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: Jan 6, 2015
POWER STEERING LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND POWER STEERING GOING TIGHT. *TR
Incident date: Jun 10, 2013
TIRE SENSOR DOES NOT MATCH THE CORRECT TIRES. ALSO, THE SENSOR SAYS THAT ONE OF THE TIRES IS AT ZERO EVEN THOUGH THERE IS AIR IN ALL MY TIRES. BECAUSE OF THIS, THE TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT REMAINS ON. *TR
Incident date: Jun 10, 2013
TIRE SENSOR DOES NOT MATCH THE CORRECT TIRES. ALSO, THE SENSOR SAYS THAT ONE OF THE TIRES IS AT ZERO EVEN THOUGH THERE IS AIR IN ALL MY TIRES. BECAUSE OF THIS, THE TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT REMAINS ON. *TR
Incident date: Jan 4, 2013
REAR PASSENGER DOOR DOES NOT LOCK/UNLOCK WHEN USING THE REMOTE. HAVE TO MANUALLY LOCK/UNLOCK DOOR. ALSO, THE REMOTE LOCK BUTTON DOES NOT WORK CORRECTLY. I HAVE TO PUSH THE BUTTON SEVERAL TIMES FOR IT TO WORK OR SOMETIMES I JUST GIVE UP AND LOCK DOORS FROM INSIDE THE CAR. *TR
Incident date: Jan 4, 2013
REAR PASSENGER DOOR DOES NOT LOCK/UNLOCK WHEN USING THE REMOTE. HAVE TO MANUALLY LOCK/UNLOCK DOOR. ALSO, THE REMOTE LOCK BUTTON DOES NOT WORK CORRECTLY. I HAVE TO PUSH THE BUTTON SEVERAL TIMES FOR IT TO WORK OR SOMETIMES I JUST GIVE UP AND LOCK DOORS FROM INSIDE THE CAR. *TR
Incident date: Dec 1, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STOPPED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT BECAME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SOCKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,000.
Incident date: Nov 24, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V252000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, EXTERIOR LIGHTING SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFAC... Read more
Incident date: Jul 1, 2014
ISSUES WITH LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS RANDOMLY GOING OUT THEN COMING BACK ON AT FIRST FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS, THEN WENT OUT COMPLETELY. REPLACED BULBS (LOW BEAM) WITH SAME PROBLEMS. FINALLY FOUND THAT THE LOW BEAM LIGHT SOCKETS (PRIMARILY PASSENGER SIDE) WERE ARCING AND SHORTING OUT CAUSING BULBS NOT TO WORK. RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED TO HAVE GM REMEDY THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS A CHRONIC PROBLEM WITH THIS LIN... Read more
Incident date: Jul 1, 2014
ISSUES WITH LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS RANDOMLY GOING OUT THEN COMING BACK ON AT FIRST FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS, THEN WENT OUT COMPLETELY. REPLACED BULBS (LOW BEAM) WITH SAME PROBLEMS. FINALLY FOUND THAT THE LOW BEAM LIGHT SOCKETS (PRIMARILY PASSENGER SIDE) WERE ARCING AND SHORTING OUT CAUSING BULBS NOT TO WORK. RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED TO HAVE GM REMEDY THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS A CHRONIC PROBLEM WITH THIS LIN... Read more
Incident date: Jul 1, 2014
ISSUES WITH LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS RANDOMLY GOING OUT THEN COMING BACK ON AT FIRST FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS, THEN WENT OUT COMPLETELY. REPLACED BULBS (LOW BEAM) WITH SAME PROBLEMS. FINALLY FOUND THAT THE LOW BEAM LIGHT SOCKETS (PRIMARILY PASSENGER SIDE) WERE ARCING AND SHORTING OUT CAUSING BULBS NOT TO WORK. RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED TO HAVE GM REMEDY THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS A CHRONIC PROBLEM WITH THIS LIN... Read more
Incident date: Jan 7, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,000.
Incident date: Nov 4, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PLASTIC FUEL PUMP FRACTURED, WHICH CAUSED A FUEL LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP FRACTURED DUE TO HEAT AND VIBRATIONS OF THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,000. UPDATED 2/24/15*CN THE CONSUMER S... Read more
Incident date: Nov 4, 2014
FUEL PUMP RETURN LINE TO TANK LEAKING! THIS LEAK IS JUST ABOVE THE EXHAUST SYSTEM WHICH IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. *TR
Incident date: Jan 1, 2012
AFTER APPROXIMATELY 36,000 MILES I GET A "SERVICE AIR BAG" MESSAGE WHICH INHIBITS THE PASSENGER AIRBAG FROM ARMING REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH SOMEONE WEIGHS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. THIS APPEAR TO BE A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE PONTIAC SOLSTICE AND DIRECTLY AFFECTS THE SAFETY OF AN ADULT PASSENGER SHOULD AN ACCIDENT OCCUR. *TR
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2008) - POWER TRAIN
Jan 8, 2015
Incident date: Jan 6, 2015
I WAS PULLING INTO THE GARAGE AND I SHIFTED INTO PARK, MY CAR CONTINUED ROLLING AS IF I WAS STILL IN DRIVE. I ATTEMPTED TO SWITCH GEARS AND THE GEAR SHIFT HAD NO TRACTION. IT WAS SLIDING BACK AND FORTH B/W THE GEARS AS MY CAR CONTINUED MOVING FORWARD. I THEN SLID IT BACK IN PARK AND SHUT THE ENGINE OFF TO PREVENT THE CAR FROM MOVING. I THEN COULD NOT START MY CAR BECAUSE IT WASN'T TECHNICALLY IN P... Read more
Incident date: Jan 1, 2015
MY AIRBAG LIGHTS SUDDENLY CAME ON AND THE DEALER SHIP SAYS MY AIRBAG MODULE HAS GONE OUT. WHY WOULD A VEHICLE WITH ONLY 62133 MILES AIRBAG MODULE GO OUT, ITS BEEN ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER, CUP HOLDER BROKE FIRST MONTH I HAD CAR, THEN REAR AXLE RECALL,,THEN IGNITION SWITCH AND GOD KNOWS WHAT ELSE.I HAD TO REPLACE BOTH DOOR HANDLES AND THE PASSENGER DOOR WAS HARDLY EVER USED BUT THEY BROKE OFF FROM J... Read more
Incident date: Nov 1, 2012
THE ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM FAILS INTERMITTENTLY. *TR
Incident date: Jan 7, 2015
WHILE DRIVING 2 CHIMES SOUNDED AND POWER STEERING SUDDENLY WENT OUT. WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME, ABOUT 15 MILES, WITHOUT POWER STEERING AND ONCE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF AND BACK ON POWER STEERING RESUMED. IT SEEMS THE 2006 AND 2008 MODELS OF THIS VEHICLE WERE RECALLED FOR SIMILAR COMPLAINTS BUT NOT THE 2007 WHICH I OWN. *TR
Incident date: Jan 27, 2014
TL-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. IN ADDITION, THE KEY REMAINED STUCK IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. DJR
Incident date: Nov 17, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V400000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) HOWEVER, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE CONTINUED IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE REPAIR. THE KEY WOULD NOT START THE IGNITION AND IT BECAME DIFFICULT TO REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFAC... Read more
Incident date: Dec 16, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC GTO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CLUTCH PEDAL BECAME LOOSE AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO SHIFT INTO GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,000.
Incident date: Dec 16, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC GTO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CLUTCH PEDAL BECAME LOOSE AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO SHIFT INTO GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,000.
Incident date: Apr 1, 2014
ANYTIME THERE IS RAIN OR MELTING SNOW, THERE IS A PUDDLE IN THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOORBOARD. DURING COLDER WINTER MONTHS THERE IS MOISTURE INSIDE THE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THIS, CAUSING FOGGING AND EVEN FROST ON THE INSIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD. ALSO HAS CAUSED A DISGUSTING, MOLDY, ROTTEN SMELL THAT IS HARD TO GET RID OF.
Incident date: Sep 17, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE A FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.
Incident date: Dec 24, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 80 MPH, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART, BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 145,000.
Incident date: Jan 1, 2015
WHEN PUTTING MY 2009 PONTIAC G6 INTO PARK THE KEY, SOMETIMES, GETS STUCK IN THE CYLINDER LOCK AND TAKES A LONG TIME TO GET IT OUT SIMILAR TO THE ISSUES GM IS HAVING WITH THE CHEVROLET COBALT AND OTHER OLDER VEHICLES. BECAUSE OF THIS, IT WILL NOT ALLOW ME LOCK THE DOORS. IN AUGUST, A GM EMPLOYEE SUBMITTED A CLAIM ON THEIR HELP THE CUSTOMER WEBSITE. I TOOK IT IN BUT THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLIC... Read more
Incident date: Jun 15, 2013
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE VEERED TO THE LEFT AND TO THE RIGHT INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY EXCESSIVE FORCE TO THE STEERING WHEEL IN ORDER TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE STEERING WHEEL TURNED INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE SENSOR A... Read more
Incident date: Dec 22, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE AIR BAG SYSTEM SHORTED OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN PROVIDED WAS INVALID. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000.
Incident date: Dec 27, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING THE SAME FAILURE LISTED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING).THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAI... Read more
Incident date: Dec 27, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING THE SAME FAILURE LISTED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING).THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAI... Read more
Incident date: Mar 1, 2012
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A TURN, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE DOOR INDEPENDENTLY LOCKED AND UNLOCKED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY WITHOUT THE BRAKE PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED. THE HEADLIGHTS WERE ALSO REPLACED MULTIPLE TIM... Read more
Incident date: Mar 1, 2012
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A TURN, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE DOOR INDEPENDENTLY LOCKED AND UNLOCKED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY WITHOUT THE BRAKE PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED. THE HEADLIGHTS WERE ALSO REPLACED MULTIPLE TIM... Read more
Incident date: Mar 1, 2012
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A TURN, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE DOOR INDEPENDENTLY LOCKED AND UNLOCKED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY WITHOUT THE BRAKE PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED. THE HEADLIGHTS WERE ALSO REPLACED MULTIPLE TIM... Read more
Incident date: Dec 28, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND BECAME UNRESPONSIVE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT AN UNKNOWN WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURE WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,800.
Incident date: Dec 28, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND BECAME UNRESPONSIVE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT AN UNKNOWN WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURE WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,800.
Incident date: Apr 30, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC G6. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REVERSE OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AT A LOW SPEED, THE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY MALFUNCTIONED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF AND THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO OPERATE NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMP... Read more
Incident date: Jan 1, 2015
GM REIMBURSEMENT FOR CONSUMERS OUT-OF-POCKET REPAIR EXPENSES INCURRED PRIOR TO THE GM RECALL. *MW CONSUMER SENT ADDITIONAL CORRESPONDENCE. *SMD THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED HE WOULD NOT RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT, BECAUSE THE KNOWN DEFECT AND CORRECTION WAS NOT APPARENT IN THE REPAIR INVOICE. *JB THE CONSUMER STATED ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS HE AND HIS WIFE EXPERIENCED LOSS OF ENGINE POWER RESULTIN... Read more
Incident date: Nov 14, 2014
BOTH SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAGS(INSIDE SEAT) DEPLOYED WITHOUT A VEHICLE ACCIDENT OR COLLISION.. BOTH MY WIFE AND I WERE STRUCK WITH THE AIRBAGS. OUR 4 CHILDREN WERE IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF DEPLOYMENT. NONE OF THEM WERE STRUCK DIRECTLY BUT THE NOISE INVOLVED WAS VERY LOUD AND POWDER WAS PRESENT IN THE AIR FOLLOWING DEPLOYMENT. VEHICLE IS NOT WORTH REPAIR ACCORDING TO GM . I HAD NOT PLANNED TO PURC... Read more
Incident date: Jan 16, 2014
MY AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE CONSTANTLY GOES ON AND OFF. ALSO I GET A SERVICE AIRBAG WARNING ON MY DASH. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH GM CARS AND I BELIEVE THE 2007 TORRENT WAS RECALLED FOR THIS EXACT ISSUE. *TR
Incident date: Aug 19, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V387000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) BEFORE THE CONTACT OWNED THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE VEHICLE WAS SLOW TO ACCELERATE, AND THE VEHICLE STALLED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR AN ANNUAL INSPECTION AND A CODE INDICATED... Read more
Incident date: Aug 19, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V387000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) BEFORE THE CONTACT OWNED THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE VEHICLE WAS SLOW TO ACCELERATE, AND THE VEHICLE STALLED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR AN ANNUAL INSPECTION AND A CODE INDICATED... Read more
Incident date: Apr 25, 2013
THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW IMPLODED SHOWERING ME WITH GLASS WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE 435 IN THE KANSAS CITY AREA. THIS WAS UNEXPECTED, NEARLY CAUSED ME TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE ON THE RAIN WET ROADWAY WHILE A PANEL TRUCK WAS PASSING ME ON MY LEFT SIDE. I HAVE HEARD OF OTHER INCIDENTS OF THIS NATURE ESTABLISHING A PATTERN OF FAILURE FOR THIS WINDOW AS WELL AS THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT WIN... Read more
Incident date: Oct 14, 2014
LEAKING WATER PUMP - APPEARS TO BE A SEAL. VEHICLE HAS NOT REACHED MAX MILES/KM'S BUT HAS PASSED THE 5 YEAR WARRANTY BUT SHOULD NOT BE FAILING FOR SUCH A LOW AMOUNT OF MILES/KM'S. *TR CAUSES HEATING DELAY. *TR
Incident date: May 5, 2014
THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTER CABLE BROKEN ON THIS CAR. TO REPAIR THE CAR, IT HAD TO BE TOWED AS IT WAS NOT DRIVABLE. GM LATER ISSUED A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. IT IS GM SAFETY RECALL 14152 ISSUED IN JULY 2014, BUT NOTED THERE WERE NO PARTS AVAILABLE FOR THIS RECALL NOTICE. A FOLLOW-UP NOTICE WAS ISSUED BY GM IN SEPTEMBER 2014. I COMPLETED THE CUSTOMER REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST FORM FOR THE REPAIRS ... Read more
Incident date: Dec 29, 2014
I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON THE HIGHWAY AND WENT TO CHANGE LANES AND MY VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT TO STEER. I HAD TO PULL OVER AND HAVE MY CAR HAULED HOME. I HAD A MECHANIC LOOK AT IT AND HE INFORMED ME ABOUT A RECALL FOR THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING ASSIST. I CONTACTED DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED IT AND THEY SAID IT WASN'T PART OF THE RECALL FOR THIS DEFECTIVE PART EVEN THOUGH IT MATCHES THE YE... Read more
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2001) - FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Jan 4, 2015
Incident date: Dec 26, 2014
CAR JUST DIES WHILE DRIVING REPLACED MAF SENSOR MAP SENSOR WAS REPLACED PREVIOUS. TOOK CAR OF PROBLEM. 2 MONTH LATER SPUTTERING CODE CAME BACK CATALYTIC CONVERTER. HAD THAT CUT OFF. 2 WEEKS LATER CAR WON'T START CHANGED CRANKSHAFT SENSOR STARTED BUT MISFIRE COIL PACKS CHANGED AND IGNITION CONTROL MODULE. NEW SPARK PLUGS AND WIRE. CAR STARTED RAN PERFECT. NEXT DAY CAR WOULDN'T START. WENT BACK TO ... Read more
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2001) - ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
Jan 4, 2015
Incident date: Dec 26, 2014
CAR JUST DIES WHILE DRIVING REPLACED MAF SENSOR MAP SENSOR WAS REPLACED PREVIOUS. TOOK CAR OF PROBLEM. 2 MONTH LATER SPUTTERING CODE CAME BACK CATALYTIC CONVERTER. HAD THAT CUT OFF. 2 WEEKS LATER CAR WON'T START CHANGED CRANKSHAFT SENSOR STARTED BUT MISFIRE COIL PACKS CHANGED AND IGNITION CONTROL MODULE. NEW SPARK PLUGS AND WIRE. CAR STARTED RAN PERFECT. NEXT DAY CAR WOULDN'T START. WENT BACK TO ... Read more
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2006) - STEERING
Jan 4, 2015
Incident date: Nov 1, 2014
2006 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX: VEHICLE ENGINE SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING REGARDLESS OF THE SPEED YOU ARE GOING EXAMPLE: 10-65MPH, STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP SO YOU CAN'T PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO AVOID CRASH. A MONTH OR SO BEFORE ENGINE STARTED SHUTTING OFF MY AIRBAG LIGHT AN TONE WAS APPEARING AND ALARMING... I'VE ALMOST BEEN CRASHED INTO 4 TIMES BY SEMI'S AN SCHOOL BUSES. THIS IS VERY SERIOUS AN DANGE... Read more
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2006) - ENGINE
Jan 4, 2015
Incident date: Nov 1, 2014
2006 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX: VEHICLE ENGINE SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING REGARDLESS OF THE SPEED YOU ARE GOING EXAMPLE: 10-65MPH, STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP SO YOU CAN'T PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO AVOID CRASH. A MONTH OR SO BEFORE ENGINE STARTED SHUTTING OFF MY AIRBAG LIGHT AN TONE WAS APPEARING AND ALARMING... I'VE ALMOST BEEN CRASHED INTO 4 TIMES BY SEMI'S AN SCHOOL BUSES. THIS IS VERY SERIOUS AN DANGE... Read more
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2006) - AIR BAGS
Jan 4, 2015
Incident date: Nov 1, 2014
2006 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX: VEHICLE ENGINE SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING REGARDLESS OF THE SPEED YOU ARE GOING EXAMPLE: 10-65MPH, STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP SO YOU CAN'T PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO AVOID CRASH. A MONTH OR SO BEFORE ENGINE STARTED SHUTTING OFF MY AIRBAG LIGHT AN TONE WAS APPEARING AND ALARMING... I'VE ALMOST BEEN CRASHED INTO 4 TIMES BY SEMI'S AN SCHOOL BUSES. THIS IS VERY SERIOUS AN DANGE... Read more