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PONTIAC GRAND PRIX

1997 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX

1 safety recall campaign, 7 defect investigations (1 open), 1,064 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns1
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations71 open
Owner complaints1,064
Complaints citing a crash52
Complaints citing a fire123

Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.

Recall campaigns 1 of 1

15V7010002015-10-26

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

Engine oil that drips onto the hot surface of the exhaust manifold may result in a fire.

What owners report most

  • 135EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
  • 130STEERING:RACK AND PINION
  • 56ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
  • 45ENGINE
  • 33AIR BAGS
  • 33VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
  • 32SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
  • 31ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

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Two 1997 PONTIAC GRAND PRIXs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.

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