1996 Pontiac Grand Am Review

RELIABLE

Written by: MATT on 06/23/2009

Vehicle

1996 Pontiac Grand Am 2 Dr SE Coupe

Review

Very reliable, takes a lot of abuse.Underated and under appreciated. Gas mileage is a little dissapointing.

Favorite Features

Accelaration, quitness,styling.

Suggested Improvements

Interior build quality.Strut brace should be standard equipment on se and gt models.

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Commuter Car

Written by: Mark on 02/28/2009

Vehicle

1996 Pontiac Grand Am 2 Dr SE Coupe

Review

Bought this car from my sister with 140,000 on it, it currently has 155,000 on it and runs great. I drive to school 30 miles every day and 40 miles to work on the weekends. Going 60-65mph on highways and taking it easy in town i am getting 28-31mph consistently. I can go from 300-350 miles on a tank of gas..i have NEVER been able to get more than 12.5g of gas in the car even with the gas light on, great on gas if babied and not bad looking for the year/price

Favorite Features

Suggested Improvements

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My Review

Written by: ChrisGAGT96 on 01/07/2009

Vehicle

1996 Pontiac Grand Am 2 Dr GT Coupe

Review

After having this car for a little over a year, I find that it can get some attention with the right mind put into it. Although where the car does lack the edge most of the same year cars in this year range have, It still has a kick to it like no other. The Sporty appearance of the 2 door GT is very noticable; mix in a 5-spd and 2.4l, and you have yourself a combo. As far as performance parts go, there are really none available, which is sad because the engine is a sound one. For the daily driver this care is a phenom, great gas mileage, and hopefully minimal problems make it great for point A. to B. driving.

Favorite Features

Sporty appearence. Comfortable bucket seats, 5-speed, lots of room for us tall people, and a get up and go engine.

Suggested Improvements

Few rattles and squeaking, Cam set up make it almost impossible to tune this car, lack of engine compartment space, Nearly nothing in the line of performance parts, And tacky cloth fabric

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'96 Grand Am GT

Written by: Daniel on 04/27/2008

Vehicle

1996 Pontiac Grand Am 4 Dr GT Sedan

Review

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

Favorite Features

Red gauges, perky 4 cylinder, turning / performance

Suggested Improvements

Brakes need to last longer, fix the issues with the water pump - I am not looking forward to having to replace it. Replace the window motors, interior is cheap, just more quality.

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Minor problems..

Written by: bond7 on 04/22/2008

Vehicle

1996 Pontiac Grand Am 2 Dr GT Coupe

Review

i bought this car after i flipped my Saturn. Right after we bought it (from a private seller mind you) the passenger seat stopped sliding forward/backwards (no big deal though), then the driver's side power window motor went out (no big deal), replaced brakes and December of '06 replaced all four tires.. now (04/08) replaced 3 wheel bearings, front brakes, rotor, and belt in the motor.. also, the exhaust was starting to fall off so got that welded back on.. I know it sounds like I'm complaining, but I'm actually satisfied that the car is 12 years old and hasn't had Major motor problems.. I'm only the second owner of the car but I like to drive fast/hard so that could account for some wear/tear!

Favorite Features

power windows, locks, and alarm! had a pretty good sound system but i replaced it w/ my own stereo and subs!

Suggested Improvements

Sunroof! my 1993 Saturn had one and i was SO disappointed! but maybe that was a feature the previous owners decided against?

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