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Used 1996 Pontiac Grand Am Consumer Reviews

3.8 out of 5 stars
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Jeremy's 1996 Pontiac GrandAm GT

Jer Jer, 04/12/2003
1996 Pontiac Grand Am SE 4dr Sedan
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This car is the best ever!! I love it!! I bout this car in 1998 and it is the best! It runs great and it looks realy sporty!!

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2.63 out of 5 stars

Don't buy this car

wgowern, 06/29/2005
1996 Pontiac Grand Am SE 2dr Coupe
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My car had 3 recalls. The dealer didn't have the parts for one of them & I had to come back. The car failed less than a week after purchase(new). It was an electrical failure in the steering column. It was fixed and the same failure occurred less than a week later. There was several other failures (mostly electrical) over the 7 years I owned this car. Most of the plastic parts cracked or fell off,the dash panel cracked & the mirror fell off. Finally the computer failed and various other electrical components burned up (real smoke). The car repairs would have been much more than the car was worth so it went to a junkyard at 37000 miles. In a word it was a pile of junk.

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4.25 out of 5 stars

Not a bad little car

sims, 04/20/2002
1996 Pontiac Grand Am SE 4dr Sedan
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This is a really nice car. The design for price is a plus. It's inexpensive and yet doesn't look like a box. With a little four cylinder engine it can really move too.

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3.75 out of 5 stars

RELIABLE

MATT, 06/23/2009
1996 Pontiac Grand Am SE 2dr Coupe
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Very reliable, takes a lot of abuse.Underated and under appreciated. Gas mileage is a little dissapointing.

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3.13 out of 5 stars

In the shop

toddlori, 09/22/2002
1996 Pontiac Grand Am SE 4dr Sedan
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This car has had all sorts of problems from the moment we bought it. If it wasn't leaking oil, it was going through 2 (yes 2) alternators in a little over a year. Plus the stupid check engine light comes on all the time for no apparent reason (except to get us to fork over $80 to get it turned off). Basically it's been a money pit. But hey, it looks nice.

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