1996 Pontiac Grand Am GT review from North America

The first thing to go wrong with this car was the incessant rattle. Everywhere on the car, there is a rattle of some sort, especially the interior.

I then noticed that the car had either been in an accident or broken into, as I lifted the rear seat one day and found shards of broken glass. The dealer who sold the car assured me before my purchase that it had no record of any such incident.

Then the big stuff ensued. First the fuel-injection started to go. Next was the computer, which still to this day has problems. My car randomly decides to stall, and not start unless I reset the codes in the computer by physically removing power from it via removing the cable from the battery. Then, a still current problem, my car decides it wants to run in cold mode throughout the running of the engine, which cuts my fuel mileage down to an average of 12-16 mpg.

The car seats are rather uncomfortable, even though they have the lumbar-support option. The passenger seat's cross-support bar broke, resulting in a slumping effect. The little thing that moves the seat forward or back has also broken.

The linkage for the transmission is cracking, something that has happened in the last 15,000 miles.

Despite the bad-happenings of the vehicle it is snappy and handles somewhat decently. This has been enhanced by way of better filters, increased air-flow, and small things like new spark-plug wires.