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
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2002) — AIR BAGS
Jul 2, 2014
Incident date: Jun 26, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT WAS INVOLVED IN A VEHICLE CRASH. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AND THE SEAT BELTS FAILED TO PROVIDE RESTRAINT. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 168,000. UPDATED 11/12/14*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE CRASH WAS A HEAD ON COLLISION.... Read more
Crash
2 injured
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2002) — SEAT BELTS
Jul 2, 2014
Incident date: Jun 26, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT WAS INVOLVED IN A VEHICLE CRASH. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AND THE SEAT BELTS FAILED TO PROVIDE RESTRAINT. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 168,000. UPDATED 11/12/14*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE CRASH WAS A HEAD ON COLLISION.... Read more
Crash
2 injured
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2006) — AIR BAGS
Jul 2, 2014
Incident date: Oct 31, 2013
TL - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED THE VEHICLE INTO A DEER. THE VEHICLE SPUN OUT OF CONTROL AND ROLLED OVER MULTIPLE TIMES. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT HAD TO BE CUT FROM THE VEHICLE AND SUSTAINED NECK AND BACK INJURIES. THE CONTACT RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILE... Read more
Crash
1 injured
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2006) — AIR BAGS
Jul 2, 2014
Incident date: Oct 31, 2013
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED THE VEHICLE INTO A DEER. THE VEHICLE SPUN OUT OF CONTROL AND ROLLED OVER MULTIPLE TIMES. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT HAD TO BE CUT FROM THE VEHICLE AND SUSTAINED NECK AND BACK INJURIES. THE CONTACT RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED... Read more
Crash
1 injured
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2007) — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Jul 2, 2014
Incident date: May 7, 2012
MY LOW BEAM HEAD LIGHTS GO OFF INTERMITTENTLY. WE HAVE REPLACED THE RELAY UNDER THE HOOD AS WELL AS SENSORS. THIS HAPPENS ALMOST EVERY TIME WE DRIVE. CLEARLY ITS QUITE A SAFETY ISSUE, THEY HAVE SHUT OFF UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE DRIVING AT A HIGH SPEED ON THE INTERSTATE IN THE PITCH BLACK OF NIGHT. *TR
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2007) — EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Jul 2, 2014
Incident date: May 7, 2012
MY LOW BEAM HEAD LIGHTS GO OFF INTERMITTENTLY. WE HAVE REPLACED THE RELAY UNDER THE HOOD AS WELL AS SENSORS. THIS HAPPENS ALMOST EVERY TIME WE DRIVE. CLEARLY ITS QUITE A SAFETY ISSUE, THEY HAVE SHUT OFF UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE DRIVING AT A HIGH SPEED ON THE INTERSTATE IN THE PITCH BLACK OF NIGHT. *TR
PONTIAC
BONNEVILLE
(2002) — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
Jul 2, 2014
Incident date: Apr 8, 2014
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 295 IN NJ MY VEHICLE STALLED. THE STALLED AND ALMOST CAUSED A NEAR FATAL ACCIDENT WITH A SEMI. THE VEHICLE AFTER 20 MINUTES AND NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS THE VEHICLE STARTED BACK UP AND I DECIDED TO TRY AND MAKE IT HOME BY TAKING BACK ROADS AWAY FROM THE INTERSTATE. THE VEHICLE STALLED 4 MORE TIMES BEFORE I COULD GET IT HOME. I WAS VISIBLY SHAKEN UPSET AND SCARE... Read more
Incident date: Feb 16, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND ALL OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE STEERING COLUMN AND TORQUE SENSOR. THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 111,000.
Incident date: Jun 28, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G5. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FUEL FUMES WERE EMITTED IN AND AROUND THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP WAS CRACKED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 70,000.
Incident date: Apr 12, 2014
WENT TO GET IN MY CAR AT THE STORE AND THE SECURITY LIGHT WAS ON AND CAR WOULDN'T START HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED ACROSS TOWN. THEN I READ THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES. NOW I HEAR GM IS RECALLING FOR IGNITION SWITCH. WHICH IS WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY VEHICLE. IM AFRAID IT WILL HAPPEN WHILE IM DRIVING. LETS HOPE NOT. WENT TO THE GM WEB PAGE THEY SAID IT WASN'T RECALLED AND THEN I SEE IT ... Read more
Incident date: Apr 12, 2014
WENT TO GET IN MY CAR AT THE STORE AND THE SECURITY LIGHT WAS ON AND CAR WOULDN'T START HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED ACROSS TOWN. THEN I READ THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES. NOW I HEAR GM IS RECALLING FOR IGNITION SWITCH. WHICH IS WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY VEHICLE. IM AFRAID IT WILL HAPPEN WHILE IM DRIVING. LETS HOPE NOT. WENT TO THE GM WEB PAGE THEY SAID IT WASN'T RECALLED AND THEN I SEE IT ... Read more
Incident date: Jul 1, 2013
PARKED CAR TO SHOP. UPON RETURNING, CAR WOULD NOT START. HAD TOWED AND WAS TOLD IT WAS SAFETY SWITCH FOR IGNITION. DURING THIS TIME A CLICKING SOUND WOULD EMIT PERIODICALLY FROM THE IGNITION OR TURN SIGNAL ASSEMBLIES. HAD IGNITION ASSEMBLY REPLACED. WORKED FOR A WHILE AND THEN DECEMBER OF 2013, CLICKING SOUND REAPPEARED AND HASN'T STOPPED. *TR
Incident date: Jun 23, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WAS VEERING TO THE LEFT AND THE STEERING WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. ALSO, THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V153000 (STEERING). THE VEHICLE WAS TO BE INSPECTED, DIAGNOSED AND R... Read more
Incident date: Jul 1, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE SENSOR LIGHT SUDDENLY ILLUMINATED AND A CHIME SOUNDED BEFORE THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND FUNCTIONED NORMALLY BUT THE GAUGES WERE INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,000.
Incident date: Jul 1, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE SENSOR LIGHT SUDDENLY ILLUMINATED AND A CHIME SOUNDED BEFORE THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND FUNCTIONED NORMALLY BUT THE GAUGES WERE INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,000.
Incident date: Jun 10, 2014
I WENT TO TURN RIGHT INTO THE PARKING LOT AT WORK AND WHEN I HIT THE BRAKE THE STEERING WHEEL WOULDN'T TURN. I HIT THE BRAKES TO AVOID HITTING THE DITCH AND THEN THE STEERING WHEEL TURNED. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES AND IT SEEMS TO BE WHEN I AM TRYING TO MAKE A TURN OF SOME SORT. *TR
Incident date: Jun 17, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC SOLSTICE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 14V047000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 108,000.
Incident date: Apr 10, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC SOLSTICE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED UNDER RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14E021000 (ENGINE). THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS MADE AWARE THAT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE IN ORDER TO PERFORM THE REPAIRS FOR THE RECALL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIRS. THE C... Read more
Incident date: Jun 25, 2014
TL * THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 PONTIAC SUNFIRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SMOKE WAS EMITTING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE HE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL SHORT CAUSING THE WIRES TO MELT TOGETHER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH MALFUNCTIONED. AS A RESULT, THE STEERING COLUMN... Read more
Fire
Incident date: Jun 25, 2014
TL * THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 PONTIAC SUNFIRE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SMOKE WAS EMITTING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE HE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL SHORT CAUSING THE WIRES TO MELT TOGETHER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH MALFUNCTIONED. AS A RESULT, THE STEERING COLUMN... Read more
Fire
Incident date: Jun 21, 2014
WE WERE TAKING MY CHILDREN TO THE CIRCUS ON 695 WEST DOING 60 MPH WHEN THE LIGHT SHOWING THAT THE CAR HAD OVERHEATED AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WHILE DOING 60 MPH THE CAR JUST STOPS IN THE ON THE BELTWAY. WE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. THERE WAS NO POWER WHATSOEVER. THE WINDOWS WOULDN'T EVEN ROLL UP. THIS CAR NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED AND A FUEL PUMP AND WE GOT THE CAR BACK ... Read more
Incident date: Jun 21, 2014
WE WERE TAKING MY CHILDREN TO THE CIRCUS ON 695 WEST DOING 60 MPH WHEN THE LIGHT SHOWING THAT THE CAR HAD OVERHEATED AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WHILE DOING 60 MPH THE CAR JUST STOPS IN THE ON THE BELTWAY. WE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. THERE WAS NO POWER WHATSOEVER. THE WINDOWS WOULDN'T EVEN ROLL UP. THIS CAR NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED AND A FUEL PUMP AND WE GOT THE CAR BACK ... Read more
Incident date: Jan 2, 2014
THE IGNITION OFTEN SLIPS INTO ACCESSORY MODE AND MY CAR WILL BE DEAD THE NEXT MORNING. VERY ANNOYING. THE GEAR SHIFT WILL ALSO SHIFT IF YOU ACCIDENTALLY KNOCK IT WHILE DRIVING EVEN WITHOUT PRESSING THE BUTTON. *TR
Incident date: Jan 2, 2014
THE IGNITION OFTEN SLIPS INTO ACCESSORY MODE AND MY CAR WILL BE DEAD THE NEXT MORNING. VERY ANNOYING. THE GEAR SHIFT WILL ALSO SHIFT IF YOU ACCIDENTALLY KNOCK IT WHILE DRIVING EVEN WITHOUT PRESSING THE BUTTON. *TR
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2004) — EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Jul 1, 2014
Incident date: Oct 9, 2013
I WAS DRIVING TO CHURCH IT HAD JUST GOT DARK A CAR APPROACHED ME WITH HIGH BEAMS ON, WHEN I WENT TO FLICKER MY SWITCH FROM LOW TO HIGH MY LIGHTS WENT OUT COMPLETELY I WAS SCARED TO DEATH IT WAS PITCH BLACK COULDN'T SEE WHERE I WAS GOING AND THEN THEY CAME BACK ON I WAS IN A FIELD, THANK GOD IT WAS A COUNTRY ROAD I MAY HAVE HURT MYSELF OR SOMEONE ELSE, THE WINDOWS ON MY CAR HAVE BEEN REPLACED ALL O... Read more
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2007) — EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Jul 1, 2014
Incident date: Jun 18, 2014
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED WE HAVE ALREADY FIXED THIS PROBLEM 3 TIMES WITCH THE SWITCH COST US 210.00 DOLLARS TO HAVE REPLACED AND THAT IS JUST THE PART. I WILL BE DRIVING AT NIGHT AND MY LIGHTS JUST TURN OFF AND NEVER COME BACK ON!!! I HAVE ALMOST BEEN IN A WRECK DUE TO THIS PROBLEM SO I BELIEVE SOMEONE NEEDS TO DO SOME RESEARCH ON THE PONTIAC CONTROL SWITCH THAT OPERATES LIGHTS BLI... Read more
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(1997) — SUSPENSION
Jun 30, 2014
Incident date: May 15, 2014
2 ADULTS IN BACK SEAT. LEFT REAR SUSPENSION STRUT TORE THROUGH THE METAL OF THE TRUNK AND CAME UP INTO THE TRUNK, COMPROMISING VEHICLE HANDLING AND POTENTIAL LOSS OF CONTROL AND REAR BRAKES, MAKING THE VEHICLE UNSAFE TO OPERATE. *TR
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2007) — POWER TRAIN
Jun 30, 2014
Incident date: Jun 19, 2014
VEHICLE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS PROPERLY, THEN SHIFTED EXTREMELY HARD INTO GEAR. THIS IS A GRAND PRIX GXP MODEL AND AS I HAVE RESEARCHED, THIS TRANSMISSION FAILS AT AN EXCESSIVE RATE. IT IS SUPPOSEDLY A HEAVY DUTY MODEL OF THE TRANSAXLES USED IN THE V6 MODEL, HOWEVER IT RUNS VERY HOT ( FACTORY EXTERNAL COOLER SHOULD HAVE BEEN USED) AND WEARS OUT VERY EARLY. IT HAS FAILED TO SHIFT PR... Read more
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2007) — POWER TRAIN
Jun 30, 2014
Incident date: Feb 20, 2014
I PURCHASE VEHICLE IN 02/19/2014 AND HAD PROBLEMS FROM WATER PUMP CAR WILL NOT GO IN REVERSE AND IT GET STUCK WHEN YOU PLACE IT IN DRIVE IT PRESS ON THE GAS PEDAL LIKE ITS IN PARK. WHEN I'M SITTING ON A SLIGHT HILL IT GOES IN REVERSE AND SHUTS COMPLETELY OFF. THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE GOES UP AND I HAVEN'T DROVE THE CAR FOR A GOOD 15 MIN THE CAR HAS BEEN IN THE REPAIR 4 TIMES SINCE I'VE PURCHASE I... Read more
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2007) — EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Jun 30, 2014
Incident date: May 25, 2014
MY WIFE AND I WERE DRIVING HOME FROM HOUSTON AIRPORT. THE LOW BEAM LIGHTS SHUT OFF AND WE WE'RE UNABLE TO GET THEM TO TURN BACK ON WE PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WE WERE ABLE TO USE THE HIGH BEAMS BUT THE LOW BEAMS DID NOT WORK AFTER 2 MINUTES THEY CAME BACK ON BY THERE SELF. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME IN THE PAST ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. *TR
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2007) — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Jun 30, 2014
Incident date: Jun 27, 2014
PUSH BUTTON TO TURN ON AC HAD NOT BEEN WORKING FRO 1 WEEK. WAS TOLD IT WAS MOST LIKELY THE RELAY FUSE. DROVE CAR TO WORK WITHOUT COMPLICATIONS. WORKED 13 HRS AND WHEN I GOT OFF WORK CAR STARTED WITHOUT PROBLEMS. NOTICED BOTH THE HEAD LIGHTS WHERE NOT WORKING. HIGH BEAMS WORKED FINE AND SO DID THE FOG LIGHTS, BUT THE LOW BEAMS WOULDN'T LIGHT UP. I CHECKED THE 'UNDER THE HOOD FUSE BOX'. IT LOOKED FI... Read more
Fire
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2007) — EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Jun 30, 2014
Incident date: Jun 27, 2014
PUSH BUTTON TO TURN ON AC HAD NOT BEEN WORKING FRO 1 WEEK. WAS TOLD IT WAS MOST LIKELY THE RELAY FUSE. DROVE CAR TO WORK WITHOUT COMPLICATIONS. WORKED 13 HRS AND WHEN I GOT OFF WORK CAR STARTED WITHOUT PROBLEMS. NOTICED BOTH THE HEAD LIGHTS WHERE NOT WORKING. HIGH BEAMS WORKED FINE AND SO DID THE FOG LIGHTS, BUT THE LOW BEAMS WOULDN'T LIGHT UP. I CHECKED THE 'UNDER THE HOOD FUSE BOX'. IT LOOKED FI... Read more
Fire
Incident date: Jun 20, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO TURN, THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED. THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED AND WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. IN ADDITION, THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA ... Read more
Incident date: May 6, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS NOT DEPRESSED AND FAILED TO ILLUMINATE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. IN ADDITION, THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO DEACTIVATE AND THE VEHICLE KEPT ACCELERATING WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOT... Read more
Incident date: May 6, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS NOT DEPRESSED AND FAILED TO ILLUMINATE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. IN ADDITION, THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO DEACTIVATE AND THE VEHICLE KEPT ACCELERATING WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOT... Read more
Incident date: Feb 27, 2014
AS THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN. IT LOST ALL POWER STEERING AND STEERING GOT EXTREMELY FIRM AND COULD BARELY GET TO THE SIDE OF ROAD WITHOUT BEING STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. SHUT VEHICLE OFF WAITED RESTARTED IT. STEERING WHEEL THEN VIBRATED OR BACK AND FORTH VISIBLY DROVE A LITTLE MORE SAME INCIDENT AGAIN. THIS REPEATED TILL VEHICLE MADE IT HOME AND HAS SAT SINCE THEN. CONTACTED GM THEY REFUSE TO ... Read more
Incident date: Jun 7, 2011
THE BRAKE PEDAL PRESSURE SWITCH MALFUNCTIONS CAUSING THE BRAKE LIGHTS TO ILLUMINATE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS NOT DEPRESSED (I.E. WHILE BOTH PARKED AND DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD). THIS DISABLES THE CRUISE CONTROL MECHANISM. THE BRAKE LIGHTS, WHICH ARE CONSTANTLY ILLUMINATED, THEN TURN OFF WHEN THE BRAKES ARE PRESSED (UNDER LIGHT TO NORMAL BRAKING). THE BRAKE LIGHTS DO ILLUMINATE AGAIN IF YOU CONTINUE... Read more
Incident date: Jun 7, 2011
THE BRAKE PEDAL PRESSURE SWITCH MALFUNCTIONS CAUSING THE BRAKE LIGHTS TO ILLUMINATE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS NOT DEPRESSED (I.E. WHILE BOTH PARKED AND DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD). THIS DISABLES THE CRUISE CONTROL MECHANISM. THE BRAKE LIGHTS, WHICH ARE CONSTANTLY ILLUMINATED, THEN TURN OFF WHEN THE BRAKES ARE PRESSED (UNDER LIGHT TO NORMAL BRAKING). THE BRAKE LIGHTS DO ILLUMINATE AGAIN IF YOU CONTINUE... Read more
Incident date: Apr 1, 2010
BRAKE LIGHTS REMAIN ON WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS NOT PUSHED, BUT GO OFF WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS PUSHED, JUST THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN. FOLLOWING VEHICLES CANNOT BE SIGNALED WHEN SLOWING DOWN CREATING DANGER OF A REAR END COLLISION. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT CAN TELL IT IS HAPPENING WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK. *TR
Incident date: Apr 1, 2010
BRAKE LIGHTS REMAIN ON WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS NOT PUSHED, BUT GO OFF WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS PUSHED, JUST THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN. FOLLOWING VEHICLES CANNOT BE SIGNALED WHEN SLOWING DOWN CREATING DANGER OF A REAR END COLLISION. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT CAN TELL IT IS HAPPENING WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK. *TR
Incident date: Apr 1, 2010
BRAKE LIGHTS REMAIN ON WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS NOT PUSHED, BUT GO OFF WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS PUSHED, JUST THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN. FOLLOWING VEHICLES CANNOT BE SIGNALED WHEN SLOWING DOWN CREATING DANGER OF A REAR END COLLISION. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT CAN TELL IT IS HAPPENING WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK. *TR
Incident date: May 3, 2010
LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS GO OUT OFTEN AND BOTH LIGHTS WILL GO OUT WITHOUT WARNING. THE HIGH BEAM LIGHTS WORK OK BUT CANNOT BE DIMMED FOR ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHEN THIS HAPPENS. CHANGING BULBS DOES NOT FIX THIS PROBLEM. *TR
Incident date: May 3, 2010
LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS GO OUT OFTEN AND BOTH LIGHTS WILL GO OUT WITHOUT WARNING. THE HIGH BEAM LIGHTS WORK OK BUT CANNOT BE DIMMED FOR ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHEN THIS HAPPENS. CHANGING BULBS DOES NOT FIX THIS PROBLEM. *TR
Incident date: Apr 12, 2011
STEERING WHEEL CONTINUES TO SHAKE AND IS HARD TO CONTROL, ESPECIALLY FOR A SMALLER WOMAN. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON NOW FOR OVER TWO YEARS AND IS GETTING WORSE. AT FIRST THE LIGHT ONLY CAME ON, THEN IT SHOOK HERE AND THERE OR IT WOULD SHAKE UNTIL THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT CAME ON THEN THE SHAKING WOULD STOP. NOW IT IS SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLE AND LIKE I HAVE MENTIONED IT IS HARD FOR ME TO HANDLE... Read more
Incident date: Dec 1, 2011
WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING EITHER ONE HEADLIGHT WILL GO OUT AND THEN COME BACK ON. THEN THE OPPOSITE HEADLIGHT WILL GO OUT AND THEN COMEBACK ON. THEN SOMETIMES BOTH HEADLIGHTS WILL GO OUT AT THE SAME TIME. I'VE HAD PEOPLE FLASH THEIR LIGHTS AT ME THINKING I AM HIGH BEAMING THEM WHEN ONE OF MY HEADLIGHTS TURN BACK ON. I ALSO HAD A SPUN BEARING IN THE BOTTOM END OF THE ENGINE WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ... Read more
Incident date: Dec 1, 2011
WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING EITHER ONE HEADLIGHT WILL GO OUT AND THEN COME BACK ON. THEN THE OPPOSITE HEADLIGHT WILL GO OUT AND THEN COMEBACK ON. THEN SOMETIMES BOTH HEADLIGHTS WILL GO OUT AT THE SAME TIME. I'VE HAD PEOPLE FLASH THEIR LIGHTS AT ME THINKING I AM HIGH BEAMING THEM WHEN ONE OF MY HEADLIGHTS TURN BACK ON. I ALSO HAD A SPUN BEARING IN THE BOTTOM END OF THE ENGINE WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ... Read more
Incident date: Dec 1, 2011
WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING EITHER ONE HEADLIGHT WILL GO OUT AND THEN COME BACK ON. THEN THE OPPOSITE HEADLIGHT WILL GO OUT AND THEN COMEBACK ON. THEN SOMETIMES BOTH HEADLIGHTS WILL GO OUT AT THE SAME TIME. I'VE HAD PEOPLE FLASH THEIR LIGHTS AT ME THINKING I AM HIGH BEAMING THEM WHEN ONE OF MY HEADLIGHTS TURN BACK ON. I ALSO HAD A SPUN BEARING IN THE BOTTOM END OF THE ENGINE WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ... Read more
Incident date: May 15, 2014
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD BEING FOLLOWED BY MY WIFE WHO INFORMED ME THAT AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD MY BRAKE LIGHTS WERE ON BUT WHEN I HIT THE BRAKES MY BRAKE LIGHTS WENT OFF. AS DAYS WENT BY IT CONTINUED TO DO THE BRAKE LIGHTING FAULT WHEN I NOTICED THAT ATTEMPTING TO SET CRUISE CONTROL WAS QUITE DIFFICULT. I'M NOT SURE ABOUT YOU BUT FAULTY BRAKE LIGHTING IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. TO THIS ... Read more
Incident date: May 15, 2014
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD BEING FOLLOWED BY MY WIFE WHO INFORMED ME THAT AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD MY BRAKE LIGHTS WERE ON BUT WHEN I HIT THE BRAKES MY BRAKE LIGHTS WENT OFF. AS DAYS WENT BY IT CONTINUED TO DO THE BRAKE LIGHTING FAULT WHEN I NOTICED THAT ATTEMPTING TO SET CRUISE CONTROL WAS QUITE DIFFICULT. I'M NOT SURE ABOUT YOU BUT FAULTY BRAKE LIGHTING IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. TO THIS ... Read more
Incident date: May 15, 2014
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD BEING FOLLOWED BY MY WIFE WHO INFORMED ME THAT AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD MY BRAKE LIGHTS WERE ON BUT WHEN I HIT THE BRAKES MY BRAKE LIGHTS WENT OFF. AS DAYS WENT BY IT CONTINUED TO DO THE BRAKE LIGHTING FAULT WHEN I NOTICED THAT ATTEMPTING TO SET CRUISE CONTROL WAS QUITE DIFFICULT. I'M NOT SURE ABOUT YOU BUT FAULTY BRAKE LIGHTING IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. TO THIS ... Read more