Hyundai Palisade 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	Hyundai Palisade	Pontiac Grand AM
Complaints on file	3,307	8,105
Model years covered	2020–2026	1973–2005
Worst model year	2020	1999
Best model year	2026	1993
Crashes reported	94	635
Fires reported	25	222
Injuries reported	67	488
Deaths reported	1	37
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	5.7%	17.1%

Hyundai Palisade by year

715 559 397 566 533 365 172

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

Brakes 436 13.2%

Seat Belts 413 12.5%

Other & Unspecified 376 11.4%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 350 10.6%

Engine & Cooling 323 9.8%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 247 7.5%

Electrical System 220 6.7%

Suspension 169 5.1%

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%