 2002.
Air bag inflator
Engineering analysis, opened June 2001, closed August 2002.
Driver air bag malfunction
Preliminary evaluation, opened January 2001, closed June 2001.
Accelerator cable detaches from throttle
Investigation SQ, opened February 2000, closed January 2001.
Inadvertent air bag deployment
Engineering analysis, opened August 1999, closed December 2001.
Windshield wiper
Engineering analysis, opened August 1999, closed January 2000.
Windshield wiper
Preliminary evaluation, opened April 1999, closed August 1999.
Oversensitive air bag deployments
Recall query, opened August 1998, still open.
Inappropriate air bag deployment
Engineering analysis, opened September 1996, closed February 1998.
What the maker told its dealers
Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.
Pontiac filed 870 bulletins about the 2008 Grand Prix.
- Equipment: 342
- Electrical system: 138
- Engine and engine cooling: 92
- Equipment adaptive/mobility: 56
- Power train: 38
- Visibility: 31
- Wheels: 28
- Fuel system, gasoline: 26
- Engine: 25
- Tires: 16
- Other: 78
- New Vehicle Monitoring Programs Section in IVH · September 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have an intermittent no crank, no start, or start stall concern with the security light coming… · August 2025
- This PI communicates the requirement to provide a pico file to receive diagnostic assistance from TAC. · July 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about the use of J-35616-64B and Mini 50 terminal test probe, replacement terminals, and terminated leads. · June 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about the use of J-35616-64B and Mini 50 terminal test probe, replacement terminals, and terminated leads. · June 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about the use of J-35616-64B and Mini 50 terminal test probe, replacement terminals, and terminated leads. · June 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have an unusual noise and is difficult to identify, isolate or pinpoint. Technician should get… · February 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about the use of J-35616-64B terminal test probe, replacement terminals, and terminated leads. The J-35616-64B is the… · December 2024
862 more.
Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.