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Used 1996 Pontiac Grand Am Consumer Reviews

3.8 out of 5 stars
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3.38 out of 5 stars

Never again!!

tallwen, 07/12/2004
1996 Pontiac Grand Am SE 4dr Sedan
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I started to have problems with this car from the very begining. We have replaced the altranator 3 times, water pump twice, had a new head gasket put in, and several other small items. Every year it is something else. They look great but they have many problems. (like coolant mysterously leaking) I will never buy a pontiac again.

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3.25 out of 5 stars

5 Speed, 4 Cyl, 4 Dr GT - Water pump!

GMUser, 11/11/2003
1996 Pontiac Grand Am GT 4dr Sedan
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OK, overall I have enjoyed this car which I bought new, but the mechanical reliability is questionable. The worst design flaw is the water pump it is driven from the cam chain and requires a MAJOR stripdown of one side of the engine to replace. For a water pump!!! They cost over $500 to replace and last about 40000 miles - Pontiac this was not a smart idea.

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4.88 out of 5 stars

A Great GT

biggercarrot, 07/15/2002
1996 Pontiac Grand Am GT 2dr Coupe
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Looks sharp! Handles well in snow. Throw on 4 Blizzak tires and 7 feet of Buffalo snow won't stop you.

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3.5 out of 5 stars

well-well

jules, 05/13/2005
1996 Pontiac Grand Am SE 4dr Sedan
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American car, American quality but 28 MPG is impressive. In average $100 maintenance per month and you will spend it all for sure. I have 140K miles but still running well. Forget regular gas, it doesn't like it.

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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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