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 14, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 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: 14V224000 (POWER TRAIN). THE PARTS NEEDED WERE NOT AVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE RECALL REPAIRS. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE AN ESTIMAT... Read more
Incident date: Oct 14, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 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: 14V224000 (POWER TRAIN). THE PARTS NEEDED WERE NOT AVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE RECALL REPAIRS. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE AN ESTIMAT... Read more
Incident date: Oct 8, 2012
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER AND EXCESSIVE FORCE WAS NEEDED TO CONTROL THE STEERING WHEEL. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V400000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, VEHICLE S... Read more
Incident date: Jul 26, 2011
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2001) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Oct 14, 2014
Incident date: Sep 30, 2013
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE BATTERY AND OIL WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE DETAILS OF THE REPAIR WERE UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILUR... Read more
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2001) - ENGINE
Oct 14, 2014
Incident date: Sep 30, 2013
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE BATTERY AND OIL WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE DETAILS OF THE REPAIR WERE UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILUR... Read more
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2005) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Oct 14, 2014
Incident date: Sep 16, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V400000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2008) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Oct 14, 2014
Incident date: Oct 1, 2013
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT HAD TO MAKE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO START THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V400000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 180,000.
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2008) - STEERING
Oct 14, 2014
Incident date: Jul 20, 2013
WE HAVE HAD THE POWER STEERING PUMPED CHANGED 4 TIMES IN THE LAST 2 YEARS. 2012-2014. *TR
Incident date: Jul 9, 2013
WHEN DRIVING SOMETIMES THE VEHICLE WILL JUST SHUT OFF WILL LOSE ALL STEERING AND BRAKES WILL NOT WORK EITHER. *TR
Incident date: Jul 9, 2013
WHEN DRIVING SOMETIMES THE VEHICLE WILL JUST SHUT OFF WILL LOSE ALL STEERING AND BRAKES WILL NOT WORK EITHER. *TR
Incident date: Oct 13, 2014
MY SOLSTICE IS PART OF THE IGNITION RECALL ID # 102546 - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH. DURING THE REPAIR OF THE IGNITION SWITCH REPLACED OCT 13 2014.AND AFTER THE CAR WAS BROUGHT OUT TO ME I NOTICED THE PASSENGER AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT HAD CAME ON. I NOTIFIED THE DEALER THAT THE LIGHT WAS ON THEY RAN A DIAGNOSES AND DETERMINED THAT THE AIRBAG SENSOR GM MODULE KIT HAD FAILED IN THE PASSENGER S... Read more
Incident date: Oct 13, 2014
MY SOLSTICE IS PART OF THE IGNITION RECALL ID # 102546 - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH. DURING THE REPAIR OF THE IGNITION SWITCH REPLACED OCT 13 2014.AND AFTER THE CAR WAS BROUGHT OUT TO ME I NOTICED THE PASSENGER AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT HAD CAME ON. I NOTIFIED THE DEALER THAT THE LIGHT WAS ON THEY RAN A DIAGNOSES AND DETERMINED THAT THE AIRBAG SENSOR GM MODULE KIT HAD FAILED IN THE PASSENGER S... Read more
Incident date: Jul 18, 2014
POWER STEERING ASSIST FREQUENTLY DROPS OUT AT SLOW SPEEDS, REQUIRING STRENUOUS EFFORT TO COMPLETE TURNS. STEERING ASSIST RETURNS WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS ENGAGED. *TR
Incident date: Oct 13, 2014
I HAVE JUST RECEIVED MY FOURTH RECALL NOTICE ONLY ON MY 2007 PONTIAC G-6. I HAVE TWICE SPOKEN WITH SOMEONE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS MATTER, AND WHEN THEY THOUGHT IT MAY BE FIXED. I HAVE CONCERNS ON THIS AS THE CAR DOES HAVE TO BE USED ON A DAILY BASIS, AND OCCASIONAL 350 MILE ROUND TRIP. I AM NOT VERY DISSATISFIED WITH THE WAY THIS IS BEING HANDLED,I DO NOT WANT TO SEE ANOTHER NOTICE OF THE RE... Read more
Incident date: Oct 13, 2014
I HAVE JUST RECEIVED MY FOURTH RECALL NOTICE ONLY ON MY 2007 PONTIAC G-6. I HAVE TWICE SPOKEN WITH SOMEONE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS MATTER, AND WHEN THEY THOUGHT IT MAY BE FIXED. I HAVE CONCERNS ON THIS AS THE CAR DOES HAVE TO BE USED ON A DAILY BASIS, AND OCCASIONAL 350 MILE ROUND TRIP. I AM NOT VERY DISSATISFIED WITH THE WAY THIS IS BEING HANDLED,I DO NOT WANT TO SEE ANOTHER NOTICE OF THE RE... Read more
Incident date: Jan 29, 2014
WHILE DRIVING ON MY WAY TO SCHOOL AND MY CAR BEGAN TO START SLOWING DOWN AND IT WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO STEER THE STEERING WHEEL. IN ADDITION TO THAT THE PEDALS BECAME LESS OPERABLE. I FINALLY WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER MAYBE 15 MINUTES FROM THE COLLEGE IN WHICH I WAS ATTENDING. AS I WAS TRYING TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHEEL THE CAR WENT INTO THE CURB. FINALLY I WAS ABLE TO GAIN CONTROL OF MY CAR ... Read more
Crash
Incident date: Aug 1, 2014
THE HEADLIGHT CONNECTIONS EASILY BECOME CORRODED AND BURNS OUT THE CONNECTION AND THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT WILL NOT WORK. *TR
Incident date: Oct 12, 2014
PARKED CAR WAS DOING FINE CAME TO GET IN CAR AIR BAG ON PASSENGER SIDE FRONT SEAT DIDN'T COME ON THEN IT CAME WHILE DRIVING THEN DRIVER SEAT BELT LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND TURNING OFF FOR A WHILE THEN POPS ON AGAIN WHILE DRIVING PASSENGER SEAT LIGHT AND AIR BAG STAYS ON WHEN PASSENGER LEAVES CAR AND FLASHES SAYING TO PUT ON SEAT BELT BUT NO PASSENGER IS IN CAR THIS ALL HAPPENED OUT OF NOWHERE IT D... Read more
Incident date: Oct 12, 2014
PARKED CAR WAS DOING FINE CAME TO GET IN CAR AIR BAG ON PASSENGER SIDE FRONT SEAT DIDN'T COME ON THEN IT CAME WHILE DRIVING THEN DRIVER SEAT BELT LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND TURNING OFF FOR A WHILE THEN POPS ON AGAIN WHILE DRIVING PASSENGER SEAT LIGHT AND AIR BAG STAYS ON WHEN PASSENGER LEAVES CAR AND FLASHES SAYING TO PUT ON SEAT BELT BUT NO PASSENGER IS IN CAR THIS ALL HAPPENED OUT OF NOWHERE IT D... Read more
Incident date: Oct 12, 2014
PARKED CAR WAS DOING FINE CAME TO GET IN CAR AIR BAG ON PASSENGER SIDE FRONT SEAT DIDN'T COME ON THEN IT CAME WHILE DRIVING THEN DRIVER SEAT BELT LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND TURNING OFF FOR A WHILE THEN POPS ON AGAIN WHILE DRIVING PASSENGER SEAT LIGHT AND AIR BAG STAYS ON WHEN PASSENGER LEAVES CAR AND FLASHES SAYING TO PUT ON SEAT BELT BUT NO PASSENGER IS IN CAR THIS ALL HAPPENED OUT OF NOWHERE IT D... Read more
Incident date: Jun 14, 2014
MY 2009 PONTIAC G6 HAS GAS FUMES COMING FROM IT. I BEEN READING ONLINE AND FOUND NUMBERS OF PROBLEM'S WITH THIS. WITH ALL THE PEOPLE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THIS I THINK GM NEEDS TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE GET HURT OR KILLED. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND HAVE IT RECALLED. *TR
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2006) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Oct 12, 2014
Incident date: Jul 10, 2013
MY LIGHTS GO OFF ON THERE OWN NO WARNING AN THEN THE BRIGHTS COME ON AN STAY ON AN WHEN I TRY YO USE THE SIGNAL LIGHTS ALL THE LIGHTS IN THE CAR CUTS OFF AND WHEN I WAS DRIVING MY BRAKES. SOMETIMES NOT ALL THE TIME THEY'VE BEEN CHECKED SEVERAL TIMES AND EACH TIME THEY HAVE BEEN CHECKED THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH ITAND NOW MY STEERING COLUMN HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT DON'T KNOW WHAT'S CAUSING IT DON'T... Read more
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2006) - SERVICE BRAKES
Oct 12, 2014
Incident date: Jul 10, 2013
MY LIGHTS GO OFF ON THERE OWN NO WARNING AN THEN THE BRIGHTS COME ON AN STAY ON AN WHEN I TRY YO USE THE SIGNAL LIGHTS ALL THE LIGHTS IN THE CAR CUTS OFF AND WHEN I WAS DRIVING MY BRAKES. SOMETIMES NOT ALL THE TIME THEY'VE BEEN CHECKED SEVERAL TIMES AND EACH TIME THEY HAVE BEEN CHECKED THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH ITAND NOW MY STEERING COLUMN HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT DON'T KNOW WHAT'S CAUSING IT DON'T... Read more
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2006) - STEERING
Oct 12, 2014
Incident date: Jul 10, 2013
MY LIGHTS GO OFF ON THERE OWN NO WARNING AN THEN THE BRIGHTS COME ON AN STAY ON AN WHEN I TRY YO USE THE SIGNAL LIGHTS ALL THE LIGHTS IN THE CAR CUTS OFF AND WHEN I WAS DRIVING MY BRAKES. SOMETIMES NOT ALL THE TIME THEY'VE BEEN CHECKED SEVERAL TIMES AND EACH TIME THEY HAVE BEEN CHECKED THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH ITAND NOW MY STEERING COLUMN HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT DON'T KNOW WHAT'S CAUSING IT DON'T... Read more
PONTIAC
BONNEVILLE
(1995) - AIR BAGS
Oct 12, 2014
Incident date: Oct 4, 2014
CRUISING ON THE MASS. TURNPIKE AT 68MPH ON A RAINY NIGHT, THE PASSENGER AIR BAG EXPLODED FOR NO REASON. THE BAG SHATTERED THE WINDSHIELD, BLEW THE MOONROOF UP AND BENT THE RAILS. WHEN SHRAPNEL AND DUST SETTLED, THE DRIVER BAG WENT OFF. I'VE OWNED THIS CAR FOR 17 YEARS AND WAS NEVER MADE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN KNOWN ABOUT FOR SOME TIME. *TR
Incident date: Sep 6, 2014
WHILE DRIVING MY IGNITION SHUT OFF. I LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR, HAVING NO STEERING. I HAD TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP ON A BUSY HIGHWAY AND RESTART THE CAR. IT WAS VERY ALARMING AND DANGEROUS. *TR
Incident date: Apr 17, 2014
TL-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, HE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS PULLING MOTION ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V224000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,000. MF
Incident date: Apr 17, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2007 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING AND ANOTHER VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY CRASHED INTO THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE DOOR. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE NECK AND LEFT THUMB, WHICH DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFAC... Read more
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Oct 2, 2014
THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED IN 07/2013 WITH APPROXIMATELY 60,000 MILES ON THE CAR. THE GROUND CONNECTOR ON THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT SOCKET ON THE DRIVERS SIDE WAS MELTED AND THE LIGHT WOULD NOT WORK. THE CONNECTION WAS CLEANED AND THE BULB WAS REPLACED. THE HEADLIGHT AGAIN WENT OUT AROUND 10/2014 WITH THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT SOCKET HAVING ADDITIONAL MELTING AT THE BULB CONNECTOR AND CORROSION ON THE ... Read more
Incident date: Oct 2, 2014
THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED IN 07/2013 WITH APPROXIMATELY 60,000 MILES ON THE CAR. THE GROUND CONNECTOR ON THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT SOCKET ON THE DRIVERS SIDE WAS MELTED AND THE LIGHT WOULD NOT WORK. THE CONNECTION WAS CLEANED AND THE BULB WAS REPLACED. THE HEADLIGHT AGAIN WENT OUT AROUND 10/2014 WITH THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT SOCKET HAVING ADDITIONAL MELTING AT THE BULB CONNECTOR AND CORROSION ON THE ... Read more
Incident date: Oct 7, 2014
ON OCTOBER 7, 2014, AS I WAS WAITING FOR THE STOP LIGHT TO CHANGE. MY CAR TURNED OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN. ON THE FOLLOWING DAY, AFTER I PARKED MY CAR, I WENT TO START IT, AND IT DIDN'T CRANK AT ALL. I WENT TO GET THE BATTERY, STARTER, AND ALTERNATOR CHECKED, THEY ALL PASSED WITH FLYING COLORS.
Incident date: Oct 7, 2014
ON OCTOBER 7, 2014, AS I WAS WAITING FOR THE STOP LIGHT TO CHANGE. MY CAR TURNED OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN. ON THE FOLLOWING DAY, AFTER I PARKED MY CAR, I WENT TO START IT, AND IT DIDN'T CRANK AT ALL. I WENT TO GET THE BATTERY, STARTER, AND ALTERNATOR CHECKED, THEY ALL PASSED WITH FLYING COLORS.
Incident date: Aug 4, 2011
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CONTINUOUSLY ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SIDE AIR BAG MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000.
PONTIAC
BONNEVILLE
(1996) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Oct 10, 2014
Incident date: Oct 8, 2014
INTERIOR LIGHTING SYSTEM MALFUNCTION. LIGHT'S STAYING ON WHEN CAR IS RUNNING AND SENORS CHIMMING FOR DOORS. *TR
PONTIAC
BONNEVILLE
(1996) - EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Oct 10, 2014
Incident date: Oct 8, 2014
INTERIOR LIGHTING SYSTEM MALFUNCTION. LIGHT'S STAYING ON WHEN CAR IS RUNNING AND SENORS CHIMMING FOR DOORS. *TR
Incident date: Jul 1, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V224000 (POWER TRAIN) WAS RECEIVED IN JULY OF 2014. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACT ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, WHO INFORMED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A SECOND NOTIFICATION IN OCT OF 2014, INFORMING THAT THE PART WAS AVAILABLE BUT THE DEALER INFORMED THAT TH... Read more
Incident date: Aug 1, 2014
THERE IS A CLICKING SOUND LIKE THE SIGNAL LIGHT IS NOT WORKING. WITH OUT HAVING THE SIGNAL IS NOT ON. WE HAVE REPLACED THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH AND THE HAZARD SWITCH. THIS HAS NOT TAKEN CARE OF THE PROBLEM. WE HAVE ALSO SEEN SMOKE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN TWO DIFFERENT TIMES, ONCE BEFORE REPLACING MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH ONE AFTER, THE SOUND IS COMING FROM THE DASH. HAVE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WI... Read more
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2006) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Oct 10, 2014
Incident date: Oct 10, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V400000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL 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.
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2002) - SERVICE BRAKES
Oct 9, 2014
Incident date: Oct 1, 2013
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS ACTIVATED IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MANAGED TO COAST DOWN AN EXIT RAMP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE MANU... Read more
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2005) - AIR BAGS
Oct 9, 2014
Incident date: Oct 1, 2009
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE APPROACHING A STOP, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE SEIZED CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO THE REAR OF THREE VEHICLES. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED BRUISING TO THE CHEST AREA WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED T... Read more
Crash
1 injured
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2005) - SERVICE BRAKES
Oct 9, 2014
Incident date: Oct 1, 2009
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE APPROACHING A STOP, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE SEIZED CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO THE REAR OF THREE VEHICLES. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED BRUISING TO THE CHEST AREA WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED T... Read more
Crash
1 injured
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2005) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Oct 9, 2014
Incident date: Oct 1, 2009
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE APPROACHING A STOP, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE SEIZED CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO THE REAR OF THREE VEHICLES. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED BRUISING TO THE CHEST AREA WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED T... Read more
Crash
1 injured
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2007) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Oct 9, 2014
Incident date: May 17, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, A BURNING ODOR EMITTED INSIDE THE VEHICLE. APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES AFTER TURNING THE ENGINE OFF AND EXITING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED FLAMES COMING FROM THE ROOF OF THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE. THE FLAMES WERE EXTINGUISHED BY THE CONTACT. THE VEHICLE WAS ... Read more
Fire
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2008) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Oct 9, 2014
Incident date: Oct 9, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V400000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2008) - ENGINE
Oct 9, 2014
Incident date: Aug 8, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AS THE ENGINE LOW POWER WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,000.
PONTIAC
BONNEVILLE
(2003) - FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
Oct 9, 2014
Incident date: Nov 1, 2013
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FUEL FUMES EMITTED INTO THE VEHICLE AND ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL INJECTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SUNROOF FAILED TO OPERATE, BOTH SIDE M... Read more
PONTIAC
BONNEVILLE
(2003) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Oct 9, 2014
Incident date: Nov 1, 2013
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FUEL FUMES EMITTED INTO THE VEHICLE AND ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL INJECTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SUNROOF FAILED TO OPERATE, BOTH SIDE M... Read more
Incident date: Oct 6, 2014
THERE WAS A SMELL OF FUEL FROM THE VEHICLE. NO APPEARING LEEK FROM UNDER THE HOOD. WHEN PARKED, NOTICED A LEEK UNDER THE CAR. *TR
Incident date: Aug 1, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT ERUPTED IN FLAMES. THE CONTACT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000.
Fire