Consumer Safety Complaints
Search 2,215,138 safety complaints filed by vehicle owners with NHTSA — including 138,663 crashes, 56,255 fires, and 8,561 deaths.
What is a NHTSA consumer complaint?
A consumer complaint is a free-form report filed by a vehicle owner directly to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) describing a safety concern about their vehicle. NHTSA collects these reports through its Vehicle Owner Defect Report (VOQ) system and publishes them publicly. Each complaint includes the affected component, the date and circumstances of the incident, whether the failure caused a crash or fire, and any reported injuries or deaths. The owner's full narrative description is included verbatim — NHTSA does not edit or moderate the descriptions.
The database below contains over 2,215,138 individual complaints. NHTSA's investigators monitor it for clusters of similar reports — when enough owners describe the same failure mode on the same vehicle, NHTSA may open a Preliminary Evaluation that can lead to a recall. Many of the largest recalls in U.S. history, including the Takata airbag recall and the Hyundai/Kia engine fire recalls, started as patterns visible in this complaint database years before they became formal recalls.
How to interpret what you read
A few principles for reading consumer complaints usefully:
- One complaint is anecdote; a hundred similar complaints is data. NHTSA does not investigate the truthfulness of any individual report — that's the job of the Office of Defects Investigation, which looks at the full pattern. When evaluating a vehicle, look for whether multiple owners describe the same chain of events.
- Crash, fire, injury, and death flags are owner-set. They are not verified by NHTSA. They are still useful as a filter, because owners who tick those boxes are typically reporting more serious incidents than those who don't.
- Component categories are NHTSA-assigned, not owner-assigned. NHTSA standardizes the component field so that complaints can be aggregated. The owner narrative often goes into more detail than the component category captures.
- Complaint volume scales with sales volume. A best-selling model will accumulate more raw complaints than a niche model even at the same defect rate. To compare across vehicles, look at complaints per 100,000 units sold, not raw counts.
If you've experienced a defect
File a complaint. NHTSA's investigators rely on this database to detect emerging defects, and useful complaints — specific, concrete, with dates and mileage and clear descriptions of what happened — feed directly into the agency's pattern detection. The form takes about 10 minutes and is at nhtsa.gov/recalls under "Report a Safety Problem." Your complaint becomes part of the same public record that this page is built from. Owners filing detailed VOQs are how recalls get triggered.
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Showing 39,107 complaints for PONTIAC
Incident date: Nov 6, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE BRAKE LIGHTS RANDOMLY ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ENGAGED, THE BRAKE LIGHT FAILED TO ILLUMINATE INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR BRAKE LAMPS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. T... Read more
Incident date: Nov 6, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE BRAKE LIGHTS RANDOMLY ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ENGAGED, THE BRAKE LIGHT FAILED TO ILLUMINATE INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR BRAKE LAMPS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. T... Read more
Incident date: May 30, 2012
KEY KEEPS GETTING STUCK IN IGNITION, STEERING COLUMN GETS STUCK.FUEL TANK IS LEAKING AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND STAYING ALONG WITH SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT. FUEL PUMP KEEPS GOING OUT REPLACED 3 TIMES.
Incident date: May 30, 2012
KEY KEEPS GETTING STUCK IN IGNITION, STEERING COLUMN GETS STUCK.FUEL TANK IS LEAKING AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND STAYING ALONG WITH SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT. FUEL PUMP KEEPS GOING OUT REPLACED 3 TIMES.
Incident date: May 30, 2012
KEY KEEPS GETTING STUCK IN IGNITION, STEERING COLUMN GETS STUCK.FUEL TANK IS LEAKING AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND STAYING ALONG WITH SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT. FUEL PUMP KEEPS GOING OUT REPLACED 3 TIMES.
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2008) — EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Nov 7, 2015
Incident date: Nov 1, 2015
2008 GRAND PRIX LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS/DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS WORK INTERMITTENTLY OR DON'T WORK AT ALL. LIGHTS WILL WORK WHEN CAR IS STARTED AND WILL GO OUT AS I AM DRIVING OR WILL NOT COME ON AT ALL. VIN SEARCH SAYS NO RECALL ON MY YEAR, BUT THIS SAME EXACT ISSUE IS IN RECALL FOR 2007 AND 2006 GRAND PRIXS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE FOR MY VEHICLE AND I HAVE NOW BEEN PULLED OVER AND TICKETED BY THE POLI... Read more
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2002) — ENGINE
Nov 6, 2015
Incident date: May 6, 2014
MY NAME IS [XXX] AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS NOTIFICATION IS TO FILE A FORMAL COMPLAINT AGAINST THE GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION. I WAS THE REGISTERED OWNER OF A 2002 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX AND THROUGH MY RESEARCH, I AM AWARE OF AN ACTIVE RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE DUE TO A SMALL OIL LEAK THAT COULD RESULT IN AN ENGINE FIRE. I NO LONGER OWN THE ABOVE SAID VEHICLE AS THE VEHICLE WAS DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS IN A... Read more
Fire
Incident date: Nov 5, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE EXTERIOR LIGHTING FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND DRIVEN TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 226,000.
Incident date: Jul 15, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V285000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Incident date: Nov 6, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V285000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.... Read more
Incident date: Nov 5, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V285000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRM PARTS NOT AVAILA... Read more
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2006) — AIR BAGS
Nov 5, 2015
Incident date: Oct 1, 2015
PONTIAC GRAND PRIX THAT I OWNED WAS FLIPPED TWO TIMES AND STILL RUNS BUT THE CARS AIR BAGS NEVER WENT OFF. PLUS HAD A VARITY OR ELECTR PROBLEMS. AND SPEED RPMS NEVER SEEMEDTO WORK PROPERLY. BUT DONT GET ME WRONG I LOVE THE CAR TO DEASTH BUT ITS SAFTEY HAS BECOME AN ISSUE.
Crash
1 injured
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2006) — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Nov 5, 2015
Incident date: Oct 1, 2015
PONTIAC GRAND PRIX THAT I OWNED WAS FLIPPED TWO TIMES AND STILL RUNS BUT THE CARS AIR BAGS NEVER WENT OFF. PLUS HAD A VARITY OR ELECTR PROBLEMS. AND SPEED RPMS NEVER SEEMEDTO WORK PROPERLY. BUT DONT GET ME WRONG I LOVE THE CAR TO DEASTH BUT ITS SAFTEY HAS BECOME AN ISSUE.
Crash
1 injured
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2006) — ENGINE
Nov 5, 2015
Incident date: Oct 1, 2015
PONTIAC GRAND PRIX THAT I OWNED WAS FLIPPED TWO TIMES AND STILL RUNS BUT THE CARS AIR BAGS NEVER WENT OFF. PLUS HAD A VARITY OR ELECTR PROBLEMS. AND SPEED RPMS NEVER SEEMEDTO WORK PROPERLY. BUT DONT GET ME WRONG I LOVE THE CAR TO DEASTH BUT ITS SAFTEY HAS BECOME AN ISSUE.
Crash
1 injured
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2007) — EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Nov 4, 2015
Incident date: Sep 2, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE LOW BEAM HEADLAMPS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V75500(EXTERIOR LIGHTING); HOWEVER, THE PART FOR THE RECALL WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FA... Read more
Incident date: Nov 4, 2015
I AM COMPLAINING ABOUT THE FACT AHTT THIS IS MY ONLY CAR AND IN JULY 2015 I GOT A LETTER TELLING ME THE AIRBAG IS DEFECTIVE AND TO NOT ALLOW ANYONE TO RIDE INT HE PASSENGER SEAT. I HAVE WAITED FOR 5 MONTHS TO HEAR MORE ABOUT WHEN I CAN GET THE SAFETY HAZARD TAKEN CARE OF. WHEN I CALLED GM THEY SAID THEY HAVE NO INFORMAITON ON WHEN THEY WILL HAVE THE PARTS. THEY DON'T KNOW AND CAN'T TELL ME WHEN... Read more
Incident date: Jul 1, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V285000 (AIR BAGS) WAS RECEIVED IN JULY OF 2015. AFTER CONTACTING THE DEALER ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WERE STILL NOT AVAILABLE AND NO ESTIMATED TIME FOR RECEIVING THE PARTS COULD BE GIVEN. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED... Read more
Incident date: Aug 10, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V285000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAIL... Read more
Incident date: Jul 1, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V285000 (AIR BAGS), HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. UPDATED 1/20/16 *LN *TR
Incident date: Nov 4, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V285000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE VIN WAS INVALID. VIN TOOL CON... Read more
Incident date: Nov 10, 2006
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL SOUND EMITTING FROM THE VEHICLE AND THE STEERING WHEEL MOVED INDEPENDENTLY BEFORE SEIZING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V044000 (STEERING); HOWEVER, THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILE... Read more
Incident date: Nov 3, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WITH THE HEADLIGHTS ACTIVATED, THE DRIVER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHERE THE BULB WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE ON BOTH OCCASIONS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,000.
Incident date: Sep 7, 2015
I HAVE NOT DRIVEN MY VEHICLE FOR 2 MONTHS BECAUSE MY MECHANIC TOLD ME MY VALVE COVER GASKETS WERE LEAKING ON TO MY EXHAUST MANIFOLD AND THAT IT WHY IT WAS SMOKING WHEN WE STOPPED. I TALKED TO MY LOCAL GM DEALER AND THEY SAID IT IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL SO THEY COULD NOT HELP, SO I HAVE THREE CHOICES LET IT SIT IN MY DRIVEWAY, PAY SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS TO GET IT FIXED OR DRIVE IT TILL IT START... Read more
Incident date: Jun 3, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC TORRENT. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE AIR BAG, STABILITY CONTROL, AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 119,000.
Incident date: Jun 3, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC TORRENT. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE AIR BAG, STABILITY CONTROL, AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 119,000.
Incident date: Jun 3, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC TORRENT. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE AIR BAG, STABILITY CONTROL, AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 119,000.
Incident date: May 13, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V285000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILAB... Read more
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2000) — ENGINE
Nov 3, 2015
Incident date: Jun 1, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. AFTER SHUTTING OFF THE ENGINE, FLAMES APPEARED UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE FLAMES QUICKLY ENGULFED THE VEHICLE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000. UPDATE 01/13/16 MA... Read more
Fire
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2001) — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Nov 3, 2015
Incident date: Oct 10, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2001 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VIN AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE UNKNOWN.
Fire
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2006) — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Nov 3, 2015
Incident date: Sep 1, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE HDM RELAY OVERHEATED AND MELTED THE FUSE BOX. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.
Fire
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2006) — EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Nov 3, 2015
Incident date: Sep 1, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE HDM RELAY OVERHEATED AND MELTED THE FUSE BOX. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.
Fire
Incident date: Oct 25, 2001
I WAS INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT AS A PASSENGER ON 10/25/2001 IN WHICH THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP ON OUR 2001 GRAND AM AS WE WERE DRIVING CAUSING US TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR AND FLIP DOWN HILL. MY FATHER AND MY BROTHER WERE FRONT PASSENGERS AND I WAS THE REAR SEAT PASSENGER OF THE CAR AND WAS EJECTED OUT OF THE BACK WINDOW. THE AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. AFTER BEING EJECTED FROM THE REAR WINDOW... Read more
Crash
2 injured
Incident date: Oct 25, 2001
I WAS INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT AS A PASSENGER ON 10/25/2001 IN WHICH THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP ON OUR 2001 GRAND AM AS WE WERE DRIVING CAUSING US TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR AND FLIP DOWN HILL. MY FATHER AND MY BROTHER WERE FRONT PASSENGERS AND I WAS THE REAR SEAT PASSENGER OF THE CAR AND WAS EJECTED OUT OF THE BACK WINDOW. THE AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. AFTER BEING EJECTED FROM THE REAR WINDOW... Read more
Crash
2 injured
Incident date: Oct 25, 2001
I WAS INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT AS A PASSENGER ON 10/25/2001 IN WHICH THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP ON OUR 2001 GRAND AM AS WE WERE DRIVING CAUSING US TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR AND FLIP DOWN HILL. MY FATHER AND MY BROTHER WERE FRONT PASSENGERS AND I WAS THE REAR SEAT PASSENGER OF THE CAR AND WAS EJECTED OUT OF THE BACK WINDOW. THE AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. AFTER BEING EJECTED FROM THE REAR WINDOW... Read more
Crash
2 injured
PONTIAC
BONNEVILLE
(2005) — AIR BAGS
Nov 3, 2015
Incident date: Aug 11, 2015
AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT IS ON.
PONTIAC
BONNEVILLE
(2005) — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Nov 3, 2015
Incident date: Nov 10, 2014
FUEL GAUGE QUIT WORKING
Incident date: Nov 1, 2015
NOTICED A FUEL SMELL IN THE CAR, THEN HAD TROUBLE STARTING THE CAR. AFTER A FEW DAYS THERE WAS A PUDDLE OF LIQUID UNDER MY CAR AS I LEFT THE GROCERY STORE. FUEL SMELL WAS EXTREMELY STRONG. GOT HOME AND LOOKED UNDER CAR AND FOUND A FUEL HOSE LEAKING GAS. TOOK INTO A MECHANIC WHO FOUND THE WHOLE FUEL LINE TO BE ROTTED! ITS A 7 YEAR OLD CAR WITH SLIGHTLY OVER 100,000 MILES ON IT. MECHANIC SAID ... Read more
Incident date: Oct 30, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT OBSERVED FLUID LEAKING UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING PUMP FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 90,000.
Incident date: Aug 31, 2013
I HAVE 2008 PONTIAC G6 GT.2 YEARS AGO I STARTED SMELLING GAS,THAN CAR WOULD NOT START ON FIRST TRY.SO RESEARCHED PROBLEM ON YAHOO.08 MODEL G6 VEHICLES IS COMMON FOR FUEL PUMP TO LEAK COURSE OF CONNECTORS.CAN'T PUT CAR IN GARAGE ,THE FUEMS OF GAS ARE DANGEROUS AND WHEN CAR IS ON IT LEAKS GAS.
Incident date: Oct 31, 2015
TOOK THE CAR IN FOR A RECALL I RECEIVED REGARDING THE POWER STEERING STATED POWER STEERING HAS GONE OUT SEVERAL TIMES THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR AND LAST, STEERING SHAKING TERRIBLY GM SERVICE HAD THE CAR AND TOLD ME I NEED TO PAY OVER $300 TO FIX THE BATTERY CABLES BEFORE THEY COULD FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM. SO IT BECAME MY PROBLEM INSTEAD OF THE RECALL ISSUE. RIDICULOUS THEY LET ME TAKE THE CAR AS IS. ... Read more
Incident date: Oct 31, 2015
TOOK THE CAR IN FOR A RECALL I RECEIVED REGARDING THE POWER STEERING STATED POWER STEERING HAS GONE OUT SEVERAL TIMES THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR AND LAST, STEERING SHAKING TERRIBLY GM SERVICE HAD THE CAR AND TOLD ME I NEED TO PAY OVER $300 TO FIX THE BATTERY CABLES BEFORE THEY COULD FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM. SO IT BECAME MY PROBLEM INSTEAD OF THE RECALL ISSUE. RIDICULOUS THEY LET ME TAKE THE CAR AS IS. ... Read more
Incident date: Jun 14, 2006
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND AN ABNORMAL NOISE COULD BE HEARD COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND REMEDIED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V064000 (STEERING); HOWEVER, THE FAILURES RECURRED FREQUENTLY AFTER THE R... Read more
Incident date: Sep 1, 2015
HAVE TO START CAR TWICE IN ORDER FOR IT TO TURN ON AND STRONG SMELL FUEL COMING INSIDE AND FILLING THE GARAGE WITH THE FUEL SMELL SEEMS LIKE ITS NOT GETTING ENOUGH GAS
Incident date: Sep 5, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT NOTICED STRONG FUEL FUMES EMITTING OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP, PLACED ON A LIFT FOR INSPECTION, AND WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS A FRACTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUEL PUMP AND THE FUEL TANK. THE VEHICLE WAS TO BE FURTHER DIAGNOSED BY THE MECHANIC AND REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDE... Read more
Incident date: Nov 1, 2015
MY SON WAS DRIVING MY CAR IN NORMAL, DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS. HE WAS ON A ROAD WITH A SPEED LIMIT OF 40MPH. HE BUMPED A CURB WITH THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE, THEN ADJUSTED THE CAR AWAY FROM THE CURB AND PROCEEDED DOWN THE ROAD. ABOUT 30 FEET LATER, THE SIDE-CURTAIN AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. HE WAS OBVIOUSLY SHAKEN-UP BY THE EXPLOSION OF THE BAGS DEPLOYING WHICH HAS CAUSED RINING IN HIS EARS, BUT LUCKILY, HE WA... Read more
Incident date: Jul 1, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V285000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. VIN TOOL C... Read more
Incident date: Nov 15, 2013
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC VIBE. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE PASSENGERS SIDE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR WAS CONSTANTLY ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED EACH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V285000 (AIR BAGS), HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE A... Read more
Incident date: Nov 2, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V285000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART WAS UNAVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE REPAIRS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. UPDATED 02/12/16*LJ THE ... Read more
Incident date: Jul 20, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V285000 (AIR BAGS) AND STATED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER DID NOT GIVE A SPECIFIC DATE FOR WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE SINCE MID JULY 2015. THE MANUFACTURER COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED DATE FOR WHEN THE CON... Read more
Incident date: Jul 6, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF A MANUFACTURER RECALL FOR THE AIR BAGS AND STATED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER DID NOT GIVE A SPECIFIC DATE FOR WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED DATE FOR WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD RECEIVE THE REC... Read more