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: Jun 22, 2014
IT'S STARTS WITH BEING HARD TO GET MY CAR OUT OF GEAR. THEN MY CRUISE CONTROL GOES OUT & THEN MY BRAKE LIGHT STAYS ON WHILE I'M DRIVING, BUT WHEN I BRAKE, THE LIGHT GOES OFF. IT'S THE LIGHT AT THE BOTTOM OF MY REAR WINDOW. I CAN SEE THE REFLECTION IN MY REAR WINDOW. *TR
Incident date: Apr 1, 2014
TL ' THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE BRAKE LIGHTS ON THE VEHICLE WOULD EITHER ILLUMINATE RANDOMLY OR FAIL TO ILLUMINATE COMPLETELY WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V252000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, VEHICLE SPEED C... Read more
Incident date: Apr 1, 2014
TL ' THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE BRAKE LIGHTS ON THE VEHICLE WOULD EITHER ILLUMINATE RANDOMLY OR FAIL TO ILLUMINATE COMPLETELY WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V252000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, VEHICLE SPEED C... Read more
Incident date: Apr 1, 2014
TL ' THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE BRAKE LIGHTS ON THE VEHICLE WOULD EITHER ILLUMINATE RANDOMLY OR FAIL TO ILLUMINATE COMPLETELY WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V252000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, VEHICLE SPEED C... Read more
Incident date: Feb 18, 2014
THE AIRBAG LIGHT HAS CAME ON AND THE PASSENGER SEAT WILL NOT SHOW SOMEONE IS SITTING IN IT FOR THE PASSENGER AIRBAGS. THE LIGHT FIRST CAME ON IN FEBRUARY BUT WENT OFF A FEW DAYS LATER IT THEN CAME BACK ON IN MARCH AND WILL NOT SHUT OFF. THE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT FIX IT BECAUSE THERE IS NO RECALL ON IT. IF A CRASH HAPPENS MY AIRBAGS WILL NOT WORK. ALSO I HAVE HAD MY ENGINE FOR MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS RE... Read more
Incident date: Feb 18, 2014
THE AIRBAG LIGHT HAS CAME ON AND THE PASSENGER SEAT WILL NOT SHOW SOMEONE IS SITTING IN IT FOR THE PASSENGER AIRBAGS. THE LIGHT FIRST CAME ON IN FEBRUARY BUT WENT OFF A FEW DAYS LATER IT THEN CAME BACK ON IN MARCH AND WILL NOT SHUT OFF. THE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT FIX IT BECAUSE THERE IS NO RECALL ON IT. IF A CRASH HAPPENS MY AIRBAGS WILL NOT WORK. ALSO I HAVE HAD MY ENGINE FOR MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS RE... Read more
Incident date: Feb 18, 2014
THE AIRBAG LIGHT HAS CAME ON AND THE PASSENGER SEAT WILL NOT SHOW SOMEONE IS SITTING IN IT FOR THE PASSENGER AIRBAGS. THE LIGHT FIRST CAME ON IN FEBRUARY BUT WENT OFF A FEW DAYS LATER IT THEN CAME BACK ON IN MARCH AND WILL NOT SHUT OFF. THE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT FIX IT BECAUSE THERE IS NO RECALL ON IT. IF A CRASH HAPPENS MY AIRBAGS WILL NOT WORK. ALSO I HAVE HAD MY ENGINE FOR MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS RE... Read more
Incident date: Jun 4, 2014
THE SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON AND SO DOES THE TIRE INFLATION WARNING AT START UP AND STAYS ON.. THIS USE TO BE OCCASIONALLY AND THEN NOT COME ON THE NEXT TIME YOU STARTED IT ...NOW IT DOES IT ALMOST CONTINUALLY..ALSO THE SEATS ELECTRIC HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT HAS BROKEN FREE OF THE BASE ON THE FLOOR...THE WELD HAS BROKEN ON THE TUBE ON THE BASE OF THERE CAR...I SEE SO MANY OTHER CAR OWNERS WITH THE ... Read more
Incident date: Jun 4, 2014
THE SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON AND SO DOES THE TIRE INFLATION WARNING AT START UP AND STAYS ON.. THIS USE TO BE OCCASIONALLY AND THEN NOT COME ON THE NEXT TIME YOU STARTED IT ...NOW IT DOES IT ALMOST CONTINUALLY..ALSO THE SEATS ELECTRIC HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT HAS BROKEN FREE OF THE BASE ON THE FLOOR...THE WELD HAS BROKEN ON THE TUBE ON THE BASE OF THERE CAR...I SEE SO MANY OTHER CAR OWNERS WITH THE ... Read more
Incident date: Jun 4, 2014
THE SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON AND SO DOES THE TIRE INFLATION WARNING AT START UP AND STAYS ON.. THIS USE TO BE OCCASIONALLY AND THEN NOT COME ON THE NEXT TIME YOU STARTED IT ...NOW IT DOES IT ALMOST CONTINUALLY..ALSO THE SEATS ELECTRIC HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT HAS BROKEN FREE OF THE BASE ON THE FLOOR...THE WELD HAS BROKEN ON THE TUBE ON THE BASE OF THERE CAR...I SEE SO MANY OTHER CAR OWNERS WITH THE ... Read more
Incident date: May 7, 2014
REPLACED THE POWER STEERING UNIT AND INTERMEDIATE SHAFT PER GM DEALER RECOMMENDATION. COST $1200. *TR
Incident date: May 13, 2014
VEHICLE BATTERY WAS DRAINED OVERNIGHT FROM CONSUMER ELECTRONICS (DVD CHARGING, GPS) TO THE POINT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START NEAR ZERO VOLTAGE WITH INSIDE LIGHTS SHUTTING OFF. CHARGED WITH 10 AMP BATTERY CHARGER TO FULL BATTERY. AFTERWARDS KEY FOBS WOULD NOT WORK. DID NOT THINK MUCH OF IT. AFTER A FEW DAYS OF DRIVING NOTICED THE TIRE PRESSURE INFO WAS ALL -- (NOT POSTING). TIRE PRESSURE SYSTEM... Read more
Incident date: May 13, 2014
VEHICLE BATTERY WAS DRAINED OVERNIGHT FROM CONSUMER ELECTRONICS (DVD CHARGING, GPS) TO THE POINT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START NEAR ZERO VOLTAGE WITH INSIDE LIGHTS SHUTTING OFF. CHARGED WITH 10 AMP BATTERY CHARGER TO FULL BATTERY. AFTERWARDS KEY FOBS WOULD NOT WORK. DID NOT THINK MUCH OF IT. AFTER A FEW DAYS OF DRIVING NOTICED THE TIRE PRESSURE INFO WAS ALL -- (NOT POSTING). TIRE PRESSURE SYSTEM... Read more
Incident date: May 13, 2014
VEHICLE BATTERY WAS DRAINED OVERNIGHT FROM CONSUMER ELECTRONICS (DVD CHARGING, GPS) TO THE POINT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START NEAR ZERO VOLTAGE WITH INSIDE LIGHTS SHUTTING OFF. CHARGED WITH 10 AMP BATTERY CHARGER TO FULL BATTERY. AFTERWARDS KEY FOBS WOULD NOT WORK. DID NOT THINK MUCH OF IT. AFTER A FEW DAYS OF DRIVING NOTICED THE TIRE PRESSURE INFO WAS ALL -- (NOT POSTING). TIRE PRESSURE SYSTEM... Read more
Incident date: Jun 19, 2014
STOPPED AT RED LIGHT WITH A DODGE RAM 1500 IN FRONT OF ME. I WAS REAR ENDED BY A CAR (TOYOTA RAV 4) GOING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. I DID TURN MY STEERING WHEEL TO TRY AND GET INTO THE TURN LANE TO AVOID THE COLLISION BUT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME. THE CAR REAR ENDED ME AND THEN MY CAR WAS PUSHED INTO THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME. MY CAR SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO BOTH THE FRONT AND BACK. MY HEAD HIT THE SID... Read more
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jun 19, 2014
STOPPED AT RED LIGHT WITH A DODGE RAM 1500 IN FRONT OF ME. I WAS REAR ENDED BY A CAR (TOYOTA RAV 4) GOING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. I DID TURN MY STEERING WHEEL TO TRY AND GET INTO THE TURN LANE TO AVOID THE COLLISION BUT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME. THE CAR REAR ENDED ME AND THEN MY CAR WAS PUSHED INTO THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME. MY CAR SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO BOTH THE FRONT AND BACK. MY HEAD HIT THE SID... Read more
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jun 22, 2014
LAST MONTH MY CAR STARTED REVVING UP RANDOMLY WHILE IN PARK. ONCE I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE IT WOULD PULL FORWARD ON IT'S OWN SPEEDING UP TO 40 MPH IN THE WORST CASE. IT RAN SO ROUGH PULLING AND STOPPING THE ONLY THING I COULD DO WAS PUT IT IN PARK UNTIL THE RPMS CAME BACK DOWN TO A NORMAL RATE. FROM THAT POINT ON, EVERY TIME I STARTED THE CAR WHEN IT WASN'T WARMED UP THIS WOULD HAPPEN. IT USED TO ON... Read more
Incident date: Jun 22, 2014
LAST MONTH MY CAR STARTED REVVING UP RANDOMLY WHILE IN PARK. ONCE I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE IT WOULD PULL FORWARD ON IT'S OWN SPEEDING UP TO 40 MPH IN THE WORST CASE. IT RAN SO ROUGH PULLING AND STOPPING THE ONLY THING I COULD DO WAS PUT IT IN PARK UNTIL THE RPMS CAME BACK DOWN TO A NORMAL RATE. FROM THAT POINT ON, EVERY TIME I STARTED THE CAR WHEN IT WASN'T WARMED UP THIS WOULD HAPPEN. IT USED TO ON... Read more
Incident date: Jun 22, 2014
LAST MONTH MY CAR STARTED REVVING UP RANDOMLY WHILE IN PARK. ONCE I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE IT WOULD PULL FORWARD ON IT'S OWN SPEEDING UP TO 40 MPH IN THE WORST CASE. IT RAN SO ROUGH PULLING AND STOPPING THE ONLY THING I COULD DO WAS PUT IT IN PARK UNTIL THE RPMS CAME BACK DOWN TO A NORMAL RATE. FROM THAT POINT ON, EVERY TIME I STARTED THE CAR WHEN IT WASN'T WARMED UP THIS WOULD HAPPEN. IT USED TO ON... Read more
Incident date: Jul 15, 2013
2003 PONTIAC GRAND AM SUFFERED IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE THAT IS NOW THE SUBJECT OF A RECALL IN OTHER GM VEHICLES. VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN THROUGH A CONSTRUCTION ZONE OF AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY WHEN, AFTER GOING OVER A SUBSTANTIAL BUMP, THE WEIGHT OF A LARGE NUMBER OF KEYS PULLED ON THE IGNITION SWITCH AND CAUSED IT TO TURN THE CAR OFF. AFTER A FEW SECONDS OF PANIC, THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO PUT THE VEH... Read more
Incident date: Apr 23, 2012
THE GAUGES MESSED UP FIRST NONE OF THE GAUGES WORK SOMETIMES THE SPEED ODOMETER WILL MOVE BUT DOES NOT WORK . THE CAR ALSO WHEN ACCELRATING THE GAS IT WONT GO THE WAY IT SHOULD IT TAKES ALONG TIME TO BUILD UP SPEED. I HAVE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON THIS CAR TRYING TO GET IT TO RUN PROPER I HAVE REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AND I HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP AT G.M.C TO HAVE THE ISSUE WITH THE FUEL SYS... Read more
Incident date: Apr 23, 2012
THE GAUGES MESSED UP FIRST NONE OF THE GAUGES WORK SOMETIMES THE SPEED ODOMETER WILL MOVE BUT DOES NOT WORK . THE CAR ALSO WHEN ACCELRATING THE GAS IT WONT GO THE WAY IT SHOULD IT TAKES ALONG TIME TO BUILD UP SPEED. I HAVE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON THIS CAR TRYING TO GET IT TO RUN PROPER I HAVE REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AND I HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP AT G.M.C TO HAVE THE ISSUE WITH THE FUEL SYS... Read more
Incident date: Apr 23, 2012
THE GAUGES MESSED UP FIRST NONE OF THE GAUGES WORK SOMETIMES THE SPEED ODOMETER WILL MOVE BUT DOES NOT WORK . THE CAR ALSO WHEN ACCELRATING THE GAS IT WONT GO THE WAY IT SHOULD IT TAKES ALONG TIME TO BUILD UP SPEED. I HAVE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON THIS CAR TRYING TO GET IT TO RUN PROPER I HAVE REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AND I HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP AT G.M.C TO HAVE THE ISSUE WITH THE FUEL SYS... Read more
Incident date: Jun 3, 2013
FUEL/GASOLINE IS LEAKING OUT. HEAVY RAW GASOLINE SMELL WHEN CAR IS TURNED OFF. WHEN AIR CONDITIONER IS TURNED ON IT MAKES A CONTINUOUS CLICKING NOISE. *TR
Incident date: Jun 3, 2013
FUEL/GASOLINE IS LEAKING OUT. HEAVY RAW GASOLINE SMELL WHEN CAR IS TURNED OFF. WHEN AIR CONDITIONER IS TURNED ON IT MAKES A CONTINUOUS CLICKING NOISE. *TR
Incident date: Jun 12, 2014
SERVICE SRS LIGHT CAME ON, FAULTY AIRBAG SENSORS IN PASSENGER SEAT. VERY COMMON FAILURE FOR KAPPA VEHICLES. VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR. *TR
Incident date: Apr 29, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GTO. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN THAT THE NO AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER AND THE DIAGNOSIS WAS THAT THE SEAT BELT PRETENSIONERS WERE DEFECTIVE. THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE, AND THAT MODEL WAS NO LONGER BEING MADE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE A... Read more
Incident date: Apr 29, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC GTO. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN THAT THE NO AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER AND THE DIAGNOSIS WAS THAT THE SEAT BELT PRETENSIONERS WERE DEFECTIVE. THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE, AND THAT MODEL WAS NO LONGER BEING MADE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE A... Read more
Incident date: Jun 19, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC MONTANA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER ENTERING THE VEHICLE BY USING THE AUTOMATIC KEY FOB REMOTE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE CONTACT COULD NOT OPEN THE DOORS AND BECAME LOCKED INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MANIPULATED THE MANUAL DOOR LOCK SIX TIMES BEFORE THE DOOR OPENED. THE CONTACT... Read more
Incident date: Jun 19, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 PONTIAC MONTANA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER ENTERING THE VEHICLE BY USING THE AUTOMATIC KEY FOB REMOTE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE CONTACT COULD NOT OPEN THE DOORS AND BECAME LOCKED INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MANIPULATED THE MANUAL DOOR LOCK SIX TIMES BEFORE THE DOOR OPENED. THE CONTACT... Read more
Incident date: Mar 5, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC SOLSTICE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 14V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THERE WERE NO FAILURES.
Incident date: Dec 4, 2010
TL * THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR BRAKE LAMPS AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS ON THE SPOILER WERE NOT OPERATING PROPERLY . UPON PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND WHEN THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES THE LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V252000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM , ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONT... Read more
Incident date: Dec 4, 2010
TL * THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR BRAKE LAMPS AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS ON THE SPOILER WERE NOT OPERATING PROPERLY . UPON PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND WHEN THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES THE LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V252000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM , ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONT... Read more
Incident date: May 6, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO SHIFT INTO GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.
Incident date: May 6, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO SHIFT INTO GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.
Incident date: Mar 27, 2014
THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT SUDDENLY WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY (APPROXIMATELY 65-70 MPH) WHICH MADE IT EXTREMELY HARD TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. THIS PROBLEM PERSISTED THE NEXT TIME I TURNED THE VEHICLE BACK ON. *TR
Incident date: Feb 18, 2014
FOLLOWING MY SON TO SCHOOL NOTICED BRAKE LIGHTS WERE ON WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN HE CAME TO A STOP THE BRAKE LIGHTS WENT OFF. ANOTHER INCIDENT DRIVING ON I-69 WITH CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED TRAVELING 70 MPH PASSING A TRUCK CRUISE CONTROL DISENGAGED. CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT ENGAGE AGAIN FOR ABOUT 50 MILES. ANOTHER INCIDENT OF DRIVING WITH BRAKE LIGHTS ON AND STOPPING WITHOUT LIGHTS BEING ILL... Read more
Incident date: Feb 18, 2014
FOLLOWING MY SON TO SCHOOL NOTICED BRAKE LIGHTS WERE ON WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN HE CAME TO A STOP THE BRAKE LIGHTS WENT OFF. ANOTHER INCIDENT DRIVING ON I-69 WITH CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED TRAVELING 70 MPH PASSING A TRUCK CRUISE CONTROL DISENGAGED. CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT ENGAGE AGAIN FOR ABOUT 50 MILES. ANOTHER INCIDENT OF DRIVING WITH BRAKE LIGHTS ON AND STOPPING WITHOUT LIGHTS BEING ILL... Read more
Incident date: Mar 19, 2014
BOTH OF MY HEAD LIGHTS HAVE GONE OUT. MY FIRST HEADLIGHT WENT OUT AND THE DEALER STATED THAT MY WIRES HAD CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. NOW TWO MONTHS LATER MY OTHER HEADLIGHT IS OUT AND I BELIEVE IT IS THE SAME ISSUE. ALSO I HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH BOTH CRUISE CONTROL AND MY TURN SIGNALS AS BOTH HAVE NOT BEEN REACTING TO THE COMMAND. I BELIEVE THAT IT IS RELATED TO THE MAY 14, 2014 RE... Read more
Incident date: Mar 19, 2014
BOTH OF MY HEAD LIGHTS HAVE GONE OUT. MY FIRST HEADLIGHT WENT OUT AND THE DEALER STATED THAT MY WIRES HAD CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. NOW TWO MONTHS LATER MY OTHER HEADLIGHT IS OUT AND I BELIEVE IT IS THE SAME ISSUE. ALSO I HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH BOTH CRUISE CONTROL AND MY TURN SIGNALS AS BOTH HAVE NOT BEEN REACTING TO THE COMMAND. I BELIEVE THAT IT IS RELATED TO THE MAY 14, 2014 RE... Read more
Incident date: Mar 19, 2014
BOTH OF MY HEAD LIGHTS HAVE GONE OUT. MY FIRST HEADLIGHT WENT OUT AND THE DEALER STATED THAT MY WIRES HAD CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. NOW TWO MONTHS LATER MY OTHER HEADLIGHT IS OUT AND I BELIEVE IT IS THE SAME ISSUE. ALSO I HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH BOTH CRUISE CONTROL AND MY TURN SIGNALS AS BOTH HAVE NOT BEEN REACTING TO THE COMMAND. I BELIEVE THAT IT IS RELATED TO THE MAY 14, 2014 RE... Read more
Incident date: Mar 4, 2014
I WAS FOLLOWING MY WIFE AND NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE ON WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND WENT OUT WHEN SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES. I DID FIND ONLINE THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE. I CALLED MY DEALER AND HE SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL ON MY VEHICLE. HE TOLD ME I COULD TAKE IT IN AND THEY COULD CHARGE ME FOR THE REPAIR AND THEN IF A RECALL SHOWS UP ON MY VEHICLE FOR THAT, THEN I COULD T... Read more
PONTIAC
BONNEVILLE
(1999) - ENGINE
Jun 20, 2014
Incident date: Jan 8, 2011
UPON ACCELERATING ONTO THE HIGHWAY, AFTER REACHING HIGHWAY SPEED, VEHICLE STALLS AND WOULD NOT START. FLOODING ENGINE, GASOLINE COMING OUT OF EXHAUST, ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART. AFTER RESEARCH AND REPLACING LEAKING LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD, THIS WAS NOT MY PROBLEM THERE WAS NO LEAK. AFTER MORE RESEARCH I REPLACED MORE SENSORS AND EVENTUALLY CYLINDER GASKETS AND LOWER INTAKE GASKET AGAIN. STILL ENGI... Read more
PONTIAC
BONNEVILLE
(1999) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Jun 20, 2014
Incident date: Jan 8, 2011
UPON ACCELERATING ONTO THE HIGHWAY, AFTER REACHING HIGHWAY SPEED, VEHICLE STALLS AND WOULD NOT START. FLOODING ENGINE, GASOLINE COMING OUT OF EXHAUST, ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART. AFTER RESEARCH AND REPLACING LEAKING LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD, THIS WAS NOT MY PROBLEM THERE WAS NO LEAK. AFTER MORE RESEARCH I REPLACED MORE SENSORS AND EVENTUALLY CYLINDER GASKETS AND LOWER INTAKE GASKET AGAIN. STILL ENGI... Read more
PONTIAC
BONNEVILLE
(1999) - FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Jun 20, 2014
Incident date: Jan 8, 2011
UPON ACCELERATING ONTO THE HIGHWAY, AFTER REACHING HIGHWAY SPEED, VEHICLE STALLS AND WOULD NOT START. FLOODING ENGINE, GASOLINE COMING OUT OF EXHAUST, ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART. AFTER RESEARCH AND REPLACING LEAKING LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD, THIS WAS NOT MY PROBLEM THERE WAS NO LEAK. AFTER MORE RESEARCH I REPLACED MORE SENSORS AND EVENTUALLY CYLINDER GASKETS AND LOWER INTAKE GASKET AGAIN. STILL ENGI... Read more
Incident date: Apr 2, 2014
THE DOOR STOP ON MY DRIVER SIDE DOOR ON MY 2004 VIBE GETS HIT BY THE WINDOW AND PREVENTS THE WINDOW FROM GOING DOWN ALL THE WAY. IT HAS ALSO PREVENTED ME FROM OPENING THE DOOR IF THE WINDOW IS DOWN. *TR
Incident date: Jun 2, 2014
2007 PONTIAC VIBE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO POWER FAILURE WHILE DRIVING . *SMD THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND RE-START THE ENGINE. THE CONSUMER HAS SINCE SOLD THE VEHICLE, AFTER BEING INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, IN WHICH THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *JB
Crash
Incident date: Jun 2, 2014
2007 PONTIAC VIBE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO POWER FAILURE WHILE DRIVING . *SMD THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND RE-START THE ENGINE. THE CONSUMER HAS SINCE SOLD THE VEHICLE, AFTER BEING INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, IN WHICH THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *JB
Crash
Incident date: Dec 23, 2013
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC GTO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE CRASHED HEAD-ON INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED UNKNOWN INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE AIR BAGS WERE NOT INVESTIGATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WA... Read more
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jun 19, 2014
WE PURCHASED THE 2006 PONTIAC SOLSTICE APPROXIMATELY 2 YEARS AGO AND FOR THE PAST YEAR HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR BECAUSE IT FAILS INSPECTION IN MASSACHUSETTS FOR THE PASSENGER AIR BAG SENSOR, I HAVE SPOKEN WITH GM ABOUT THE ISSUE AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT AT THIS POINT ARE NOT BEING MADE TO CORRECT IT. HOW CAN THAT BE ALLOWED. WE ENJOYED THE CAR VERY MUCH WHEN W... Read more