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: Oct 7, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT RECEIVED RECALL NOTIFICATIONS FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V252000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL) AND NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE PARTS NEEDED WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE DEALER DID NOT PROVIDE A SPECIFIC DATE WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BECOME AVAIL... Read more
Incident date: Oct 7, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT RECEIVED RECALL NOTIFICATIONS FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V252000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL) AND NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE PARTS NEEDED WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE DEALER DID NOT PROVIDE A SPECIFIC DATE WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BECOME AVAIL... Read more
Incident date: Oct 7, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT RECEIVED RECALL NOTIFICATIONS FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V252000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL) AND NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE PARTS NEEDED WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE DEALER DID NOT PROVIDE A SPECIFIC DATE WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BECOME AVAIL... Read more
Incident date: Apr 2, 2013
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS FAULTY AND WAS LEAKING FLUID. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT SEVERAL UNKNOWN PARTS WERE REPLACED PREVIOUSLY, BUT THE REPAIR DID NOT REMEDY THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE W... Read more
Incident date: Oct 1, 2013
STARTED THE CAR AND THE AIRBAG INDICATOR APPEARED ON MY DASHBOARD. THE PASSENGER AIRBAG INDICATOR SHOWS OFF. REPAIR SHOP INDICATED A FAILED PASSENGER OCCUPANCY SENSOR AND QUOTED A PROHIBITIVELY EXPENSIVE PRICE TO FIX IT. DEFECTIVE SENSOR FAILS AND PREVENTS NORMAL OPERATION OF AIR BAGS. *TR
Incident date: Sep 1, 2006
VEHICLE RANDOMLY SHUTS OFF, USUALLY WHEN IDLING OR STOPPED. CLOCK AND RADIO RESET. CAR CAN EASILY BE RESTARTED, BUT CLOCK AND RADIO MUST BE RESET. HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES. DEALER WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE A PROBLEM ON SEVERAL SERVICE APPOINTMENTS. *TR
Incident date: Sep 20, 2014
BOTH SIDES OF THE PANORAMIC SUN ROOF HAS COME UNATTACHED AND LEAKED IN MY FLOOR ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS AND IS VERY DISTRACTING GETTING DRIPPED ON AND WILL EVENTUALLY CAUSE A WRECK. WORST CAR EVER!!!!! ALSO THE BRAKES ARE TERRIBLE. I'VE DONE SO MUCH WORK MYSELF TO MY BRAKES AND HAD SHOPS DO SOME TOO BECAUSE I CANNOT AFFORD TO REPLACE THE [XXX] THROUGH A SHOP EVER 6 MO. MY PASSENGER SIDE ROTOR LOCKED... Read more
Incident date: Sep 20, 2014
BOTH SIDES OF THE PANORAMIC SUN ROOF HAS COME UNATTACHED AND LEAKED IN MY FLOOR ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS AND IS VERY DISTRACTING GETTING DRIPPED ON AND WILL EVENTUALLY CAUSE A WRECK. WORST CAR EVER!!!!! ALSO THE BRAKES ARE TERRIBLE. I'VE DONE SO MUCH WORK MYSELF TO MY BRAKES AND HAD SHOPS DO SOME TOO BECAUSE I CANNOT AFFORD TO REPLACE THE [XXX] THROUGH A SHOP EVER 6 MO. MY PASSENGER SIDE ROTOR LOCKED... Read more
Incident date: Sep 20, 2014
BOTH SIDES OF THE PANORAMIC SUN ROOF HAS COME UNATTACHED AND LEAKED IN MY FLOOR ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS AND IS VERY DISTRACTING GETTING DRIPPED ON AND WILL EVENTUALLY CAUSE A WRECK. WORST CAR EVER!!!!! ALSO THE BRAKES ARE TERRIBLE. I'VE DONE SO MUCH WORK MYSELF TO MY BRAKES AND HAD SHOPS DO SOME TOO BECAUSE I CANNOT AFFORD TO REPLACE THE [XXX] THROUGH A SHOP EVER 6 MO. MY PASSENGER SIDE ROTOR LOCKED... Read more
Incident date: Sep 2, 2014
2006 PONTIAC G6. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO RECALL REPAIRS. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED AFTER RECEIVING TWO RECALL LETTERS, THE PARTS FINALLY CAME IN. WHEN THE CONSUMER ARRIVED HOME, HER HUSBAND REVIEWED THE INVOICE, AND DISCOVERED THE PARTS, THAT WERE INSTALLED IN THE VEHICLE, WERE RE-MANUFACTURED AND NOT NEW. THE DEALER DENIED, THE PARTS WERE RE-MANUFACTURED. *JB
Incident date: Sep 2, 2014
2006 PONTIAC G6. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO RECALL REPAIRS. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED AFTER RECEIVING TWO RECALL LETTERS, THE PARTS FINALLY CAME IN. WHEN THE CONSUMER ARRIVED HOME, HER HUSBAND REVIEWED THE INVOICE, AND DISCOVERED THE PARTS, THAT WERE INSTALLED IN THE VEHICLE, WERE RE-MANUFACTURED AND NOT NEW. THE DEALER DENIED, THE PARTS WERE RE-MANUFACTURED. *JB
Incident date: Sep 2, 2014
2006 PONTIAC G6. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO RECALL REPAIRS. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED AFTER RECEIVING TWO RECALL LETTERS, THE PARTS FINALLY CAME IN. WHEN THE CONSUMER ARRIVED HOME, HER HUSBAND REVIEWED THE INVOICE, AND DISCOVERED THE PARTS, THAT WERE INSTALLED IN THE VEHICLE, WERE RE-MANUFACTURED AND NOT NEW. THE DEALER DENIED, THE PARTS WERE RE-MANUFACTURED. *JB
Incident date: Sep 2, 2014
2006 PONTIAC G6. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO RECALL REPAIRS. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED AFTER RECEIVING TWO RECALL LETTERS, THE PARTS FINALLY CAME IN. WHEN THE CONSUMER ARRIVED HOME, HER HUSBAND REVIEWED THE INVOICE, AND DISCOVERED THE PARTS, THAT WERE INSTALLED IN THE VEHICLE, WERE RE-MANUFACTURED AND NOT NEW. THE DEALER DENIED, THE PARTS WERE RE-MANUFACTURED. *JB
Incident date: Sep 2, 2014
2006 PONTIAC G6. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO RECALL REPAIRS. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED AFTER RECEIVING TWO RECALL LETTERS, THE PARTS FINALLY CAME IN. WHEN THE CONSUMER ARRIVED HOME, HER HUSBAND REVIEWED THE INVOICE, AND DISCOVERED THE PARTS, THAT WERE INSTALLED IN THE VEHICLE, WERE RE-MANUFACTURED AND NOT NEW. THE DEALER DENIED, THE PARTS WERE RE-MANUFACTURED. *JB
Incident date: Oct 13, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHILD SAFETY LOCK FOR THE REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR FAILED TO ACTIVATE. IN ADDITION, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR FAILED TO LATCH WHEN THE CHILD SAFETY LOCK WAS ACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.
Incident date: Oct 13, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHILD SAFETY LOCK FOR THE REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR FAILED TO ACTIVATE. IN ADDITION, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR FAILED TO LATCH WHEN THE CHILD SAFETY LOCK WAS ACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.
Incident date: Oct 25, 2014
VEHICLE POWER ASSIST STEERING FAILED AT SPEED. *TR
Incident date: Sep 13, 2014
2005 PONTIAC GRAND AM. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE NOT STARTING AND SHUTTING DOWN. *TGW A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP, REPLACED THE CRANK SENSOR AND IGNITION SWITCH. A YEAR LATER, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP, WHERE THE IGNITION CONTROL MODULE WAS REPLACED. ON MARCH 7, 2014, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE SHOP AGAIN, WHERE THE IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER WAS REPLACED. *JB
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2001) - ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
Oct 26, 2014
Incident date: Jun 11, 2013
SOMETIMES THE HEADLIGHTS AND AIR WILL NOT COME UNLESS YOU STOP AND RESTART. IT APPEARS TO BE IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. *TR
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2001) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Oct 26, 2014
Incident date: Jun 11, 2013
SOMETIMES THE HEADLIGHTS AND AIR WILL NOT COME UNLESS YOU STOP AND RESTART. IT APPEARS TO BE IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. *TR
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2001) - EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Oct 26, 2014
Incident date: Jun 11, 2013
SOMETIMES THE HEADLIGHTS AND AIR WILL NOT COME UNLESS YOU STOP AND RESTART. IT APPEARS TO BE IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. *TR
Incident date: Jul 17, 2013
MY HUSBAND AND I BOTH OWN 2009 PONTIAC G8S, AND THE PANEL THAT SURROUNDS THE POWER SEAT BUTTON ON THE SIDE OF THE DRIVER SEAT HAS BROKEN NOT ONCE BUT TWICE ON HIS VEHICLE AND ONCE ON MINE. THE FIRST TIME WE HAD TO PAY TO HAVE IT REPAIRED, IT ONLY LASTED A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR. WE RETURNED TO THE DEALER TO BE TOLD IT WASN'T COVERED BECAUSE IT WAS 1 MONTH MORE THAN THE 12 MO. WARRANTY COVERED. WE... Read more
Incident date: Jul 29, 2014
THE AIR BAG LIGHT GOES ON AND A BELL RINGS ABOUT THREE TIMES AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON AS LONG AS DRIVE THE CAR, IT IS A VERY FRIGHTENING SITUATION. I FEEL VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. SOMETIMES THINKING WOULD IT GO OFF AND MAKE ME HAVE AN ACCIDENT. IF AFRAID TO EVEN LET MY DAUGHTER DRIVE IT. I BOUGHT THE CAR USED IN 2008 SO I DON'T KNOW IF THE PREVIOUS OWNER EVER TOOK IT FOR THE RECALL. I WAS LOOKIN... Read more
Incident date: Aug 9, 2007
I HAD A FLAT TIRE, REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE. I WAS UNAWARE OF THE ACTUAL MILEAGE THAT WAS ON MY CAR AT THAT TIME. PULLED OVER AND CHANGED FLAT TIRE WITH SPARE DOUGHNUT TIRE (WHICH IS A JOKE). I PROCEEDED TO DRIVE OFF AND THE ABS LIGHT IMMEDIATELY CAME ON AND SAID IT WAS DISABLED. I CONTINUED DRIVING TO LES SCHWAB TIRE CENTER IN HOOD RIVER, OR.. THEY SAID THE FLAT WAS NOT REPAIRABLE AND THEY WERE ... Read more
Incident date: Aug 9, 2007
I HAD A FLAT TIRE, REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE. I WAS UNAWARE OF THE ACTUAL MILEAGE THAT WAS ON MY CAR AT THAT TIME. PULLED OVER AND CHANGED FLAT TIRE WITH SPARE DOUGHNUT TIRE (WHICH IS A JOKE). I PROCEEDED TO DRIVE OFF AND THE ABS LIGHT IMMEDIATELY CAME ON AND SAID IT WAS DISABLED. I CONTINUED DRIVING TO LES SCHWAB TIRE CENTER IN HOOD RIVER, OR.. THEY SAID THE FLAT WAS NOT REPAIRABLE AND THEY WERE ... Read more
Incident date: Aug 20, 2014
I WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 30MPH WHEN MY VEHICLE JUST SHUT DOWN W/O WARNING/SYMPTOMS. MY LIGHTS STILL WORKED BUT THE VEHICLE TOTALLY SHUT DOWN AND LOCKED UP OTHERWISE AND I COASTED TO A STOP MID ROADWAY. KEY WAS STUCK IN IGNITION AND IN THE ON POSITION AND WOULDN'T LET ME TURN KEY TO ANY OTHER POSITION AND KEY WOULDN'T COME OUT SO I SAT UNTIL BATTERY DIED WHICH SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF.WHEN VEHICLE INITIA... Read more
Incident date: Aug 20, 2014
I WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 30MPH WHEN MY VEHICLE JUST SHUT DOWN W/O WARNING/SYMPTOMS. MY LIGHTS STILL WORKED BUT THE VEHICLE TOTALLY SHUT DOWN AND LOCKED UP OTHERWISE AND I COASTED TO A STOP MID ROADWAY. KEY WAS STUCK IN IGNITION AND IN THE ON POSITION AND WOULDN'T LET ME TURN KEY TO ANY OTHER POSITION AND KEY WOULDN'T COME OUT SO I SAT UNTIL BATTERY DIED WHICH SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF.WHEN VEHICLE INITIA... Read more
Incident date: Aug 20, 2014
I WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 30MPH WHEN MY VEHICLE JUST SHUT DOWN W/O WARNING/SYMPTOMS. MY LIGHTS STILL WORKED BUT THE VEHICLE TOTALLY SHUT DOWN AND LOCKED UP OTHERWISE AND I COASTED TO A STOP MID ROADWAY. KEY WAS STUCK IN IGNITION AND IN THE ON POSITION AND WOULDN'T LET ME TURN KEY TO ANY OTHER POSITION AND KEY WOULDN'T COME OUT SO I SAT UNTIL BATTERY DIED WHICH SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF.WHEN VEHICLE INITIA... Read more
Incident date: Oct 24, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V224000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM).HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED WAS UNAVAILABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO SPECIFY WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
Incident date: Oct 24, 2014
RECEIVED A LETTER VIA FEDEX FROM GM REGARDING AIR BAG RECALL 14735, ADVISES NO ONE SHOULD OCCUPY THE FRONT SEAT AND HAVE THIS REPAIR DONE IMMEDIATELY. LETTER ALSO STATES I CAN CALL MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP IMMEDIATELY FOR SERVICE, WHICH I DID. LOCAL DEALERSHIP HERE IN HAWAII ADVISES THEY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS RECALL #14735, DO NOT HAVE THE PARTS, DO NOT KNOW WHEN THEY WILL HAVE THE PARTS AND PUT ME... Read more
Incident date: Aug 20, 2010
PASSENGER AIRBAG SENSOR STOPPED WORKING. I HAD NOTICED THE LIGHT/SENSOR NOT COMING ON TWICE BEFORE WHEN I HAD A PASSENGER IN THE SEAT AND IT SHOULD HAVE ENGAGED THE AIRBAG SENSORS. NO INCIDENTS, NO TRAUMA TO THE CAR NOTHING. IT JUST STOPPED. NOW IT NEVER COMES ON AND THERE IS A WARNING MESSAGE ON THE DASH HUD. I'VE READ A LOT OF SIMILAR PROBLEMS AND MALFUNCTIONS WITH PASSENGER AIRBAGS ON OTHER SOL... Read more
Incident date: Sep 3, 2011
THE PASSENGER AIR BAG LIGHT IS ALWAYS ON SHOWING THAT THERE IS A MALFUNCTION WITH AIRBAG. DID SEARCH AND SHOWS MY YEAR AND DATE OF MANUFACTURE THERE IS A RECALL BUT DOESN'T SHOW UP WITH MY VIN NUMBER AND DEALER WILL NOT REPLACE. *TR
Incident date: Oct 18, 2012
PASSENGER SIDE LOW-BEAM HEADLIGHT BURNED OUT. REPLACED BULB. TWO YEARS LATER, DRIVER SIDE LOW-BEAM HEADLIGHT BURNED OUT. REPLACED WITH NEW BULB. TECH SAID HARNESS WAS MELTED AND NO GUARANTEE HOW LONG THE NEW BULB WOULD LAST. THREE WEEKS LATER, NEW BULB BURNED OUT. TECH SAID HARNESSES ON BOTH DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE WERE GROUNDED OUT AND MELTED. COMMENTED THAT IT WAS SURPRISING NO FIRE WAS I... Read more
Incident date: Aug 8, 2014
2007 PONTIAC G6. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO GM RECALL# 13036.* LD THE CONSUMER IS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT.*JB
Incident date: Aug 8, 2014
2007 PONTIAC G6. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO GM RECALL# 13036.* LD THE CONSUMER IS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT.*JB
Incident date: Aug 8, 2014
2007 PONTIAC G6. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO GM RECALL# 13036.* LD THE CONSUMER IS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT.*JB
Incident date: Aug 8, 2014
2007 PONTIAC G6. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO GM RECALL# 13036.* LD THE CONSUMER IS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT.*JB
Incident date: Aug 8, 2014
2007 PONTIAC G6. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO GM RECALL# 13036.* LD THE CONSUMER IS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT.*JB
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2004) - ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
Oct 23, 2014
Incident date: Oct 1, 2014
2004 PONTIAC GT GRAND PRIX. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO RECEIVING RECALL NOTICE AND ELECTRICAL ISSUES. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HE EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL ISSUES, OVER THE YEARS. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD GO OUT. THE A/C FAN MOTOR, AND TAIL LIGHTS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF AT ANY TIME. THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS EVENTUALLY REPLACED. ALSO, THE ENGINE OVERHEATED. *JB THE CONSUMER STAT... Read more
Fire
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2004) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Oct 23, 2014
Incident date: Oct 1, 2014
2004 PONTIAC GT GRAND PRIX. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO RECEIVING RECALL NOTICE AND ELECTRICAL ISSUES. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HE EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL ISSUES, OVER THE YEARS. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD GO OUT. THE A/C FAN MOTOR, AND TAIL LIGHTS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF AT ANY TIME. THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS EVENTUALLY REPLACED. ALSO, THE ENGINE OVERHEATED. *JB THE CONSUMER STAT... Read more
Fire
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2004) - ENGINE
Oct 23, 2014
Incident date: Oct 1, 2014
2004 PONTIAC GT GRAND PRIX. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO RECEIVING RECALL NOTICE AND ELECTRICAL ISSUES. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HE EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL ISSUES, OVER THE YEARS. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD GO OUT. THE A/C FAN MOTOR, AND TAIL LIGHTS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF AT ANY TIME. THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS EVENTUALLY REPLACED. ALSO, THE ENGINE OVERHEATED. *JB THE CONSUMER STAT... Read more
Fire
PONTIAC
BONNEVILLE
(2002) - AIR BAGS
Oct 23, 2014
Incident date: Aug 1, 2010
I HAVE HAD A AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON MY DASH FOR SOME TIME NOW (NOT SURE HOW LONG BUT A COUPLE OF YEARS OR MORE) AND WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THIS DASH INDICATOR WITH THE RECENT AIRBAG RECALLS. MY VIN DOESN'T MATCH ANY SUCH RECALL NOTICES, HOWEVER SOME NEWS WEBSITES (LIKE CBS) INITIALLY INDICTED 2002 -2003 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE'S WERE INCLUDED IN THIS AIRBAG RECALL? THEY ALSO INDICATED THAT VEHICLES... Read more
Incident date: Jul 1, 2014
THIS LIGHT HAS COME ON INDICATING NO AIR BAGS. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. I'VE TAKEN IT INTO THE DEALER FOR THE RECALL ON IGNITION SWITCH AND REPLACEMENT KEYS. THEY CHARGED ME FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF A DEFECTIVE PASSENGER PRESENT SENSOR. THE PART WILL NEED TO BE ORDERED AT A COST OF $761 PLUS LABOR. MY WIFE DOES NOT FEEL SAFE RIDING IN THE CAR NOW. EVERY SOLSTICE ON THE FORUM BOARD REPORTS THIS SAME PRO... Read more
Incident date: Jul 1, 2014
THIS LIGHT HAS COME ON INDICATING NO AIR BAGS. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. I'VE TAKEN IT INTO THE DEALER FOR THE RECALL ON IGNITION SWITCH AND REPLACEMENT KEYS. THEY CHARGED ME FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF A DEFECTIVE PASSENGER PRESENT SENSOR. THE PART WILL NEED TO BE ORDERED AT A COST OF $761 PLUS LABOR. MY WIFE DOES NOT FEEL SAFE RIDING IN THE CAR NOW. EVERY SOLSTICE ON THE FORUM BOARD REPORTS THIS SAME PRO... Read more
Incident date: Jun 8, 2014
DROVE OFF A MOUNTAIN IN WESTERN N.C. DUE TO LOOSE GRAVEL. WENT DOWN OVER 300 YARDS PLUS. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I RECEIVED TWO SKULL FRACTURES AND TWO BROKEN NECK BONES. ALSO, THE SKIN ON MY LEFT ARM, WAS SCRAPED TO THE BONE. NUMEROUS CUTS AND MY ENTIRE BODY WAS SORE. ...UPDATED 10/22/14 *BF
Crash
1 injured
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2004) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Oct 22, 2014
Incident date: Aug 2, 2014
I HAD JUST ARRIVED AT WORK TO BEGIN MY SHIFT..AS I ENTERED THE BUILDING TO GO CLOCK IN WITHIN SEVERAL MINUTES I NOTICED SEVERAL EMPLOYEES EXITING THE BUILDING AND GATHERING OUTSIDE IN THE PARKING LOT..IN THE MIDDLE OF ME ASKN AN EMPLOYEE WHAT WAS GOING ON OUTSIDE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE NOTIFIED ME THAT MY VECHICLE WAS ON FIRE. *TR
Fire
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2004) - ENGINE
Oct 22, 2014
Incident date: Aug 2, 2014
I HAD JUST ARRIVED AT WORK TO BEGIN MY SHIFT..AS I ENTERED THE BUILDING TO GO CLOCK IN WITHIN SEVERAL MINUTES I NOTICED SEVERAL EMPLOYEES EXITING THE BUILDING AND GATHERING OUTSIDE IN THE PARKING LOT..IN THE MIDDLE OF ME ASKN AN EMPLOYEE WHAT WAS GOING ON OUTSIDE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE NOTIFIED ME THAT MY VECHICLE WAS ON FIRE. *TR
Fire
Incident date: Oct 10, 2014
SEAT BELT WOULD NOT UNBUCKLE. WITH A FAIR AMOUNT OF DIFFICULTY AND SOME ASSISTANCE, I WAS ABLE TO SLIP OUT OF SEAT BELT. THE PLASTIC ON THE BUCKLE PORTION OF THE BELT NEAR THE OPENING WHERE THE LATCH SLIDES IN HAD BROKEN INTO SEVERAL PIECES AND LODGED INSIDE THE BUCKLE PREVENTING IT FROM OPENING. AFTER PICKING THE BROKEN PIECES OUT, THE BUCKLE FINALLY RELEASED. A POTENTIALLY SERIOUS PROBLEM. ... Read more
Incident date: Oct 10, 2013
ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH. CAR DOES NOT START EASY. A FEW WEEKS LATER A TIMING CHAIN BROKE
PONTIAC
BONNEVILLE
(2003) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
Oct 21, 2014
Incident date: Mar 1, 2014
PONTIAC BONNEVILLE 2003, CAR WOULD JUST TURN OFF WHILE WE WERE DRIVING. WE DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS TURNING OFF AT FIRST, WE JUST THOUGHT THE STEERING AND BRAKES WERE BECOMING HARD TO WORK. WE WOULD HAVE TO PULL OVER AND TURN THE CAR BACK ON. *JS *TR