Overview & Reviews

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

User Reviews:

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  My 1996 Grand AM GT - 1996 Pontiac Grand AM
  By BLHall - February 11 - 10:00 am

  No major problems. Great Car!

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  Fun to drive for price - 1996 Pontiac Grand AM
  By ragu - January 5 - 2:00 am

  1st new vehicle I purchased and overall was a great car for me. Will be selling with 116K miles driven, sorry to see go. First weekend I had the trunk seal failed and rain water filled the trunk (defective seal). Also had problem with driver side mirror adjuster breaking (twice) early on. Lastly, transmission had a pinhole in it, luckily under warranty and was replaced for free. Great value for the price. Even though I had those problems, I was happy with the car.

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  every pennies worth - 1996 Pontiac Grand AM
  By Bryan Mirzaian - August 24 - 8:36 pm

  My dad bought me this car 10 years ago for little more than $6k with 67k on the odo. 10 years later,I still (hard) drive it daily with over 200k miles. @ 178k pulled a 16.07 sec 1/2 mile having less than $180 in performance parts,& that was with almost a half sec crap start! I use full syn oil, changed timely,& replace the usual parts when they fail. Parts failure is inevitable with any car, its the nature of the beast! But have never had to crack the motor open & thats the more pertinent point. Cost of ownership has been very low.My quad4 motor began smoking V6 GA`s with a $25 cone filter, so not sure why one would choose the heavier V6 that has more moving parts to potentially fail.

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  No Help - 1996 Pontiac Grand AM
  By lissabean2 - July 22 - 2:00 am

  I loved my car, until the engine blew in it. I found out that this is typical in Pontiac Grand Ams. Too bad I found this out a little to late. GM would not help me replace the motor because (1) I was not the original owner (2) I was over the warranty (BY 400 MILES). If I could do it all over I would NOT buy this car. My experience with GM has been horrible, I have never experienced such rude customer service before. I will never buy another GM and I will try to convince others of the same.

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  96 Grand Am GT - 1996 Pontiac Grand AM
  By Daniel - July 19 - 5:43 am

  This is my first car, and its certainly fun to drive, but it has some issues. Window motors are absolutely terrible, had to replace the drivers side and will likely need to replace passengers soon. Several other minor issues, adding up to ~$600 in repair bills in a year.

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  my grand am - 1996 Pontiac Grand AM
  By squeakers - April 10 - 10:53 pm

  my mother bought this car one year after it came out, in 1997, it is now 2007, when i got my license she gave me this car, and it still runs like new..even though it has almost 300,000 miles on it...in a few months i am going to be trading it in for a new one, because the quality is outstanding....

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  Its a sweet car! - 1996 Pontiac Grand AM
  By Marie w - January 12 - 10:00 am

  I got my car 8 months ago, its been a pretty awesome car. Its got great pick up, and is pretty solid. Ive had to put a new condenser cord in. but thats with any older car.

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  Dont Ever buy Pontiac - 1996 Pontiac Grand AM
  By Rodney Rollins - September 29 - 3:06 pm

  Car was a disaster from the first year owned. 12 visits to the shop for brakes, mirror knob kept falling off, and visor. I have gone thru 3 radiators, 4 alternators, 2 starters, then it was determined there was a recall on the starter switch, after years of turning key repeadetly on to start, it is determined to be a fire hazard, and needed immediate recall. You think that might have something to do with all the electrical problems. 1 month after fixing the switch the starter went out again, and Pontiac refused to believe the faulty starter switch was to blame. I have since had the seat fail (my wife who is 120 lbs drove this car), and finally the engine gave out at 106k miles.WONDERFUL

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  5 Speed, 4 Cyl, 4 Dr GT - Water pump! - 1996 Pontiac Grand AM
  By GMUser - August 11 - 2:00 am

  OK, overall I have enjoyed this car which I bought new, but the mechanical reliability is questionable. The worst design flaw is the water pump it is driven from the cam chain and requires a MAJOR stripdown of one side of the engine to replace. For a water pump!!! They cost over $500 to replace and last about 40000 miles - Pontiac this was not a smart idea.

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  Problem after Problem - 1996 Pontiac Grand AM
  By tpdixon - June 3 - 2:00 am

  My alternator had to be replaced twice in less than two years. The brakes barely last past a year. And the worst problem I have had that has yet to be fixed by the dealership, when I try to turn the car off, the key gets stuck so my lights and battery stay on (but the motor is off), and it stays that way for about 15 minutes before deciding to let go. I took it to a pontiac dealership and they charged me $213 for the problem NOT to be fixed and refused to give me my money back and I have taken it back several times and they still cannot fix the problem.