Buick Enclave vs Pontiac Grand AM

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Buick Enclave	Pontiac Grand AM
Complaints on file	3,314	8,105
Model years covered	2008–2026	1973–2005
Worst model year	2011	1999
Best model year	2021	1993
Crashes reported	142	635
Fires reported	32	222
Injuries reported	119	488
Deaths reported	0	37
Most complained-about part	Airbags	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	8.8%	17.1%

Buick Enclave by year

779 290 358 285 174 109 352 221 158 203 92 69 75 31 21 24 11 58 4

08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Airbags 773 23.3%

Steering 445 13.4%

Engine & Cooling 380 11.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 359 10.8%

Electrical System 277 8.4%

Other & Unspecified 187 5.6%

Body & Structure 178 5.4%

Brakes 126 3.8%

Pontiac Grand AM by year

1 1 8 13 47 34 88 61 102 304 290 515 587 672 600 236 1,318 939 759 549 436 402 143

73 83 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Electrical System 1,687 20.8%

Engine & Cooling 1,119 13.8%

Brakes 1,091 13.5%

Lights 747 9.2%

Airbags 446 5.5%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 429 5.3%

Steering 376 4.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 327 4.0%