Mazda CX-5 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	Mazda CX-5	Pontiac Grand AM
Complaints on file	3,269	8,105
Model years covered	2012–2026	1973–2005
Worst model year	2016	1999
Best model year	2026	1993
Crashes reported	219	635
Fires reported	30	222
Injuries reported	115	488
Deaths reported	0	37
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	11.1%	17.1%

Mazda CX-5 by year

1 292 492 167 628 195 475 359 153 199 83 85 63 57 20

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

Engine & Cooling 599 18.3%

Electrical System 457 14.0%

Other & Unspecified 382 11.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 278 8.5%

Brakes 250 7.6%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 225 6.9%

Lights 222 6.8%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 158 4.8%

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%