The 1986 Pontiac Grand Am has 1 NHTSA recall campaign affecting an estimated 261,171 vehicles. Recall repairs are always free at any authorized dealer. Owners have filed 13 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the interior lighting. Last updated July 5, 2026.
SMALL CRACKS MAY DEVELOP IN THE BODY PILLAR AROUND THE DOOR STRIKER BOLT HOLE.
CRACKS WOULD INCREASE LEADING TO DIFFICULTY IN CLOSINGTHE DOOR AND MIGHT ALLOW DOOR TO COME OPEN DURING A CRASH, INCREASINGLIKELIHOOD OF INJURY TO OCCUPANTS.
INSTALL INNER AND OUTER REINFORCEMENT PLATE ON BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT BODY PILLARS.
Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal information removed.
“Dashboard lights inoperative.”
“Under the hood compartment fire, driving the vehicle smelled fuel fumes and vehicle caught on fire , vehicle completely burned, will provide fire report. *ak”
“Vehicle hit a bump on the road resulting in vehicle explosion. *sd”
“Loss of power steering control, usually at slow speeds and/or during cold weather. *ak”
“The vehicle hit a bump in the road and caused the owner to lose control of the car and the car crashed and exploded. Please describe. *ak”
“Failure of the driver side seat belt retractor, belt will not retract.”
“Passenger side seat belts have failed, replaced entire seat belt because it would not retract. Tt”
“Steering belt broke.”
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Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL, FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 1986 Pontiac Grand Am as of July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page contains ads and affiliate links. Full methodology.