2005 Pontiac Grand Am Consumer Reviews

New Owner

Written by: Diva on 06/06/2008

Vehicle

2005 Pontiac Grand Am SE Fleet 4dr Sedan (2.2L 4cyl 4A)

Review

I just purchased this car today, I was a bit hesitant as I never owned a Pontiac or can ever recall driving one before. The sleek body style, and gas mileage of 31 miles per gallon was really a seller for me, it doesn't ride as smoothly as i expected it to, but i will ride it more and see how things go, and after all i have a 4cyling and not a 6 so i am sure that has something to do with the pickup of it. Overall, I feel i made a great purchase and choice and hope this vehicle brings me yrs. of pleasure.

Favorite Features

Color and body style

Suggested Improvements

Too early for me to say at this time

1 out 1 people found this review helpful

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Good Car

Written by: Grand Am on 04/14/2008

Vehicle

2005 Pontiac Grand Am SE Fleet 4dr Sedan (2.2L 4cyl 4A)

Review

This is a a really good car to drive! I love the look of the outside..especially the spoiler on the back. The radio is great and the interior is sporty looking. The 4 cylinder engine is pretty powerful and is fun in driving around corners and quick turns. Overall great car!

Favorite Features

The body of the car (especially spoiler) radio, fuel efficiency and handling.

Suggested Improvements

Maybe a little more powerful base engine but its not bad as it is.

6 out 6 people found this review helpful

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Awesome GT1

Written by: Harley_Devil on 03/26/2008

Vehicle

2005 Pontiac Grand Am GT1 2dr Coupe (3.4L 6cyl 4A)

Review

Awesome car!! Fun to drive, love the look and feel. I've owned my GT1 for 2 years and have never had any issues or regrets about purchasing it. I love the large trunk and rear folding seats, but have found the trunk opening to be a little on the small side. The sound system is great and I love to open the sunroof on warm days. The Ram-Air hood and engine are a great addition to the car and the hood scoops give it such a sporty and fast look.

Favorite Features

Ram-Air engine, hood scoops, sound system, sunroof, rear spoiler, large trunk, rear folding seats, steering wheel audio controls. I love everything about my GT1!!

Suggested Improvements

The only improvement would be a slightly larger trunk opening.

1 out 1 people found this review helpful

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Wow

Written by: lea on 09/17/2007

Vehicle

2005 Pontiac Grand Am GT 2dr Coupe (3.4L 6cyl 4A)

Review

I just bought a Grand Am GT and I love it compared to my other car (Ford Focus) I love the power it has in it. And the system is awesome in it. It will beat my boyfriends car now. I wouldn't change anything.

Favorite Features

System, sunroof, and horsepower

Suggested Improvements

Nothing

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Good for the Price

Written by: Dee on 05/25/2007

Vehicle

2005 Pontiac Grand Am SE Fleet 4dr Sedan (2.2L 4cyl 4A)

Review

Don't get me wrong, I love my car. But the only thing I have a problem with is the back window noise. It sounds like the windows are down slightly when you're doing interstate driving, gets pretty annoying. Other than that, its roomy, sporty, and has great take off.

Favorite Features

Suggested Improvements

The drive could be a bit smoohter, but I guess one could fix that by buying better tires.

1 out 1 people found this review helpful

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Pontiac Grand Am GT1

Written by: David on 02/18/2007

Vehicle

2005 Pontiac Grand Am GT1 2dr Coupe (3.4L 6cyl 4A)

Review

This is the second Grand Am GT, the first was a 99 and was in a $7500 worth of damage accident with a child in the back. It held up perfect! very solid car. I never had any problems. Now I have the 2005 GT1 and am even happier! I have driven with friends in there Honda's and they continue to say "American cars break down and Japanese cars, never" but the truth is, if you do your homework and read reviews, that is not true, they actually need servicing too, and the $$$ they put into it to preform like mine, haha. My car out classes anything next to it except for an Eclipse w/turbo I tried to race and a Corvette. I plan to add to the engine to enhance it more, the handling is perfect. Go Pontiac!

Favorite Features

Handling, performance, safety. It grabs the road and gives you the control in any situation. The re-sell on mine is very high. Very sporty and quiet. Braking is great and acceleration is great. The "on the wheel" stereo controls are used often. The rear seats fold down for extra cargo space. Perfect

Suggested Improvements

Bring it back! Side airbags and even better safety. Possibly manual transmission as an option, maybe a few more features, outside temp and different color options for the display lights. Pontiac is great at giving high quality at reasonable prices so filling the car w/ too many, effects the price.

1 out 1 people found this review helpful

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Very Surprised

Written by: Ricko on 01/04/2007

Vehicle

2005 Pontiac Grand Am SE Fleet 4dr Sedan (2.2L 4cyl 4A)

Review

I was very surprised with this car. I have always had a full-sized vehicle and this is the first car I've owned in the mid-sized class. The comfort is good, the power is amazing (almost 2 much for the size!) and it is a lot of fun to drive. I've had it over 6 months and I'm still not tired of it. I paid $11,500 for it and feel like I made out like a bandit!! ~~to the gentleman who said the ignition sticks- I was told by my Pontiac Dealer that if the car doesn't start immediately, the ignition will hold for a few seconds to try to start it and then release.~~

Favorite Features

The theater lighting, red instrument panel at night. Ease of parking.

Suggested Improvements

Bigger entrance to trunk, access to trunk from rear seat, more headroom for taller people in the front. The sun visors could be wider. I have no real complaints with this car, other than maybe something in the front to reduce road and engine noise.

4 out 4 people found this review helpful

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Fun to drive, but noisy

Written by: john on 10/01/2006

Vehicle

2005 Pontiac Grand Am SE Fleet 4dr Sedan (2.2L 4cyl 4A)

Review

Great Car for fun and curvy roads!! Not too great for road noise, you hear every change in the road surface.

Favorite Features

Suggested Improvements

1 out 1 people found this review helpful

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Nice car!

Written by: Don on 08/12/2006

Vehicle

2005 Pontiac Grand Am SE Fleet 4dr Sedan (2.2L 4cyl 4A)

Review

I bought this car used for my wife. She had an '85 2-door sedan SE with a V- 6 and we both loved that one. This one a 2005 4 door sedan with a V-8 was in great shape. Paid $8500 from a private individual (through E-bay), but still got stung with sales tax in Michigan. Care had 20,000 miles. The V-6 is nice, but seems to not be as peppy as the 85 was. This one has the spoiler, but no sunroof. Had to replace a power window switch first thing. Warranty work. One other issue is the starter sticks ocassionally. We'll have to take that in before the warranty expires. Can't complain, Good car, great price and nice gas mileage.

Favorite Features

remote trunk control opener

Suggested Improvements

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Great buy for performance

Written by: Daniel Goosen on 06/06/2006

Vehicle

2005 Pontiac Grand Am GT1 2dr Coupe (3.4L 6cyl 4A)

Review

Awesome car for the money, solid and fun to drive. I have owned three Grand Prix's 97 to 2000. This is the first Grand Am GT1, great little car with great get up and go!

Favorite Features

Ram Air, Monzoon MP3 Player Comfortable seats

Suggested Improvements

Like it just the way it is.

2 out 3 people found this review helpful

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