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	3,242	8,105
Model years covered	2020–2026	1973–2005
Worst model year	2020	1999
Best model year	2026	1993
Crashes reported	93	635
Fires reported	25	222
Injuries reported	66	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

708 545 397 554 525 354 159

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 434 13.4%

Seat Belts 407 12.6%

Other & Unspecified 365 11.3%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 346 10.7%

Engine & Cooling 314 9.7%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 242 7.5%

Electrical System 217 6.7%

Suspension 168 5.2%

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%