1997 Pontiac Grand AM defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 1997 Pontiac Grand AM. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• POWER RACK AND PINION STEERING FAILURE
  Recall Query RQ03001 · opened Jan 2, 2003 · closed Sep 15, 2003

  Gm conducted a safety recall (nhtsa # 02v286) to address a steering defect pertaining to a lower pinion bearing (lpb) within the rack and pinion steering gear (r&p). The recall covered 1,159,156 model year 1997-1998 pontiac grand prix vehicles built between march 1, 1996 and october 31, 1997, 1996-1998 pontiac trans sp…

• OVERSENSITIVE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENTS
  Recall Query RQ98013 · opened Aug 26, 1998 · still open · led to recall 98V146000

  On june 26, 1998, general motors begain a safety recall, 98v-146, to recalibrate the air bag sensing and diagnostic module (sdm) in the 1996 and some 1997 j body cars, cavalier and sunfire.due to certain calibrations in the air bag sdm, there is an increased risk of inadvertent air bag deployment in a low speed crash o…