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History
The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Pontiac Grand Am page on 21 September 2019, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
The Pontiac Grand Am is a mid-size car and later a compact car that was produced by Pontiac. The history of Grand Am starts with Pontiac executives noting incursion into the US market by Mercedes and BMW. Notably, the American sports car was usually without luxury features and the luxury car without sport features. Foreign makes mixed these features. Pontiac hybridized the Trans Am with the Grand Prix to create the Grand Am. Built on the A-body platform, the intended GTO body was re-badged and fitted with the Grand Prix interior. As the 1973 was produced, OPEC levied an oil embargo to the USA. This resulted in a dichotomy of buyers: total luxury or total economy. Since Grand Am was a “in-betweener “, it’s sales died and it was discontinued in 1975. The Grand Am had two separate three-year runs in the 1970s: from 1973 to 1975, and again from 1978 to 1980. It was based on the GM A platform. Production of the Grand Am was canceled in 1980 when it was replaced by the Pontiac 6000. The Grand Am was reintroduced in 1985 when it replaced the Pontiac Phoenix. It became Pontiac's best selling car and was later replaced by the Pontiac G6, so named as it was intended to be the 6th generation of the Grand Am.
All 1973-1975 Grand Ams were built in Pontiac, Michigan at Pontiac's main assembly plant. The 1978-1980 Grand Ams were built in Pontiac, Michigan at Pontiac's main assembly plant and in Atlanta, Georgia at GMAD Lakewood. All Grand Ams between 1985 and 2005 were built in Lansing, Michigan at the Lansing Car Assembly.
Reference Desk
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| Type | Title |
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1992  Book | Chilton's Repair Manual: Calais/Grand Am/Skylark/Somerset 1985-1992; Chilton Book Company |
| 1999 Book | Service Manual 1999 N-Platform Grand Am/Alero; General Motors Corporation |
| 1998 Book | 1998 Service Manual: Grand Am, Achieva, Skylark Volume 2 of 3; General Motors Corporation |
| 2000 Book | General Motors Buick Skylark, Buick Somerset, Oldsmobile Achieva, Oldsmobile Calais, Pontiac Grand Am Haynes Repair Manual by Richard Lindwall & John H. Haynes; Haynes Publishing Group |
| Date | Document Name & Details | Documents |
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| 9 November 1972 | NHTSA Recall 72V275000 1973 Buick Century, 1973 Chevrolet Chevelle, 1973 GMC Sprint, 1973 Oldsmobile Cutlass, 1973 Pontiac Grand Am, 1973 Pontiac Grand Prix, 1973 Pontiac Le Mans Steering:Linkages National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | Recall Page - 1 page |
| 14 February 1975 | NHTSA Recall 75V032000 1975 Buick Century, 1975 Buick Regal, 1975 Chevrolet Chevelle, 1975 Chevrolet El Camino, 1975 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, 1975 GMC Sprint, 1975 Oldsmobile Cutlass, 1975 Pontiac Grand Am, 1975 Pontiac Le Mans Power Train:Axle Assembly:Axle Shaft National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | Recall Page - 1 page |
| September 2006 | On-Site Child Safety Seat Investigation Vehicle - 1989 Pontiac Grand Am National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |  PDF - 1,569KB - 24 pages |
| February 2003 | General Dynamics On-Site Child Safety Seat Investigation SCI Technical Summary Report Vehicle - 1993 Pontiac Grand Am National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | PDF - 277KB - 15 pages |
| classified date 1995 | Remote Air Bag Report 1995 Pontiac Gram Am GT, 4-door notchback sedan National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | PDF - 8.7MB - 154 pages |
| May 2010 | On-Site Child Restraint System Investigation Vehicle - 1995 Pontiac Grand Am GT National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | PDF - 2,503KB - 16 pages |
| November 2008 | Remote Not-in-Traffic Surveillance Falling Vehicle Investigation 1996 Pontiac Grand Am National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | PDF - 1,539KB - 18 pages |
| September 1997 | Calspan Remote Depowered Air Bag Deployment Investigation Subject Vehicle - 1998 Pontiac Grand Am GT National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | PDF - 50KB - 9 pages |
| December 1997 | Redesigned Air Bag Report Vehicle - 1998 Pontiac Grand Am SE National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | PDF - 818KB - 15 pages |
| December 1997 | Redesigned Air Bag Report Vehicle - 1998 Pontiac Grand Am SE National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | PDF - 681KB - 13 pages |
| classified date 1998 | In-depth Vehicle Occupant Report 1998 Pontiac Grand Am National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | PDF - 10.2MB - 102 pages |
| classified date 1999 | Special Crash Investigation Report Case Vehicle: 1998 Pontiac Grand Am SE, 4-door sedan National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | PDF - 43.0MB - 110 pages |
| August 1998 | Remote, Redesigned Air Bag Special Study 1999 Pontiac Grand Am National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | PDF - 391KB - 9 pages |
| January 1999 | On-Site Air Bag Investigation Vehicle - 1999 Pontiac Grand Am SE National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | PDF - 822KB - 20 pages |
| March 1999 | Remote, Redesigned Air Bag Special Study 1999 Pontiac Grand Am National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | PDF - 317KB - 8 pages |
| August 1999 | Remote, Redesigned Air Bag Special Study 1999 Pontiac Grand Am National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | PDF - 294KB - 9 pages |
| classified date 2000 | Special Crash Investigation Report Case Vehicle: 1999 Pontiac Grand Am, 2-door coupe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | PDF - 45.2MB - 100 pages |
| October 2007 | On-Site Child Safety Seat Investigation Vehicle - 1999 Pontiac Grand Am SE National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | PDF - 1,403KB - 19 pages |
| classified date 2005 | Special Crash Investigation Report Case Vehicle: 1999 Pontiac Grand Am SE, 4-door sedan National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | PDF - 7.5MB - 104 pages |
| classified date 1998 | Special Crash Investigation Report Case Vehicle: 1999 Pontiac Grand Am SE, 4-door sedan National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | PDF - 11.0MB - 98 pages |
| classified date 2005 | Special Crash Investigation Report Case Vehicle: 2000 Pontiac Grand AM GT, 2-door coupe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | PDF - 5.6MB - 89 pages |
| March 2006 | On-Site Child Safety Seat Investigation Vehicle - 2001 Pontiac Grand Am GT National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | PDF - 960KB - 23 pages |
| classified date 2004 | Special Crash Investigation Report Case Vehicle: 2002 Pontiac Grand Am SE, 4-door sedan National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | PDF - 5.3MB - 111 pages |
| classified date 2005 | Special Crash Investigation Report Case Vehicle: 2003 Pontiac Grand Am SE, 4-door sedan National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | PDF - 8.7MB - 113 pages |
| classified date 2005 | Special Crash Investigation Report Case Vehicle: 2004 Pontiac Grand Am SE1, 4-door sedan National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | PDF - 6.7MB - 112 pages |
| Date | Article | Author/Source |
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| 14 September 2007 | Absolute Car Maintenance Convenience with Quality Pontiac Grand Am Parts | Anthony Fontanelle |
