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
Incident date: Feb 5, 2014
MY GRANDDAUGHTERS CAR WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WHERE IT WOULD NOT START AT TIMES, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS IN PARK. I DROVE THE CAR HOME AND PARKED IT IN MY DRIVEWAY TO TRY TO TROUBLESHOOT THE PROBLEM AND WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND SHUT IT OFF, THE CAR STARTED ROLLING DOWN HILL IN MY DRIVEWAY. I STOPPED THE CAR FROM ROLLING AND WHEN I TRIED TO START IT, I FOUND THAT IT WOULD NOT START. I THEN SHIFTED ... Read more
Incident date: Jun 2, 2014
S10 APPROPRIATE HANDLING- LETTER TO THE SECRETARY FROM CONSTITUENT RE FOR INFORMATION LETTER REGARDING THREE SEPARATE ISSUES WITH PONTIAC G6 (POWER STEERING, SHIFT CABLE AND WIRING CORROSION) AND LACK OF SOLUTIONS FROM GENERAL MOTORS (GM). *SMD
Incident date: Jun 2, 2014
S10 APPROPRIATE HANDLING- LETTER TO THE SECRETARY FROM CONSTITUENT RE FOR INFORMATION LETTER REGARDING THREE SEPARATE ISSUES WITH PONTIAC G6 (POWER STEERING, SHIFT CABLE AND WIRING CORROSION) AND LACK OF SOLUTIONS FROM GENERAL MOTORS (GM). *SMD
Incident date: Jun 2, 2014
S10 APPROPRIATE HANDLING- LETTER TO THE SECRETARY FROM CONSTITUENT RE FOR INFORMATION LETTER REGARDING THREE SEPARATE ISSUES WITH PONTIAC G6 (POWER STEERING, SHIFT CABLE AND WIRING CORROSION) AND LACK OF SOLUTIONS FROM GENERAL MOTORS (GM). *SMD
Incident date: May 12, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DECELERATING, THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 14V252000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR... Read more
Incident date: Jun 9, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY ANOTHER MOTORIST THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS ON THE VEHICLE WERE CONSTANTLY ILLUMINATED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 14V252000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, VEHICLE SPEED CON... Read more
Incident date: Jun 9, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY ANOTHER MOTORIST THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS ON THE VEHICLE WERE CONSTANTLY ILLUMINATED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 14V252000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, VEHICLE SPEED CON... Read more
Incident date: Jun 9, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY ANOTHER MOTORIST THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS ON THE VEHICLE WERE CONSTANTLY ILLUMINATED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 14V252000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, VEHICLE SPEED CON... Read more
Incident date: Jun 9, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY ANOTHER MOTORIST THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS ON THE VEHICLE WERE CONSTANTLY ILLUMINATED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 14V252000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, VEHICLE SPEED CON... Read more
Incident date: Jun 9, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY ANOTHER MOTORIST THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS ON THE VEHICLE WERE CONSTANTLY ILLUMINATED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 14V252000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, VEHICLE SPEED CON... Read more
Incident date: May 5, 2014
EVERY TIME I START MY CAR, I'M TOLD MY AIR BAGS NEED TO BE SERVICED. MY DEALER SAYS IT'S GOING TO COST ALMOST $900 TO FIX. AFTER SOME DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE, APPARENTLY I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. THE SEAT SENSOR MECHANISM IS APPARENTLY DEFECTIVE AND THE COST TO FIX IT IS MORE THAN EXORBITANT. I'M ALSO WORRIED ABOUT PUTTING MYSELF AND/OR MY PASSENGERS AT RISK BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE C... Read more
Incident date: May 5, 2014
EVERY TIME I START MY CAR, I'M TOLD MY AIR BAGS NEED TO BE SERVICED. MY DEALER SAYS IT'S GOING TO COST ALMOST $900 TO FIX. AFTER SOME DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE, APPARENTLY I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. THE SEAT SENSOR MECHANISM IS APPARENTLY DEFECTIVE AND THE COST TO FIX IT IS MORE THAN EXORBITANT. I'M ALSO WORRIED ABOUT PUTTING MYSELF AND/OR MY PASSENGERS AT RISK BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE C... Read more
Incident date: Apr 16, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC SOLSTICE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED RECALL NOTICES FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS 14E021000 (AFTERMARKET REPLACEMENT IGNITION SWITCHES), 14V047000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM), AND 14V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO SCHEDULE THE REPAIR, BUT THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE DEALERS AND MANUFACTURER COULD NOT PROVIDE A SPECIFIC DATE AS TO WHEN THE PARTS WOULD... Read more
Incident date: Jun 28, 2013
STARTING SMELLING GAS. THE GAS SMELL WAS MILD AT FIRST. MOSTLY ONLY SMELLING IT WHEN THE CAR WAS PARKED. THEN THE GAS SMELL KEPT GETTING STRONGER. THE SMELL OF GAS COULD BE SMELLED AS DRIVING IT. THE GAS COULD BE SEEN EVENTUALLY DRIPPING OUT ONTO THE GROUND. THERE WAS A RECALL ON FUEL PUMPS FOR THIS MAKE AND MODEL AND YEAR, BUT NOT FOR MY AREA. I BELIEVE ALL THE MAKES AND MODELS SHOULD OF BEEN REC... Read more
Incident date: Jun 2, 2009
309 LITRE ENGINE GIVES AN ACCELERATION SQUEAL IN THE EXHAUST. *TR
Incident date: Jan 10, 2014
DRIVING ALONG THE ROAD A DEER CAME OUT WE TRIED TO SWERVE TO AVOID THE DEER AND SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES, AND VEHICLE LOST STEERING DUE TO ANTI SKID FAILURE, DOES NOT INDICATE ANTI SKID FAILURE, SHOWS IT IS OPERATIONAL, TIRES WERE VERY HEAVILY FLAT SPOTTED, WE WENT OFF THE ROAD AND HIT A SIGN AND DAMAGED THE FRONT OF THE CAR AFTER THIS THE AIR BAG SENSOR IS DANGLING WE HAD NO AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. TOO... Read more
Crash
Incident date: Jan 10, 2014
DRIVING ALONG THE ROAD A DEER CAME OUT WE TRIED TO SWERVE TO AVOID THE DEER AND SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES, AND VEHICLE LOST STEERING DUE TO ANTI SKID FAILURE, DOES NOT INDICATE ANTI SKID FAILURE, SHOWS IT IS OPERATIONAL, TIRES WERE VERY HEAVILY FLAT SPOTTED, WE WENT OFF THE ROAD AND HIT A SIGN AND DAMAGED THE FRONT OF THE CAR AFTER THIS THE AIR BAG SENSOR IS DANGLING WE HAD NO AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. TOO... Read more
Crash
Incident date: Jan 10, 2014
DRIVING ALONG THE ROAD A DEER CAME OUT WE TRIED TO SWERVE TO AVOID THE DEER AND SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES, AND VEHICLE LOST STEERING DUE TO ANTI SKID FAILURE, DOES NOT INDICATE ANTI SKID FAILURE, SHOWS IT IS OPERATIONAL, TIRES WERE VERY HEAVILY FLAT SPOTTED, WE WENT OFF THE ROAD AND HIT A SIGN AND DAMAGED THE FRONT OF THE CAR AFTER THIS THE AIR BAG SENSOR IS DANGLING WE HAD NO AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. TOO... Read more
Crash
Incident date: Jun 5, 2014
THE BRAKE LIGHTS WON'T COME UP WHEN YOU PRESS THEM DOWN AND THEN COME ON WHEN YOU'RE MOVING. ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT WITH A MOTORCYCLE BEHIND US. *TR
Incident date: Feb 3, 2014
I PLUGGED IN MY PHONE TO CHARGE IT LIKE I DO ALL THE TIME A FEW MOMENTS LATER THERE WAS SMOKE EVERYWHERE I UNPLUGGED THE PHONE BUT SMOKE WAS STILL COMING OUT SO I WENT TO WHERE THE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM AND ALL THE WIRING WAS BURNT AND NOW MY LOCKS DON'T WORK MY ALARM IS ALL CRAZY MY TOP WONT WORK I CANT OPEN MY TRUNK IS JUST A MESS. *TR
Fire
Incident date: Apr 20, 2014
I WAS STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN. OTHER VEHICLE STOPPED TO MY LEFT, SO I TURNED RIGHT. HE ACCELERATED, HITTING MY CAR. I HAD A HOLE IN MY DOOR[ DRIVERS] AND HE TOOK MY BUMPER OFF, TOTALING MY CAR. THE AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. HE HIT ME HARD ENOUGH TO PUT A LARGE HOLE IN THE METAL DOOR, AND THE DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG, OR ANY AIR BAG, DID NOT DEPLOY. *TR
Crash
Incident date: Apr 20, 2014
I WAS STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN. OTHER VEHICLE STOPPED TO MY LEFT, SO I TURNED RIGHT. HE ACCELERATED, HITTING MY CAR. I HAD A HOLE IN MY DOOR[ DRIVERS] AND HE TOOK MY BUMPER OFF, TOTALING MY CAR. THE AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. HE HIT ME HARD ENOUGH TO PUT A LARGE HOLE IN THE METAL DOOR, AND THE DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG, OR ANY AIR BAG, DID NOT DEPLOY. *TR
Crash
Incident date: Jan 27, 2014
WHEN TRAVELING AT ABOUT 25-30 MPH 3 BEEPS WERE HEARD AND A MESSAGE ON THE DASH SAID POWER STEERING. THIS HAPPENED JUST AS THE CAR WAS BEING TURNED AND THERE WAS A TOTAL LOSS OF THE POWERSTEERING. IT WAS TOO DANGEROUS TO OPERATE AND THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE FIXED BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL LOSS OF POWER STEERING AT SLOWER SPEED. I CALLED GM AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOT ANY RECALL FOR SUCH A PROBLEM. THE... Read more
Incident date: May 5, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ERRONEOUSLY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO REPLACED THE BRAKE PEDAL POSITION SENSOR AND THE BODY CONTROL MODULE CONNECTORS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V252000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC STABILI... Read more
Incident date: Jul 13, 2013
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC G8. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 11V534000 (AIR BAGS) BUT DID NOT WANT TO HAVE THE REPAIRS PERFORMED BECAUSE THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL COMPONENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE AIR BAG THAT NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THIS COMPONENT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WA... Read more
Incident date: Jun 4, 2012
THE ISSUE IS THAT THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT LIGHT IS ON . JUST ONE DAY WE GOT MESSAGE SERVICE AIR BAG. I HAVE SEEN RECALLS ON 2009 AND OTHER COMPLAINTS 2006 BUT HAVE NOT SEEN RECALL ON MY YEAR. THERE WAS NO ONE IN THE PASSENGER SEAT WHEN THIS HAPPENED. *TR
Incident date: Jun 6, 2014
I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH MY IGNITION AND IT STRIPPING TWICE WITHIN A YEAR. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO CHANGE THE IGNITION FUSE MULTIPLE TIMES WITHIN THE LAST THREE MONTHS. THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT HAPPENED THIS MORNING WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 45 MPH MY TRUCK COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. I WAS LUCKY TO HAVE A BYSTANDER GET OUT OF THEIR VEHICLE AND PUSH MY TRUCK TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE... Read more
Incident date: Jun 6, 2014
I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH MY IGNITION AND IT STRIPPING TWICE WITHIN A YEAR. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO CHANGE THE IGNITION FUSE MULTIPLE TIMES WITHIN THE LAST THREE MONTHS. THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT HAPPENED THIS MORNING WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 45 MPH MY TRUCK COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. I WAS LUCKY TO HAVE A BYSTANDER GET OUT OF THEIR VEHICLE AND PUSH MY TRUCK TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE... Read more
Incident date: Jun 6, 2014
I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH MY IGNITION AND IT STRIPPING TWICE WITHIN A YEAR. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO CHANGE THE IGNITION FUSE MULTIPLE TIMES WITHIN THE LAST THREE MONTHS. THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT HAPPENED THIS MORNING WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 45 MPH MY TRUCK COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. I WAS LUCKY TO HAVE A BYSTANDER GET OUT OF THEIR VEHICLE AND PUSH MY TRUCK TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE... Read more
Incident date: May 20, 2014
THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A FAULTY STEERING WHEEL COIL MODULE, WHICH ALSO CAUSED FAILURE/SHORT OF THE FUSE BLOCK. THE DEALER STATED THERE WAS NO RECALL RELATED TO THESE PARTS. THE CAR WAS FIXED AND THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT IS NO LONGER ACTIVATED. *TR
Incident date: May 17, 2014
TRAVELING NORTH ON I-81 NEAR BRISTOL, VA. HAD CRUISE CONTROL ON, DRIVING IN LEFT LANE WHEN SUDDENLY, THE ENGINE COUGHED AND SPUTTERED AND I LOST ALL ACCELERATION. I WAS ABLE TO COAST ACROSS THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC AND DRIFT OFF THE NEXT EXIT, THANK GOD! THE DEALER IN BRISTOL SAID IT WAS A THROTTLE PROBLEM AND WOULD BE COVERED UNDER THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY. THEY CALLED LATER TO SAY THEY HAD TO REPL... Read more
Incident date: Mar 2, 2013
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC G5. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH WHEN THE POWER STEERING FAILED MORE INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY EXTREME FORCE TO STEERING THE WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR FURTHER INSPECTION, DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER. 10V073000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER W... Read more
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2006) — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
Jun 6, 2014
Incident date: Jun 3, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND C... Read more
Incident date: Jul 14, 2011
WE OWN A 2004 PONTIAC GRAND AM. WONDERING WHY IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE GM RECALL. WE HAVE HAD 3 SEPARATE INCIDENTS WHILE DRIVING WHERE WE LOST POWER AND THE CAR WAS HARD TO CONTROL DUE TO LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. MY 17 YEAR OLD SON WAS DRIVING AND LUCKY FOR US HE WAS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD GOING EXTREMELY SLOW OR IT COULD HAVE KILLED HIM IF HE WAS ON A HIGHWAY GOING AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPE... Read more
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2008) — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Jun 5, 2014
Incident date: Mar 31, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE REDUCED ENGINE, STABILITY AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT WATER PENETRATED INSIDE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, CAUSING THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TO FAIL. THE TECHNICIAN SEALED THE AREA B... Read more
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2008) — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
Jun 5, 2014
Incident date: Mar 31, 2014
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE REDUCED ENGINE, STABILITY AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT WATER PENETRATED INSIDE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, CAUSING THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TO FAIL. THE TECHNICIAN SEALED THE AREA B... Read more
Incident date: Mar 6, 2006
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 PONTIAC SOLSTICE . THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 14E021000 (IGNITION SWITCH). THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE THE PART THE NEEDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND NO SOLUTION WAS OFFERED.
Incident date: Apr 22, 2014
MY VEHICLE RECENTLY STOPPED WORKING. THEY REPAIR SHOP (WILKINS BUICK--RICHIE HWY, GLEN BURNIE, MD)SAYS THE PROBLEM STEMS FROM THE ENGINE. I AM CONCERNED THE REPAIR SHOP KNOWS THAT THE PROBLEM IS A RESULT OF THE POOR BUILD/WORK FROM THE GM MANUFACTURER, AND IS UNWILLING TO REPAIR FOR FREE. IS THERE ANY RECOURSE--CAN I GET MY ENGINE PROBLEM FIXED ON GM. THIS CAR HAS GIVEN ME NUMEROUS PROBLEMS, A... Read more
Incident date: Jun 5, 2013
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 PONTIAC SOLSTICE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED HEAD-ON INTO THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT AFTER THE CRASH THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DRIVER FROM THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL WHERE THERE WAS ONE INJURY REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REP... Read more
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jan 15, 2014
VEHICLE DOES NOT ALWAYS START RIGHT AWAY. THE VEHICLE HAS SHUT OFF MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN AND ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR
Incident date: Jan 15, 2014
VEHICLE DOES NOT ALWAYS START RIGHT AWAY. THE VEHICLE HAS SHUT OFF MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN AND ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR
Incident date: Jan 15, 2014
VEHICLE DOES NOT ALWAYS START RIGHT AWAY. THE VEHICLE HAS SHUT OFF MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN AND ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR
Incident date: May 24, 2014
MY CAR KEEP STALLING WHEN I DRIVE IT FOR A WHILE AND THEN IT ACTS LIKE IT DON'T WANT TO GO ANYMORE. LATER ON WHEN I DRIVE IT AGAIN ITS OK AND PICKS UP LIKE NORMAL. I REALLY WAS UPSET THAT I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC TO GET CHECK OUT AND HE TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD BE ABOUT 3000 TO GET IT FIXED. *TR
Incident date: Mar 10, 2014
THE AIRBAG LIGHT HAS BEEN TURNING ON AN OFF INTERMITTENTLY FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW. WE HAVE ALSO MORE RECENTLY BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH THE CAR STARTING AND A SMELL OF GAS. ON 5/30/14 WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL SERVICE CENTER WHO INFORMED US OF THE RECALL FOR THE FUEL PUMP AND ALSO A RECALL FOR THE PASSENGER PRESSURE SENSOR (PPS). WE SET UP AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE LOCAL DEALER, GAINESVILLE BU... Read more
Incident date: May 22, 2014
I HAVE A PONTIAC G6 2006, I WAS DRIVING AT OR AROUND 25 MPH AND THE CAR SUDDENLY SHUT OFF, WHEN I CAME TO A STOP I TRIED TO RESTART IT BUT IT WOULD NOT START. BEFORE IT SHUT OFF I HEARD SOME SORT OF SCREECHING SOUND. UPON TAKING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP I WAS TOLD I WOULD NEED A NEW ENGINE. I BOUGHT IT PREOWNED WITH 63,000 MILES. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THE ENGINE WOULD DIE AFTER 73,000 MILE... Read more
Incident date: Aug 1, 2013
THE PROBLEM CAME ABOUT SLOWLY AT FIRST, BUT HAS GOTTEN MUCH WORSE OVER THE LAST YEAR EVEN WITH MINIMAL DRIVING OF THE VEHICLE. AT FIRST IT WAS HARD ONLY TURNING THE WHEEL TO THE RIGHT WHEN GOING SLOW (LESS THAN 10MPH) AS IF THERE WAS LITTLE HELP FROM THE POWER STEERING ASSIST. IT PROGRESSED TO THE POINT NOW WHERE IT IS EXTREMELY HARD TO TURN THE WHEEL AT SLOW SPEEDS IN EITHER DIRECTION. IT IS A SE... Read more
Incident date: May 1, 2014
DRIVER SIDE BRAKE LIGHT AND REAR TURN SIGNAL FAILS TO ILLUMINATE. BOTH BULBS WERE CHANGED AND FUSES EVALUATED BUT DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS COMBINED WITH A STEERING PROBLEM NOTED IN A PREVIOUS COMPLAINT MAKES THE VEHICLE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO HAVE ON THE ROAD. *TR
Incident date: May 1, 2014
DRIVER SIDE BRAKE LIGHT AND REAR TURN SIGNAL FAILS TO ILLUMINATE. BOTH BULBS WERE CHANGED AND FUSES EVALUATED BUT DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS COMBINED WITH A STEERING PROBLEM NOTED IN A PREVIOUS COMPLAINT MAKES THE VEHICLE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO HAVE ON THE ROAD. *TR
Incident date: Jun 4, 2014
THE POWER STEERING LOW CAME ON THE DASH BOARD A COUPLE HOURS LATER THE CAR WASNT ABLE TO TURN THIERS A RECALL FOR THIS ON G6 BUT SAY ITS NOT MY MODEL. *TR
Incident date: May 29, 2014
BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON WHILE DRIVING AND TURN OFF WHEN BRAKE IS PRESSED PASSENGER HEADLIGHT COMES ON SOMETIMES SEVERE LEAKING INTO PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD WHEN RAINS. *TR