Vehicle report
1990 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX
This model year
What the record shows
The 1990 Pontiac Grand Prix is a midsize car, and the 17th model year of a nameplate NHTSA records from 1974 to 2008.
The EPA rated three configurations: engines from 2.3-litre four-cylinder to 3.1-litre six-cylinder, front-wheel drive only, three transmissions and running on regular gasoline.
Combined fuel economy ranges from 19 to 22 mpg depending on which one you have.
The federal record holds 176 owner complaints, 1 investigation and 6 service bulletins for it.
Counts are reports, not rates. A complaint is something an owner chose to file; it is unverified and unadjusted for how many of these cars were sold, so the useful comparison is against other model years of the same car. Recalls and investigations carry more weight because a manufacturer or regulator acted on them.
Reading this report
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.