Volkswagen Tiguan 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	Volkswagen Tiguan	Pontiac Grand AM
Complaints on file	3,473	8,105
Model years covered	2009–2026	1973–2005
Worst model year	2018	1999
Best model year	2026	1993
Crashes reported	105	635
Fires reported	38	222
Injuries reported	72	488
Deaths reported	1	37
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	6.2%	17.1%

Volkswagen Tiguan by year

247 159 238 214 227 130 106 146 101 450 290 210 184 455 89 93 85 49

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

Engine & Cooling 708 20.4%

Electrical System 519 14.9%

Other & Unspecified 372 10.7%

Airbags 319 9.2%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 264 7.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 204 5.9%

Fuel & Propulsion 193 5.6%

Steering 184 5.3%

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%