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
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
Incident date: May 15, 2013
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE POWER STEERING AND ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY MALFUNCTIONED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE DEALER REPLACED THE POWER STEERING MOTOR, STEERING WHEEL POSITION SENSOR, AND STEERING COLUMN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NO... Read more
PONTIAC
BONNEVILLE
(2003) - POWER TRAIN
Jun 30, 2014
Incident date: Jun 4, 2013
THE CAR WILL FROM TIME TO TIME ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN. ON ONE OCCASION I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP AFTER IT HAD BEEN DOING FOR ABOUT A WEEK, HOWEVER ON THE DAY I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP IT WAS NOT DOING IT AND THE SHOP COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. RECENTLY IT HAD BEEN DOING IT FOR A COUPLE DAYS AND THE MORNING I WAS TAKING IT TO THE SHOP, IT WOULD NOT DO IT SO I DID NOT TAKE IT BECAUSE, AS BEFORE, A... Read more
Incident date: Jun 30, 2014
I PICKED MY VEHICLE UP AT THE DEALERSHIP TODAY FROM HAVING THE IGNITION SWITCH RECALL DONE ON IT(TOOK 2MONTHS) AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE KEY STILL DOES NOT COME OUT OF THE IGNITION WHEN THE CAR IS IN PARK AND THAT I NEED TO PURCHASE AND REPLACE THE SHIFTER TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THIS IS JUST UNACCEPTABLE!! THIS SHOULD ALL BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL!! THAT IS ALL YOU HEAR ABOUT ON THE NEWS IS ABOUT T... Read more
Incident date: Jun 30, 2014
I PICKED MY VEHICLE UP AT THE DEALERSHIP TODAY FROM HAVING THE IGNITION SWITCH RECALL DONE ON IT(TOOK 2MONTHS) AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE KEY STILL DOES NOT COME OUT OF THE IGNITION WHEN THE CAR IS IN PARK AND THAT I NEED TO PURCHASE AND REPLACE THE SHIFTER TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THIS IS JUST UNACCEPTABLE!! THIS SHOULD ALL BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL!! THAT IS ALL YOU HEAR ABOUT ON THE NEWS IS ABOUT T... Read more
Incident date: Jun 28, 2014
THIS IS LIKE THE THIRD EMAIL I WRITE IN REGARDS TO THIS CAR. THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN VERY IRRESPONSIBLE WITH THE PROBLEM AND RECALLS. WITH BEEN WAITING FOR MONTHS FOR THE PART TO ARRIVE SINCE THEY ALREADY MADE US WASTE A DAY TO TELL US THE PARTS AREN'T AVAILABLE. WELL LAST SATURDAY (28 JUNE 2014) THE CAR SHUTOFF GOING DOWNHILL THANK GOD SHE MANAGED TO TAKE CONTROL WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. NOT... Read more
Incident date: Apr 7, 2014
2009 PONTIAC G5. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO IGNITION SWITCH RECALL. *SMD THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE.
Incident date: Apr 7, 2014
2009 PONTIAC G5. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO IGNITION SWITCH RECALL. *SMD THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE.
Incident date: Jun 10, 2013
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000. UPDATED 09/09/14*LJ UPDATED 09/16/2014 *JS
Incident date: Jun 10, 2013
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000. UPDATED 09/09/14*LJ UPDATED 09/16/2014 *JS
Incident date: Jan 8, 2014
IN JANUARY 2014..MY PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON THE DIC SAYING TO SERVICE AIRBAG??? I HAVE VERY FEW PASSENGERS FROM TIME TO TIME..MAYBE THREE A MONTH..NONE ARE HEAVY ENOUGH AS TO PLOP DOWN ON SEAT WITH ENOUGH WEIGHT TO INFLICT DAMAGE ON WHATEVER THE PROBLEM MAY BE!!! ALSO, WHEN I CLEAN THE CAR, I MAKE CERTAIN AS TO NOT KNEEL OR PUT ANY SORT OF WEIGHT AS TO BREAK THE CIRCUIT IN WHICH I'VE BEEN R... Read more
Incident date: Jan 8, 2014
IN JANUARY 2014..MY PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON THE DIC SAYING TO SERVICE AIRBAG??? I HAVE VERY FEW PASSENGERS FROM TIME TO TIME..MAYBE THREE A MONTH..NONE ARE HEAVY ENOUGH AS TO PLOP DOWN ON SEAT WITH ENOUGH WEIGHT TO INFLICT DAMAGE ON WHATEVER THE PROBLEM MAY BE!!! ALSO, WHEN I CLEAN THE CAR, I MAKE CERTAIN AS TO NOT KNEEL OR PUT ANY SORT OF WEIGHT AS TO BREAK THE CIRCUIT IN WHICH I'VE BEEN R... Read more
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(1999) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Jun 29, 2014
Incident date: Aug 27, 2012
ACCORDING TO WITNESSES CAR WENT STRAIGHT WHEN HIGHWAY CURVED. AIR BAGS NEVER WENT OFF, HAD TWO FOBS AND MULTIPLE KEYS. THERE WAS DIP IN ROAD JUST BEFORE CURVE. IGNITION SWITCH? THE CONSUMER'S SON WAS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT. THE ACCIDENT WAS CLASSIFIED AS AN UNKNOWN CAUSE. UPDATED 10/27/14. *JB...UPDATED 11/03/14 *BF UPDATED 4/28/2015 *JS
Crash
1 deaths
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(1999) - AIR BAGS
Jun 29, 2014
Incident date: Aug 27, 2012
ACCORDING TO WITNESSES CAR WENT STRAIGHT WHEN HIGHWAY CURVED. AIR BAGS NEVER WENT OFF, HAD TWO FOBS AND MULTIPLE KEYS. THERE WAS DIP IN ROAD JUST BEFORE CURVE. IGNITION SWITCH? THE CONSUMER'S SON WAS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT. THE ACCIDENT WAS CLASSIFIED AS AN UNKNOWN CAUSE. UPDATED 10/27/14. *JB...UPDATED 11/03/14 *BF UPDATED 4/28/2015 *JS
Crash
1 deaths
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(1999) - STEERING
Jun 29, 2014
Incident date: Aug 27, 2012
ACCORDING TO WITNESSES CAR WENT STRAIGHT WHEN HIGHWAY CURVED. AIR BAGS NEVER WENT OFF, HAD TWO FOBS AND MULTIPLE KEYS. THERE WAS DIP IN ROAD JUST BEFORE CURVE. IGNITION SWITCH? THE CONSUMER'S SON WAS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT. THE ACCIDENT WAS CLASSIFIED AS AN UNKNOWN CAUSE. UPDATED 10/27/14. *JB...UPDATED 11/03/14 *BF UPDATED 4/28/2015 *JS
Crash
1 deaths
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2002) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Jun 29, 2014
Incident date: Jun 15, 1999
THE MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH HAS MALFUNCTIONED THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE ON THESE CARS. THE MALFUNCTION OF THIS SWITCH HAS MEANT THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS DO NOT WORK CAUSING SOMEONE TO RUN INTO THE BACK OF MY CAR AS I WAS SLOWING IN TRAFFIC. THE SHIFT LEVER LOCK WILL NOT ENGAGE LEAVING THE KEYS UNABLE TO BE REMOVED AND THE SHIFTER CAN BE MOVED OUT OF PARK WITHOUT THE BRAKE PEDAL BEING PRESSED. THE I... Read more
Crash
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2002) - SERVICE BRAKES
Jun 29, 2014
Incident date: Jun 15, 1999
THE MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH HAS MALFUNCTIONED THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE ON THESE CARS. THE MALFUNCTION OF THIS SWITCH HAS MEANT THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS DO NOT WORK CAUSING SOMEONE TO RUN INTO THE BACK OF MY CAR AS I WAS SLOWING IN TRAFFIC. THE SHIFT LEVER LOCK WILL NOT ENGAGE LEAVING THE KEYS UNABLE TO BE REMOVED AND THE SHIFTER CAN BE MOVED OUT OF PARK WITHOUT THE BRAKE PEDAL BEING PRESSED. THE I... Read more
Crash
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2002) - VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Jun 29, 2014
Incident date: Jun 15, 1999
THE MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH HAS MALFUNCTIONED THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE ON THESE CARS. THE MALFUNCTION OF THIS SWITCH HAS MEANT THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS DO NOT WORK CAUSING SOMEONE TO RUN INTO THE BACK OF MY CAR AS I WAS SLOWING IN TRAFFIC. THE SHIFT LEVER LOCK WILL NOT ENGAGE LEAVING THE KEYS UNABLE TO BE REMOVED AND THE SHIFTER CAN BE MOVED OUT OF PARK WITHOUT THE BRAKE PEDAL BEING PRESSED. THE I... Read more
Crash
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2002) - EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Jun 29, 2014
Incident date: Jun 15, 1999
THE MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH HAS MALFUNCTIONED THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE ON THESE CARS. THE MALFUNCTION OF THIS SWITCH HAS MEANT THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS DO NOT WORK CAUSING SOMEONE TO RUN INTO THE BACK OF MY CAR AS I WAS SLOWING IN TRAFFIC. THE SHIFT LEVER LOCK WILL NOT ENGAGE LEAVING THE KEYS UNABLE TO BE REMOVED AND THE SHIFTER CAN BE MOVED OUT OF PARK WITHOUT THE BRAKE PEDAL BEING PRESSED. THE I... Read more
Crash
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2006) - POWER TRAIN
Jun 29, 2014
Incident date: Jun 1, 2011
THE INITIAL ISSUE THAT I NOTICED WAS WHEN I WAS DRIVING AT 70MPH AT ABOUT 2000 RPMS THE RPMS WOULD JUMP UP ABOUT 300 RPMS WHEN I WOULD DRIVE AT A STEADY SPEED, JUST FLAT GROUND. IT GOT WORSE AND MORE FREQUENT AS A MONTH WENT ON, SO I THEN BROUGHT TO A GM DEALERSHIP AND THEY DECIDED TO DO A TRANSMISSION SERVICE (FLUID AND FILTER) AND INSPECT WHAT THEY COULD, EVERYTHING "LOOKED GOOD". NOW SINCE TH... Read more
Incident date: Jun 29, 2014
I BOUGHT THE CAR A FEW MONTHS AGO, BUT HAVEN'T BEEN DRIVING IT VERY MUCH AS IT WAS GOING TO BE FOR MY DAUGHTER, WHO DOES NOT HAVE A LICENSE YET. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND IT KEPT ACCELERATING. I DID NOT EVEN HAVE MY FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR. IT GOT UP TO 60 MPH. I PUT ON THE BRAKES VERY HARD AND SWITCHED IT INTO NEUTRAL WHEN I GOT IT SLOWED DOWN, THEN INTO PARK. I PUMPED THE GAS AND IT WENT D... Read more
Incident date: Jun 1, 2010
MY G6 CURRENTLY IS NOT COVERED IN THE RECENT RECALLS FOR THIS PROBLEM (NOT MANUFACTURED IN THE RIGHT MONTH): MY PROBLEM IS THE SAME AS OTHER G6 OWNERS WHERE MY BRAKE LIGHTS WILL ILLUMINATE WHILE DRIVING, AND WILL NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN MY BRAKES ARE APPLIED, WHICH ALSO AFFECTS MY CRUISE CONTROL. OVER THE LAST 3 YEARS I HAVE HAD THE DIELECTRIC LUBRICANT APPLIED 3 TIMES AND AFTER 8-12 MONTHS THE PROBLE... Read more
Incident date: Jun 1, 2010
MY G6 CURRENTLY IS NOT COVERED IN THE RECENT RECALLS FOR THIS PROBLEM (NOT MANUFACTURED IN THE RIGHT MONTH): MY PROBLEM IS THE SAME AS OTHER G6 OWNERS WHERE MY BRAKE LIGHTS WILL ILLUMINATE WHILE DRIVING, AND WILL NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN MY BRAKES ARE APPLIED, WHICH ALSO AFFECTS MY CRUISE CONTROL. OVER THE LAST 3 YEARS I HAVE HAD THE DIELECTRIC LUBRICANT APPLIED 3 TIMES AND AFTER 8-12 MONTHS THE PROBLE... Read more
Incident date: Jun 1, 2010
MY G6 CURRENTLY IS NOT COVERED IN THE RECENT RECALLS FOR THIS PROBLEM (NOT MANUFACTURED IN THE RIGHT MONTH): MY PROBLEM IS THE SAME AS OTHER G6 OWNERS WHERE MY BRAKE LIGHTS WILL ILLUMINATE WHILE DRIVING, AND WILL NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN MY BRAKES ARE APPLIED, WHICH ALSO AFFECTS MY CRUISE CONTROL. OVER THE LAST 3 YEARS I HAVE HAD THE DIELECTRIC LUBRICANT APPLIED 3 TIMES AND AFTER 8-12 MONTHS THE PROBLE... Read more
Incident date: Jan 1, 2010
DOOR LOCKS STOPPED OPENING BACK DOORS OR ON OCCASION WOULDN'T LOCK OR UNLOCK. IF I AM IN A SITUATION AND SOMEONE IS IN BACKSEAT THE DOORS WOULD REMAIN LOCKED. I WOULD HAVE TO ROLL DOWN WINDOWS TO UNLOCK THE BACKSEAT DOORS, BEFORE I COULD GET AN INFANT PASSENGER AND REMOVE FROM CAR SEAT. LORD FORBID I'M ON TRAIN TRACKS. *TR
Incident date: Jan 1, 2010
DOOR LOCKS STOPPED OPENING BACK DOORS OR ON OCCASION WOULDN'T LOCK OR UNLOCK. IF I AM IN A SITUATION AND SOMEONE IS IN BACKSEAT THE DOORS WOULD REMAIN LOCKED. I WOULD HAVE TO ROLL DOWN WINDOWS TO UNLOCK THE BACKSEAT DOORS, BEFORE I COULD GET AN INFANT PASSENGER AND REMOVE FROM CAR SEAT. LORD FORBID I'M ON TRAIN TRACKS. *TR
Incident date: Mar 28, 2013
CAR HAS AN UNBELIEVABLE CLUNKING NOISE WHEN SHIFTING MOSTLY FROM 1ST THRU 3RD GEAR SINCE I PURCHASED IT. AFTER 2 MULTI POINT INSPECTIONS(RESULTS FINE) I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP I PURCHASED IT FROM(IT WAS UNDER ITS 30 DAY FRONT TO BACK WARRANTY), WHEN THEY DROVE IT FOR 50FT SAID YES THERE IS A DEFINITE "CLUNKING" NOISE GOING ON AND WE'LL LOOK INTO IT. THEY TOOK IT TO THEIR PONTIAC/GM DEALERS... Read more