Pontiac Grand AM vs Ford Edge

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	Pontiac Grand AM	Ford Edge
Complaints on file	8,105	17,975
Model years covered	1973–2005	2004–2024
Worst model year	1999	2013
Best model year	1993	2021
Crashes reported	635	428
Fires reported	222	110
Injuries reported	488	296
Deaths reported	37	3
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	17.1%	4.7%

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%

Ford Edge by year

5 1,242 1,467 307 778 2,538 1,480 3,240 516 964 1,103 1,630 970 919 429 144 162 31 50

04 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 3,153 17.5%

Electrical System 2,612 14.5%

Brakes 2,347 13.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 2,124 11.8%

Other & Unspecified 1,520 8.5%

Airbags 1,309 7.3%

Body & Structure 964 5.4%

Fuel & Propulsion 698 3.9%