Consumer Safety Complaints
Search 2,245,377 safety complaints filed by vehicle owners with NHTSA, including 140,173 crashes, 56,794 fires, and 8,580 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 2,245,377 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 39,131 complaints for PONTIAC
Incident date: Jul 2, 2014
WHEN TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF THE KEY STICKS AND WILL NOT RETURN TO THE OFF POSITION AND CANNOT BE REMOVED. USUALLY RESTARTING AND DRIVING THE VEHICLE A FEW FEET WILL ALLOW THE KEY TO BE TURNED TO OFF AND REMOVED. THIS HAS OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES AND IS EXTREMELY ANNOYING. *TR
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2006) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Apr 30, 2015
Incident date: Apr 30, 2015
WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT THE LOW BEAMS STARTING FLICKERING ON AND OFF ALREADY CHANGE OUT REALLY 35 APPROX 6 MONTHS AGO FOR SAME PROBLEM. *TR
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2006) - EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Apr 30, 2015
Incident date: Apr 30, 2015
WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT THE LOW BEAMS STARTING FLICKERING ON AND OFF ALREADY CHANGE OUT REALLY 35 APPROX 6 MONTHS AGO FOR SAME PROBLEM. *TR
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(1997) - ENGINE
Apr 29, 2015
Incident date: Apr 21, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1997 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. SHORTLY AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE ENGINE WAS ON FIRE. THE ENTIRE ENGINE WAS BURNED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 199,093.
Fire
Incident date: Apr 15, 2009
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC G6. WHILE INSPECTING THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE PARKING BRAKE CABLES FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.
Incident date: Apr 24, 2015
THE SECOND HEADLIGHT WIRING HARNESS FAILED LEAVING US WITH ONLY ONE HEADLIGHT, NOT BECAUSE THE BULB BURNED OUT BUT THE WIRING HARNESS ITSELF MELTED. GM REFUSES TO OWN UP TO THIS PROBLEM, BUT A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH FOUND THOUSANDS OF RESULTS OF PEOPLE WITH THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. THE GM DEALER DOES NOT HAVE AN EXACT REPLACEMENT PART THEY JUST GIVE OUT A GENERIC WIRING HARNESS THAT THE OWNER MUST CUT A... Read more
Incident date: Apr 24, 2015
THE SECOND HEADLIGHT WIRING HARNESS FAILED LEAVING US WITH ONLY ONE HEADLIGHT, NOT BECAUSE THE BULB BURNED OUT BUT THE WIRING HARNESS ITSELF MELTED. GM REFUSES TO OWN UP TO THIS PROBLEM, BUT A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH FOUND THOUSANDS OF RESULTS OF PEOPLE WITH THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. THE GM DEALER DOES NOT HAVE AN EXACT REPLACEMENT PART THEY JUST GIVE OUT A GENERIC WIRING HARNESS THAT THE OWNER MUST CUT A... Read more
Incident date: Mar 1, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY MALFUNCTIONED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY TWICE, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE THE HEAD LAMPS BURNING OUT AND THE LOW BEAMS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO INDICATED T... Read more
Incident date: Mar 1, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY MALFUNCTIONED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY TWICE, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE THE HEAD LAMPS BURNING OUT AND THE LOW BEAMS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO INDICATED T... Read more
Incident date: Apr 24, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,000.
Incident date: Apr 17, 2015
I WAS DRIVING ON THE ROAD AT 30 MILES AN HOUR, SUDDENLY THE CAR IN FRONT MADE A SUDDEN STOP, I PRESSED THE BRAKES IMMEDIATELY BUT THEY FAILED TO WORK (THEY GOT HARD WHEN I PUSHED THEM) I TRIED TO AVOID THE CRASH BUT IT WAS TOO LATE. AIR BAGS POPPED OUT INSTANTLY, THERE WAS NO INJURIES THAT OCCURRED. *TR
Crash
Incident date: Apr 17, 2015
I WAS DRIVING ON THE ROAD AT 30 MILES AN HOUR, SUDDENLY THE CAR IN FRONT MADE A SUDDEN STOP, I PRESSED THE BRAKES IMMEDIATELY BUT THEY FAILED TO WORK (THEY GOT HARD WHEN I PUSHED THEM) I TRIED TO AVOID THE CRASH BUT IT WAS TOO LATE. AIR BAGS POPPED OUT INSTANTLY, THERE WAS NO INJURIES THAT OCCURRED. *TR
Crash
Incident date: Apr 13, 2015
BRAKE FAILURE CAR IS GARAGED AND NOT DRIVEN IN THE WINTER. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED FOR 4 WEEKS AT THE TIME AND WHEN FIRST DRIVEN THE BRAKES WERE MUCH WEAKER THAN NORMAL AND PULLED THE CAR SEVERELY TO THE RIGHT. CAR WAS DRIVEN FOR ONE MILE WITH NO CHANGE. I INSPECTED THE BRAKE ROTORS AND FOUND LEFT FRONT AND RIGHT REAR BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING(COLD ROTORS), RIGHT FRONT AND LEFT REAR ROTORS... Read more
Incident date: Dec 5, 2012
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PONTIAC VIBE. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE OVERDRIVE FEATURE FAILED TO DISENGAGE ON COMMAND. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.
PONTIAC
BONNEVILLE
(1998) - STRUCTURE
Apr 27, 2015
Incident date: Apr 3, 2015
THE BACK TWO CRADLE MOUNTS ON BOTH SIDES RUSTED OUT AND MOUNTS PULLED THROUGH THE CRADLE CAUSING THE STEERING TO BECOME LOOSE FILLING AND CAUSING STEERING TO BE OUT OF ALIGNMENT AND WHEN HIT BRAKES FRONT WOULD DART ONE WAY OR THE OTHER AND LOTS OF NOISE COMING FROM UNDER VEHICLE FROM CRADLE BOUNCING WHEN HITTING BUMPS TRIED THE FIND ONE IN JUNK YARDS AND ALL ARE THAT WAY. *TR
PONTIAC
BONNEVILLE
(1998) - ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
Apr 27, 2015
Incident date: Apr 3, 2015
THE BACK TWO CRADLE MOUNTS ON BOTH SIDES RUSTED OUT AND MOUNTS PULLED THROUGH THE CRADLE CAUSING THE STEERING TO BECOME LOOSE FILLING AND CAUSING STEERING TO BE OUT OF ALIGNMENT AND WHEN HIT BRAKES FRONT WOULD DART ONE WAY OR THE OTHER AND LOTS OF NOISE COMING FROM UNDER VEHICLE FROM CRADLE BOUNCING WHEN HITTING BUMPS TRIED THE FIND ONE IN JUNK YARDS AND ALL ARE THAT WAY. *TR
PONTIAC
BONNEVILLE
(1998) - STEERING
Apr 27, 2015
Incident date: Apr 3, 2015
THE BACK TWO CRADLE MOUNTS ON BOTH SIDES RUSTED OUT AND MOUNTS PULLED THROUGH THE CRADLE CAUSING THE STEERING TO BECOME LOOSE FILLING AND CAUSING STEERING TO BE OUT OF ALIGNMENT AND WHEN HIT BRAKES FRONT WOULD DART ONE WAY OR THE OTHER AND LOTS OF NOISE COMING FROM UNDER VEHICLE FROM CRADLE BOUNCING WHEN HITTING BUMPS TRIED THE FIND ONE IN JUNK YARDS AND ALL ARE THAT WAY. *TR
PONTIAC
BONNEVILLE
(1998) - SERVICE BRAKES
Apr 27, 2015
Incident date: Apr 3, 2015
THE BACK TWO CRADLE MOUNTS ON BOTH SIDES RUSTED OUT AND MOUNTS PULLED THROUGH THE CRADLE CAUSING THE STEERING TO BECOME LOOSE FILLING AND CAUSING STEERING TO BE OUT OF ALIGNMENT AND WHEN HIT BRAKES FRONT WOULD DART ONE WAY OR THE OTHER AND LOTS OF NOISE COMING FROM UNDER VEHICLE FROM CRADLE BOUNCING WHEN HITTING BUMPS TRIED THE FIND ONE IN JUNK YARDS AND ALL ARE THAT WAY. *TR
PONTIAC
BONNEVILLE
(1998) - POWER TRAIN
Apr 27, 2015
Incident date: Apr 3, 2015
THE BACK TWO CRADLE MOUNTS ON BOTH SIDES RUSTED OUT AND MOUNTS PULLED THROUGH THE CRADLE CAUSING THE STEERING TO BECOME LOOSE FILLING AND CAUSING STEERING TO BE OUT OF ALIGNMENT AND WHEN HIT BRAKES FRONT WOULD DART ONE WAY OR THE OTHER AND LOTS OF NOISE COMING FROM UNDER VEHICLE FROM CRADLE BOUNCING WHEN HITTING BUMPS TRIED THE FIND ONE IN JUNK YARDS AND ALL ARE THAT WAY. *TR
Incident date: Mar 13, 2015
I WAS IN THE MERGING LANE TO MERGE ONTO THE INTERSTATE AND MY CAR LOSS POWER. MY CAR WAS STILL DRIVABLE,BUT WOULD NOT GO PAST 2 RPM. DISPLAY PANEL DISPLAYED "REDUCED POWER". *TR
Incident date: Mar 13, 2015
I WAS IN THE MERGING LANE TO MERGE ONTO THE INTERSTATE AND MY CAR LOSS POWER. MY CAR WAS STILL DRIVABLE,BUT WOULD NOT GO PAST 2 RPM. DISPLAY PANEL DISPLAYED "REDUCED POWER". *TR
Incident date: Mar 13, 2015
I WAS IN THE MERGING LANE TO MERGE ONTO THE INTERSTATE AND MY CAR LOSS POWER. MY CAR WAS STILL DRIVABLE,BUT WOULD NOT GO PAST 2 RPM. DISPLAY PANEL DISPLAYED "REDUCED POWER". *TR
Incident date: Apr 26, 2015
I WAS DRIVING HOME AND PULLED INTO MY APARTMENT COMPLEX AND MY CAR COMPLETELY SHUT DO AND WOULD NOT START. I PARKED INTO A PARKING SPACE AND WAITED ABOUT 5 SECS AND MY CAR STARTED. *TR
Incident date: Apr 24, 2015
WHILE DRIVING, POWER STEERING WARNING CAME ON AND WHEEL WAS HARD TO TURN. TURNING CAR OFF AND BACK ON FIXED PROBLEM TEMPORARILY. BUT ONCE I START DRIVING THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT AGAIN. *TR
Incident date: Oct 31, 2014
I PURCHASED A PONTIAC G6 IN SEPTEMBER 2014. SINCE OCTOBER 2014, THE CAR HAS BEEN PULLING TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT, AND THE STEERING WHEEL HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTING ITSELF TO THE NORMAL POSTION. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES AND COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS, AND I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO OTHER MULTIPLE PLACES AND THEY HAVE NOT CAME TO A CONCLUSION. I GOT AN ALIGNMENT DONE AND THAT HAS NOT CORRECTED ... Read more
Incident date: Jan 7, 2015
PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG SENSOR CAME ON INDICATING AIR BAG(S) ARE NOT OPERABLE- *TR
Incident date: Apr 22, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 PONTIAC GRAND AM. WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE REAR WHEELS SEIZED. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND THE REAR DRIVER SIDE CRASHED INTO A CURB, DEFLATING THE TIRE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE ABS AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A... Read more
Crash
Incident date: Apr 22, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 PONTIAC GRAND AM. WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE REAR WHEELS SEIZED. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND THE REAR DRIVER SIDE CRASHED INTO A CURB, DEFLATING THE TIRE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE ABS AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A... Read more
Crash
Incident date: Apr 22, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 PONTIAC GRAND AM. WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE REAR WHEELS SEIZED. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND THE REAR DRIVER SIDE CRASHED INTO A CURB, DEFLATING THE TIRE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE ABS AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A... Read more
Crash
Incident date: Apr 22, 2015
MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING MY WIFE'S 2003 PONTIAC GRAND AM AND THE ACCELERATOR STUCK, ALMOST CAUSING A SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS PRESSED, IT NOW FAILS TO RETURN TO THE IDLE POSITION, REQUIRING ONE TO PHYSICALLY PULL THE PEDAL BACK UP. AFTER THE NEAR ACCIDENT, MY DAUGHTER DID SOME RESEARCH AND DISCOVERED THAT THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL FOR STICKING ACCELERATOR ON THE 20... Read more
Incident date: Dec 1, 2014
PASSENGER AIR BAG SENSOR FAILED. DEALERSHIP ESTIMATES REPLACEMENT COST IS OVER $800. *TR
Incident date: Apr 22, 2015
THE STEERING WHEEL WILL NOT LOCK IN PLACE. IT MOVES UP AND DOWN EVEN WHILE DRIVING. IT ALSO DOES NOT SIT EVENLY IN THE STEERING COLUMN WELL. *TR
Incident date: Feb 1, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A FUEL ODOR AND NOTICED FUEL LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
Incident date: Jun 6, 2014
LIGHTS ON THE CAR STARTING COMING ON THE AIR BAG LIGHTS STAY ON NOW AND WILL NOT GO OFF .THE HEATER IN THE SEATS ALSO STOPPED WORKING .AND NOW WHEN I TURN THE STEERING WHEELS THERE IS A GRINDING SOUND .I THOUGHT IT WAS THE CV AXLES REPLACED ,AND IT DID NO GOOD .IT CONTINUES TO MAKE THE GRINDING SOUNDS WHEN I TURN ,AND ITS HARD TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL AT TIMES IT LOCKS UP .THE ELECTRIC SYSTEMS S... Read more
Incident date: Jun 6, 2014
LIGHTS ON THE CAR STARTING COMING ON THE AIR BAG LIGHTS STAY ON NOW AND WILL NOT GO OFF .THE HEATER IN THE SEATS ALSO STOPPED WORKING .AND NOW WHEN I TURN THE STEERING WHEELS THERE IS A GRINDING SOUND .I THOUGHT IT WAS THE CV AXLES REPLACED ,AND IT DID NO GOOD .IT CONTINUES TO MAKE THE GRINDING SOUNDS WHEN I TURN ,AND ITS HARD TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL AT TIMES IT LOCKS UP .THE ELECTRIC SYSTEMS S... Read more
Incident date: Jun 6, 2014
LIGHTS ON THE CAR STARTING COMING ON THE AIR BAG LIGHTS STAY ON NOW AND WILL NOT GO OFF .THE HEATER IN THE SEATS ALSO STOPPED WORKING .AND NOW WHEN I TURN THE STEERING WHEELS THERE IS A GRINDING SOUND .I THOUGHT IT WAS THE CV AXLES REPLACED ,AND IT DID NO GOOD .IT CONTINUES TO MAKE THE GRINDING SOUNDS WHEN I TURN ,AND ITS HARD TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL AT TIMES IT LOCKS UP .THE ELECTRIC SYSTEMS S... Read more
Incident date: Apr 22, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 PONTIAC MONTANA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE ON THE VEHICLE DOES NOT REFLECT THE ACTUAL AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE TANK. IN ADDITION, THE FUEL WARNING LIGHT FLASHED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 151,763.
Incident date: Feb 2, 2015
PASSENGER AIR BAG HAS FAILED, THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND OBVIOUSLY HAS MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS AGAINST GM. I NEVER SEEN AN AIRBAG SENSOR FAIL ESPECIALLY WITH SO FEW MILES. *TR
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2005) - AIR BAGS
Apr 22, 2015
Incident date: Apr 22, 2015
MY CAR HAS BEEN ACTING UP FOR A WHILE. IT STARTED WITH GAUGES AND INFO CENTER FLICKERING WHILE GOING DOWN THE ROAD LIKE IT WAS LOSING POWER INTERMITTENTLY. THAN STARTED DOING THIS THING WHEN YOU START IT AND LET OFF ON THE KEY IT CONTINUES TO TURN ENGINE OVER. I RECEIVED THE LETTER FOR THE RECALL AND TOOK IT IN. I TOLD DEALER WHAT IT WAS DOING AND THEY SNAPPED BACK AND SAID THAT WASN'T PART OF TH... Read more
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2005) - STEERING
Apr 22, 2015
Incident date: Apr 22, 2015
MY CAR HAS BEEN ACTING UP FOR A WHILE. IT STARTED WITH GAUGES AND INFO CENTER FLICKERING WHILE GOING DOWN THE ROAD LIKE IT WAS LOSING POWER INTERMITTENTLY. THAN STARTED DOING THIS THING WHEN YOU START IT AND LET OFF ON THE KEY IT CONTINUES TO TURN ENGINE OVER. I RECEIVED THE LETTER FOR THE RECALL AND TOOK IT IN. I TOLD DEALER WHAT IT WAS DOING AND THEY SNAPPED BACK AND SAID THAT WASN'T PART OF TH... Read more
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2005) - SERVICE BRAKES
Apr 22, 2015
Incident date: Apr 22, 2015
MY CAR HAS BEEN ACTING UP FOR A WHILE. IT STARTED WITH GAUGES AND INFO CENTER FLICKERING WHILE GOING DOWN THE ROAD LIKE IT WAS LOSING POWER INTERMITTENTLY. THAN STARTED DOING THIS THING WHEN YOU START IT AND LET OFF ON THE KEY IT CONTINUES TO TURN ENGINE OVER. I RECEIVED THE LETTER FOR THE RECALL AND TOOK IT IN. I TOLD DEALER WHAT IT WAS DOING AND THEY SNAPPED BACK AND SAID THAT WASN'T PART OF TH... Read more
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2006) - ENGINE
Apr 21, 2015
Incident date: Apr 3, 2015
MY CAR BEGAN TO EMIT WHITE SMOKE AND AN ODOR OF BURNING ANTIFREEZE. I BEGAN TO LOSE POWER SO I PULLED OVER. I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO THE GARAGE AND THEY REPLACE MY INTAKE MANIFOLDS GASKETS, WHICH HAD COMPLETELY BEEN EATEN AWAY. *TR
Incident date: Apr 21, 2015
THE PASSENGER SEAT AIRBAG WEIGHT SENSOR HAS FAILED ON MY SOLSTICE. THE PASSENGER AIRBAG IS NOT CURRENTLY FUNCTIONAL DUE TO THIS ISSUE. THIS ISSUE IS EFFECTING EVERY SINGLE SOLSTICE AND SKY BUILT BY GM FROM 2006-2010. THE DEALERSHIPS ARE CHARGING NEARLY $1,000 TO REPLACE THE SENSORS ON THESE CARS AND MOST CUSTOMERS ARE CHOOSING NOT TO REPLACE THEM DUE TO HIGH COST. THE SAME ISSUE WAS RECALLED ON CA... Read more
Incident date: Apr 21, 2015
THE PASSENGER SEAT AIRBAG WEIGHT SENSOR HAS FAILED ON MY SOLSTICE. THE PASSENGER AIRBAG IS NOT CURRENTLY FUNCTIONAL DUE TO THIS ISSUE. THIS ISSUE IS EFFECTING EVERY SINGLE SOLSTICE AND SKY BUILT BY GM FROM 2006-2010. THE DEALERSHIPS ARE CHARGING NEARLY $1,000 TO REPLACE THE SENSORS ON THESE CARS AND MOST CUSTOMERS ARE CHOOSING NOT TO REPLACE THEM DUE TO HIGH COST. THE SAME ISSUE WAS RECALLED ON CA... Read more
Incident date: Mar 26, 2015
THE CAR SUDDENLY STOPPED. *TR
Incident date: Apr 21, 2015
I WAS DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WHEN MY AIRBAG DEPLOYED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. I DID NOT HIT ANYTHING. NOTHING HIT ME. I WAS ABLE TO PULL THE CAR OVER AND NO ONE WAS HURT OTHER THAN THE IMPACT TO MY CHEST AND HANDS. *TR
1 injured
Incident date: Feb 14, 2013
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER AND A HUMMING SOUND EMITTED FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY BECAME STUCK IN THE IGNITION SWITCH AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WHILE IN FIRST AND SECOND GEAR... Read more
Incident date: Feb 14, 2013
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER AND A HUMMING SOUND EMITTED FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY BECAME STUCK IN THE IGNITION SWITCH AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WHILE IN FIRST AND SECOND GEAR... Read more
Incident date: Feb 14, 2013
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER AND A HUMMING SOUND EMITTED FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY BECAME STUCK IN THE IGNITION SWITCH AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WHILE IN FIRST AND SECOND GEAR... Read more
Incident date: Feb 26, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH WOULD REMAIN STUCK. IN ADDITION, THE KEY COULD BE REMOVED AND THE ENGINE WOULD REMAIN POWERED ON. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V400000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 134... Read more