1990 Pontiac Grand Am Consumer Reviews

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Written by: Boz on 02/24/2003

Vehicle

1990 Pontiac Grand Am 2 Dr SE Coupe

Review

This car is SWEET! Everyone in my family has owned Pontiacs before, and no one has ever had a single problem with them. There are 3 Grand Am's and one Grand Prix in my house right now, and all of them are different years and styles. I think that I love the 1990-1991 style the best! The car is fun to drive, and still looks like it just came off the showroom floor.

Favorite Features

Power accessories are in very easy reach to the front two passengers. Great power with the Q4HO. Incredibly reliable.

Suggested Improvements

The brakes really suck. New engine does not draw enough vacuum to the brake booster. Oil pan placed far too low. Beginnings of light rust on the bottoms of both doors suggest better anti-corrosive means necessary in the future.

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Racer

Written by: pd911 on 02/21/2003

Vehicle

1990 Pontiac Grand Am 2 Dr SE Coupe

Review

My Oh so wonderful 1990 Grand Am SE 2 Door coupe is one of the fastest 4 cylinder cars on the road, Or at least it was. The performance of this car was unimaginable thanks to the custom quad turbo I had on it. The only problem was the quad 4 motor cant handle any type of stress. I found myself under the hood weekly working on the engine to keep it running. I would definately recomend this car for someone who doesnt care to much about comfort and likes to work on motors. As for my car its now in the junk heap after I blew the motor for the 6th time. Maybe a quad turbo is just to much for that engine,

Favorite Features

My custom made Quad Turbo Intake.

Suggested Improvements

Loose the Quad 4 engine and stick with the tech 4, its more reliable and will take more of a beating.

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with a high preformance exuast system

Written by: Jason Morgel on 12/16/2002

Vehicle

1990 Pontiac Grand Am 2 Dr LE Coupe

Review

I got the car in 2001 after I biffed it with my s-10. Of course, the body is all rusted out. The car has only let me down once when the starter when out after work one day. Other problems I had was I cracked the exuaust off behind the cadaylitic converter because I bottomed out while hiting the dips in Holdingford. I later took the cadalytic converter off and replaced it with a cherry bomb glasspack. It's relitivly fast and I had it doing 110. A good reliable vehicle, and I would recommend it to anyone. My heater also dosen't work and I have no time or ambission to fix. I don't care much anymore. I bought a 1996 Grand Prix.

Favorite Features

It's a plain car, and really doesn't have any good features.

Suggested Improvements

TURBOCHARGE IT! The factory system is not real good, I blew out the two front speakers, but the 6x9's in the back sound decent yet. The cars would also be better if they would find a way to keep them from rusting out after ten years.

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Great Car When Taken Care Of

Written by: pontiacmagic on 11/01/2002

Vehicle

1990 Pontiac Grand Am 2 Dr LE Coupe

Review

I bought this car off of my parents who purchased it new in 1990. They had taken great care of it, and paid attention to every detail. I needed a good reliable car for college, and this was a great find. It looks and runs like brand new, has great power, and has never let me down. Good car if found in good condition.

Favorite Features

All power options are placed within easy reach of the driver. Car corners well, and steering is very responsive.

Suggested Improvements

BRAKES. The brakes require almost double the stopping distance of a car equipped with ABS. Chrome molding that runs entire length of car above lower bodyside moldings is cheesy. Probably an afterthought.

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Rust machine

Written by: samhain on 09/30/2002

Vehicle

1990 Pontiac Grand Am 4 Dr LE Sedan

Review

Well what can I say, I bought this car from my brother-in-law, for a pittance $450. About what it was worth. I just needed transportation quickly. The body on these things rust out bad, rear, doors, trunk, roof. Horrid paint job. It leaked oil like a sieve. It was the most underpowered car I've driven, next to the 1989 Chevy Celebrity, which is heavier and uses the same engine. I beat the hell out of the thing, and had no need for major repairs for two and half years. Until now, the seals are shot and the cylinders are knocking and getting ready to seize up. I would avoid these dogs unless someone gives it to you.

Favorite Features

middle storage consol.

Suggested Improvements

where to start

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GM's worst car

Written by: Neogenesisfool on 09/18/2002

Vehicle

1990 Pontiac Grand Am 4 Dr LE Sedan

Review

This car sucks. The le model lacka any power at all, the base engine should at least be able to move the car! The 2.5 liter tech 4 engine is prone to leak oil, by the quart. I've had it fixed on three different occasions and it won't stop breaking on me. Not only that the block is heavy bulky iron even adding more to the weight.The interior is fine other than the fact the light gray dash blinds you if theirs even a little sun. So my options are let it get dusty or clean it and crash. I will NEVER buy a gm product again ever. reliable. I'm donating my car to an auto school as soon as possible!

Favorite Features

The only good thing about the lame car is that is was easy to learn on.

Suggested Improvements

Everything. In particular engine, reliabiliy, look, and interior.

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