Overview & Reviews

New styling, a new base engine, dual airbags and body-mounted seatbelts.

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  A HORRIBLE CAR - 1996 Pontiac Grand AM
  By Sandra Poppell - July 12 - 10:00 am

  I bought this car, a demo, from a dealer with less than 3000 miles on it. This car is on its THIRD totally new, transmission at 62,000 miles. All of the window motors and door locks, the coil housing unit (twice), the catalytic converter (twice), power steering unit, water pump and both oxygen sensors were replaced within three years. There have been numerous repairs to gauges, fans, and pressure lines. Ive had the car towed twice this year because it starts and then chokes off immediately. They cant find the problem. I got a recall notice today from GM stating a "starting" problem that could cause fire. Great!! I wouldnt recommend this car to anyone.

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  In the shop - 1996 Pontiac Grand AM
  By toddlori - April 6 - 10:00 am

  This car has had all sorts of problems from the moment we bought it. If it wasnt leaking oil, it was going through 2 (yes 2) alternators in a little over a year. Plus the stupid check engine light comes on all the time for no apparent reason (except to get us to fork over $80 to get it turned off). Basically its been a money pit. But hey, it looks nice.

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  Dont buy this car - 1996 Pontiac Grand AM
  By wgowern - January 3 - 7:40 pm

  My car had 3 recalls. The dealer didnt have the parts for one of them & I had to come back. The car failed less than a week after purchase(new). It was an electrical failure in the steering column. It was fixed and the same failure occurred less than a week later. There was several other failures (mostly electrical) over the 7 years I owned this car. Most of the plastic parts cracked or fell off,the dash panel cracked & the mirror fell off. Finally the computer failed and various other electrical components burned up (real smoke). The car repairs would have been much more than the car was worth so it went to a junkyard at 37000 miles. In a word it was a pile of junk.

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  money pit - 1996 Pontiac Grand AM
  By MsLundquist - November 17 - 2:00 am

  we have never had a worse car. constant breakdowns, new transmission, suspension problems, window motor, leaks of every kind...i could go on and on. This car is truly terrible

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  Beware! - 1996 Pontiac Grand AM
  By Cleo - October 14 - 5:23 am

  I bought this car 2 years ago for my son. I have probably spend over $3500 in repairs since then. From the alternator 3 weeks after I bought it to the failure of the electrical system to the the cracked radiator ect...I gave up and put this car where it belong: to the junk yard. If you start having problems with this car..think twice before atrating to spend hundreds of dollars in repairs. It is not worth it.

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  well-well - 1996 Pontiac Grand AM
  By jules - August 5 - 5:23 pm

  American car, American quality but 28 MPG is impressive. In average $100 maintenance per month and you will spend it all for sure. I have 140K miles but still running well. Forget regular gas, it doesnt like it.

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  3 - 1996 Pontiac Grand AM
  By Vanessa - June 11 - 10:00 am

  I have had nothing but trouble with this car from the moment I have bought including 1 recall for the starter. I have put $4000 worth of work into this car. I have had to replace the brakes about 4 times, replaced the manifold gasket, head gasket, fan belt, tires (twice) roters, strut mound, struts, trasmission line, a/c ...... Please be careful buying this car.

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  180,000 miles on my GT - 1996 Pontiac Grand AM
  By mike6t8 - June 8 - 10:00 am

  We bought our black 4-door GT in October of 1996 and put 180k on it! Yes, weve had a few problems but I think every car in this price range will have problems after a while. I think the car has been great to us and I may put another 20k on it before I get something else. Weve had the typical problems that other Grand Am owners claim plus the trans went out at 150k. It was costly to replace, but overall I feel we got our moneys worth on the car in the last 8 years. It DOESNT smoke or use any oil like most other cars driven this much.

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  so far so good - 1996 Pontiac Grand AM
  By gt lover - May 25 - 2:00 am

  the fuel pump went day 9 master cylender went day 60 a replaced by dealer warrenty at a cost of $1700 other than that it has been a good car 27mpg 32mpg

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  Good Bargain, Reliable. Style - 1996 Pontiac Grand AM
  By big-G - March 9 - 10:26 pm

  I bought it with 94,000 and now have 115,000. The 2.4L DOHC 4 cylinder motor has great low end aceleration and great high end tourqe. No maintenance other than routine and an 0-2 sensor which was only 70 dollars and isnt an urgent problem. The car does have the tendency to overheat after longer rides with the A/C on, but what car wouldnt after so many miles. The exterior is very sporty looking and stylish for the price. The interior is comfortable but can feel a little cramped for the front passenger. Also, the car could have a little higher quality door panels etc. they tend to rattle and may feel a little "cheap". decent stock sound. great handling and cornering. Awesome speed for its class.