Overview & Reviews

For 2001, the Grand Am gets audio improvements, a wheel upgrade and revised paint choices.

• Sporty styling, lots of standard features, available five-speed manual transmission, crisp handling.

• Price creep has followed sales growth, true sport sedans need a five-speed with a V6, odd interior styling.

User Reviews:

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  Total Poor Quality - Beware! - 2001 Pontiac Grand AM
  By JennyinOhio - March 15 - 12:16 am

  This car has given us nothing but trouble. It is poorly made in every regard. Parts have fallen off the car such as the interior door panel reflector and the wing type material above the window. The front hub bearing had an issue, the fuel pump went out, the electrical is very messed up and lights fill the dash at any given time whether or not there is an issue. The repairs it would take to make this car drivable far exceed its worth. Mechanics will tell you how many issues GMs motors are having. Just DONT DO IT.

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  Always breaking! Do not buy! - 2001 Pontiac Grand AM
  By college4life - February 20 - 8:23 am

  This car is the biggest piece of junk ever made! Do not ever buy a Grand Am. Ive replaced so many things in my car I thought a longtime ago there couldnt possible be anything else that could break. I was wrong. Now its the stupid passlock system that just on occassion wont let your car start and you have to turn the key to the on position for 1min. to let it reset then start it. Do not ever buy a Grand Am!

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  2001Grand Am SE 2.4L - 2001 Pontiac Grand AM
  By rhino61466 - February 17 - 3:50 am

  I have never had any serious mechanical problems with this vehicle. I bought it pre-owned certified with 56,000. It is now up to 98,000 miles and I have only spent 700 in total for repairs, spanning five years. The only problems I had was the ignition at 98,000 miles and my power windows broke. The key to this vehicle being very reliable is preventive maintenance. If you know nothing about cars and run it into the ground like a Honda you will have problems; however, if you do the normal maintenance such as tune ups/oil changes every 5k miles, fluid flushes, and belt change you should have no problems. If you buy this vehicle and no nothing about how well it was taken care of beware.

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  good car but had little problems - 2001 Pontiac Grand AM
  By got 1 of the lucky 1 - December 21 - 10:43 am

  I got this grand am With 130,000 miles on it.now it has 174,000miles. had it for 3yrs. i had to change the thermostat just once cause it was heatin up a lil. i change the oil every sungle time. i changed the sparkplugs on my own and the only tIhng i hated was the clicking noise from the hazard signal button. i changed that but still clicks a lil. sound system is great. I never had problems with the intake maifold gasget cause i changed the anntifreeze in the car. its been good to me but im gettin a new car now

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  lame - 2001 Pontiac Grand AM
  By mpt222 - December 7 - 2:00 am

  this car is SSSLLLOOOWWWW and handles worse than my old 94 Ford Escort!! For all the flash, it really handles poorly, leaning through corners like a truck and very non-responsive steering. I am sure this car will wear like a typical GM...rust out and be worthless in 5 years.

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  Nice car - 2001 Pontiac Grand AM
  By NB - November 9 - 5:20 pm

  I think this car has been very good. The only thing I have to complain about is replacing the brakes...it seems like at least once a year. Other than that I have not had any problems with it. I have the SE V6 which has nice pick up.

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  Great for My First Car - 2001 Pontiac Grand AM
  By HarborMatt - October 28 - 2:00 am

  This is a great car to have. It has the power where it needs it. Its only a 2.4L I4. It can go quick when i need it. Burning out is easy. Just turn off the ETS and you can have some fun. The Stock System in the Pontiac....just great. I only have a tape deck so I use a Tape Adapter with my CD Player and it pumps out even more bass then just the radio. The gauges are sweet at night...the red background. The only problem that I have had is the Heater didnt work but thats no big....just went to the dealer and got it replaced in like 10-15 minutes. The Gas Mileage stinks (15-17 m.p.g. City) but you can get some aftermarket parts to help with that.

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  Poor Quality - 2001 Pontiac Grand AM
  By mikee4667 - October 19 - 2:57 am

  I would not recommend this car to anyone. It had a water leak in the passenger side that shorted out a computer that cost 500 to fix. 3 out of 4 power windows broke, and the passenger mirror fell off when I scraped snow off it. The security light came on and I had to have a new ignition cylinder put in-another 300. I traded it in while it was still running. Just to be clear I changed the oil regularly and kept up the maintenance. Poor Quality--I can see why Pontiac went out of business.

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  Great Car! - 2001 Pontiac Grand AM
  By lorla_lynn - June 14 - 10:00 am

  This car is great. This is my 2nd Grand Am and would highly recommend this car.

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  Decent - 2001 Pontiac Grand AM
  By Im Awesome - May 21 - 1:23 pm

  The car hasnt given too many problems. Weve put 100,000 miles on in just 7 years, and for an American car, Id say its pretty decent. Weve had had some electrical problems and fuel problems.