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: Mar 3, 2015
I NOTICED A STRONG GAS ODOR COMING FROM MY VEHICLE AND EVEN INSIDE MY VEHICLE WHEN I WAS PARKED. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE GAS I HAD PUT INTO THE TANK THE PREVIOUS DAY. HOWEVER, WITH MY CAR PARKED IN THE GARAGE AT MY HOME, THE GAS SMELL BECAME OVERWHELMING. I TOOK MY VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP FOR MAINTENANCE AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE FUEL PUMP NEEDED REPLACING AND NOTIFIED ME OF THE COST. I CONTA... Read more
Incident date: Apr 22, 2013
I HAD AN INCIDENT IN 2013 THAT MIGHT COME IN TO PLAY WITH A RECENT RECALL. I OWN A 2010 PONTIAC G6. AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN A MAIN ROAD TRAVELING AT AN AVERAGE SPEED OF 45MPH MY VEHICLE BECAME IMPAIRED. THE DASH SCREEN PROJECTED SERVICE ESC/ LOW TRACTION. THE STEERING BECAME ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL AND NO MATTER HOW HARD I PUSHED THE GAS PEDAL DOWN THE CAR WOULD NOT GO ANY FASTER THAN 5 MPH. TH... Read more
Incident date: Apr 22, 2013
I HAD AN INCIDENT IN 2013 THAT MIGHT COME IN TO PLAY WITH A RECENT RECALL. I OWN A 2010 PONTIAC G6. AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN A MAIN ROAD TRAVELING AT AN AVERAGE SPEED OF 45MPH MY VEHICLE BECAME IMPAIRED. THE DASH SCREEN PROJECTED SERVICE ESC/ LOW TRACTION. THE STEERING BECAME ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL AND NO MATTER HOW HARD I PUSHED THE GAS PEDAL DOWN THE CAR WOULD NOT GO ANY FASTER THAN 5 MPH. TH... Read more
Incident date: Apr 22, 2013
I HAD AN INCIDENT IN 2013 THAT MIGHT COME IN TO PLAY WITH A RECENT RECALL. I OWN A 2010 PONTIAC G6. AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN A MAIN ROAD TRAVELING AT AN AVERAGE SPEED OF 45MPH MY VEHICLE BECAME IMPAIRED. THE DASH SCREEN PROJECTED SERVICE ESC/ LOW TRACTION. THE STEERING BECAME ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL AND NO MATTER HOW HARD I PUSHED THE GAS PEDAL DOWN THE CAR WOULD NOT GO ANY FASTER THAN 5 MPH. TH... Read more
Incident date: Oct 1, 2014
THE CAR WAS PARK! THE KEYS IN, I PULLED KEYS OUT N THE CAR ROLLED BACKWARDS I HOP IN THE CAR N TURN THE WHEEL AND I FLEW OUT AND THE CAR RAN ME OVER TIRE ON MY BACK THE CAR DIDN'T STOP I PUSHING THE BRAKES NOTHING! *TR
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Oct 1, 2014
THE CAR WAS PARK! THE KEYS IN, I PULLED KEYS OUT N THE CAR ROLLED BACKWARDS I HOP IN THE CAR N TURN THE WHEEL AND I FLEW OUT AND THE CAR RAN ME OVER TIRE ON MY BACK THE CAR DIDN'T STOP I PUSHING THE BRAKES NOTHING! *TR
Crash
1 injured
PONTIAC
BONNEVILLE
(2000) — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Mar 20, 2015
Incident date: Mar 18, 2015
WHILE DRIVING THE BONNEVILLE THE CAR WILL JUST SHUT DOWN, LOOSES ALL POWER. IT HAS HAPPENED ON THE EXPRESSWAY AND ALSO JUST ON LOCAL CITY DRIVING. YOU CAN BE GOING 30 MPH OR 65 MPH. CAR WILL JUST SHUT DOWN (WHICH IS VERY SCARY GOING 65 MPH) AND SOMEONE ON YOUR BUMPER. LOOSES POWER STEERING SO ITS HARD TO MOVE OVER LANES ON THE EXPRESSWAY, WE HAVE FOUND YOU NEED TO IMMEDIATELY PUT ON EMERGENCY F... Read more
PONTIAC
BONNEVILLE
(2000) — STEERING
Mar 20, 2015
Incident date: Mar 18, 2015
WHILE DRIVING THE BONNEVILLE THE CAR WILL JUST SHUT DOWN, LOOSES ALL POWER. IT HAS HAPPENED ON THE EXPRESSWAY AND ALSO JUST ON LOCAL CITY DRIVING. YOU CAN BE GOING 30 MPH OR 65 MPH. CAR WILL JUST SHUT DOWN (WHICH IS VERY SCARY GOING 65 MPH) AND SOMEONE ON YOUR BUMPER. LOOSES POWER STEERING SO ITS HARD TO MOVE OVER LANES ON THE EXPRESSWAY, WE HAVE FOUND YOU NEED TO IMMEDIATELY PUT ON EMERGENCY F... Read more
Incident date: Mar 3, 2015
1. KEY LOCKS IN IGNITION 2. ABS LIGHT, TRACTION CONTROL, BRAKES WARNING LIGHT , AIRBAG AND STAY ON. . BRAKES LOCK UP ,TIRES ROLL WONT STOP, PULSATION THEN BRAKE PEDAL TO FLOOR. THE LIGHTS STAY ON NO GM MECHANIC CAN REPAIR. 3. CLICKING, TAPPING AND BURNING SMELL COMING FROM UNDER DASH AND STEERING COLUMN. 4 .WHEN IT RAINS PUDDLES ON PASSENGER SIDE AND DRIVER ON FLOOR OF CAR LIKE THE DO... Read more
Fire
Incident date: Mar 3, 2015
1. KEY LOCKS IN IGNITION 2. ABS LIGHT, TRACTION CONTROL, BRAKES WARNING LIGHT , AIRBAG AND STAY ON. . BRAKES LOCK UP ,TIRES ROLL WONT STOP, PULSATION THEN BRAKE PEDAL TO FLOOR. THE LIGHTS STAY ON NO GM MECHANIC CAN REPAIR. 3. CLICKING, TAPPING AND BURNING SMELL COMING FROM UNDER DASH AND STEERING COLUMN. 4 .WHEN IT RAINS PUDDLES ON PASSENGER SIDE AND DRIVER ON FLOOR OF CAR LIKE THE DO... Read more
Fire
Incident date: Mar 20, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G8. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.
Incident date: Dec 9, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2002 PONTIAC GRAND AM. WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. AS A RESULT, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED FEMUR AND KNEECAP FRACTURES AND WHIPLASH INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE PERSON THAT WAS IN THE OTHER VEHICLE SUSTAINED NUMEROU... Read more
Crash
2 injured
Incident date: Oct 1, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SECURITY WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 179,053. UPDATED 4/30/15*CN
Incident date: Oct 1, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SECURITY WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 179,053. UPDATED 4/30/15*CN
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2008) — POWER TRAIN
Mar 19, 2015
Incident date: Nov 14, 2011
EVERY TIME I ACCELERATE GIVING MY CAR GAS IT ALWAYS FEEL LIKE THE TRANSMISSION IS LOCKING UP THEN IT WILL JERK OUT OF THE LOCK AND START PICKING UP SPEED AND I HAVE TALK TO OTHER PEOPLES THAT HAVE THE SAME CAR ,SAME YEAR OR 2007 SAID THE SAME THING WHEN YOU STOP AND ACCELERATE IT DOES A LOCK LIKE IT'S CHATTERING TO TAKE OFF THEN IT JUST JERK THEN PICK UP SPEED .I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAI... Read more
Incident date: Mar 19, 2015
STEERING WHEEL LOCKED WHILE DRIVING, "POWER STEERING" FLASHED ACROSS THE DASHBOARD, I HAD TO TRY AND AVOID OTHER CARS AND SLOW DOWN WHILE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL WITH ALL OF MY STRENGTH, BUT IT WOULD BARELY MOVE AND THE CAR VEERED LEFT STILL. *TR
Incident date: Mar 19, 2015
POWER STEERING CAME UP ON DRIVER'S INTERFACE, AND POWER STEERING WAS LOST. *TR
Incident date: Mar 18, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE CONTACT TO USE EXCESSIVE FORCE ON THE STEERING WHEEL IN ORDER TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,095.
Incident date: Mar 17, 2015
JUST BOUGHT A USED 2007 PONTIAC G6 AND IN DOING SO WHEN I DROVE IT THEN PARKED A STRONG SMELL OF GAS WAS COMING FROM RIGHT SID, TOOK THE CAR TO GET A LOOK OVER, IT HAS A FUEL LEAK. NEEDS A FUEL PUMP. *TR
Incident date: Feb 2, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME LOOSE AS IT STARTED TO SHAKE AND MADE A CLICKING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V064000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPR... Read more
Incident date: Mar 12, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE POWER STEERING FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE CONTACT TO USE EXCESSIVE FORCE TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT AN UNKNOWN SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE SENSOR WAS REPLACED BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE... Read more
Incident date: Mar 10, 2015
LUCKILY, THE CAR WASN'T DAMAGED BESIDES A SCRATCH TO THE SIDE AND DENTED RIM, BUT ONLY BECAUSE I WAS GOING SLOWLY. THE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING. WHILE I WAS ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE IT TO THE DEALER TO BE LOOKED AT IT, THE POWER STEERING TRIED TO COME BACK ON, SURGED, AND CAUSED MY CAR TO SWERVE OFF OF THE ROAD. IT WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. PONTIAC/GM HAS NOT TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY FOR ... Read more
Incident date: Mar 4, 2015
THE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. I LOOKED UP AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE POWER STEERING SO I ENTERED MY VIN NUMBER BUT MY VIN NUMBER WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE RECALL YET THE PROBLEM WITH MY CAR IS THE EXACT PROBLEM THE RECALL WAS DONE FOR. NOW MY CAR IS IN THE SHOP AND I WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR OUT OF POCKET. *TR
Incident date: Mar 10, 2015
I AM THE OWNER OF A 2010 PONTIAC G6 WITH A 4-SPEED AUTOMATIC. MY CAR WAS SERVICED FOR A RECALL IN FOR THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTER CABLE. TO CURE THE FIX THE RECALL(12106) CALLED FOR A RETAINER TO BE ADDED TO THE CABLE TO PREVENT THE BREAKAGE FROM OCCURRING. RECENTLY NOT EVEN TWO YEARS LATER AS I WAS PULLING INTO MY APARTMENT COMPLEX DRIVEWAY THE SHIFTER CABLE BROKE CAUSING THE MY STEERING AND DRIVABI... Read more
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Mar 10, 2015
I AM THE OWNER OF A 2010 PONTIAC G6 WITH A 4-SPEED AUTOMATIC. MY CAR WAS SERVICED FOR A RECALL IN FOR THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTER CABLE. TO CURE THE FIX THE RECALL(12106) CALLED FOR A RETAINER TO BE ADDED TO THE CABLE TO PREVENT THE BREAKAGE FROM OCCURRING. RECENTLY NOT EVEN TWO YEARS LATER AS I WAS PULLING INTO MY APARTMENT COMPLEX DRIVEWAY THE SHIFTER CABLE BROKE CAUSING THE MY STEERING AND DRIVABI... Read more
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Mar 10, 2015
I AM THE OWNER OF A 2010 PONTIAC G6 WITH A 4-SPEED AUTOMATIC. MY CAR WAS SERVICED FOR A RECALL IN FOR THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTER CABLE. TO CURE THE FIX THE RECALL(12106) CALLED FOR A RETAINER TO BE ADDED TO THE CABLE TO PREVENT THE BREAKAGE FROM OCCURRING. RECENTLY NOT EVEN TWO YEARS LATER AS I WAS PULLING INTO MY APARTMENT COMPLEX DRIVEWAY THE SHIFTER CABLE BROKE CAUSING THE MY STEERING AND DRIVABI... Read more
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Mar 10, 2015
I AM THE OWNER OF A 2010 PONTIAC G6 WITH A 4-SPEED AUTOMATIC. MY CAR WAS SERVICED FOR A RECALL IN FOR THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTER CABLE. TO CURE THE FIX THE RECALL(12106) CALLED FOR A RETAINER TO BE ADDED TO THE CABLE TO PREVENT THE BREAKAGE FROM OCCURRING. RECENTLY NOT EVEN TWO YEARS LATER AS I WAS PULLING INTO MY APARTMENT COMPLEX DRIVEWAY THE SHIFTER CABLE BROKE CAUSING THE MY STEERING AND DRIVABI... Read more
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Mar 2, 2015
2007 PONTIAC SOLSTICE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO A DEFECTIVE MODULE OR SENSOR IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AND SIDE AIRBAGS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE AIR BAG MAY NOT DEPLOY IN THE EVEN OF A COLLISION. THE DEFECT WAS CONFIRMED WHEN DIAGNOSED BY A LOCAL GM DEALER. *JB
Incident date: Apr 1, 2006
I NEED TO KNOW IF THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON THIS CAR. WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR IN 2006, THERE WAS NO HORN AT THAT TIME. SOMEONE TOLD ME THAT THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. *TR
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2004) — ENGINE
Mar 17, 2015
Incident date: Mar 13, 2015
I PULLED UP TO A FRIENDS HOUSE, GO INSIDE, AND 5-10 MINUTES LATER WE HEAR A LOUD BOOM! SO WE LOOK AT EACH OTHER WONDERING WHAT CAUSED IT. WE LOOK OUTSIDE AND THE CAR WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RULED IT AS AND ELECTRICAL FIRE. I HAD THE CAR ONLY 34 DAYS AND IT IS NOW TOTALED! AFTER ALL THE EXCITEMENT I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE VEHICLE AND CAME ACROSS SIMILAR STORIES, THE GM CRISIS ... Read more
Fire
Incident date: Feb 4, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G8. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP WHEN THE BRAKES WERE ENGAGED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR DRIVER SIDE OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THE FRONT PASSENGER REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACTS RESI... Read more
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Feb 4, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G8. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP WHEN THE BRAKES WERE ENGAGED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR DRIVER SIDE OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THE FRONT PASSENGER REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACTS RESI... Read more
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jan 1, 2009
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED AND JOLTED ACROSS THE HIGHWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE RACK AND PINION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED ON TWO OTHER OCCASIONS AND WAS REPAIRED BOTH TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE ... Read more
Incident date: Jan 1, 2009
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED AND JOLTED ACROSS THE HIGHWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE RACK AND PINION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED ON TWO OTHER OCCASIONS AND WAS REPAIRED BOTH TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE ... Read more
Incident date: Mar 16, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC G6. WHILE TRAVELING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, A CLICKING NOISE EMITTED FROM THE STEERING WHEEL AND THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER. THE CONTACT HAD TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESET THE COMPUTER, WHICH RESET THE CODE FOR THE POWER STEERING FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS NOT ABLE TO REPLICATE OR DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE RECU... Read more
Incident date: Jun 3, 2014
MY PARENTS PURCHASED THE CAR FOR ME ON MARCH 1, 2013 WITH 97,629 MILES ON IT. WE PURCHASED THE EXTENDED WARRANTY AND I HAD THE INTERMEDIATE DRIVE SHAFT REPLACE JULY 9, 2014 BECAUSE I WAS INTERMITTENTLY HEARING A POPPING NOSE WHEN I TURNED OR BACK UP WHILE TURNING. IT HAS PRETTY MUCH DONE THIS THE ENTIRE TIME AFTER A FEW WEEKS I HAD PURCHASED THE CAR. EVEN AFTER GETTING IT REPLACED LAST JULY, IT WA... Read more
Incident date: Mar 2, 2012
ONE DAY MY REAR DOORS WOULDN'T UNLOCK OR LOCK, WHEN THIS HAPPENS HAVE TO HAVE SOMEONE CLIMB INTO THE BACK SEAT FROM THE FRONT SEAT TO UNLOCK. WHEN YOU LOCK THE DOORS U MUST CHECK TO SEE IF THEY LOCKED, THERE ARE DAYS THE LOOKS WORK BUT MOST DAYS THEY DO NOT WORK. I FEEL THIS WOULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE IF EVER IN AN ACCIDENT. *TR
Incident date: Jun 1, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND AN UNKNOWN WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER... Read more
Incident date: Jun 6, 2014
CAR SHUTS DOWN WHILE DRIVING. SCREEN SAYS ENGINE DISABLED. AFTER A MINUTE OR TWO THE CAR RESTARTS. KEPT HAPPENING RANDOMLY. DEALER SAYS IT NEEDS PCM REPLACED. I NOTICED SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ON DIFFERENT WEBSITES. *TR
Incident date: Jun 6, 2014
CAR SHUTS DOWN WHILE DRIVING. SCREEN SAYS ENGINE DISABLED. AFTER A MINUTE OR TWO THE CAR RESTARTS. KEPT HAPPENING RANDOMLY. DEALER SAYS IT NEEDS PCM REPLACED. I NOTICED SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ON DIFFERENT WEBSITES. *TR
Incident date: Feb 1, 2015
2007 G6 4DR IS HARD TO START AND GETTING PROGRESSIVELY HARDER TO START WITH A STRONG SMELL OF GAS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE VEHICLE. *TR
Incident date: Feb 1, 2015
LEAKING FUEL PUMP / PROPULSION SYSTEM...STRONG SMELL OF GAS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE...LEAKING GAS ON MUFFLER. *TR
Incident date: Jun 2, 2014
TOTAL LOSS OF STEERING ON HIGHWAY FOR 7 HOUR TRIP. *TR
Incident date: Jan 5, 2015
MY CAR STARTED TO LAG AND SHUDDER WHEN ACCELERATING WITH A LOAD PUT ON SUCH AS GOING UPHILL. IT HAS ONLY GOTTEN WORSE AND IT WON'T ALERT MECHANICS WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT AND HAS COST ME HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS FOR THEM TO TELL ME THEY CANT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. *TR
Incident date: Dec 5, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED, THE POWER STEERING SEIZED, AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME TIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14V153000 (STEERING) AND 14E044000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS... Read more
Incident date: Mar 13, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT AT 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V400... Read more
Crash
Incident date: Feb 14, 2015
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ENGAGE THE BRAKES FOR A STOP LIGHT, THE SUBFRAME FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE CROSS MEMBER UNDER THE ENGINE, TO WHICH THE DRIVER SIDE LOWER CONTROL ARM WAS ATTACHED, FRACTURED. AS A RESULT, THE CROSS... Read more
Incident date: Feb 16, 2015
UPON PURCHASING A USED PONTIAC VIBE I NOTICED THE REAR WIPER WAS INOPERABLE. I CHECKED THE FUSE AND IT DID NOT REQUIRE REPLACEMENT. I REPLACED THE MOTOR WITH A REFURBISHED ONE FROM AN AUTO PARTS STORE, YET THE REAR WIPER IS STILL INOPERABLE. A RATTLING NOISE IS ALSO COMING FROM THE ROOF OF THE VEHICLE. I WILL TAKE IT TO A GMC DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSIS. *TR
Incident date: Feb 16, 2015
WAS GOING 5 MPH BECUASE OF WEATHER, HIT ICE, ENDED UP DOING APPROXIMATELY 25-30 MPH IN A SLIDE. THREW ME IN A DITCH FRONT FIRST. DID 5671.65 IN DAMAGES ON THE FRONT END ALONE. 63 PARTS REPLACED. AIRBAGS AND ONSTAR DID NOT ACTIVATE. IF MY HUSBAND AND I WERE NOT WEARING OUR SEAT BELTS WE WOULSVE BEEN THROWN OUT THE WINDSHIELD. WHOLE ENTIRE FRONT END WAS IN THE DITCH AND BACK PASSENGER TIRE WAS IN M... Read more
Crash